I didn’t realize day one now had a web app and an android app. I’m going to have to check it out.

Planting bamboo along a driveway is fun! Ignore that it’s impassable mess when covered in snow. Every winter storm we need to keep shaking the snow off to keep it from freezing to the ground. Maybe this is why the previous owner left 🤣 (they planted it).

Snow-covered bamboo blocks a driveway with a backdrop of winter forest scene.

I forgot how loud an indoor water park can get. The kids are having fun though 😄

We’ve been sick with the flu the last two weeks so I’ve done zero prep for the new year. But waking up to a fresh dusting of snow was nice.

A snow-covered landscape with bare trees is visible through a rectangular window.

I had a lovely holiday and I’m on vacation until the new year. I’m going to spend time catching up on my five year journal and planning out the next five years. There are college plans for one kid, figuring out high school plans for another and finishing up my “homeschooling the kids” journey.

Work has been so demoralizing the last couple of weeks (well, for years but it has really ramped up). Sigh. I think I might use some vacation time and try to reset my mindset.

So my son dropped his phone (again*100) and the screen is totally busted. Good thing its a Fairphone. Replacement is ordered and I’ll teach him how to install it 😎

My kung fu brother and I had our second tournament! I did four tai chi events, 24 movement, 42 movement, short yang fan and yang broadsword. Taking a very serious photo is a tradition at my school 😁

We have a septic alarm going off at the house (professionals have been called and are coming) so I’m gonna escape the noise. Off to a coffee shop to work on my journal ☕

I’m using an older book to teach my kid some web development this year and it has them create a webpage about various iPod models. They had no clue what they were 😂