Orwell to blog

Heard about the Orwell personal diaries going online on NPR this evening - should be an interesting read. Could be quite dry at times, but as they progress into the start of WWII may provide some interesting commentary. And probably a bit more digestible a day at a time rather than reading in book form. Sounds like a good idea - we'll see how it shapes up.

Lactation Nation

Great article courtesy of Texas Monthly

hot summer

so, before i head to bed, while surfing the internet, the news was on in the background.
so i overheard

we now officially have had 38 days at or above 100

argh
thank heavens for the modern convenience of air conditioning.

no more circles

Seriously, I think we ended up painting about 100 little orange circles, and 3 or 4 coats on each, so really over 300 of them. That's not happening again! But, the whole thing is pretty cool - we're happy with the result. And now we finally have access to the drawers to put stuff away.

1 - Before, with everything pushed to the center;

2 - painting sky and ground planes;

3 - painting the 'cells'
4 - finally some tree stumps ('stem' cells)






5 - fruit!
After all of that, we were able to put together the crib tonite after one of our birthing classes. Thanks to Preston, Robin, and Emma for letting us borrow it ;) And no, the sheets aren't washed yet, but I had to put them on for the photo. Now this just gives me a great excuse for getting new coordinating sheets for the bed!

Wolf Weekend '08

the whole Wolf gang

our portion of the Wolf gang

That time of year again - Wolf family reunion (or 'Wolfapalooza' as it has been titled). Everyone totally surprised us with a Luau for Sputnik, which was very much appreciated and completely unexpected. Now we really have to finish the room to find somewhere to put this stuff!

Kyle's cousin (due a month later) and me

Emma


Emmy & Preston

Mark

some girl's enjoying their margaritas

Kyle's 'doodie' kit

the gentlemen in their hula skirts

the ladies of the luau