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The Finished Desk

Well, technically the desk is finished, by which I mean it’s been stained and protected with a couple of coats of polyurethane. Nevertheless, I still have to build a file-cabinet drawer to slide into the lower, right-hand recess. I think I’ll go ahead and build a small center drawer for pens and assorted computer cables, [...]

February 3, 2010 • Posted in: Life @ Home • No Comments

Nesting

As you likely know, Jess and I are expecting our first child around the end of March. Part of the tradition of having children seems to be the preparation—often called nesting. While we’re not going overboard in this activity, we do have a few fun projects. One of them centers around creating a space for [...]

February 1, 2010 • Posted in: Life @ Home • No Comments

Windows® 7 + SCSI = Pain

For those of you who have been regular readers of the Gribblog, it’ll come as no surprise that we’ve been running the final release candidate of Windows® 7 (the 64-bit version) on our “new” computer since its birth early in 2009. I still haven’t gotten around to re-installing the now-available RTM version. That will happen [...]

Baby Shower 2 and More Christmas

We had two relaxing days at my parents’ house after the baby shower. Everybody went home Sunday evening, and Dave and I were left with Mom and Dad. It was just lovely! We slept in each morning and stayed up late watching TV each night. Mom had to work on Monday, so we went to [...]

January 2, 2010 • Posted in: Life @ Home • No Comments

American Baby

If small Gribble ever wants proof of being loved, we’ll simply point to this photo of baby stuff we’d accumulated before we’d even met her or him. Our relatives love us—and small Gribble by extension—so much that we couldn’t fit all of the tangible proof of that love into our rented Chevy Malibu. We ended [...]

January 2, 2010 • Posted in: Life @ Home • 1 Comment