In transition

I’m sitting her minding my own business.  The husband is playing WoW and eavesdropping on his “guild members” who are using a voice chat.

They are bickering over pronunciation of in game locations.

Unfortunately, I think can get worse.

Our house is officially off the market. We took a month to debate, but this is the formal announcement. We’re not going anywhere.

So now, we’re getting down to the business of acting like we’re going to stay and changing the house to fit us. I’m excited, of course I’m probably just nesting.  First on the agenda is the master bedroom.  Thankfully Eugene, buried deep in his archives, already has experience installing hardwood.  I’ll be pestering him for advice.

Don’t expect pictures in the near future.  The husband and I are agonizingly slow with these sorts of decisions.

Yesterday afternoon I posted that everyone should take a quick peek over at my friend Kat’s blog.

This was posted shortly before the crap hit the fan.  Not long after my post it was picked up by Instapundit.  Now, if you use Google Blog Search or Technorati, there are between 65 and 75 blogs posting on the incident and that’s only using the search term JL Kirk and Associates.

I was initially furious when I learned of the incident.  Right now I’m reading in wonder.  Who knew a word could become an Internet verb in less than twenty-four hours?  I spent far too long on the computer yesterday watching in awe as the story was picked up, first by Kat’s friends and then by others who were unimpressed by the actions of JL Kirk and Associates.  This whole thing wouldn’t have even been a blip on Google, but look where it is now.

You see, no one likes a bully, but you know who hates a bully more than anyone else? Nerds and geeks and lookie here, they came onto our playground to harass one of our own.  We’re all grown up now, we have millions with whom we interact and connect with.  We’re no longer relegated to a corner of the cafeteria watching everyone else have fun.  Sure, some of us might still look and feel a little awkward in public, but now we know we’re not alone.

We sure as hell don’t like getting picked on.

I’m watching a fascinating story unfold at my friend’s Kat Coble’s blog.  A few weeks ago she posted about her experience with the company JL Kirk & Associates.

She received a certified letter stating she needed to pull the post or they will be in contact with her ISP.

Go read this now!

This looks like it could blow up big.  First amendment rights and angry bloggers always make for an interesting time.

Ivy and I were nominated for two Blogger Choice awards for co-authored Home Ec 101.

If you are so inclined, we’ve been nominated for:

Best Educational Blog 

Best Blog Design

It does take a moment to register, but it is appreciated.

I love that my children love their grandparents.  I do not like the children they become after the grandparents have packed their bags and fled half a continent away.

They’ve had gobs of candy, not enough sleep, and enough unconditional attention to turn the sweetest child rotten.

Schedules, healthy meals, naps, and rules.

Today we return to normal.

Pray for me.  I’ll need it.

You ask why I don’t trust them?

5th Graders Accused of Sex in School 

I know there was a breakdown of supervision, but. . .

Lightning’s flashing, thunder’s crashing and suddenly the air smells clean again.

I’m breathing a sigh of relief as the world is washed clean.

Everything feels better after a shower.

Don’t too excited, we’re not finding out the gender. I’m hoping for a cooperative tech who won’t slip up. So far we were lucky with boy boys and neither said anything or let anything show. Tim has to work, so I’ll be there alone.

***Update***  One healthy, stubborn, sleepy baby.

• It took me a lot longer to bounce back from being sick that I ever would have imagined.  Consequently my house is the special kind of wreck that can only be wrought by two boys 3 and under and two large dogs.  It’s slowly coming back together.
• Tim has been working insanely long hours.
• I am so sick and tired of reading about abortion.  I know it’s big news right now, but I really wish it wasn’t being brought to my attention every single day.  Normally it doesn’t bother me, but it can be hard to maintain an unbiased voice right now.
• My in-laws are coming into town next week, it’ll be nice to see them again.
• I did escape on Sunday for a couple of hours and take some pictures.
• I have a ton of research to do for Home Ec 101.  I want to build searchable databases that are separate from the blog.