Warm and Cold Running Rain
This is an insanely quick update, since I'm obviously not going to have time for any other kind.
I just finished part of a client's site...I was mostly waiting for images, but when I got them they'd pretty much revamped their entire catalog and renamed each product...ACK!! So while I quoted them based on the time I THOUGHT it would take me, I'm about three hours over that estimate since the whole thing snuck up on me. Oy. And the thing REALLY has to be done, like, tomorrow. I hate coming this close to the wire...it scares me. You just KNOW something's going to blow up.
Next week is Lauren's last swimming lesson for this set...we're seriously considering private lessons because I've been doing some observation and calculation. It seems that my daughter is getting bored sitting on the edge of the pool, and is anxious to swim. Due to the number of kids in the class, however, she gets about 7.5 minutes of actual swim time and instruction per 45-minute lesson. While the kids are taking turns, those who aren't currently swimming are supposed to sit quietly on the edge of the swimming pool. While she isn't technically being BAD, she's not exactly being a model of patience, either. From what I've figured, each kid gets about 15 minutes of practice per week. Each session lasts for four weeks, so you pay $35 for about an hour's worth of actual instruction. They have private lessons for $42, where you get three, one-half hour sessions with one-on-one instruction...a total of 90 minutes of instruction. A mom who was sitting next to me had her kid in private lessons, so I hopped over a chair and said, "So! I notice you have your daughter taking the private lessons...how's she liking that?" Apparently her neighbor advised her to go with private lessons, "otherwise the kids just end up sitting on the side," and she's completely thrilled with the results. So now we're deeply considering this possibility, especially since you can get a discount with semi-private lessons (usually two siblings or really good friends)...and their favorite teacher is also available for the lessons.
Hmmmm.
Tomorrow is the Super Heroes exhibit at the Science Center...and it was supposed to be David's first day at Frontiers, but the host's kid got sick, so that's been postponed. No word on when it's going to be back. Saturday David's supposed to take a class at the Apple store on iPhoto.
Speaking of iCrap, our homemade PVR blew up the other day...powered down and wouldn't come back. This, of course, puts my iSpouse in a mood and a half, and he spent a great deal of time tonight trying to separate a CPU from a massive heat sink using a hair dryer. Unbelievably, it worked! I'm just SO impressed.
I got out the seedling trays and the window boxes yesterday and the kids had a fabulous time helping me fill them with dirt. It had also started to rain, so by the time we were done the kids were pretty much caked in a thin layer of mud. I let them go stomp around in the ginormous puddle in the street to clean off...their fascination for this particular puddle is my own fault. I used to take David out there in the warm, Spring rain, and when he said, "Schnickelfritz!" (a German term of endearment for kids), I'd grab his hand and run with him down the driveway and into the puddle, then back up into the garage. This was just beyond fantastically fun in his mind, so the puddle still retains this magic allure. Well, that and he's five years old and it's a puddle, for Pete's sake.
While we were filling the boxes, I asked him, "So, what do plants need to grow?" "Soil, sun, and water!" he answered promptly. "And what are we providing right now?" "Soil! And it's RAINING!" Ah, quite true. Two outta three ain't bad.
Tidbits: Lauren is getting deeply into unicorns now, and she loves the Lunesta moth on TV. According to her, he glows in the dark and puts people to sleep, and she loves him and wants him to come visit her at night. David informs me that he is starting to outgrow Thomas just a little bit, and he's getting more and more into the idea of Superheroes, and thinks he wants to watch Superman Returns at the OmniMax. (I'm none too sure about this!) Mom has sent her cold and icky weather this way, so today we had to shut all the windows and we spent some time nesting on the couch under a comforter reading...of all things....a kid's dictionary while the cold rain spattered against the glass. The dictionary was the kids' pick, believe it or not!
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I just finished part of a client's site...I was mostly waiting for images, but when I got them they'd pretty much revamped their entire catalog and renamed each product...ACK!! So while I quoted them based on the time I THOUGHT it would take me, I'm about three hours over that estimate since the whole thing snuck up on me. Oy. And the thing REALLY has to be done, like, tomorrow. I hate coming this close to the wire...it scares me. You just KNOW something's going to blow up.
Next week is Lauren's last swimming lesson for this set...we're seriously considering private lessons because I've been doing some observation and calculation. It seems that my daughter is getting bored sitting on the edge of the pool, and is anxious to swim. Due to the number of kids in the class, however, she gets about 7.5 minutes of actual swim time and instruction per 45-minute lesson. While the kids are taking turns, those who aren't currently swimming are supposed to sit quietly on the edge of the swimming pool. While she isn't technically being BAD, she's not exactly being a model of patience, either. From what I've figured, each kid gets about 15 minutes of practice per week. Each session lasts for four weeks, so you pay $35 for about an hour's worth of actual instruction. They have private lessons for $42, where you get three, one-half hour sessions with one-on-one instruction...a total of 90 minutes of instruction. A mom who was sitting next to me had her kid in private lessons, so I hopped over a chair and said, "So! I notice you have your daughter taking the private lessons...how's she liking that?" Apparently her neighbor advised her to go with private lessons, "otherwise the kids just end up sitting on the side," and she's completely thrilled with the results. So now we're deeply considering this possibility, especially since you can get a discount with semi-private lessons (usually two siblings or really good friends)...and their favorite teacher is also available for the lessons.
Hmmmm.
Tomorrow is the Super Heroes exhibit at the Science Center...and it was supposed to be David's first day at Frontiers, but the host's kid got sick, so that's been postponed. No word on when it's going to be back. Saturday David's supposed to take a class at the Apple store on iPhoto.
Speaking of iCrap, our homemade PVR blew up the other day...powered down and wouldn't come back. This, of course, puts my iSpouse in a mood and a half, and he spent a great deal of time tonight trying to separate a CPU from a massive heat sink using a hair dryer. Unbelievably, it worked! I'm just SO impressed.
I got out the seedling trays and the window boxes yesterday and the kids had a fabulous time helping me fill them with dirt. It had also started to rain, so by the time we were done the kids were pretty much caked in a thin layer of mud. I let them go stomp around in the ginormous puddle in the street to clean off...their fascination for this particular puddle is my own fault. I used to take David out there in the warm, Spring rain, and when he said, "Schnickelfritz!" (a German term of endearment for kids), I'd grab his hand and run with him down the driveway and into the puddle, then back up into the garage. This was just beyond fantastically fun in his mind, so the puddle still retains this magic allure. Well, that and he's five years old and it's a puddle, for Pete's sake.
While we were filling the boxes, I asked him, "So, what do plants need to grow?" "Soil, sun, and water!" he answered promptly. "And what are we providing right now?" "Soil! And it's RAINING!" Ah, quite true. Two outta three ain't bad.
Tidbits: Lauren is getting deeply into unicorns now, and she loves the Lunesta moth on TV. According to her, he glows in the dark and puts people to sleep, and she loves him and wants him to come visit her at night. David informs me that he is starting to outgrow Thomas just a little bit, and he's getting more and more into the idea of Superheroes, and thinks he wants to watch Superman Returns at the OmniMax. (I'm none too sure about this!) Mom has sent her cold and icky weather this way, so today we had to shut all the windows and we spent some time nesting on the couch under a comforter reading...of all things....a kid's dictionary while the cold rain spattered against the glass. The dictionary was the kids' pick, believe it or not!
And for your Useful Site of the Day: You Send It, a site for sending oversized files so your email doesn't blow up.
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