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A Battery Dies Every Winter

Another Sunday morning early alarm courtesy of Little Bear Tuska. As in early Valentine's gift Scott got me a new greenhouse. The one we had before was only two shelves and the cover was ripped. This new one isn't as good of quality, but having the tight cover really helps keep heat in that I don't even need to use the seed warmer pad.  I got a little excited and pretty much started everything by seed. It's going to be the best garden ever. I want to start some flowers soon. We couldn't decide on what to eat for breakfast, so we lounged around. We haven't had big pancakes in awhile. I need new glasses that don't slip off my face. I also just need new glasses. It's so great having family breakfasts together.  On Friday night Scott had some friends over. I put Meadow to bed and did some work in the office. A while later I smelled something burning. I didn't think anything of it because I knew they were do...

A Weekend of Babies

Scott had a wedding on Friday and still insisted we drive to Wisconsin afterward even though it was raining and going to turn to snow. It took us a little longer to get home because the snow was blinding us, but we made it.  It wasn't that big of a deal. I'd rather arrive late than leave early in the morning. The next morning my dad made us breakfast.  We made a deal with my dad that if he worked on our car we would give him our old iMac. Since we needed a lot of things done we figured the cost would end up being close to what he was going to purchase the computer from us anyway. He did everything we needed (changed the oil, replaced the filters, checked the shocks, etc), but didn't want to mess with the transmission fluid. I guess I'll have to take it in when we get back to the Twin Cities. Honda's very specific about the type of transmission fluid they use. I helped as best I could. I can repair almost any computer or camera, but I...