tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52855412011-04-21T17:08:15.301-05:00News from the Bumpy RoadHere is my second attempt at a blog. Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1089604907080824512004-07-11T22:22:00.000-05:002004-07-11T23:01:47.080-05:00CALTHA IS SICK. She has tonsilitis. In a way I am glad I caught it. Caltha is a dirty sneak when it comes to being ill. We went up to the big Farmer's Market and gourmet grocery in DesMoines yesterday. Calthas wanted to go swimming. No, Caltha can't swim at the market but the city pool is open six to eight pm, so I said we'd hit the pool for the evening shift. We left early in the morning for theThadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1089211566491913602004-07-07T09:32:00.000-05:002004-07-07T09:46:06.490-05:00
Well the Fourth of July weekend has come and gone. Caltha got thrown from a horse at Spartacus Monday. Kids fall off horses all the time, but Caltha was actually thrown. Her horse bucked on her. She landed in straw and unmentionable which left her feeling unimaingably grossed out. I had a long talk with her on why she should continue to ride.
Riding is one of reasons my husband and I pay Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1088710162451903682004-07-01T14:20:00.000-05:002004-07-01T14:29:22.450-05:00
I ought to do something else to this blog. It needs a facelift in the worst way. First, though I want to counsel patience to Halids. You'll get your T-shirt. I suspect the first batch of three were only experimental. There are more on the way. By the way, we ought to get Ithamar to post over at the Run Amuck Board. Thanks Eileen for providing such a cool resource.
Not much doing for the Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1088115746843162892004-06-24T16:54:00.000-05:002004-06-24T17:26:01.070-05:00
Here is what a little knowledge can do. Caltha is again spending her days at Camp Spartacus. Don't ask what we are spending for this. It is worth every penny. I went to day camp when I was her age and it was good for me and it is good for Caltha in the best way. The camp is highly competitive. One of the local TV stations did an expose on it a few summers ago and I got interviewed along with Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1087859832517856262004-06-21T18:09:00.000-05:002004-06-21T18:17:12.516-05:00
OK, this blog needs a new background but I'm not changing it for the sake of changing it. And yes, I need sig-files and other goodies if I'm going to go board signing at our friend, Eileen's great new enterprise, The Silk Purse I know she calls it her Pretend Brainstorms. Well it has its own name and she ought to call it by its rightful name. It's the Silk Purse. Got that Eileen!
Anyway, it Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-108334888237306722004-04-30T13:14:00.000-05:002004-04-30T13:18:56.140-05:00
Well, I finally revised the front page of this site. It is bigger, bolder, maybe too bold, and very eye-catching. It is also in a spring-summer design that is crunchy enough to go snap, crackle, pop!
Jacob is thrilled that Caltha can ride a bike without training wheels. It's a small bike and she can put her feet flat on the ground but she is riding it confidently. Typha is also learning to Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1079544662659934062004-03-17T11:31:00.000-06:002004-03-17T11:34:16.123-06:00
OK, we are going to try something. This is just another test post. I'll write more when I get a chance.
Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1079544027402768322004-03-17T11:20:00.000-06:002004-03-17T11:23:40.950-06:00
OK, this is a basic test post of a sort. I am trying to get a link to my archives up. The easiest way to do that is to publis, so I am publishing. I'll start blogging again in a bit.
Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1073574288300518012004-01-08T09:04:00.000-06:002004-01-08T09:06:30.826-06:00This blog is the last thing to get fixed up. The rest of the web site actually looks pretty good. It is not a radical remake. There is no need for that. It just has the links in the right places and a new logo and stripe. Also the text on the front page was about four months out of date. The text reminds me of something from my site fighting days. I met this no-brain fighter named Bill. He said "Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1066925689409535542003-10-23T11:14:00.000-05:002003-10-23T11:14:50.260-05:00
Well Caltha and Typha's blog is now at Mindsay. What this means is I have to revise not only my family page but my my whole site. Yes, you can see the damage for yourself.
