Over the past month or so, everybody in the family has been battling one form of illness or another. It all started with everyone suffering from bad stomach cramping. It then evolved into a mutant virus that might be confused with the stomach flu.
Emma was the first to begin exhibiting flu-like symptoms. She ended up missing two days of school and, even now, is still not functioning at 100%. Holly also got hit by this bug causing her to miss three days of work. I think that she is now finally over it after a week of suffering. I’ve been experiencing some symptoms including stomach discomfort and a fever but, so far, I’ve managed to avoid too much downtime. Alex has been able to avoid the majority of the contagions very effectively. Hannah, on the other hand, has not.
Tags: Alex, antibiotics, ear drum, ear infection, Emma, Family, flu like symptoms, Hannah, high fever, Holly, illness, Jeremiah, mutant virus, outbreak, School, stomach cramping, stomach discomfort, tonsils, Work
Alex, Emma, Family, Holidays, Holly, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, November 17, 2008 10:58 am | 
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So all of the votes have now been counted and we now have the first African-American president in the history of our country. While I’m proud of the fact that we’re not a bunch of racist haters like some would have us believe, I’m very concerned over having Barack Obama as Supreme Chancellor… I mean president.
As I was watching various news channels last night, and started coming to the realization that our country thinks that socialism is cool, I started trying to mentally prepare myself for the next four years. I keep trying to convince myself that the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate won’t be too liberal of a president. It’s not working. I know too much about history and I have too much knowledge of his policies.
Tags: Al Franken, America, american president, barack obama, Emma, Holly, new president, News, Obama, positive attitude, senate race, Socialism, supreme chancellor, u s senate, vote
Politics | Jeremiah, November 5, 2008 3:16 pm | Comments (1)
So Halloween this year was pretty good. We started our festivities early in the week with some pumpkin carving. We had five huge pumpkins but a lack of time so only three of them ended up getting carved. Holly decided that it would be fun to do Shrek and I unleashed my inner geek (what’s new?) and did Mario of Super Mario Bros. fame. Emma decided to do an original creation which turned out pretty good. Like every other year, there were lots of dads commenting on how cool our pumpkins were as their kids took our candy.
This year will be known in my mind as the year of the recycled costume idea. Emma decided that she wanted to be a devil, Alex wanted to be a tiger, and Hannah wanted to be a clown. Whether it is dumb luck or just coincidence, we have each of these costumes in the appropriate sizes in our costume box. Everybody was happy and we saved money. You can’t ask for more than that - especially if said costumes yield free candy.
Tags: Alex, candy, clown, costume idea, costumes, devil, Emma, geek, Halloween, Hannah, Holly, Jeremiah, Kids, Mario, neighborhood, peanut butter, peanut butter cups, pumpkin, shrek, super mario bros, tiger, tootsie rolls, trick or treating
Alex, Emma, Family, Hannah, Holidays, Holly, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, November 2, 2008 7:24 pm | Comments (0)
Some of you may remember a few months back when I posted my thoughts on Logitech’s Harmony One universal remote. I love this remote. It has got to be one of the best gadgets in my house. Anyways, I discovered a new use for it: teasing my kids.
Sunday night, Emma and Alex were watching television. I was standing behind the sofa with my Harmony One while Emma was trying to surf channels using the television’s remote. She would change the channel and I would mute the television. She’d then un-mute it and I’d change the channel. After a few minutes of this Emma became extremely frustrated and actually got up to change the channel. I muted the TV again. She was so angry that she shut the television off and told Alex that they couldn’t watch TV because it was broken. At this point, I couldn’t contain myself any longer and began laughing. I told Emma that the TV was fine and that I was the one causing the problems. She responded by hiding my remote when I wasn’t looking. Lucky for me, I was able to find it relatively easily.
Tags: Alex, Emma, gadgets, Harmony One, Holly, Jeremiah, Logitech, revenge, television, watching television
Emma, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, October 14, 2008 7:10 am | Comments (1)
I know that it’s been a while since I posted anything. I actually have good reasons for not doing so. Last week was complete chaos in the Zohner home. Let me try and catch everyone up.
Last Friday, my sister Chelsea got married. Because of this, my mom came into town from Denver. The last time she was here, she made a comment about how the basement looked just as it had months earlier when she last saw it. I wasn’t about to let that happen again so I spent 35 hours over the weekend painting and installing the home theater speakers. I started on Friday afternoon and finally finished Sunday evening. Lucky for me, Chelsea and Nick came over and helped a bit which actually ended up helping a lot because without them, I wouldn’t have been ready on Monday when we had the flooring installed. Now I just have a few things left and then the basement will be complete. YAY!
