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Monday, December 10, 2012

 

Our 2012 Christmas Video

By: doebtown
I cannot believe that this is our FIFTH annual Christmas Video. And yet it is! Enjoy!


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Friday, October 05, 2012

 

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

 

Libby's 3 Year Portrait

By: doebtown


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I love it!

Love,

Gramzie

 

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Sunday, July 01, 2012

 

Carrie Furnace

By: doebtown
My dad and a buddy and I recently went on a photo safari to the Carrie Furnace, an old abandoned steel mill that operated near Pittsburgh for about 100 years, from the 1880s to the 1980s.

I didn't love the pictures I got, but had a few that I thought were worth sharing.



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Friday, June 29, 2012

 

Recent Doebler-ville

By: Doebette
We've been on a bit of a posting hiatus lately but rest assured Twodoebs fans here's a mess of images to get you up to date on some of the fun goings-on in our world.



Libby started taking ballet class this spring. Here she is with her dear friend Maya and Miss Samantha!



Here she is once again, POST ballet with Maya. They Looooooooooooooove each other!




Libby turned three on 6/20. Here she is reveling in a plate of deliciousness for breakfast . . .cuz why not!




She REALLY liked that cookie!




Upon turning three she moved up to the PRE-SCHOOL Room! Here she is - day one of pre-school. Do you think she was excited?




Here are the girls . . .dressed in adorably coordinating outfits. One dressed by mom, one dressed by dad completely independently - and yet they MATCH! Great Minds!




The Memorial Day Parade was a LOVELY day for all!! Libby had more fun running around the church's front yard . . .though she DID get excited about all those firetrucks!




Heidi is a-freakin-dorable. Enough said.




Disregard the 'scary red eye' thing here - this baby's eyes are a gorgeous shade of blue!! I think they might stay that way!




These two cuddle in the morning all the time. It melts my heart. melts.


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Libby always has such a big smile!! Love the enthusiasm!
 

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

  By: doebtown






 

Hilton Head '12 Vacation Video

By: doebtown
We're just back from Hilton Head with out newest installment of twodoebs.com video productions in the can.

As always, I promise: it's short (less than a minute!) and not boring, like MOST vacation videos! Try it--you'll enjoy it!




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I like it!

Love, Gramzie

 

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Heidi's 6 Month Portrait

By: doebtown

Who gets it?



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I obviously do but I GOTTA say that this kiddo is a-freakin-dorable. Great work, as always, my dear!
 

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First of all, I get this kiddo is toooo cute for words. Is she siting on a backwards 6 for 6 months?

Love, Gramzie

 

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Don't think its super obvious... but she's delighfully adorable! Maybe its a small D for Doebini?
 

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Heidi Half Note?

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Holy STEFANIE! It's a HALF note 'cause she's HALF a year old.

Good job, Stepper! I gotta say that I'm SHOCKED that YOU'RE the one who got such a musical reference. But I'm glad that SOMEBODY picked up on it.

 

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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

 

Help Us Give This Baby an eName

By: doebtown
doebtown

doebette

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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

 

It's the little moments

By: Doebette
Like just watching this cute baby play as I fold laundry.



Or catching Libby helping Heidi eat her breakfast.




- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone


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Monday, April 30, 2012

 

Libby's stylin Dog Walk

By: Doebette
The sun came out yesterday. Yay!!
We decided to take the dog for a walk. Libby insisted on wearing her sparkly sunglasses. Of course.



- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone


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She's quite the little fashion plate! I hope she's feeling better today. She told me on the phone yesterday that she had a cold and didn't have much pep. It was pretty cute.
 

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

 

Market District - Curbside Express - THANK YOU

By: Doebette
Since becoming the mother of two just about 6 months ago, I have struggled with figuring out how exactly one grocery shops when one child's car seat takes up the entire cart and the other child isn't really old enough to freely walk around the grocery store for fear of dawdling or running off and general disturbances. I have managed my way around this by trying to grocery shop while they nap on Saturday's and Sunday's and Doebtown can stay home with them. But that doesn't of course mean there haven't been times when I've needed to hit the grocery store and have them both in tow. These trips to the store totally bum me out. I end up sweaty, carrying Libby while pushing the cart full of primarily Heidi but whatever groceries I can pile around her in the car seat.

Recently however, Market District has come to my aid! They just launched a new service called Curbside Express which pairs two of the best things in the world - online shopping and 'drive thru' style pick up. Here's the gist. Shop online through their website. . .select a pick up time . . .at your appointed window (windows are 30 minute segments), you show up to the store and pull up in the designated areas out front . . .call the number on the poster which marks the parking areas and one of the Curbside Express team gathers your bags and brings them out to your car . . .an attendant with a hand-held credit card machine comes and swipes your card so that you don't have to get out of the car while another team member loads up the groceries for you.

I have tried this service now twice and I'm totally over the moon!!!! Don't get me wrong, there are a million areas to improve upon. This is definitely their "1.0" version. Specifically:
1. It can be a little difficult to know exactly what you're going to get when you're buying things that are from the bakery/produce area. If you're super picky and like to get your hands all over the apple before you buy it, this is probably not the service for you. You definitely need a little faith and flexibility.

