{"id":16484,"date":"2017-10-04T19:42:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=16484"},"modified":"2017-10-04T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:54:59","slug":"my-life-in-bullet-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=16484","title":{"rendered":"My life, in bullet points"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>We are closing on our new house next Friday (Friday the 13th, to be precise!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16491\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816001394431842029808319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16491\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16491\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816001394431842029808319-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816001394431842029808319-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816001394431842029808319-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816001394431842029808319-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We have a lot of mirrors in the master bath vanity!<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Everything is coming along swimmingly!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16487\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816092782827254196252989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16487\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16487\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816092782827254196252989-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816092782827254196252989-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816092782827254196252989-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816092782827254196252989-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1816092782827254196252989.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We were here for awhile, making faces in the mirrors.\u00a0 :)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>We hope to get all the moving done in one weekend. Alan says one day, but I can&#8217;t even imagine that. :)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16486\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1730129039276712213159516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16486\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16486\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1730129039276712213159516-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1730129039276712213159516-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1730129039276712213159516-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1730129039276712213159516-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1730129039276712213159516.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8221;m sure she&#8217;ll be super helpful!<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Lego League is going a bit better.\u00a0 We have divided up into three teams, so the chaos is more manageable.\u00a0 I have a bad habit of finding myself in charge of things, so I&#8217;m pretty much in charge of the Upper Valley First Lego League team.<\/li>\n<li>School is good.\u00a0 No, school is great!\u00a0 I don&#8217;t always love going (so much to do at home!), but I always love being there.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m in the middle of two grad courses.\u00a0 One boring and the other super boring!\u00a0 I posted a minor vent on a closed Facebook group for librarians about my cataloging course and got over 100 replies, most all of them completely emphasize, but a handful who admit to absolutely loving cataloging. It takes all sorts, I suppose.\u00a0 Glad someone likes doing that stuff and I&#8217;m double glad I won&#8217;t have to do much of it after completing the program!\u00a0 :)<\/li>\n<li>The kids have both had growth spurts and now have a whole lot of ankle showing.\u00a0 &#8216;Tis the season, I suppose.\u00a0 Probably should do some cold weather shopping soon, before the cold weather really hits!<\/li>\n<li>I started a Battle of the Books program at school.\u00a0 It&#8217;s for 4th and 5th graders and will take us through the end of February.\u00a0 The kids were luke warm at first and I was getting nervous, but last week they got to pick their books and we officially kicked off the project and they were SO EXCITED!\u00a0 I loved it!\u00a0 It made me feel 100% more confident about the idea and I know it&#8217;s going to be fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16488\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16488\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16488\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20171004_1429531951687195237031772.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brackets are up!<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>I finished making the growth chart I&#8217;ve been thinking about for 10 years.\u00a0 It came out really great.\u00a0 I&#8217;m happy with it and now we can officially move.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16489\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1548283526596006849952664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16489\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16489\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1548283526596006849952664-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1548283526596006849952664-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1548283526596006849952664-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1548283526596006849952664-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_1548283526596006849952664.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Growth chart ruler<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>I am running my first book fair at school in three weeks.\u00a0 I feel wholly unprepared for it!\u00a0 The kids at school are very excited and definitely missed it last year.<\/li>\n<li>PTO is organizing a Color-A-Thon again this year.\u00a0 It&#8217;s supposed to be bigger and better than last year.\u00a0 I&#8217;m the VP of the PTO and should be helping with this effort.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not.\u00a0 I do plan to show up for the event.\u00a0 I hope that&#8217;s sufficient for this year.<\/li>\n<li>We got flu shots last weekend.\u00a0 Did you see the photo?\u00a0 Lex was worried, of course, but didn&#8217;t protest too much.\u00a0 He held my hands and cried a little, but he got himself there, talked himself through the whole thing, and didn&#8217;t end up no the floor even once.\u00a0 Eve smiled for a photo at the end!\u00a0 I think my babies are growing up!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16490\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_103126_5096139177723041723949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16490\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16490\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_103126_5096139177723041723949-400x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_103126_5096139177723041723949-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_103126_5096139177723041723949-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_103126_5096139177723041723949-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_20170930_103126_5096139177723041723949-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan says, &#8220;Flu shots for a happy family and healthy community.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Eve is playing field hockey this fall and loving it!\u00a0 She has practices three times a week and one or two games each week (sometimes a game replaces a practice).<\/li>\n<li>Lex is belt testing next week for his purple belt.\u00a0 He&#8217;s had the green one so long that the threads are coming out!\u00a0 He said it&#8217;s time to retire the green belt.\u00a0 We missed a few tests over the summer, so he hasn&#8217;t tested in many months.<\/li>\n<li>Monday is in-service for me and no school for the kids.\u00a0 I decided to sign them up for a rec sponsored trip to Jay Peak, a super cool (or so I&#8217;ve heard) indoor water park that&#8217;s two hours away!\u00a0 We have talked about going for years, but never made it.\u00a0 The kids are thrilled that I&#8217;m letting them go.\u00a0 I&#8217;m nervous about the distance, but I had a nice email exchange with the parks department director and the details he provided greatly reassured me.\u00a0 I still don&#8217;t love them being that far away without me (am I weird?) but I know they&#8217;ll have a great time and ya know, Alan and I have to work, so it&#8217;s a pretty good deal.<\/li>\n<li>Alan is super busy at work, with town stuff, and, of course, taking care of all the important yet boring parts of this house process, like researching lights and keeping the finances moving forward.\u00a0 He has been the detail man on this project and has done a wonderful job keeping it all on track.\u00a0 I just show up with cookies and a camera when the mood strikes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are closing on our new house next Friday (Friday the 13th, to be precise!) 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