So today is my 900th consecutive day using Duolingo. Duolingo is a free, online language learning website. It tries to make a game out of learning, so it’s fun and addictive like most other online games, but with an arguably…
Lego Valentine
I have a greatly reduced interest in Valentine’s day compared to most women. Marrying someone with another February birthday only increased this disinterest. Basically, our birthdays are within a week and a half of each other, so the idea of…
Jess’s Birthday (and Temperature Gun)
So the next few blogs will be slightly behind compared to the events they pertain to. Our birthdays are both in mid-February and we decided to take a whole week and a day off, resulting in 12 consecutive days off…
The TARDIS and the 3 Kinds of Hobbies
Recently, I felt like I was lacking in hobbies that didn’t involve reading or writing, so if I felt too tired to read, I didn’t have a lot to do. Chris and I talked about this and I believe we…
‘Early’ Birthdays and Fun with Time Zones
This year, we have decided to celebrate Chris’s birthday what some might consider early. His birthday is indeed the 17th of February, but he was born early in the morning in the UK, so he considers the evening of the…
Review: Eiko 81184 – SP105/41/MED – 105 Watt Spiral Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb, 4100K, Medium Base
In September, Chris decided to move his Lego city out of the office and into the unused dining room as we have several other locations to eat and eating in the darkest corner of the house didn’t really have a…
LEGO Simpsons 71006 The Simpsons House
The Simpsons house has been one of our favorites. We have rewatched a fair amount of the first half of the series in the last year, so it was very fresh in both of our minds. More than that, the…
LEGO Ideas Yellow Submarine 21306
Even though we’re both a bit neutral on the Beatles as a band, we couldn’t resist getting the Lego Yellow Submarine. It was one of those things that lent itself to Lego so obviously well that it just looked like it would…
LEGO Creator Expert 10243 Parisian Restaurant
Chris has carried on building large LEGO creator buildings as part of his project to create a LEGO city. One of his most recent was LEGO Creator Expert 10243 Parisian Restaurant. I think this is probably my favorite of the…
Our First Year in Arizona: Part 2
On this day last year, we properly moved into our apartment where we still live now. In the last post we talked about what we had known we wanted and whether we got it. This one will deal with the…