Happy Fourth
Not much going on today. We have visitors coming in this afternoon (The Belfords, of the Johnson County Belfords) so I’ve got some cleaning to do. The lawn needs to be mowed before the obligatory holiday rain hits. I’m really hoping nothing work related comes up today. It’s nice to turn three day weekends into four day weekends. Big new baby shout outs to the B’s, who welcomed little Sam into the world yesterday. Sam got his hands on the phone and dialed our number last night. He asked for the Little Girlfriend, but I had to tell him she’s not available for another 4-5 weeks. That kid has quite…
Assembly Required
What have I done the last three nights? Put baby stuff together. Swings, strollers, high chairs, and other assorted knickknacks. There’s nothing like that little fear in the back of your mind that you’ve put the wrong screw in the wrong arm support and 18 months from now it will fail, causing your child to not only fall, but probably pull a bowl of scalding hot oatmeal onto her body, eliciting extreme pain and much shrieking, followed shortly thereafter by a visit from the Division of Family Services. I’m also a little concerned at how easy many of these products are to assemble. When you’re putting something together for a…