Welcome [ARCHIVE]

Welcome to the new family journal. We liked the old journal, but as there was no cgi or style sheets allowed on that server, updating the content was a bit tedious and involved entirely too much use of the windows notepad. If this all sounds like a foreign language, suffice it to say it was a lot more work to put stuff up on the old page, and this will be substantially more convenient. Amen.

I am also lifting the curtain today... yes, it was I, Mel, who was the "we" behind the journal. That was getting more difficult as time went by, as it left me somewhat limited in expressing myself through some of our experiences. ("we" thought Trip was being incredibly silly...just doesn't come across correctly.) SO, as of today I will be pulling aside the curtain of mystery and writing as myself. Trip may also update from time to time as himself. Isn't it just a lovely, closed system? And all of this was made possible through our final installation of the wireless gateway in the basement. This means I am coming to you now from the comfort of the kitchen. Those of you who have been to our house and know where the office is (and how difficult to contain a small child there) probably realize that, before the wonder of wireless gave me this freedom, the computer was a "perhaps once a day if Jack is napping and the stars are aligned" activity. I am now able to check email with some regularity and keep an eye on cooking food and active child at the same time.

So... Ahem... well, it's a funny day to be doing this since nothing particularly extraordinary has happened so far today. Then again, what's normal around here may qualify as extraordinary in some circles... Jack just finished a breakfast of 2 scrambled eggs, a slice of buttered toast, and a half cup of milk. He will probably be back in half an hour for a mid-morning snack. The child is a bottomless pit, but somehow he seems to be getting only taller and thinner. It boggles the mind.

Jack has also learned 2 new skills. 1) he has learned to run. not just walk fast or wiggle while he walks, but RUN... and 2) I just watched him walk, for the first time, across the kitchen on his tippy-toes. Really on his tippy-toes. I have no idea where he learned this.

Any road, WELCOME to the new BLOG. Hopefully it will be more informative and entertaining than the old one.