Utter frustration

The nanny never showed yesterday. I’m not sure if there was confusion over where to meet even though I explained that we were meeting at a different location than the town we live in or what. I called and left her a message but I have not received a reply. It’s quite frustrating. I had…

Mother’s milk improves long-term

United Press International – Study: Mother’s milk improves long-term TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 6 (UPI) — Israeli researchers have determined the nutritional value of mother’s milk is much higher after one year of breastfeeding than at six months. Pediatricians Dror Mendel and Ronit Lubetzky at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center studied 61 women, 27 of…

The Nanny Search

So we have three things that we need to get done: Get a house Get a nanny Get a car Obviously we have accomplished the first one but the other two are taking much longer than expected. We have been searching for a nanny since July. We have offered three different nanny’s the job, one…

Our new house… and our new neighbors.

Jane, Ella and I We settled yesterday!!! It wasn’t as much paper signing as I had immagined and was over in about 30 min. It was nice we did the walk through with the owner at 9am and then we all walked up to settlement together and Bruce (the old owner) told us about all…

Soon we will be homeowners, settlement is tomorrow.

I go between being completely excited to stressing that we won’t be able to afford this house. I really am not quite sure how I will feel tomorrow. We have our walk through at 9am and settlement at 10am. I’m going to try to take some pictures tomorrow of the inside of the house. This…

Laura Bush to appear on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"

The Seattle Times: Television: Laura Bush to appear on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”: “Facing criticism that he appeared disengaged from the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been looking for opportunities to show his concern. But the White House will take the effort a step further Tuesday, venturing into untested waters by putting…

I love our backyard…I’m going to miss it.

Smiling twirling Seda Originally uploaded by NoisyArmadillos. Over the weekend we spend some good quality time in the backyard of our apartment. That is one thing that I will miss when we move, our yard. Right now we have a big back yard that is so much fun but we barely ever take advantage of…

‘Intelligent design’ debate back in court

CNN.com – ‘Intelligent design’ debate back in court – Sep 26, 2005: “Intelligent design, a concept some scholars have advanced over the past 15 years, holds that Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms. It implies that life on Earth was…

Thing are working out with the house.

So after much worry things are working out. The seller signed the addendum to the agreement of sale and delivered it our attorney yesterday. The termite repairs began yesterday and will finish on Monday. Also the owner has had the township inspector come out for use and occupancy but the owner hasn’t gotten the report…

The girls … in matching dresses.

Matching DressesOriginally uploaded by NoisyArmadillos. It’s funny it took a few months before I realized that because I had two girls I could dress them in matching outfits. I have purchased a couple my self but this set was purchased by my mother. It was funny she shows up with the two dresses and they…