• Making donuts

    Making donuts

    Namine was helping my aunt make donuts. She understood that she needed to dust the cutter in floor, but she didn’t know why.

  • Brackets and Sass

    The WordPress theme I run on eichefam.net is one I’ve built myself from the ground up. I had initially set it up using Less to compile the stylesheet, but I really wasn’t using any of its advantages (like nesting, loops, that kind of thing) over plain old CSS. After doing some reading, I came to…

  • A walk to the park

    A walk to the park

    Namine and I went to the park after I got home from work yesterday evening. The weather looked threatening, but it never rained. It was a nice warm evening to get out and go for a walk.

  • Heart surgery

    Heart surgery

    Jessica, Namine, and I went to the hospital yesterday morning because Jessica’s mom Charlene was having heart surgery.

  • School work

    School work

    Some of Namine’s school work. She did a great job.

  • Taking doctors’ advice seriously

    Taking doctors’ advice seriously

    The other night, Namine told us that she couldn’t scoot. “I’m only allowed to crawl,” she said. “My doctor said I shouldn’t scoot.” Jessica and I could not think of a single doctor who said that.

  • Panel View for Keep 2.1

    Panel View for Keep 2.1

    I’ve pushed out an update for my Chrome extension, Panel View for Keep. It’s just a minor update, bringing it up to version 2.1.

  • Birthday party

    Birthday party

    This evening we went over to my parents’ house for dinner to celebrate my brother’s birthday. Before we went over there, Namine took some time to draw him a birthday card.

  • Working hard

    Working hard

    It would seem that Namine is pretty much settled back into the rhythm of physical therapy. Even though she only has it once a week — down from before the prior authorization expired, when she had it twice a week — she’s proving to be building strength and enthusiasm.

  • Support Children’s Hospital in Al’s Run

    Support Children’s Hospital in Al’s Run

    Jessica and I have started a team for Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk.

  • Look what we found

    Look what we found

    In cleaning our room yesterday, we found an old saline vial from Namine’s trache days. This brings back some memories.

  • All work and no play

    All work and no play

    All three of us — Jessica, Namine, and myself — spent the better part of the day cleaning. Namine cleaned her room, inasmuch as a five year old has the motivation to clean anything, and Jessica and I cleaned ours.