It's obvious I can't keep up with the Sid and Lola pages on this site. So for now, some embedded Flash video for your viewing enjoyment. Please, take a stroll through the last YEAR of inactivity in the video department with this brief sampling of fun...
Lola sings Jingle Bells, December 2008
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Sidney gets fit on the Wii, January 2009
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Sid dances, January 2009
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Road trip with Paigey and Grandpa, not sure where we were going...March 2009
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Ring around the rosie, August 2009
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Lola sings "sticky", August 2009
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Sid rolls in on his Spiderman scooter, August 2009
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Sid bonds with Tasty, October 2009
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And the masterpiece, the grand finale, Lola presents a classic of our time, Don't Stop Believin', October 2009
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
New pictures, finally!
Finally committed to posting some new kids. So embarrassed, some of these date back to May! I'm overwhelmed by the videos I have to post, so those will wait until another good chunk of time, hopefully in the next week. For now:
New Lola pictures
New Sidney pictures
A few miscellaneous pictures
I'm not as thorough as I used to be, posting every cute picture we've got, creating a new album for every little event in our lives. Just don't have the time. So you're seeing the cream of the crop, the tip of the iceberg, whatever you want to call it.
Otherwise, pretty much the same old story for us - busy with kids, EcoReno, etc. Nana has been visiting for a bit, but her time here is drawing to a close and it will be back to the usual day to day activities.
Until next time...
New Lola pictures
New Sidney pictures
A few miscellaneous pictures
I'm not as thorough as I used to be, posting every cute picture we've got, creating a new album for every little event in our lives. Just don't have the time. So you're seeing the cream of the crop, the tip of the iceberg, whatever you want to call it.
Otherwise, pretty much the same old story for us - busy with kids, EcoReno, etc. Nana has been visiting for a bit, but her time here is drawing to a close and it will be back to the usual day to day activities.
Until next time...
Friday, October 9, 2009
Ugh
Feeling just a bit overwhelmed right now...I tend to in general anyway, just trying to keep straight all the "stuff" in our lives: work and various obligations and deadlines there, the store and the various demands it places on us, kids and their various needs, and all the peripheral stuff like bills to pay, chores and yardwork around the house, etc. But right now, something very specific is making me panic.
I got this harebrained idea that for EcoReno's first anniversary/grand opening party, I would do a workshop on building your own solar oven. I've always wanted to, didn't seem too hard, and seemed like a good little "event" to have at the shop. And now, after weeks of trying to secure the perfect sized boxes, accumulating other required items, and scrutinizing various plans, I've reached the conclusion that I'm totally screwed. It's way too complicated, I don't have the right size pieces of cardboard, and I'm in over my head. I really don't want to be a quitter on this, but I just don't see how I can do it. I have no idea if anyone will even show up, if it'll be just one person or a dozen, or what. Failure.
As long as I'm here, a brief update on the assorted other stuff in our lives. Sid is recuperating well from his little surgery recently. Details a bit too personal to go into here, but all seems well in his recovery. Lola's down to two days per week at Noah's Ark, and her time at EcoReno with Morgan seems to be good for all involved. I was lucky enough to have pizza lunch with her at school yesterday! And then dinner at the Santa Fe for Paige's birthday. Overall, everyone is doing OK, a bit of a common cold making the rounds at our house, Nana coming to visit next week, and, as always, lots of being busy all the time.
Someday, I will get some new pictures loaded here. Really.
I got this harebrained idea that for EcoReno's first anniversary/grand opening party, I would do a workshop on building your own solar oven. I've always wanted to, didn't seem too hard, and seemed like a good little "event" to have at the shop. And now, after weeks of trying to secure the perfect sized boxes, accumulating other required items, and scrutinizing various plans, I've reached the conclusion that I'm totally screwed. It's way too complicated, I don't have the right size pieces of cardboard, and I'm in over my head. I really don't want to be a quitter on this, but I just don't see how I can do it. I have no idea if anyone will even show up, if it'll be just one person or a dozen, or what. Failure.
As long as I'm here, a brief update on the assorted other stuff in our lives. Sid is recuperating well from his little surgery recently. Details a bit too personal to go into here, but all seems well in his recovery. Lola's down to two days per week at Noah's Ark, and her time at EcoReno with Morgan seems to be good for all involved. I was lucky enough to have pizza lunch with her at school yesterday! And then dinner at the Santa Fe for Paige's birthday. Overall, everyone is doing OK, a bit of a common cold making the rounds at our house, Nana coming to visit next week, and, as always, lots of being busy all the time.
