During rounds on Tuesday, Peanut’s doctors were happy with how she was doing and decided it was time to send her home. As we packed up our things and put her in her stroller to walk out of the hospital, I don’t think Peanut was aware of what was going on – she had spent […]

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Today is the final day of the 12th Annual Y105 Radiothon benefiting the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital through Children’s Miracle Network. The following info is from UIChildrens.org: KLYV (105.3 FM) and Children’s Miracle Network will host the radiothon from the Y105 studios in Dubuque and will be broadcasting live from 6 a.m. to 6 […]

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Sissy was watching Peanut while the DW and I were finishing up some chores on Sunday morning. I normally don’t try to fully understand these things, but from what I’ve been told, Peanut found a comb left out by one of her older siblings and was ‘combing’ Sissy’s hair while she was sitting on the […]

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The DW and I were walking through Lowes one day when we noticed a good price on some basic white exterior paint. The exterior of the house is a cement-board-type siding that was probably installed in the 40’s and had never been painted. It needed it. So we threw 10 gallons of paint in the […]

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I mentioned at the end of Wednesday’s post that anyone familiar with the workings of a hospital know that plans are subject to change and normally do… well guess what… Peanut is back home. While Peanut’s surgery needs to be done sooner rather than later, it’s not an emergency (which we are thankful for), and […]

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It’s starting to feel a bit too much like a pattern… Peanut got sick again over the weekend and ended up being readmitted to the UIHC. That makes it the third time in the last five weeks. This time though, things are slightly different. During Peanut’s two prior stays, she’s tested positive for c. diff. […]

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The chicks are now five weeks old. The newness has definitely worn off (as well as the cuteness factor),but the kiddos are still doing a great job taking care of them. Our original agreement was that I’d build the coop and teach Potato Boy and Sissy how to care for the birds on a daily […]

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One of the hardest parts of having Peanut get sick over the last month is the food aversions she’s developed. She won’t go near baby food any more. If it’s on a spoon, she wants nothing to do with it. She also ignores the cubed avocado we offer her. Until she got sick, this was […]

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Things are slowing wrapping up in the garden. The nice part about this time of year is that the weeds are done growing, so there’s a lot less up-keep and a lot more harvesting. We started the year with 150 one-quart freezer bags that were strictly used for anything coming out of the garden that […]

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There’s a long history of me taking on a rather extensive home improvement project only to have it interrupted by a medical emergency of one kind or another. For example, there was the time we were in the middle of remodeling the basement in our prior home when Jill went into labor six weeks early […]

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