The Stephford Diaries

…Lenna’s seventh birthday, I’m going to quote some of her most memorable lines.
“We awe out of Bwue’s Cwues appieshaw. DAMMIT.”
“Owd Macdonawd had a fawm, and Matt is a looooo-sah.”
“I stuck one little thing up my nose. Is that alright?!?”
“Wool, poop. I wish it would have been a top one so everyone could see.” (re: losing [...]

I was going to write some long, beautiful post about the joys of parenting, replete with loving descriptions of the wonderful days in our home with our children. Then I remembered I have an angst-ridden teenager, a drama-filled tween and an infant who doubles as a poop factory. Probably not the best material to explain [...]

I suffer from a serious inability to overcome stationary inertia when it comes to having a social life. I live in a neighborhood filled with friendly and cool people. How many of them do I actually know? Two. No, seriously. Two.
Why? Because making friends with anyone would require that I get up and leave the [...]

So, after Tricia’s ped appointment, we went to Bill’s workplace to show Tricia off. Except we got there around noon. Lunchtime. Guess how many people were there? :grin: (Oh, that reminds me — Robert L? I was very, very sad that I didn’t get to meet you, in particular. Anyone who has ever referred to [...]

So yesterday we tried a new pediatrician. Yes, another one. Yes, I pretended the last time didn’t happen. Yes, I regretted it almost immediately. But I’m getting ahead of myself here.
We tried this practice because my therapist recommended them. I figured I could trust her since she’s pretty amazing. She also said they have weekend [...]

…I’m bringing KodakBack. Oh, Kodak EasyShare, I missed you. I missed the true-to-life colors. I missed the razor sharp images. I missed being able to open Photoshop solely to crop an image or to tinker around with B&W, sepia, etc. I. Missed. You, you user-friendly, breathtaking, little minx. You should disown your cousin, the C643 [...]

So. This morning I wake up to a Kodak EasyShare Z612. Um. Whoa. Bill might have his really retarded moments, but this ain’t one of ‘em.
I’m pretty sure it’s wrong to love a camera this much. But holy Hannah — I took the photo below indoors, overcast day, no lights on in our bedroom, and [...]

Okay, so I really, really, really want need want a new camera. I have truly gone as far as I can with my silly, little EasyShare C643. It’s a great little camera for quick snapshots in broad daylight with totally still subjects, but if I want to do anything else, it’s meh. (The one good [...]

Since I can’t count on winning Ree’s camera, and I don’t want to spend a hibbity-jillion dollars on one of my own, I’ve been looking at the “entry-level” SLRs. I think I really, really want the Nikon D40.
There are 81 shopping days until my birthday, folks. :D

Lenna’s friend, Zoe, is staying the night with us. Zoe is a polite kid, and Lenna loves her. Plus, this kid leaves the *greatest voicemails. (Someday, I’ll figure out how to upload them so I can share ‘em.) So, it’s all good.
…until I hear the words, “What? Look at my butt!” coming from Lenna’s room. [...]