Someday, I will get some new pictures loaded here. Really.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
long overdue....
Basically, life is busy. We are caught up in being parents, business owners, home owners and our own selves. We are missing out on a few things: vacations, time to blog, sleeping in, and those days where you wake up and can't decide what to do. I would kill for one of those!
Parents: the kids are getting so big! Sid turned two in July and is a talking machine. It is a great age where you can actually start communicating better with your child as they start to use words and can better express their emotions. Sid likes to jump up and down really hard and throw himself onto the floor - when he gets upset for you doing such parental duties such as keeping him away from a hot stove, taking away the scissors, scolding him for taking a gulp of your wine. You know, those parental duties. He finally got his first haircut too. Not too much and I am told by a certain someone that he still looks like a girl. The comments have cut down a bit about 'her.' Lola is going to turn 5 soon. Sometimes I think she is trapped in the body of a twenty year old. She knows it all! I promise, because she tells me all the time. She doesn't start kindergarten until next year, but she can't stop writing or spelling. We S-P-E-L-L everything! She still loves to dress up and wear everyone else's shoes. I think some of it is rubbing off on Sid.
Business Owners: We just moved EcoReno into a bigger, more visible location. It has been great! We are able to get a few more lines and some different things in. Overall, things are continuing to be good and keeping us very busy!
Home Owners: Nothing new around that actual Tiar house. Well, a new car. We sold the Eurovan and bought a minivan. It has been a little adjusting and despite my hesitation, I really like it. It will be very handy with company in town or any additional passenger as anythign else will lend no room with the two car seats.
Me: Busy. Really. I like it though and all for a good reason. Just hope that it all pays off.
Parents: the kids are getting so big! Sid turned two in July and is a talking machine. It is a great age where you can actually start communicating better with your child as they start to use words and can better express their emotions. Sid likes to jump up and down really hard and throw himself onto the floor - when he gets upset for you doing such parental duties such as keeping him away from a hot stove, taking away the scissors, scolding him for taking a gulp of your wine. You know, those parental duties. He finally got his first haircut too. Not too much and I am told by a certain someone that he still looks like a girl. The comments have cut down a bit about 'her.' Lola is going to turn 5 soon. Sometimes I think she is trapped in the body of a twenty year old. She knows it all! I promise, because she tells me all the time. She doesn't start kindergarten until next year, but she can't stop writing or spelling. We S-P-E-L-L everything! She still loves to dress up and wear everyone else's shoes. I think some of it is rubbing off on Sid.
Business Owners: We just moved EcoReno into a bigger, more visible location. It has been great! We are able to get a few more lines and some different things in. Overall, things are continuing to be good and keeping us very busy!
Home Owners: Nothing new around that actual Tiar house. Well, a new car. We sold the Eurovan and bought a minivan. It has been a little adjusting and despite my hesitation, I really like it. It will be very handy with company in town or any additional passenger as anythign else will lend no room with the two car seats.
Me: Busy. Really. I like it though and all for a good reason. Just hope that it all pays off.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Sid's first haircut
Sid has been growing his hair out for two years. He has never had it cut. I get a lot of shocked looks when I inform people, who refer to Sid as a her, that he in act a him. Let me also say that Sid always dresses in boy themed clothes and even if I put him in a shirt that said "I am a BOY," they would still ask about 'her.' Some think it is completely adorable. I do.
Recently though, it was starting to get in his face and eyes. Becoming a bit of a nuisance. We can't put it in a ponytail. It is one thing to let you son have long hair, it is another to let him look completely silly. I took Lola to a kid's themed hair place to get a trim and convince Sid that this would be an okay thing. I had every intention of letting my friend, Kelly, do it. But when it came down to it, I knew he wouldn't sit still for her in his very own home.
She cut into what she called a 'surfer look' which looks more 'page-boy' like. He was very good as he ate is sucker and she trimmed away. Of course, I said not to cut it too short!
Recently though, it was starting to get in his face and eyes. Becoming a bit of a nuisance. We can't put it in a ponytail. It is one thing to let you son have long hair, it is another to let him look completely silly. I took Lola to a kid's themed hair place to get a trim and convince Sid that this would be an okay thing. I had every intention of letting my friend, Kelly, do it. But when it came down to it, I knew he wouldn't sit still for her in his very own home.
