Sturm Haustag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-315442009-11-09T19:59:20-05:00TypePadSturmHaushttp://feedburner.google.comadorabletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20128756d47f7970c2009-11-09T19:59:20-05:002009-11-09T20:00:56-05:00This is quite the cutest library orientation video ever. Inspires me to do one of my own! (Thanks Dom!) Tonight was our November board meeting. It was short and sweet this month, which I think is a good thing. On my to-do list for tomorrow: re-write and prioritize my to-do...Hnot the usualtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e2012875654337970c2009-11-08T23:31:17-05:002009-11-08T23:31:17-05:00Jon has decided to go through our filing cabinet tonight in search of something he needs for the car deal. Best of all, he decided to spread it all out on our bed. Note to self: we really need a safe deposit box. Anyway, he came across a file of...Hhello hellotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e2012875620aaf970c2009-11-07T21:37:32-05:002009-11-07T21:37:32-05:00"You're scary when you make up your mind," my husband said. "What do you mean?" I ask. "You said, 'let's buy a car.' And we did!" I quirked an eyebrow at him. "Honey, I've been doing research and thinking about this for 6 months. I figured we'd need to replace...HBel's daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e2012875601449970c2009-11-06T23:56:55-05:002009-11-06T23:56:55-05:00When Bel woke up from her nap today, we took a walk and stopped at the little playground in the middle of our subdivision to play. She loves to swing. She loves the slide, too, but the swing puts a big smile on her face. She's feeling better, with no...Htag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20120a65a8658970b2009-11-05T23:53:44-05:002009-11-05T23:53:44-05:00I'm home, and glad to be here. Conference was good this year, both fun and helpful, which is all you can ask. Kind of tiring to be on my very best behavior for 2 days straight, though. Plus I wore heels both days. Being 6+ feet tall is kind of...Hconference girltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20120a6abebd2970c2009-11-05T09:27:58-05:002009-11-05T09:27:58-05:00Yesterday I got up eeeeaaaarly, dropped the kids off eeeeaaarly, and drove to Lansing for the MLA annual conference. So far I have... Seen Nancy Pearl speak (twice!) - love her. Am now geeked about starting to do some booktalk engagements, if I can talk someone into listening. Learned about...Hhigh mileagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20120a64d5236970b2009-11-02T23:20:32-05:002009-11-02T23:20:32-05:00Jon drives 500+ miles a week to and from work. His current ride is a magnificently comfy Chevy Impala. I took his car to work today and dropped it off at the garage in town because the check engine light was on. Short story? It needs work. Almost as much...Hack!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20120a6494520970b2009-11-01T23:39:00-05:002009-11-01T23:39:00-05:00I almost forgot! NaBloPoMo starts today. I will do my best to honor it - please excuse me, in advance, if I just post a cute picture of the kids instead of writing something. Like this one: See, that wasn't so bad, was it? Jon is making bread tonight. I...HBel in costumetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20120a6442e62970b2009-10-31T10:44:34-04:002009-10-31T10:44:34-04:00It took me awhile to figure out Bel's costume this year. Last year, she was the perfect sweet treat. This year, we required something more. Something that expressed her budding personality and interests. And as I flipped through a pattern book at Jo-Ann's, thinking about what she likes, I had...HNow we pause for a commercial break...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e20120a63f79f5970b2009-10-30T15:36:16-04:002009-10-30T15:36:16-04:00So, Otto woke us up at 5am this morning. He was burning up, and when we took his temp it was over 102. Jon fed him some ibuprofen and tucked him back into bed. I got up as usual with Bel, got her ready to go, and then got Otto...H