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Mmm, meatballs
I wish that our blog had smell-o-vision. It is awfully hard to describe the wonderful smell coming from our kitchen right now. Becky is making meatballs and sauce. Yum!
Mmmm
As is our practice, this batch will be separated into plastic containers and then frozen. The resulting frozen packets can be used at any time to help make a delicious dinner!
By Peter | 03.05.2006 | 01:06 PM | Permalink | Categories: Food, Married Life | No Comments
Tech Envy
I’ve been dealing with the problem of Tech Envy for a while now. Last night, I discussed the issue with Becky, and came up with some interesting observations and some new ways of handling the situation.
By Peter | 01.31.2006 | 08:03 PM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life, Randomness, Techie | 4 Comments
Geeky Onesies A Hit!
So those Geeky Onesies that Becky made me for Christmas have become quite the sensation!
First, I raved over them on Christmas. Then our relatives in Pennsylvania thought they were great when we showed them off later that day. Just recently, Becky posted them on the Craftster forum where they were received with a great response. And yesterday we discovered that Leah, the admin of Craftster (and fellow Boston-area resident) had submitted the Geeky Onesies to MAKE, a do-it-yourself magazine/book run by O’Reilly Media. MAKE posted about the onesies earlier this week! That’s pretty awesome in both geeky and crafty circles!
I have created a new album just for the onesies here. At this point, Rebecca has not revealed her plans, if any, for doing any further work with Geeky Onesies. But if you have any thoughts for her, be sure to let us know, either by leaving a comment on this entry, or by contacting her via our contact page.
Update 01/13/2006
We’ve got another mention, this time at one of my new regular reads, Daddy Types, the “Weblog for New Dads”. Cool!
Update 2 01/13/2006
Whoops, and there are even more links that I’ve found by way of searching for the Craftster thread. I was searching for links to our blog, but since most people are just linking to the Craftster thread, that didn’t turn up anything. Becky’s work was mentioned over at Darryl Smith @ Radioactive Networks, and also at Yes, I’m Canadian.
By Peter | 01.11.2006 | 10:03 AM | Permalink | Categories: Baby, Craftiness, Geekiness, Married Life | 7 Comments
A 20something Christmas
With the holiday season upon us I thought it appropriate to bring up a topic of conversation I have noticed among myself and a number of friends. What happens to Christmas when you’re an adult?
Alternately we ask: Why, now that I’m in my mid/late twenties, does Christmas not seem so much fun? Why do I feel depressed as soon as Macy’s decks out in the green and red? Why am I so much more senstive to the materialistic aspects of Christmas than I was as a kid (or even a teenager). Why can’t I just be happy about this season?
Even I have turned to Peter and proclaimed, “If I hear one more Christmas song on the radio I’m going to drive off that bridge!” I don’t really mean it, of course, but as someone who used to sing Carols all year long I’m surprised to hear myself say that.
So, why? Continue reading…
By Rebecca | 12.14.2005 | 04:14 PM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life | 6 Comments
Three
Today, Becky and I celebrate three years of marriage!
At The Arch
Last night while we were watching Gilmore Girls, Becky said that I was like Luke, only with shorter hair. If I had to pick a character on that show to be compared to, it would definitely be Luke, because he’s pretty darn cool. So thanks for the compliment, and thanks for three wonderful years. 
P.S. I would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Marc and Vanessa, whose wedding was the day before ours, and an apparently not-so-happy anniversary to Nick and Jessica, whose wedding was on the same day as ours.
By Peter | 10.26.2005 | 09:35 AM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life | 9 Comments
How appropriate.
I was poking around the staff library at work when I found this little gem of a book: The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Child and published in 1844. It is full of helpful hints on how to tell if walnuts are ready for pickling and how housewives should be sure to employ their children in making their own clothes, etc.
With all the talk about the price of gas the past few days, I thought that this passage was particularly timely. While there may not be anything individuals can do about the rising prices, they can change their practices to save, none-the-less. Child tells us not to be ashamed of our frugality, but to embrace it.
