http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog a man, no plan, a blog, golbanalponnama. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:04:17 -0600 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a specific type of sadness in the cricket's call. It sounds, to me, more like a lament than a mating call. The nights are growing longer and cooler and Summer is ending. http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/09/01/summer/ The major north/south road to our neighborhood is loaded with construction this summer (and next) but this is a good thing. Not only are they putting in turn lanes and lights at much needed locations, they’re also building a bike path from, essentially, the high school to Veterans Acres Park. ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/08/13/expansion/ Today Nate turned four years-old and, unlike many days in the past month, it wasn't as difficult as it could have been. Summer camp actually went well, without us getting a phone call or a note sent home; there were only two or three complete meltdowns without the slightest ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/06/30/nathan-at-four/ I was going to write about our day, but I decided that this is a better description... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/06/18/the-hits-keep-coming/ Lily had her 1 month check-up yesterday. She's now up to 10 lbs exactly and has grown to be 21.5 inches long. The doctor was impressed. :) Evenings continue to be a struggle but for the most part she's a pretty content baby. She (of course) has ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/05/05/lily-update/ Lily is four weeks old today. I've been back at work for two weeks now and life has proven to be...challenging. I'm still amazed that we have another child. It feels so different from when Nate was a newborn: helloheather and I could concentrate 100% on him when ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/04/30/four-at-four-weeks/ Lillian Claire Bernhard Born: August 2nd Weight: 7lbs 14oz Length: 19" I'm working on a larger post about Lillian's birth but it's been slow going. I have, however, been able to upload photos from our stay in the hospital. No captions yet, but I'm working on those. http://bernhard.us/photos/v/family/lillian/lillian-birth/ http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/04/16/lillian-claire-photos/ It's been a complex and difficult couple of weeks. We've had a family member pass away suddenly and unexpectedly. We've had other family members hospitalized and/or have medical procedures. We've had family members lose their jobs. We've had medical problems ourselves, some of which are still ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/03/19/wherein-life-stresses-me-out/ On Saturday, Nate and I headed out to the Coral Woods Conservation Area for the Festival of the Sugar Maples. This is a yearly program run for two weeks by the McHenry County Conservation District. It's a half-mile hike through the snow in Coral Woods with four stops ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/03/09/syrup-sugar-and-sunshine/ I'm currently working my way through the SXSW 2010 music download. http://sites.google.com/site/sxswtorrent/ The first download is 646 singles from musical groups playing at this years SXSW festival. That's not all the bands, mind you. Just the ones included in the first download/release. Last year there were ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/02/24/sxsw-2010-music-download/ Nate and helloheather and I have been having fun in the evenings watching the Olympics coverage. I was catching up on my RSS feeds and came across this "Big Picture" post from Boston.com http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html Absolutely stunning images. http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/02/22/vancouver-2010/ We received very little of the big snow fall that came through the Chicago area. In part because a lot of it was due to lake effect and in part because the storm seems to have tracked further south. But even so, people on the south side of ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/02/11/familial-update/ Six to ten inches of snow are on their way. Run for your lives! (This post brought to you by The Committee To Complain About El Niño And Our Lack of Snow and Why The Heck Does DC, of all places, Get To Be Buried While We're Here With Flurries ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/02/08/snow-my-goodness/ Yesterday was a really rough day at work. Lots of things failed, lots of miscommunication, and lots of pressure to get things on the right track again. The entire day, essential, was a waste. I was exhausted when I arrived home last night. And so I did ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/02/03/am-i-that-neighbor/ Though we've not really been using it that much over the past year, I finally decided it was time to upgrade our online photo gallery software. http://bernhard.us/photos/main.php The previous version of the software was not tied to a database and had almost zero anti-spam tools. It was something of a mess. ... http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2010/01/30/gallery-software-upgrade/