95% excitement and 5% fear: A baby in December
I am remembering a line from the movie “Armageddon” where the oil drillers are being shuttled into space to break up the asteroid threatening the Earth. As they belt up and prepare to be launched into space, one driller asks the other
“How are you feeling?”
“95% excitement and 5% fear. Or is it 95% fear and 5% excitement? I don’t know and that’s part of what makes it so exciting!”
I don’t know if I am feeling more fear or excitement, but it’s definitely a combination of the two.
It looks like we may well be having a baby in December.
When I shared our news with my dad (“I’m having a baby, Dad.”), he said, “Oh really? What kind of baby?”

“I am hoping for a humanoid baby.”
The conversation meandered in a strange sort of way and I finally said,
“Dad, I’m pregnant.”
The look of shock on his face was priceless.
When your only pregnancy resulted in psychosis, when that child reaches grade school, and when you are pressing the boundaries of human fertility, this sort of news can catch people off guard.
We are a baby-deficient family, however, with only two children now on my mom’s side, one of which was born just two weeks ago. My husband’s parents have a total of three grandchildren. My own parents have one grandchild and no others in sight until now. They share the 95% excitement.
Estate planning
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The greenhouse cover was a gift from my brother when he moved to a home that had a full greenhouse set up. Before his gift, I used simple solutions like rigging up some temporary sides to the tomato shelter, then covering it with 4mil plastic. Both solutions work well.
It is a 
In the two weeks since I posted from the coast, my son and I have finally returned from our trip. We didn’t actually stay for two weeks but we did turn two days into four. We didn’t really need an excuse to overstay our plans, but I did end up with computer problems and thought “I could go home and have computer problems or I could have them right here on the coast.” Really, the coast is a much better place to be when you cannot use your computer.
The children
Last Starbucks spotted: 3 p.m. Wednesday somewhere near Santa Maria.



