The Dodge Family Blog http://www.dodgefam.com Random Stuff about a Random Family Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:48:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Big Things Happening http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/719-big-things-happening.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/719-big-things-happening.html#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:48:43 +0000 Mike http://www.dodgefam.com/?p=719 It’s been a bit since the last update, so I figured it was time to make mention of a couple of the big things that are going on right now in the Dodge’s world. For those of you looking for photos/media, I’ve got a few pictures of Glen, but not much for the rest of the fam – I guess that’s one area we can improve on.First of all, the biggest thing is that we are selling the house. Johanna has always had an interest in looking at houses, and finally prevailed upon me that it was time to upgrade our current situation. The market couldn’t be much better for buying a home, and our current home is really prime for first-time home buyers, who are running out of time to get the tax benefits as part of the Economic Stimulus.

So we put it up on the market. Within one week, it was under contract, and within another week that contract fell through. It might be a little bit of a roller coaster for the next little while.

Next, it has been a crazy time keeping up with Glen as of late. He has decided that he is no longer just content running around the house. He has discovered he can climb! Much like my sister Rachel as a child, he finds himself little areas where he can crawl in and hide. And like his cousin Isaac, he has also learned what light switches are, and since he has discovered one he ca reach, he runs there every chance  he can get. And Grandma Evelyn will be pleased to see that he has good taste in soda.

James is getting more and more independent, and doesn’t listen very well at the moment. When we try to offer correction or explanation on why he can’t do something, the response is usually “That’s not fair!” or something similar. Hopefully he will grow out of it soon.

As for Aiden, he is doing better and better with his reading, which has been a struggle since day one. He is getting to be a very big help around the house, and since he will be turning eight in a month, he has also been doing more with the Scouts when Johanna is in charge. He’s excited for the Pinewood Derby coming up, and for the camping trips he has been promised this spring by Grandpa Dodge.

All in all, it’s been pretty eventful as of late, and doesn’t look like it will slow down any time soon.

]]> http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/719-big-things-happening.html/feed 0 The Exploding DVD http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/695-the-exploding-dvd.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/695-the-exploding-dvd.html#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:48:25 +0000 Mike http://www.dodgefam.com/?p=695 So a few weeks ago, Johanna’s brother Brian asked me to build him a computer. I had the whole thing put together, and it was running perfectly. My own media center was having problems with a netflix DVD that day, so I thought I would see if this brand-spankin’-new wicked-awesome computer could play it any better. Bad idea.

As luck would have it, the DVD drive in this new computer was too much for this DVD to handle, and as soon as it got up to speed, BLAM! There’s this loud noise and the kids immediately started denying any wrongdoing (I hadn’t even accused them of anything…I wonder if I should be?)

Well, I guess the DVD was the problem, not my media center drive. So I took out the drive from Brian’s computer, put my own in it so he would have a working drive when he took the computer home that evening, and set to work dismantling the drive to rescue it if I could.

Here is some footage of what I found.

]]> http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/695-the-exploding-dvd.html/feed 0 Worshipping at the Porcelain Altar http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/686-worshipping-at-the-porcelain-altar.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/686-worshipping-at-the-porcelain-altar.html#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:39:30 +0000 Mike http://www.dodgefam.com/?p=686 In late ‘09 my Christmas break was anything but a break. We re-tiled our bathroom, and have just finished putting in a new “Porcelain Altar.” It’s nothing astounding, mostly because Johanna wouldn’t let me get a High-Tech “Darth Vader Black” toilet, but hey, this one flushes and does it’s duty just fine. So for all those who I am sure are interested in how we’re dealing with all the crap that 2009 left us with…here ya go.

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I’m sure you were all so…moved…by this. I have been.

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And…The Video!

]]> http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/682-glens-first-birthday-cake.html/feed 0 out with the old in with the new http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:03:28 +0000 johanna http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html All in favor of Mike changing the look of the website say eye!
EYE!
Jo

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