Tags: Alex, basement, chaos, Chelsea, downstairs, Emma, flooring, home theater speakers, House, Nick, painting, shower drain, wedding, Work
Chelsea, Emma, Family, House | Jeremiah, October 1, 2008 7:53 am | Comments (0)
Over the past week, a lot of things have been done to our house. First, I finally finished the drywall in the basement and have started working on installing baseboards. I also managed to get the doors hung but one of them is a bit tweaked so I’ll need to spend some time working on getting it corrected.
I’m hoping to have everything finished by the time that Chelsea gets married a the end of the month. That gives me three weeks to finish baseboards, prime and paint the walls, and get flooring installed. I’ll also need to get doorknobs and window coverings installed but that’s about it. It’s so nice to finally be able to see a light at the end of the tunnel that doesn’t resemble an oncoming train.
Tags: backyard, basement, Chelsea, doors, drywall, Emma, fence, flooring, gates, home improvement, House, Kids, light at the end of the tunnel, neighborhood kids, Oscar, window
House | Jeremiah, September 4, 2008 12:26 pm | Comments (0)
This morning, Alex woke up screaming. Holly went in to see what the problem was and found him standing in the middle of the room with his eyes closed. Holly asked him what was wrong and he told her that he couldn’t open his eyes. She asked if they were glued shut and he said that they were. He also said that Emma did it. (Emma can be so mean. 
) She took him into the bathroom and cleaned the excessive amounts of eye boogers out so that he could once again see.
It was at this point that Holly was convinced that she, Alex, Emma, Chelsea, and maybe Hannah all have pink eye. She took the kids to the doctor where her thoughts were confirmed. Chelsea got lucky and just has allergies. For now.
Tags: Alex, allergies, Chelsea, Emma, Hannah, Holly, Kids, pink eye, sloth from the goonies
Alex, Chelsea, Emma, Family, Hannah, Holly, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, August 26, 2008 12:39 pm | Comments (1)
Last Friday we loaded up the van and headed back up into the mountains to do some more camping. We liked where we camped a few weeks ago so much that we decided to go a few miles up the road. Actually, the campgrounds were all reserved months ago. We just happened to get lucky in the fact that they were great places to pitch a tent. But I digress…
Camping with friends is always more fun so we went with our friends, John and Dana Rimington and their three daughters. For additional fun points, we also brought along Chelsea and her soon to be husband, Nick. We tried to get my brother, Ryan, to come too but he had to work. Maybe next time… It was really nice spending time with everybody. The kids enjoyed playing with John and Dana’s girls and they loved having Nick and Chelsea along. I know though that if Ryan had been able to make it, he would have been the star of the weekend. The kids love playing with him so much.
Tags: Alex, axe, beaver, Camping, Chelsea, Dana, Duschene River, dutch oven cooking, Emma, fishing, Friends, hatchet, John, Kids, Nick, Rimington, Ryan, trout fishing, Work
Emma, Family, Jeremiah, Vacation | Jeremiah, August 21, 2008 8:04 am | Comments (0)
Last week, Holly was surfing some internet classifieds and came across a listing for a free parakeet with two cages. She immedately asked if we could get it, making sure to let me know how much Emma would like to have a bird. Me, being the nice guy that I am, told her to go ahead and call to see if the bird was still available. She told me that she would and I didn’t give it much more thought.
Later that night, Holly had a study group for school so she was gone for the evening. When she came home, I was in the front yard with the kids. As Holly pulled up into the driveway, I noticed a bird cage on the passenger seat in the van. Sure enough, Holly had gone and picked up the bird. I could tell that she was excited since there was huge grin on her face as she opened the car door.
Well, I’m not but Alex thinks that he is. He has two Batman shirts, a Batman vest, a Batman hat, and a Batman mask, ears and all. He loves putting on one of the shirts, the vest, the mask, and a pair of gloves and pretending to be Batman. He even goes out in public like that. People think it’s very cute but we all know that if I went out like that, I’d be mocked until I cried. It’s amazing what kids can get away with.
Emma is also a big Batman fan. She likes to join in on the fun by wearing all black (if her Batman shirt isn’t clean) and then running around with Alex. It doesn’t matter to her that Batman’s sidekick doesn’t actually dress like Batman. At least I hear her talking about Batgirl so she’s aware that not all characters in the Batman universe are actually Batman.
