Random bits o’ this and that.

I watched a great show last night — MONSTER HOUSE on (I think) the Discovery Channel. Basically, it’s sort of like TRADING SPACES, only it’s just one house, and the redecoraters are all (theoretically) professional people. And they just gut the damn house and start over, with a unifying theme for the whole deal. It’s pretty funny, particularly because a) they don’t always finish in the allotted seven days, and b) they don’t always get along with each other. The one I watched last night had a very crabby, arthritic carpenter who repeatedly swore at the cameraman whenever he was around.

Val can feel the baby kicking, but it’s still too early for me, despite the fact that she says she actually saw it kicking last night. Apparently, my hand makes it stop moving. So I don’t know what to do with that, except be patient, I guess.

I think I’m becoming a little obsessed with Wilco — I can’t stop listening to YANKEE FOXTROT HOTEL.

Dad is doing a lot better. We went up there on Saturday evening for dinner and to hang out, and he’s moving around all over the house on the cane. I guess the walker didn’t last all that long. He looked really good for only a week and a half past surgery, although the strain before and after apparently messed up his knees pretty badly. He puts ice packs on them in the evening, top and bottom. They take up their own entire shelf in the freezer. I know Mom will be glad to get rid of them soon, so I can only hope that Dad’s knees mend pretty quickly…

Also, we have decided on names for the baby, but they’re ultra-secret and I’ve promised not to tell.