So - what are everybody's weekend plans?

Homework and maybe some housecleaning and yard work if it's nice enough. Also I'm hoping a trip to the library for me.

So - what are everybody's weekend plans?

Paying bills, buying baby shoes

My usual "sleep" plan has been derailed because our painter is finally going to start working on the house (it's only been six months since we expected him to start!). Bye-bye, solitude.

So - what are everybody's weekend plans?

Happy hour with the girls this afternoon, and I was going to do nothing on Saturday, but now I kinda want to see the video dj. I have heard 3 of the songs he played a few Saturdays ago randomly (actually, one of those just got stuck in my head about 4 days after I'd heard it-that's one catchy tune).

Mika-Lollipop

Duffy-Mercy

Katy Perry-Ur So Gay

Maayyybeee...

well, he is hilarious at any rate. Also, a good banker from what I can gather. And great guitarist.

So - what are everybody's weekend plans?

Tonight: make food for tomorrow's baby shower. Do some of the organizing, throwing out I need to do in prep for my kitchen project.

Saturday: brows did early, bake french toast, help get ready for shower, help host shower, drink champagne (!!!have been semi-on the wagon for weeks and weeks now so this is very exciting for a boozer like me!), organize for kitchen project.

Sunday: IF WEATHER HOLDS! 40 mile bike ride, organize for kitchen project, TJ's, make at least one thing I can freeze (I really hope).

Oh, Jessica, I meant to say when you asked that Robeez and Stride Rite are available on ebay new & used (often used like new since little feet grow fast and shoes are bought for photo ops) at great prices. I pretty much buy most of my kids' shoes there. If you have local resale shops, that's a good option, too. For crawlers/cruisers, if you are looking for outdoor/pavement shoes, I really like the Stride Rite Stage 2 shoes. Robeez aren't the best on asphalt. Also if he'll be crawling on pavement A Step Ahead makes these sort of teflon knee pads that seem dorky but useful, so he doesn't wear out his pants.

Laying low. . due to not having funds. Therefore I predict much tv. Possibly some knitting. If I can figure out the mess I made of my lovely and expensive yarn. (Seriously - I bought some gorgeous and soft baby alpaca yarn and took the label off and it just kind of became a mess. I cannot find the end - either of them.)

My weekend project maybe to find the ends of the yarn so that I can actual start knitting it.

For crawlers/cruisers, if you are looking for outdoor/pavement shoes, I really like the Stride Rite Stage 2 shoes.

That's *exactly* what I'm looking for, thanks!

And I'd forgotten about eBay - maybe I should just print out a size chart from the internet and skip the shoe store altogether. Hmmmmmm.

Talking about steampunk - next time I'm in SF, I gotta see this: Steampunk Unboxing: Difference Engine Arrives in Silicon Valley

When Charles Babbage invented a massive calculating machine in 1849, he probably didn't count on the 150 years it would take to actually get the thing built.

Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 was a precursor of modern computers, capable of performing complex mathematical calculations with 31 digits of precision, all using Victorian-era rods, gears, levers and linkages.

But Babbage never completed it. It took engineers and curators at London's Science Museum almost six years of work to bring Babbage's 20 pages of blueprints to life in 1991.

Now, thanks to Microsoft multimillionaire Nathan Myhrvold, a second Difference Engine has been built and delivered to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, where trained docents will turn its brass handle to crank out the calculations Babbage dreamed of automating.

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After losing the backing of the British government, Babbage continued work on an even more sophisticated device, an Analytic Engine, which would have been a true computer, capable of executing programs with conditional sequences, loops, computations and registers for stored data. It, too, was never built. Babbage died in 1871, an embittered and disappointed man, and the London Times ridiculed him in its obituary.

As a result of Babbage's failure, his influence on computing history has been negligible. It took more than 100 years before anyone would again build a true computer, using electrical systems instead of mechanical ones.

There are some pictures - the machine is just beautiful....

I second flea's suggestion of the Stride Rite Stage 2 for asphalt walking. Robeez are awesome for inside and soft ground but we had some SR's that were great.

Gah. I was planning on taking Liv in to have her eye checked in case she picked up my pink eye (she was crusty this morning). While I was brushing my teeth, Owen ran into my bathroom, picked up my Intuition Razor and pulled it across his mouth. He cut his lip right on the edge and 40 minutes later, it hasn't completely stopped bleeding because he keeps pulling his lip and licking it because of the blood.

I held him for 15 minutes (as long as he would allow me to) and I've got a t-shirt that looks like I performed an autopsy.

Called and cancelled Liv's appointment (we'd never make it). I'll keep an eye on her and have her checked tomorrow (thank dog for Saturday hours).

I'm going to try to fix lunch and search for some more caffeine.