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the orange had been peeled into one long, unbroken rind

this evening, we were having satsuma mandarins after dinner--as is our custom as the holidays approach--and i removed the peel from mine carefully, without damage, into this long, curly rind. i felt very good about myself for a few minutes, remembering the scene in "sleepless in seattle" where tom hanks says "she could peel an apple in one long, single strip..." while the camera shows meg ryan peeling an apple in exactly that way. then i remembered a web site where someone made maps of the world using flattened orange rinds as models for the three-dimensional spherical projections. and then we bought some carpet, but anyone can do that...

Posted November 23, 2009
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celebration sunday

this morning at church we had a lovely celebration--beach balls, children dancing and rapping, and, yes, kazoos. it was fantastic. the occasion? the kickoff for the work laid out in the "occ 2012" campaign, which in addition to the usual building updates, includes little things like, i don't know, freeing hundreds of slaves around the world? oh and bringing orphans into families. and that sort of thing. it's quite humbling...

Posted November 22, 2009
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rachel and tim have arrived from england

rachel, my sister-in-law, and tim, her boyfriend, are visiting from england! the astute reader will recall that we visited them in england earlier this year (late may, to be precise) and thus have not seen them for half a year, which is a very long time. welcome home!

Posted November 22, 2009
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thanksgiving shopping at trader joe's!

today we went thanksgiving shopping! it is like christmas shopping only quicker, less stressful, and more delicious. our first stop was the new trader joe's in downtown redmond (pictured), which we truly enjoy because we had been making a near-weekly pilgrimage to bellevue just to visit this fine retailer. we hit three grocery stores in one night, walking away from each with 40-60% savings thanks to kellly's superior coupon and sale skills. see you soon, thanksgiving!

Posted November 20, 2009
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the temporary corner

this is the corner of the living room that used to have a media cabinet. now it has the computer desk (formerly in champ's room), and it is a small replica of my bedroon five years ago, only without the bed. it won't stay like this forever, since the computer desk is thick with wires and papers and we'd like the living room to look neat. today someone came and picked up the old coffee table, and then someone else came over and made a carpet sales estimate. our house, like us, is slowly getting ready for the baby.

Posted November 19, 2009
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whoooaaa i am on the roof

we have a leak somewhere but we can't find the source, so i called a roofing company and they sent a helpful dude out. i went up on the roof to assess the situation with him and took this photo, in which you can see a bird's-eye view of our backyard and also the new retaining wall. our roof has a steep pitch and i did not feel secure in my footing, so i wobbled along while the roofer, a sure-footed mountain goat, looked and poked. he might have found the problem! we will find out with tonight's rains.

Posted November 18, 2009
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flu shot queue

today i got a flu shot. it is the first time i have ever received one, as far as i remember. i rarely get the flu so it has always seemed like a bad use of my time. the spectre of fatherhood has changed this calculation, as it has so many others: it's not a big deal if i get the flu, but what if i give it to kelly, world's most beautiful and currently pregnant wife? what about champ? best not to risk it. i swallowed my pride and queued with the other employees.

Posted November 17, 2009
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salsa with roasted vegetables!

okay, kelly + food = picture of the day. it is a simple formula combining two of my favorite things! tonight she made salsa using vegetables she broiled until just slightly charred, giving the final product a fire-roasted taste. also today, we rearranged some furniture and listed some of the old stuff on craigslist. i hooked up my old receiver and speakers to the television--itself a relic of another era when crt was the dominant display technology--and now it sounds much better.

Posted November 16, 2009
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ikea: the day after

going to ikea is sort of like having too much to drink. you have wild, colorful dreams of sturdy, clean-lined furniture resting in your home and of your guests passing by it and making favorable remarks ("where did you get that? i must have one!"). but the next day, you wake up and your living space looks entirely identical. the only difference is the addition of a flat cardboard box, filled with mysterious, rectangular pieces of wood and a single allen wrench. thankfully ikea has gotten better over the years and this latest purchase--a coffee table pictured here next to the table it will replace--was up and running in thirty minutes flat.

Posted November 15, 2009
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ikea, ikea

today was a busy day! first we went to the 13 Coins restaurant for brunch. then we went to a cloth diaper store to learn about cloth diapers. the cloth diaper store turned out to be someone's living room. then we went to have lunch with our friends david and diana. then we went to ikea and kelly made a lamb talk (pictured) and we bought a coffee table and some baskets (not pictured). then we went to babies "r" us (pretend the r is backwards and then pretend to roll your eyes at the saccharine pretense) and looked at diaper bags and things. then we were tired and we went home. the end.

Posted November 14, 2009
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