Year: 2008

Bus stop.

Subway stop.

Sadly Ronnie has told me that the iPhone 3G is not going to be availible at the Apple Employee Store, so it’s looking like I’ll be standing in line sometime this week to get one. I’ve got $100 Apple Store credit to burn thru. Doris, did you want my original iPhone?

Also, This seems like a bad idea.

We went to the annual Maryland gathering of Rett Syndrome families. This was our first time attending, last year, we had just moved and didn’t get in touch with the local families until too late.

Beautiful day to fly a kite.

Edda had a great time.

So did Vince.

Edda’s mutation, 806delG, is quite unusual. But we met another little girl who has the same mutation and we had a nice time chatting with her family.

Eleven families showed up, we all got together for a group photo.

Vince and Edda each get $3 a week for allowance. Edda is a pretty good saver, but once Vince cobbles together a few weeks worth of allowance, he gets antsy-in-the-pantsy to go to Target to buy something.

When we do make it to Target, he’s usually clutching 10 sweaty, crumpled dollar bills and pointing to a Lego item and asking, “How much is that one?” and I say, well it’s a bit out of your price range because it’s $29.99, $49.99 or $69.99. And he sighs and I tell him that if he saves a few more weeks, he may be able to afford the $29.99 one and he sighs again and finds a small Lego for $9.99 for which I tell him I will chip in the tax.

So he’s been negotiating for months about how to get the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull set, and we’ve been pretty firm, you have to wait for Christmas or your birthday and he sighs and says OK, please put it on my Christmas/birthday list because I really, really, really, really want it.

And then the grandparents show up for the weekend, and look! A surprise:

Not to be left out, Edda got a much appreciated video or two:

Jeremy’s been enlisted by Cogito, a website for “academically talented youth”, to answer questions about biofuels. So go ahead and ask away!

On a side note, I have been blue about blogging. I have been having soul seaching issues with my camera equipment and I have had some terrible issues coming up with stuff to say because the things that are taking up most of my time and energy are subtle patenting issues, subtle parenting issues and subtle purchacing issues of which are all not very interesting to anyone except me. I must remind myself that this means that life is good and to be not in turmoil is a good thing, as our friend Martha always says.

An article from the International Herald Tribune where Jeremy talks about algae. Can we turn the slimy green stuff into an energy source? Beijing would like to know, since apparently the whole boating area is covered by a huge algae bloom.

Did you notice a strange dog in our house? That’s Magic, our neighbor’s doggie who stayed with us for 3 weeks while his parent’s were on vacation in jolly old England.

As a “thanks for taking care of the dog” gift, the kids got this:

Which I am thankful is hard to find in the States. Because, although it is a lot of fun, creates a large, slippery, gooey mess.

Jeremy hasn’t read it before, so we are all having fun working through the first book.