A few updates:
On the home front: We are having the floors on the top two floors of our townhouse completely replaced. It is a huge project trying to get ready. Everything will have to be moved out of each room. So we’re trying to purge as much stuff as we can and move stuff we’re going to keep down into the basement for temporary storage to get ready. (We’ll replace the carpet in the basement some other time.)
We’d been planning to redo the floors for awhile. Our most recent thinking had been to wait until TLG was past the toddling and dumping all his food on the floor phase (both of which we’re still waiting for.) We’re going to replace the carpet on the main level with hardwood. But he’s allergic to the cats, and after removing the cats, the next thing to do is to rip out all the dander-filled carpet. So we bumped up the schedule on the floors. Now to get rid of as much crap as possible before the real mayhem begins!
On the geek front: I finally installed VMWare and Windoze and Office on my Macbook. I know, I know, virtualization’s been around for a long time. I know what it is and roughly how it works. But still, there’s something about finally doing it for real and seeing it actually work that makes my little geek heart go pitter-pitter-patter. Pretty cool!
On the mom front: So much going on! I need to do a proper update. I think the last one I did TLG was 7.5 months. He’s 11 months now and has got a lot going on. I’m still pretty exhausted most of the time. As a quick snapshot, the thing that made him laugh hysterically today was me making a chirping noise when he flipped his straw on his straw cup out of his mouth. Also, he got his first haircut last weekend and looks even older than he did before! I could write about his exploits for pages, so I’ll stop there and do a proper update on him soon.
Apart from the work front (rrrrrrrrrrrrrr…and let’s just leave it at that) I don’t think there are any other fronts right now! I’m dying to get back to my quilts, but am not sure how that’s going to happen. We canceled cable television because we literally never turn the tv on anymore. I’m donating most of my books to the library (discussed previously). Last summer I was pregnant and then recovering from the c-section so I didn’t get out much. We’re really hoping to spend a bunch of time outside with TLG this summer. The farmer’s markets have begun and I’m trying to get to one of two close to us at least once a week. Once TLG is toddling on his own, I think we’re going to try to take him to the zoo. We have a couple of trips planned to visit family in the next couple of months. And I haven’t been to the pool in weeks (boohoo!).
TLG’s first birthday is fast approaching. He has an Amazon wishlist, of course. I’ve realized in the last few weeks that I really had no conception of when certain developmental things happen for infants. He’s much more advanced at 11 months than I’d sort of expected, but still with much more to come. Still stunningly good-looking!
TLG at Nearly 11 Months
