Just stuff

The problem with writing a blog that is read by both people you know in Real Life and people you just "know" in cyber space is that the people you know in Real Life apply Real Pressure and Real Guilt when you go, say, 3 weeks without posting anything.

So, I feel badly. I want to blog; I have about 90 posts in my head. But I also have the following excuses:

We have lost some of our momentum unpacking while we tackle more fun things, like yard work and putting out family photos. So, we haven't actually found things like the cord that attaches the camera to the laptop so we can retrieve all the very new and cute photos of the children.

We have not actually hooked up the cable/Internet service yet. So, we have been "borrowing" the neighbor's wireless connection for emergency work situations (and checking baseball scores). I feel a little badly using it for more than that.

I believe I have mentioned this before but Blogger is banned in my office, and even if I could get there during the day, I've been too busy to do so.

So many, many things to say though. I'll just give you this for starters:

Periodically bloggers will check their logs to see what keyword searches are bringing them traffic. Helene just did it so I thought, I'd check mine as well.

As you can imagine, with mine there are all kinds of variations on "4 kids under four" or "raising identical twins" and different "ultrasound" searches. Standard stuff, not surprising. But there are some others:

"does raisin help you poop" - I'm sure I've used the word poop here more than I'd like to admit but I defy you to find the word raisin anywhere on this blog. (So, clearly, I did not provide the answer to that query)

"'such a little lady' manners" - Alaina will be fielding that one

"'shirts vs skins' bellies tummies" - I have no idea.

"bret hair helmet" - Brett, if I ever referred to your hair as a helmet, I am so, so sorry.

"fever rapid breathing toddler 'no cough'" - I apologize to this person. Clearly you were looking for medical advice. This is why you should call your doctor and not Google medical symptoms (something I do ALL THE TIME, by the way, lest you think I'm passing judgment here)

and my favorite:

"ten reasons my kids will need therapy". I can think of about 20 reasons my kids will need therapy and for the 15 (or so) people who found their way here with this search string, I hope we made you feel better about yourselves.