Oleg Dulin

Path to Fox Meadow

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:30:04 -0700

Path to Fox Meadow, originally uploaded by Oleg Dulin.

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Sledding in our front yard

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:17:53 -0700

DSCN0341, originally uploaded by Oleg Dulin.

I took this picture back in January.

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Teaching a toddler how to use a computer

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:23:37 -0700

Tux Paint

http://www.tuxpai...

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

I am going to try using this software with Miriam this weekend.

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Presents and cups

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:21:31 -0700

Here is another deep conversation with Miriam.

We had to buy her extra stainless steel water and milk bottles for her school lunches. She lost one and we bought a few extras. Last night over dinner we had this conversation:

Miriam: "Mommy bought me new cups."
Daddy: "That's right!"
Miriam: "You buy me presents and mommy buys me cups."

And that is how kids grow up spoiled these days.

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A deep conversation

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:15:43 -0800

As I was driving Miriam from the school last night the sun was shining in her face. Here is the conversation we had:

Miriam: "There is too much light on my nose"
Daddy: "Do you mean the sun is shining on your face?"
Miriam: "No, the sun is shining on my nose and my nose is shining on my face."
Daddy: "Ok, but it is the sun and there is nothing we can do about it. You can cover your eyes with your hands if you want."

Five minutes later:

Miriam: "I want to kick the sun with my foot"
Daddy: "That's not nice to kick things with your feet, but just this once you can try kicking the sun with your foot."

When we got home:

Miriam: "I want to kick the sun with my foot."
Daddy: "Ok, but that's it, no more kicking"

She tries to kick, that obviously doesn't work, and the evening of the whining toddler begins. We later found out she was sick with fever and just about everything was making her cranky.

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Miriam reading a book at childcare

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:56:24 -0800

I took this picture when I came to pick her up at the day care:

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Little yellow caboose

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:14:43 -0800

Miriam loves the snow:

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I am done with the winter

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:23:51 -0800

I want to grill
I want to build the playground for my daughter in our backyard
I want to plant vegetables
I want to mow my lawn
I want to plant some trees
I want to repair the crawlspace vents
I want to renovate my daughter's big girl room (currently unused bedroom)

I have many more ideas for when it warms up.

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I want to do yardwork

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:52:59 -0800

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I am ready for summer so I can mow the lawn.

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I miss summer

nobody@vox.com(Oleg Dulin) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:53:47 -0800

I am ready for summer. I want to be out on our patio having a beer and grilling steaks on my brand new grill.

To make a perfectly grilled steak I sit by the grill and have a beer. I grill one side of the steak per half a bottle. It takes me about 10 mins to leasurely drink half a 12 oz bottle of Chimay. As I drink I contemplate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Half a bottle later I flip the stakes over on the other side and close the lid. I sit back down and slowly finish my bottle. Sometimes I have a Nat Sherman's with my beer.

A nice American cigar with a Belgian beer... Mmmm... and then a yummy New York strip steak for dinner.

As I contemplate, think and enjoy my beer the steaks come out just right -- medium-well -- and I get to enjoy the smell of burning steak juices.

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