I'd like to write about happier things though. New hyacinth and iris pseudocorus bulbs are in as of the beginning of October. With the hectic Jewish holiday season, Ithamar and I planted the bulbs at night. We shone the Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1066343628917259332003-10-16T17:33:00.000-05:002003-10-16T17:44:59.340-05:00
I've been tagged and I've been remiss. A friend of mine who shall remain nameless tried to talk me into setting up a Live Journal for Caltha and Typhus. Here is my attempt. The problem with it is that the interface is a total black box. I'm used to doing my own design and I know that is what I want for my daughters.
I am teaching Ithamar, our boarder, to market. He could grow crops, help in Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1065552966679770312003-10-07T13:56:00.000-05:002003-10-07T13:56:06.040-05:00
OK, the blog is back! And it's staying back! The deal is this. I update my blog and Haldis updates hers and Orelle updates hers and so on in a circle. I kick off and the others follow. I go first because I am the farthest behind.
This is the first time in my life I have not lived in a "house full of women." We have a male boarder, a college student, named Ithamar who is also my niece, HaldisThadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-1060011298975591552003-08-04T10:34:00.000-05:002003-08-04T10:34:58.960-05:00
I think this may be my last week of fighting. I haven't blogged in ages. When I compete, I pay more attention to managing my supporters than looking after my site. That is a shame.
Also this fall looks to be busy. On August 16th I'll be returning to Iowa City. I am currently in Napierville, Illinois looking after my nieces and nefews for my sister Eurydice. Eurydice is pregnant with her Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-959328272003-06-22T22:31:00.000-05:002003-06-22T22:31:53.950-05:00
This has been a hectic and ugly week and I hope next week, the one starting tonight is better. My plan to tap out the available fighter population is so far an abysmal failure. I tried cold calling but it looks like there is some new and awakened blood on Hey You Sir's vote board. Now it's taken what I'm given which is not the most thrilling thing. I like the fresh exciting feel of exploration,Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-957073422003-06-16T01:27:00.000-05:002003-06-16T01:27:21.793-05:00
I promise to blog more regularly. It helps keep me centered. What can I say. A lot has been going on around here. Last weekend was Haldis' baccelauriat followed by Prospective day at the Crosbies' house in a suburb of DesMoines. This weekend was Fathers' Day. We don't celebrate either of the greeting card holidays in my family because they are FAKE, but Bechstiens are more traditional than Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-948365912003-05-24T14:46:00.000-05:002003-05-24T14:46:23.440-05:00
I should have been here ages ago but real life and a campaign at
the Golden Elite has me too busy to blog which is a shame. Blogging leaves one centered. I've just been out trying to scare up recruits. The attrition god is grinning with his rotten teeth at my support list, so I have been campaigning to beat the band.
The trouble is this is Memorial Day weekend. In my house this is a big Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-940195472003-05-08T18:36:00.000-05:002003-05-08T18:36:07.446-05:00
OK, it's been ages since I've been on here so let me recap what is happening. Over the weekend of the 26th Jacob finally got his wish and we cleaned the house. Jacob brought a big graduate student, nearly a foot taller than he was to help lift the couch. No merely pushing it aside, this was to be a real lift. The couch went high up in the air. Jacob who used to row in college and for some time Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-932553872003-04-25T13:56:00.000-05:002003-04-25T13:56:29.973-05:00
Well I'm steamrolling the opposition at the Golden Elite. You can check that out for yourself. I don't feel bad about it. One gentelman had weeks to do his homework and the other knew what to expect. I need to build myself up for bronze. That is still a long way away.
I finally decided to do more constructive with my web site. I installed an omer counter. I went looking for one ready to put Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-929654042003-04-20T23:42:00.000-05:002003-04-20T23:42:58.356-05:00
Happy Passover to all of you. It's about half way through the holiday and quiet enough for me to blog. Yay! Jacob got done grading papers and is in bed so it's very quiet around here. In about half an hour I start competing for real at the Golden Elite. I am surprised that my team gave me points for my outdated spirit page. I am glad they still consider me a member of the charm club. I may joinThadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-926611872003-04-15T12:24:00.000-05:002003-04-15T12:24:12.310-05:00Here is someting more. Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285541.post-926611622003-04-15T12:23:00.000-05:002003-04-15T12:23:54.246-05:00OK, I guess I have to post something here. Testing.... Thadeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077840975544001458noreply@blogger.com