2. They don't always have exactly what you put in your cart. But both times I've bought thru curbside express someone called within 2 hrs of my pick up time to go thru what they didn't have and what my options were. For example "We don't have Chobani Very Berry yogurt, we do have Chobani in orange or chocolate, or Yo Kids Greek yogurt in raspberry" (they had all the price/size options too). This way you can make decisions on the fly. It's kind of a bummer that you can put it in your cart then they don't have it. But to me this is no different than me making a list on Saturday at home and them not having it come Sunday afternoon.

3. You don't get to use the millions of reusable grocery bags. So while we've been amassing all these eco-fabulous reusable bags, this system is all paper/plastic. But seriously, for the convenience I'm totally ok with it!

4. The website isn't awesome. Not everything has images (which lead me to accidentally buying Disney bandaids last week. Oops) and the organization of all the inventory isn't quite there yet.

5. The keyword searching SEEMS to only look for keywords in the product name. So for example, while searching for "Baby Foods/First Foods" I only get 15 results. These 15 products have the words "FIRST FOODS" in their title. If I search under "Baby Foods/Organic" there are SCADS of options which ARE first foods but don't say as much in their product title so don't appear on the "first foods" results. I suppose if the keyword search queried also product DESCRIPTION in their database, the searching process will become more holistic and accurate.

6. Once you submit and inevitably realize you forgot something, you CAN go back and update your order (so long as it's not too close to pick up time) but the flow by which you do that is a little circuitous. There are some improvements there. I mean, I know this is my line of work so I'm more inclined to find website usability issues but there are def tons of improvements which I can only hope are coming!

7. They need a MOBILE APP!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have an app to manage my grocery list as it is. So until Market District develops one, I will have to go to my app to create my list then use my list when I go into the site to 'shop'. In time, I PLEAD that this app allow me to build my list all ad hoc as I run out of things during the week or as they occur to me.

Despite these issues - I truly am thrilled about this service. I've been going on and on about it on facebook too. The convenience charge is very low if you ask me - for the value they are providing me. Right now the fee is $4.95 (though it's waived for your first time) and truthfully I'd happily pay twice that for not having to lug two kids thru the store taking 7 trips to the potty in between.

I also am very hopeful that not only will this process improve over time but my deep hope is that this new service is the pre-cursor to grocery delivery!!!! Oh how can I dream of PeaPod or Fresh Direct or perhaps Market District DELIVERY!?!?!?

Ahhh - dreams. Until then, I will totally be rocking the Curbside Express Service!!!!!!!!! Thank you Market District for making my weekend trip to the store a BUNCH better!!!


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doebette dragged me along yesterday. And it WAS a pretty impressive operation. 2 thumbs up!

They say it's been VERY successful, too, and I can see why.

 

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Peapod and Fresh Direct are the "gold standard" from what I hear...

Shoprite in NJ does something similar to what you've described, but Va doesn't love it that much... seems there's a lot more back and forth when they don't have something (which begs the question why the website is so out of touch with what they actually have).

Peapod has expanded and carries literally everything I could think of ... SO much more than they used to when I first started 8+ years ago (which coincidentally is approximately the amount of time I had more than 1 child!!)... They are affiliated with Stop & Shop, but operate totally separately... out of warehouses, not out of grocery stores... Makes it much more uniform.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

 

Doebtown Out of Town - Day, what, 6? 5?/Doebette out of town Day 2

By: Doebette
Heeeeeeeey Doebtown!

Guess what, you're coming HOME today!!! (well still tomorrow as I sit here writing this, but by the time you see this it will be "today"!)

Today proved to be a very exciting day for our ladies.

The day began with an adorable little cuddle.


Libby seemed to enjoy some morning coffee :)


Libby spent a little extra energy getting ready for her big play date!


Libby and Maya REALLY enjoyed their playdate!


I mean what can be better than dolls, dress up and coloring!!??


Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Little Pink HeidiHood was enjoying time with Grandma!


Libby even got some finger painting in!


This little face can't wait to see you tomorrow night babes.

Travel safely my love!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

 

Doebtown Out of Town - Day 4/Doebette Out of Town - Day 1

By: Doebette
Hi Doebtown . . . I am so bummed we didn't get to chat today :(

Here's a few pics from the day though!!


This is sweet Libby getting into Grandma's car this morning on her way to "play with Grandma" day.


I had a luxurious lap-breakfast of a cold bagel en route to St. Louis. I didn't take a picture of my super luxurious lap-lunch of Pringles.


Heidi was partying at Grandma's - obviously.


Libby and Heidi appeared to be 'row row rowing' a boat before nap time today. As usual - Weber is not ever far behind!

Looking forward to getting you home in just TWO days! woot woot!


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Dear doebette:

Thanks again for another day of updates. If you see my mother, please thank her, too, for taking the pictures.

Those kidos are SO cute. So is that dog.

I can't wait to see you all again tomorrow.

Hope you're doing well. Take care and give kisses to the girls.

Much love,

doebtown

 

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Monday, April 23, 2012

 

Doebtown out of town - Day 3

By: Doebette
Hey Doebtown!!!

