I have a confession. I am shamelessly addicted to crowdfunding. My sordid crowdfunding past Jake can tell you that a few of my historic Indiegogo and Kickstarter purchases have ranged from less than ideal (a la Jibo, the social robot) to abject failure. Nevertheless, a few have fully restored my faith in crowdfunding as an effective tool to bring innovative ideas to light. In October of last year I helped fund the WAYB Pico travel car seat, designed for kids ideally between 2 and 5 years old. My initial thought was that we could use this seat for Zella's upcoming drug trial. The trial will involve making frequent trips to New York City, using planes and taxis. I now love this car seat so much I'm rethinking the initial plan and currently using it as Zella's primary seat for as ... [Read More]
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And We’re Back.
We have been gone from home for what seems like the LONGEST time! Between Cole's Suzuki Institute for cello in Louisville and Jake's high school reunion in southern Indiana with a mere week of "down time" in between, I think I'm going to go crazy packing and unpacking incessantly. To top it off I managed to get sick twice during that time...dumb.Now we are FINALLY home, but I'm attempting to unpack for the last time and simultaneously prep the house for the kids' birthday party on Friday. Luckily the "fun" part of the party is just a massive inflatable bounce house that will be delivered to the front yard, but I'm thinking I'll need to keep the food inside (because of bugs), which means people will have to walk through my dirty home...booooo.In the meantime, here is the ... [Read More]