>We never shall be prosperous till we make pride and vanity yeild to the dictates of honesty and prudence! We never shall be free from embarrassment until we cease to be ashamed of industry and economy. Let woman do their share towards reformation- Let their fathers and husbands see them happy without finery; and if their husbands and fathers have (as is often the case) a foolish pride in seeing them decorated, let them gently and gradually check this feeling, by showing thatthey have better and surer means of commanding respect- Let them prove, by the exertion of ingenuity adn economy, that neatness, good taste, and gentility, are attainable without great expense.
Thanks, Lydia!
By Rebecca | 09.01.2005 | 08:41 PM | Permalink | Categories: Books, Current Events, Married Life | 1 Comment
Dolla bills, y’all
Without going into the actual monetary values, our ING Direct savings account has generated more than 10 times the interest in the year so far than it did for the entire year of 2004. And our balance is more than 50 times what it was at this time last year.
w00t!
p.s. If you’re interested in setting up an account at ING Direct (they have a 3.3% APR right now!), let me know, and we can help each other out with some referral bonuses.
By Peter | 09.01.2005 | 04:01 PM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life | 2 Comments
July 4: On The Vineyard
American Flag
We had a lovely weekend on the Vineyard. We went to the beach, went for walks, sat on the porch, ate, read, watched multiple Cape Cod fireworks celebrations, and generally had a nice relaxing time. We were even fortunate enough to experience NO traffic on the way down, and NO traffic on the way back. What luck! I had plenty of time for shootin’ photos, as you can see here… but I still had time to get to read pages 1 through 228 of 291 in The River Why, eat lots of food, go swimming and kayaking, play Trivial Pursuit (in which I was whipped by Becky), and hang out with the family.
By Peter | 07.05.2005 | 05:54 PM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life | 4 Comments
weekend events
After a busy week I was glad to have some of the weekend to spend with my Peter.
We had a nice date on Friday night. I got home from work and we headed out to the movies to see Cinderella Man. I wasn’t sure that I woud like it…since it was a “boxing” movie and all, but I did! The story was entertaining, even if it was a bit violent and the historical references were slightly forced. I loved having my stereotypes broken. Kudos to the writer/director/whatever that can change my opinion or challenge my preconceived notions.
Saturday was a day spent at home. We did some cleaning and organizing and got some nice productive things done while getting to spend time together.
Falling into the category “Things I probably would not have done/seen had it not been for meeting Peter” was the dvd we watched on Saturday night. It was the second half of the first season of The 4400, a USA channel SciFi show. It is an interesting show based on the idea that 4400 people from the 20th century were abducted and then returned in a ’super human’ form. The plot follows these “returnees” as they attempt to get on with their lives. It is a great SciFi show that has enough plot and human interest to keep my attention.
I had to work on Sunday, but we had a lovely evening as Peter mentioned below.
Sometimes the simple times are the best.
By Rebecca | 06.27.2005 | 06:15 PM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life | No Comments
Wild Weekend
The GeekMobile With Canoe
The Gang at Balance Rock
We had quite an exciting weekend:
On Saturday, we were in Townsend to attend a graduation party for a friend of Becky’s family. In the morning, Becky and I, along with Ken, Dianne, and Corey, headed out onto the Nashua River to do some canoeing and kayaking. We had quite a good time, and got to see lots of natural beauty, all while getting a decent upper body workout.
On Sunday, Becky and I drove up to Claremont, NH to visit our friends Jeremy and Angela at their new house! On the way, we stopped for a quick, mosquito-infested hike up Mount Watatic in Ashburnham, MA. After arriving in Claremont, we got to see all of the work The Biggses have been doing and are planning on doing on the house. After the house tour, the four of us went hiking at Pillsbury State Park in Washington, NH. It was a very nice afternoon for a hike (much better than the day on which the Biggses previously hiked), and Pillsbury has some really nice scenery… mountains, lakes, and some very nice looking campsites (we’d love to get Site 28 some time, if possible). After the hike, we had all worked up quite an appetite, which we satisfied at the Biggs House with breakfast for dinner… fresh bacon, eggs, French toast, Belgian waffles… yum.
We finally arrived home in Beverly with just enough time to unload our belongings and get some sleep… and now, yet another week of work. Life goes on!
By Peter | 06.20.2005 | 07:59 PM | Permalink | Categories: Married Life | No Comments