The first three letters of paint are PAIN.

We painted almost the rest of the house this weekend. We camped out there on sleeping bags Saturday night. This is when I realized that my body is older than me. I woke up three times stiff as a board from sleeping on the floor. Seda’s room got painted and we put her hand prints…

Stability and Consistency are Key to Toddler Happyness

Ok I know it’s said very often but children really do need consistency. Over the last few months Seda has been shuffled around for childcare from one situation to the next; Inlaws, mama stays home, etc. Also over the last few months she has had some real behavioral issues. Our beautiful well behaved daughter had…

The Nanny Search is OVER

We have hired an absolutely wonderful nanny name Sarah for the girls. She started by working a half day Sunday so Will could be home with her to see how she was and then started full time on Monday. When she came on monday she had shirts and puffy paint for her and Seda to…

The iPod Flea

The iPod Flea Ad SpoofThis week, David Pogue has arranged for a special guest video artist: Scott Kelby, Photoshop maven. Last week, as he keynoted his own Mac Design conference, he played a hilarious Apple ad spoof for something called the iPod Flea, which I’m pleased to offer in its Web debut.” This is a…

Nanny search 2005

We interviewed a nanny on Monday night. She wanted about $50 more a week than we could afford to pay her but we really liked her. I called her yesterday and told her that she had the job if she wanted it but we could only pay her $50 a week less than she wanted….

It’s raining nannies

We now have three or four decent candidates for nannies. We are doing a face to face interview tonight with a woman who is a singer songwriter. I just got a call from another woman who had picked up a thing from a sign I hung at a coffee shop. She’s older than me and…