Travis Seitler: Web Designer

Is there really anything I could add to this? Oh yeah—he’s climbing on things now, too!

As we’re getting ready to move, we’ve gotten to the point where we’re packing up most of the kids’ toys. That got us wondering: what with all of the recalls that have been issued lately because of lead paint and all (why on earth isn’t China under a trade embargo yet?), are any of the toys in our house unsafe? I mean, Joshua seems like he’s half-puppy; he’s always chewing on something.

So while looking around, I got a bit overwhelmed by the huge lists of recalls. Thankfully, it looks like we’re okay, but I was wondering if there might be an easier way to keep track of new notices.

Well, there is. Just plug the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s child products RSS Feed into your feed reader of choice (Google Reader, Feedblitz, Sage, etc.) and you’ll get updates as other items are recalled! (The CPSC provides a number of other recall feeds, too.)

I hope you find that as helpful as I do.

Yesterday Joshua wasn’t doing so well, and Nicole started feeling sick. So I came home and played Mr. Mom, taking care of dinner and the laundry. (I didn’t do the dishes, though; a guy has to have his limits, you know.)

I’m reading Prince Caspian to Katie right now. We were two or three chapters in before she realized it was a sequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and her eyes got so big when we told her. (Yes, I’m a purist. I insist on reading the books in the order Lewis wrote them. We will neither be traveling to Calormen nor Charn until my daughter is well familiar with Puddleglum and Prince Rilian, thank-you-very-much.) Last night we read chapter five, and she cracked up at the scene where Trumpkin threatens to sit on Nikabrik’s head.

Anyway, I still have next to nothing for NaNoWriMo. I really have no idea what I was thinking by signing up for it this year. :/

It’s going to be a nice change of pace for Katie and Joshua to have separate rooms. We’re also within walking distance of Marietta’s downtown, so we’ll probably have lots of opportunities to go on family outings without the car!

I know I haven’t posted much (at all) since our OBX vacation. I’ve got a few more design/development projects in the works (which, quite frankly, are taking far longer than I had anticipated) and Nicole & I are looking at homes in the York area. In other words, busy, busy, busy!

I’ve got a few ideas planned for near-future posts, and I’m always tinkering with the blog’s design. It’s a bad habit, actually; I’m never content with how it looks, so I spend all my time polishing the layout instead of writing. Meanwhile, my wife’s favorite blog post here continues to garner a disproportionate amount of my blog’s traffic. Perhaps I should listen to my wife more often…