Bad Bad Cocoa

Afton is doing great. She is a very active girl. Her new favorite thing is to climb up on the dining room chairs and stand and bounce on them. She gets really mad when I lay all the chairs down so she can't do any climbing. Its kind of funny to watch her throw a temper tantrum. She's speaking more now. "Bye, bye!" is probably her favorite phase.

So a couple of weeks ago, Cocoa grabbed a loaf of bread from the table and ate the whole thing. I was so mad when I realized what she had done; since I had just bought the bread the day before. So I was yelling at Cocoa, saying things like: Bad dog, bad dog when I realize Afton was joining in the yelling as well. She kept yelling; "ba Cocoa, ba cocoa! and shaking her little fist. It was hilarious! So now I guess I have to start watching what I say!

Afton's burn

Afton burned herself today. She pulled a hot bowl of oatmeal down onto herself. This is what the blisters looked like as of 6:00 tonight. She was pretty happy, though, so we'll just worry about infections when they pop.

She's actually happy here, but our flash is huge, and makes everybody blink. It makes me try not to use it.

Quiz answers:

Unfortunately, nobody seemed to care about my question. Annoying. The correct answers is: a circus or carnival performer who bites the heads off of live animals, especially chickens.

Thus, in a technical sense, one could call Ozzy Osbourne a geek! Not that I'd do that, because he'll curse at me until my head explodes. Of course, I won't be able to understand any of it, so maybe I should.

Quick quiz:

Okay, without checking any sources, what is the orginal, technical meaning of "geek"? This is not a trick question. Any web searches or using reference material are grounds for disqualification. (Sadly enough, I once knew this myself, but had forgotten it.)

Granola Bars

I was watching Good Eats on the DVR last week, and got intrigued by an episode where Alton made granola bars (and protein bars, too) so I decided to give it a shot. Here's the recipe, and they turn out really well. I used craisins and dried apricots for the fruit, and the one thing I'd change is to replace the sunflower seeds with sunflower seed kernels.

Tracy's had some good days, but mostly bad days lately. She's feeling really tired and sick.

Quick Post

Just a quick post to catch up on stuff.

One: Afton is taking swimming lessons, they're fun, but it's difficult since she has trouble following directions. She's not the youngest kid there, but she's close. She like the water, though, and enjoys the games.

Two: I painted the door frame and the box window and window frames. Now I just need to paint the upstairs window frames, and the entire front will be painted. Replacing the back door is becoming a priority though, as it's starting to rust through, and since the rainy season is upon us, that's bad.

Three: There's a raccoon living out of our neighbor's garbage can. Thanks to Cocoa, it avoids our porch, but it's far too daring for my taste. If I see it on our porch, I'll probably shoot it, since I don't consider it normal raccoon behavior to sit there and eat while I watch it, along with an excited shepherd/chow dog.