She cut into what she called a 'surfer look' which looks more 'page-boy' like. He was very good as he ate is sucker and she trimmed away. Of course, I said not to cut it too short!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Zombies, vans, and photographs
I think I know what it feels like to be a zombie. Or at least feel like zombies look in the movies. Sid seems to be having a pretty severe bout of insomnia the last couple nights, keeping us up off and on for hours. Or more accurately, up, then back to sleep for an hour, then up again, then back to sleep for 20 minutes, and on and on. Last night is a blur of getting up, picking him up, rocking with him, putting him back in his crib, bringing him to our bed, being kicked by him in our bed, Morgan getting up multiple times. Getting up this morning was harder than the worst hangover morning. This has to stop. He's apparently constipated too - I wonder which condition causes the other? Or maybe molars are coming in? I should also mention that our dear babysitter Michelle is now our former babysitter Michelle, off to nursing school she went, so Sid is now with Alicia 3 days a week. So maybe the change of scenery has disrupted him...but he seems happy with the switch. Otherwise, Sid's shaping up to be quite the little man - using lots of words now, and charming the pants off of anyone he meets.
Lola still attending Noah's Ark happily, doing well there, and being her usual beautiful Lola self.
In other news, yeah, I know, the rate of updates around here would make you think we've left the country. Still here, crazy busy, living our lives.
EcoReno moved a few weeks ago, to our new location. Much more visible on the main drag, double the floor space, great vibrant neighborhood, and it seems like we're getting busier. To help make the move happen, with all the financial fallout that entails, we sold our Eurovan to a nice family from Mt. Shasta, went without a 2nd vehicle for about 10 days, and as of last night, are now the proud owners of a 2002, very low mileage, Toyota Sienna. Sigh, a minivan. It's come to that. I wanted a Forester or an Outback, but the practicalities of two kids in car seats, frequent cargo-hauling needs, seating for more than just the four of us, and the minivan became the obvious choice. Should last us a nice long time.
My goal for this fall, since goals like homebrewing and writing a will (yeah, OK, I know my goals are weird and disparate) never seem to materialize, is to get some more photos posted on this site. I'm sure there are a ton on the camera, several of which I could have posted and linked to from this writing to illustrate various things. Time is such a fleeting resource. But since Project Runway and Biggest Loser will kidnap my wife two nights a week, I think I might be able to get these online photo albums updated soon.
Speaking of time, I've got to wrap this up and go get ready for work. Where I also don't have enough time to get everything done. When do I get to slow down? Oh yeah, every night after kids go to bed, enjoying a good beer, and watching TV for a few minutes before bed.
Lola still attending Noah's Ark happily, doing well there, and being her usual beautiful Lola self.
In other news, yeah, I know, the rate of updates around here would make you think we've left the country. Still here, crazy busy, living our lives.
EcoReno moved a few weeks ago, to our new location. Much more visible on the main drag, double the floor space, great vibrant neighborhood, and it seems like we're getting busier. To help make the move happen, with all the financial fallout that entails, we sold our Eurovan to a nice family from Mt. Shasta, went without a 2nd vehicle for about 10 days, and as of last night, are now the proud owners of a 2002, very low mileage, Toyota Sienna. Sigh, a minivan. It's come to that. I wanted a Forester or an Outback, but the practicalities of two kids in car seats, frequent cargo-hauling needs, seating for more than just the four of us, and the minivan became the obvious choice. Should last us a nice long time.
My goal for this fall, since goals like homebrewing and writing a will (yeah, OK, I know my goals are weird and disparate) never seem to materialize, is to get some more photos posted on this site. I'm sure there are a ton on the camera, several of which I could have posted and linked to from this writing to illustrate various things. Time is such a fleeting resource. But since Project Runway and Biggest Loser will kidnap my wife two nights a week, I think I might be able to get these online photo albums updated soon.
Speaking of time, I've got to wrap this up and go get ready for work. Where I also don't have enough time to get everything done. When do I get to slow down? Oh yeah, every night after kids go to bed, enjoying a good beer, and watching TV for a few minutes before bed.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Yearbook photos
I guess the latest thing on Facebook is this yearbookyourself.com thing where you can make fun photos of yourself. I don't do Facebook, but it's kind of quiet at the store today and I couldn't resist. Marc through the decades:
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Briefly
I've basically given up all hope of keeping up with this blog, so at least I can throw out a few informative bleats to keep you all in the loop, recorded for posterity:
EcoReno is moving!
