The Titus 2 Homemaker

After six or eight years of (sporadic) attempts to connect to the internet with Linux, I finally made it!  What made the difference?  The USR5637 modem from USRobotics.
See, most modems nowadays don’t contain the full functionality within the modem itself; some of the functionality is in the software - the driver.  These are often called […]

Life has gotten rather crazy around here.  The contract closes on this house (that we’re living in) on September 26th.  (Maybe I already told you that; I can’t remember.)  So we will need to be moved before that.  We don’t yet have a house to rent or buy, though, so we aren’t sure exactly where […]

For a while, Ariel and I used dry beans as “counters” for her to use at math time.  These are very easy to manipulate - small enough to easily sort into piles, etc.  The problem is, they’re also significant choking hazards for her little sister, and I was always a little nervous about the possibility […]

Michael is a blessing in so many ways, but the one that is most prominent in my mind at the moment is his skill in budgeting and planning.  It’s such a blessing that not only does he do all of our budgeting (meaning I don’t have to!), but he does it really well, too.  If […]

One of the details that has to be worked out with our move is finding a new bank.  Now, I have online checking and savings accounts with WaMu, just for the little bit that I make from surveys, blogging, etc.  (Basically, I have “real” accounts that I move anything paid with paypal into.)  That is, […]