And just like that, Jack has turned 11 months old! Jack Tobias Tucker – 11 Months Old (taken during trip to Winston-Salem, NC) Here’s a little update on how things have been with this guy since last month’s update… General Health Wow – talk about teething. With Joe, teeth seemed to just appear and we’d… Read More 11 Months
I love Freecycle. I used it to dispose of some things we didn’t want to take from NZ back to the USA and have used it a lot since moving to Virginia. It’s a great way to find new homes for things without putting them in the dumpster. It’s also good way to get free… Read More Freecycle Dresser Makeover
We have all sorts of landscaping plans for our house. I’d like to put up some garden walls, a few retaining walls, re-do the bottom deck, put in an area in the front yard where I can have a baby pool and lawn chairs, and keep on with the overall sprucing up that I’ve been… Read More Bye-Bye, Fence!
Remember that post about the snake? Yeah, the black rat snake that we found holed up in our garage. Oh, joy. Here he (or she) is, up close and personal. The windowsill in our garage was so dirty that it was almost perfect camouflage for the snake. Ugh. This one actually didn’t bother me too… Read More Pests: Black Rat Snake
I’ve reached the point where I can blog about the pests that inhabited our house when we first moved in. I’ve never considered myself to be squeamish, but dealing with the snakes, mice, spiders, and camelback crickets that we found here pushed me quite close to the edge. In light of everything else that was… Read More Pests: Mice!
Guess who’s 10 months old? Time sweeps by so quickly – one minute, Jack was a dream in my heart and then: poof! He was there. I can hardly remember what life was like before he got here. So, Jack – I need to apologize right off. I haven’t done nearly as good of a… Read More 10 Months (and then some)