Mice in the garage - head count = six so far.
Hot summer weather!
Selling the van :-(
Watching The Wire, two seasons down.
That is all. We're well, dog and cat are good, life is fine.
EcoReno is moving!
Mice in the garage - head count = six so far.
Hot summer weather!
Selling the van :-(
Watching The Wire, two seasons down.
That is all. We're well, dog and cat are good, life is fine.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Yes, we're still here
I guess one post per month is about the most I can eke out these days. The time flies past without even realizing. No excuses, other than the same ones you've seen before, just too darn busy. And Twitter has become my big timesuck.
The main reason I logged in today was, I did want to share this article about the health care system in Canada vs. the US.
Aside from that, mainly business as usual. Kids are OK, business is OK (but never as good as we'd like it to be!) at the store, and we long for leisure time and activities. We are going to break free and do something fun this weekend for the 4th of July, looking like a two-night stay at the lake, so that should be GREAT!
Brian and Sonya's wedding consumed a lot of last weekend, a great time was had by all - Cosmo and Maureen visiting, me camping with the men bachelor party style in Black Rock country, the Pub and Sub dinner the night before the wedding, the wedding at beautiful Galena Creek park featuring homebrewed hefeweizen by Marc Tiar, and the reception at Brian and Sonya's house afterwards, celebratory as you might expect. It was truly a fun-filled span of days.
Tasty is now an outdoor cat, venturing out most of the time, overnight even on some occasions, and is no worse for the wear. Hopefully the time spent outdoors will cut down on cat dander in the house, a potential help for Lola's allergies. She goes in for her sinus CT scan tomorrow, then back to the ENT a week or so later for assessment. Hoping for the best.
Also since last post, Morgan and I went to see Mamma Mia, her birthday gift redeemed finally, and we had great time. I'm not too macho to say I enjoy a good musical. Sushi dinner before the show didn't hurt.
Well, I suppose that's all I have interesting enough to post for now. I know I never got those videos posted. Someday when I have some free time. Until then, see you next month (easy to say since June ends in about 6 hours!)
The main reason I logged in today was, I did want to share this article about the health care system in Canada vs. the US.
Aside from that, mainly business as usual. Kids are OK, business is OK (but never as good as we'd like it to be!) at the store, and we long for leisure time and activities. We are going to break free and do something fun this weekend for the 4th of July, looking like a two-night stay at the lake, so that should be GREAT!
Brian and Sonya's wedding consumed a lot of last weekend, a great time was had by all - Cosmo and Maureen visiting, me camping with the men bachelor party style in Black Rock country, the Pub and Sub dinner the night before the wedding, the wedding at beautiful Galena Creek park featuring homebrewed hefeweizen by Marc Tiar, and the reception at Brian and Sonya's house afterwards, celebratory as you might expect. It was truly a fun-filled span of days.
Tasty is now an outdoor cat, venturing out most of the time, overnight even on some occasions, and is no worse for the wear. Hopefully the time spent outdoors will cut down on cat dander in the house, a potential help for Lola's allergies. She goes in for her sinus CT scan tomorrow, then back to the ENT a week or so later for assessment. Hoping for the best.
Also since last post, Morgan and I went to see Mamma Mia, her birthday gift redeemed finally, and we had great time. I'm not too macho to say I enjoy a good musical. Sushi dinner before the show didn't hurt.
Well, I suppose that's all I have interesting enough to post for now. I know I never got those videos posted. Someday when I have some free time. Until then, see you next month (easy to say since June ends in about 6 hours!)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Big photo update!
Finally got to clear off the memory card and upload some pictures.
After plowing through so many, it seems like I posted so few. I probably only put about 10% on here, the rest just aren't cream of the crop enough to post publicly. But I've got a hard drive full of memories if you ever want to kill some time...
My next big goal here is movie clips - time to load some new ones. Not sure when, but stay tuned...
After plowing through so many, it seems like I posted so few. I probably only put about 10% on here, the rest just aren't cream of the crop enough to post publicly. But I've got a hard drive full of memories if you ever want to kill some time...
My next big goal here is movie clips - time to load some new ones. Not sure when, but stay tuned...
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