Home and In the Sun Archive March 2009

JstATht - Steve and Ivan

Thought of this the other day while thinking of Steve Jobs.

Except for some time at the post-Apple Computer (NeXT), Mr. Jobs has spent his whole life at Apple computer.  Does he (or do any of us) ever have an Ivan Ilych moment or realization?

[Tolytoy's] Mr. Ilych on his soon-to-be-deathbed:  "Maybe I did not live as I ought to have done," it suddenly occurred to him.  "But how could that be, when I did everything properly?" he replied, and immediately dismissed from his mind this, the sole solution of all the riddles of life and death, as something quite impossible.

Link to Original Post.

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PS: Yes, this is not an Apple or NeXT computer - just a picture of a computer for filler and visual appetites.

Mar 31, 2009 9.48.38PM

PixTht Tue - Missing Tooth

Another one bites the dust - he's been working on this one for weeks!

Tooth is missing!

Mar 31, 2009 8.51.12PM

PixTht Sunday - Pancakes in the Spring


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Mar 29, 2009 5.52.15PM

JstATht - Chocolate Milk Camping Trip

When I was in elementary school, we could buy hot lunches on a tray with a mini-carton of white milk

In fifth grade, my class went on an overnight trip with all of the other fifth grades in all of the district's schools.  During that trip, I discovered that the other elementary schools cafeterias had chocolate milk -- not just white milk -- with their lunches.  During the three lunches we received over the trip, I got -- and loved -- the chocolate milk.

After we got back to our school, we were back to plain white milk.  It was ok -- but it was also not ok.  We had seen how things could be.  We had gotten a glimpse of something better.  It was difficult to return to normal lunches knowing that Chocolate Milk was still out there.

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It is an interesting part of life that once one can see how it could be, it is difficult to imagine how the past (which may have then been acceptable) actually was acceptable.  Part of striving and thriving, I suppose.

Mar 27, 2009 1.01.15AM

JstATht - It's Okay.

Not only is it okay, but it is expected, needed, and valuable to be:

Sad, Dirty, Angry, Lonely, Tired, and Frustrated because those allow one to feel Joyful, Clean, Peaceful, Loved, Alive, and Connected.

Muddy Hands Summer DayOK, mud is fun by itself, too.


Mar 24, 2009 10.17.49PM

For a comment on My Parenting Source

For a comment on My Parenting Source
Mar 23, 2009 5.32.16PM

Thought from the Bleachers - Crying

Last month, my older (10 yo) daughter said something in passing . . .

"I've seen you cry only twice.  Once was at your Dad's funeral. . ."

That was apparently a big enough statement that I wrote it down in my journal. As I reflect upon the facts from her eyes, I can't help but wonder if it is a good (strong) or perhaps a poor (stoic) thing.

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Mar 22, 2009 10.14.30AM

JstATht - Direct v. Indirect

This morning while putting pancakes on the table, my older son (while migrating to the table) asked if he should go wake my older daughter.  I said no.

As the very loud migration of the three younger siblings continued, I thought about his question a bit more.  Directly, I asked that he not wake his sister, but Indirectly, he accomplished the same feat.

So the JstATht part comes to mind.  Direct communication of what one actually wants and needs and longs for is so, so, SO superior to the Indirect communication of "Why can't you tell from my actions what I want?".

My thought, you must have direct, well-articulated requests to at least initiate communication attempts.

Jumping on a trampoline.It'll be up to the receiving ear if true communication will occur.

Mar 21, 2009 9.58.29AM

JstATht - Unsticking Stuck

The only way that I know to get unstuck . . . is to take one step at a time out of the muck.  But the hardest step is that first.  I usually make it easier by tying that first step to technology.

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This picture has nothing to do with Stuck - I just like that I can see the ping pong ball as a smudged line.

Mar 17, 2009 11.24.06PM

PixTht Sun - The Fridge - Take 2

A lot of competition in this house.  This time it revolves around being able to sip some pink chalk twice a day for ten days -- another is added to the casualty list competition.

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If you have only one child, you really can't appreciate this shot.

Mar 15, 2009 10.13.50PM

PixTht Sat - The Fridge


By glancing in the fridge, one with refrigerator rights can tell when something is going around.

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Mar 14, 2009 1.04.01PM

Liverpool Station 11:00 a.m.

Although I've seen this on the web before (I stole it from Taste Life Twice. There is some universal truth which just strikes a cord with me.

Mar 14, 2009 11.12.59AM

PixThtMon - When Strep Hits

The one on the right had strep for four days before the results were provided.  The one of the left was diagnosed after this picture.

The Dad taking the photo was correct -- twice -- in his diagnosis.

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Mar 12, 2009 7.09.09PM

BkTht Mon - No More Mondays

From "No More Mondays". . .51FLsi1bgGL._SL500_AA242_PIkin-dp-500,BottomRight,-21,38_AA280_SH20_OU01_

"Francis of Assisi counseled his brothers: 'Preach the gospel at all times.  If necessary use words. "

Link on Amazon Kindle.





Mar 9, 2009 10.51.21PM

PixThtSun - Dog Poop

If you're going to be picking up dog poop, you need to be prepared to plug your nostrils.  One preferred method.

Plugging nostrills.

Yes, this is really why she is doing this.

Mar 8, 2009 9.56.02PM

PixThtSat - Urgent Care 

At the urgent care center, waiting for the strep results - partially hoping that it is strep so that this evening's and tomorrow's doses will permit school's attendance on Monday.

At urgent care waiting for the results.Turns out that it is "just a virus - come back if he still has a fever in five days."

Mar 7, 2009 9.18.20PM

h-z. Stop Blogging and Start Doing

Yep, I'm stopping this series.  Mostly because it just doesn't seem to fit.


Mar 6, 2009 9.17.04AM

JstATht - Dante's Hell

Dante wrote (and I'm paraphrasing):

"There is a special place in Hell for those that sit by and do nothing."

Mar 5, 2009 11.50.39PM

g. 1SmlThg - Cash only

Cut up your credit cards.

Use cash only, it is more personal and there is a feeling of loss when you use it. Plastic is just different.

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Mar 4, 2009 9.19.58PM

f. 1SmlThg - List of 10 Names thrice

Get out a sheet of paper (perhaps even in a journal) and write the first names that come to mind:

· List of 10 people you look up to and admire.
· List of 10 people you would like to spend an extra hour with sometime in this month.
· List (gasp) 10 people you would like to spend less time with.

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Mar 2, 2009 7.21.47PM

Some Appreciation

I'm stealing this from Scribbit, yes it is worth the four minutes and twelve seconds..

Mar 1, 2009 11.39.49AM