http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust. en-us joannabug@yahoo.com 2008-10-07T11:22:49-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/thanks_to_diber.html and her blogs here and here: I made digestive biscuits. Yum. Not quite McVittie's, but still, yum! Hint--they need salt, it doesn't call for any in the recipe. I added about 1/2 tsp., but they needs a little more. And... 32295@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ friends 2008-10-07T11:22:49-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/a_royal_proclam.html Ian wishes for it to be known that he is once more King of the Castle. Unauthorized pacifier heists, as well as attempts by sisters to inflict bodily harm upon his personage will no longer be tolerated. Explorations of... 31962@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ Ian's idiosyncracies 2008-10-06T19:27:02-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/dragoncon.html Okay, so when we were kids, my brother and I used to totally make fun of Dragon-Con science-fiction conventions. The commercials would come on with someone shouting "Dragon-Con" in what sounded like an echo-room: "DRAGON [dramatic pause] CON CON CON... 31959@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ Literature 2008-10-05T23:42:16-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/convalescence_i.html Act I: "Tit for Tat" Elanor: *plays with toy* Ian: *takes toy* Elanor: Wahhhhhhhh!!!! Ian: Wahhhhhhh!!!!!! *Reverse roles and repeat* Act II: "Survival of the Fittest" Elanor: The Boy is slow and weak. The perfect time to push him over.... 31958@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ deux bebes 2008-10-05T14:12:16-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/madison_ga.html Last weekend--before the family got sick--we took a little day trip to Madison, GA. Madison was an odd mixture of the beautiful Old South--it was barely spared by Sherman on his infamous "march to the sea," so much of the... 31947@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ 'Way Down South 2008-10-04T21:17:05-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/updating_blog_r.html Sooo, I realized I haven't changed the sidebar in over a year. And now I have blogs that I read regularly, through google reader. Anyways, if you're a reader and have a blog, let me know and I'll link to... 31934@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ web stuff 2008-10-03T12:08:02-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/10/the_last_man_st.html ...so, Tim and Elanor both succumbed to the stomach bug as well. Tim's better, Elanor's not too bad, but poor little Ian can't seem to shake this. We're taking him to the doctor today. I'm all bleary-eyed from the last... 31931@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ deux bebes 2008-10-03T10:52:49-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/in_2020_hindsig.html ...Joanna realized that plopping Elanor into the bath with Ian-who had just vomited and was not about to leave that action in the past tense-was not the best parenting decision she has made to date. I'll just leave that story... 31901@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ Ian's idiosyncracies 2008-09-30T17:51:38-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/more_10_month_f.html "What came in the box?" our readers might ask. Well, you didn't, but we'll show you anyways. Before we moved down south, our dear church in Pittsburgh gave us a gift certificate for the babies. After buying the necessities, we... 31872@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ deux bebes 2008-09-26T13:25:35-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/ethiopian_food.html A couple weekends ago, we were at my parents' house. And as usual, we couldn't resist going to the Dekalb Farmers Market, the United Nations of food. We always feel like we've visited the world after going there. Not to... 31844@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ cooking stuff 2008-09-25T14:30:30-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/10_months.html There's so much I could say as we begin the 10th month of these babies' lives. First signs, first words (dada and mama), mischief, play, games, more mischief, laughter, best friends... Actually, once we can get them up, I think... 31845@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ deux bebes 2008-09-25T11:43:47-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/history_of_a_co.html A stuffy nose. Snot-sucker of terror utilized. Rage. The Sticky Cheerio of Reconciliation proffered. Accepted. Tranquility.... 31842@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ Elanor's eccentricities 2008-09-24T15:18:40-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/hansel_und_gret.html Ian and Elanor (hand in hand): Let's go eat the goodies, the goodies, the goodies, let's go eat the goodies, la-ta-ta-ta-ta! Ian: Ist good ja! Elanor: Ja! Ja! Ist good! Ian: Und yummy! Elanor: Ooh ja! Und yummy ja! Tim:... 31828@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ deux bebes 2008-09-22T20:00:53-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/little_russia_b_3.html After walking the boardwalk for awhile, we headed back to the main street (Brighton Beach Avenue) in search of coffee. Along the way, we stopped at a specialty foods store, M&I International Food Store. The pastries were decadent. We gazed... 31802@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ adventures & travels 2008-09-19T18:20:53-05:00 http://timandjo.covblogs.com/archives/2008/09/little_russia_b_2.html Right off the boardwalk is a lovely little park. Adults played dominoes while the kids cavorted. Our kids love, love, love swings. Unfortunately, Ian seemed to be getting a little green by the end, so swing fun was over. Which... 31782@http://timandjo.covblogs.com/ adventures & travels 2008-09-17T21:16:29-05:00