1.17.2007
Riding home just now, we were listening to a song off the Indigo Girls' newest album (the song is All the Way). There is a line in the song that ends with the word "gasoline." Emma Kate piped up from the backseat, "The Indigo Girls call it gasoline, but we just call it gas!" I have to admit I was impressed, since we don't typically use the word gasoline otherwise. We then had a conversation about different meanings of the word gas, and what gasoline means. :)
1.15.2007
Morning, y'all. We're in the process of a server move here at shaverfamily.org. I'm not sure why the image above is out of whack, but everything else seems to be working pretty well. And the best part is, I just got a ton of email for the first time in months. For some reason - probably because of the age of the operating system - the mail server has been rejecting a lot of mail. So if you've tried to email me and it's been rejected, try again. All should be well now.
1.03.2007
Uh, hi? Merry Christmas? Happy New Year? Obviously it's been quiet around here lately. We were busy with Christmas preparations, and over New Year's weekend I vowed to keep all of us out of the emergency room and instead led a cleaning and decluttering frenzy at home. I am feeling quite happy with our accomplishments in that department. When we moved to Roanoke and lived with Mom and Dad for 9 months, with some stuff at their house, some in Raleigh, and eventually some in storage, we basically quit filing. After we moved into our house we never got caught up. I can say that now we are more or less caught up on all filing for the last ~27 months. It's kind of sad when some of your bills and things are so old that they can go straight to the trash without ever seeing the inside of a file folder.
After a 2-week spell where the only exercise I got consisted of shoveling handfuls of sweets into my mouth, I am back to my regular routines. On the 22nd I will officially start my training for the Indy Mini Marathon. Unlike the half-marathon in Charlottesville last spring, this one is supposed to be flat, flat, flat. It also includes a lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But the best part is that three of my friends who live out that way are also running!
An update on Emma Kate: she has officially weaned, and I don't even exactly know when. It was sometime in November or December, I think. It feels both good and a little strange to be done with that part of our mother-child relationship. I am glad that she got to end things more or less on her terms, when she was ready. And see, I won't still be nursing her when she goes to college! :)
Oooh, I forgot to tell you that Chris got me a KitchenAid mixer for Christmas! I am so excited! He got me a red one, but I am exchanging it for one in cobalt blue - and I just found out it was delivered this afternoon! Woo-hoo! I cannot wait to open it up and check it out - the red one is waiting to be returned and it has taken real willpower not to open the box.
After a 2-week spell where the only exercise I got consisted of shoveling handfuls of sweets into my mouth, I am back to my regular routines. On the 22nd I will officially start my training for the Indy Mini Marathon. Unlike the half-marathon in Charlottesville last spring, this one is supposed to be flat, flat, flat. It also includes a lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But the best part is that three of my friends who live out that way are also running!
An update on Emma Kate: she has officially weaned, and I don't even exactly know when. It was sometime in November or December, I think. It feels both good and a little strange to be done with that part of our mother-child relationship. I am glad that she got to end things more or less on her terms, when she was ready. And see, I won't still be nursing her when she goes to college! :)
Oooh, I forgot to tell you that Chris got me a KitchenAid mixer for Christmas! I am so excited! He got me a red one, but I am exchanging it for one in cobalt blue - and I just found out it was delivered this afternoon! Woo-hoo! I cannot wait to open it up and check it out - the red one is waiting to be returned and it has taken real willpower not to open the box.
