Trish’s Blog

Impossible Task

Sarah got contact lenses in the middle of June. The doc said she was not a good candidate for soft lenses but recommended a semi-hard lens to help shape her eye in order to slow the need for a new prescription, and to help prevent astigmatism. These are all great benefits that may save her [...]

I’m Not as Nerdy as Josh

Zack Attack is Nine!

Last night we celebrated Zack’s birthday by driving way out of our neighborhood so that we could watch Wall-E at a Movie Tavern.  It wasn’t showing at the Movie Tavern near our house and we could have gone to a regular theatre, but we wanted to sit in the big office chairs that roll around [...]

Object Permanence

I’ve been enjoying my day even though it’s raining and thundering outside. Josh is working from home, so the kids aren’t doped out on video games (they have to wait until after 5pm to play when he’s working here). They come up with some fun things to do when they remember that they have a [...]

Born On a Blue Day

Sarah and Josh watched a program on TV about a man who learned Icelandic in less than a week. I caught glimpses of the program watching him do large calculations in his head that scientists checked (and found correct) with a calculator. That’s all I remember about the program because I didn’t sit and watch [...]

Child Labor Factory

I used to mow the lawn (in League City) when Josh couldn’t get to it. Josh couldn’t get to it a lot. Our yard was much bigger back then. We thought that our children would LOVE to have a huge backyard. We didn’t factor in the Texas heat and humidity. Except for a really great [...]