Once again - I am thrilled we got to chat today and I know Libby really loved seeing you. She misses you tons!

Now as for my day in pictures . . .


I know this one is pretty hard to see, but this is a pic of the monitor with Libby all 'buns-up'. I love that she still sleeps like that sometimes. hahaha


I know you already saw this one, but still . . .this love affair between her and bunny is getting serious I think!


I had a diet coke today (see yesterday's post re: wine drinking with Kate A)


I let Libby watch some TV tonight while I cooked dinner. She really enjoyed it. For 10 mins then came over to the kitchen and said she didn't want to watch TV and preferred to help me cook dinner. She needs to be about a foot taller to really help but man she's sweet.


Heidi was my little sous-chef while I cooked. Super helpful :)


Once again, Heidi really enjoyed her dinner. Our girl is loving all this 'food'!!

Ok my love . . .I gotta shut down early so I can pack up for my St. Louis trip. . .airport-inspired pics to come:)

Glad you had such an awesome night and can't wait to catch up with you more soon!


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doebtown Out of Town

By: doebtown
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Although we may still be separated by a large ocean and thousands of miles, you remain close to my heart. While the Swiss people are very kind, I continue to yearn for you, my true love.

I, actually, had a great day today and you would have been so proud of me. Our meeting was great. We made lots of good headway planning the case and arrived at some good, solid decisions that I think will really strengthen our position. Do NOT let Libby put that cell phone anywhere NEAR her head!

Anyway, we wrapped up early in the afternoon. So I put on my walking shoes and went for a LONG walk--over SIX miles (that's over 9.5 kilos, for those of you hip enough to speak foreign).

And I didn't get lost ONCE! (So if you see my mother, would you please tell her that I took rather indignant pride in myself?)

Actually, I took my iPhone along with me. And it was REALLY cool for the task because I asked it to follow my walk and it just drew a line for me of where I'd been so I could never GET lost. Kind of like a more modern version of Gretel's breadcrumbs (do you remember when we were going to name Heidi Gretel?)

Here's a map of everywhere I went. I realize that this doesn't do MUCH for you, but it gives a sense of the islands that I visited, the parks I walked through, and the waterfront that I explored:



The other cool thing about having my iPhone with me was that I could take pictures. I tried had not to be "that guy" and just take pictures of things that would have sucked if they weren't in Europe ("just because it's in black and white doesn't mean it's good") and I really wished I had my big camera with me, but I got some shots that capture the flavor.


First thing I did was ask the woman behind the front desk of our hotel where I should go on my walk. You know, to get some local direction. She told me to head WEST towards the "Old Town."

So--of course--first thing I did was head North to the "New Town." And what I realized there is that they have all the same things that we have in Shadyside. Or Georgetown. Or Ross Park Mall. Basically United Colors of Benetton. And McDonalds. And Earnst & Young. I even saw a City Mini stroller!






Having lived in New York for so long and always wondering what tourists were thinking as they wondered around the city (I don't get that so much in Pittsburgh), it was nice to actually BE one of those tourists and wonder what all those people were thinking as they went about their life in this cool city (I don't get the sense people wonder what I'm thinking as I go about my life in Pittsburgh).

I saw some youngsters playing a ball game that all the locals kept calling "football." But I stayed there for more than a few minutes and there weren't any concussive hits, so I must have missed something in the translation.



Speaking of sports, let me just say that the Fliers can go smirk.

Having made my way through the "New City", I worked over towards the "Old City". And let me just tell you, that's where it's at!--it is SO cool over there. Somebody should have told me to START there.

This part of Switzerland is made up of 16 different islands or something like that. So everywhere you go, you have to walk along a waterfront or cross a bridge. (Seriously, it would NOT be safe for Tommy and Scott to visit this city alone because there are just too many opportunities to jump or fall into water.) I think to get from the "New City" to the "Old City", I had to cross 10 bridges.


That is not our hotel. That's where the lawyers who couldn't get into our hotel got to stay.

Anyway, the "Old City" is all these little windy, cobblestone streets. Very cool. I, actually, think I saw Link wondering around there looking for somebody to sell him potion.





I saw the Royal Palace, the Official Apartments, and what was EITHER their Supreme Court or an opera house--I'm not sure (for some reason, every time I try to use that fancy new app I bought on my iPhone to translate signs from Swiss into English, it gets screwed up).

The ONE bummer was that the very cool nautical memorabilia shop that sells old sextons and stuff written in Eurpoean was already closed. And I just KNOW that's the place where I'm going to find a nice little gift to give Victor for sending me on this trip. So I'll have to go back there.

Anyhow, two hours later, I made it back to the hotel. This, by the way is OUR hotel:



Does it look a little bit like an old army baracks? That's because it IS an old army baracks. But it's, actually, very nice and we're very comfortable here.

Even though I wish I'd started in the "Old City", I'm glad I saw both. 


Old and New, together. Kind of like you and me! (I'm pretty sure that's EXACTLY what the artist who put this stuff there WANTED me to say . . . the part about old and new--that is--not necessarily the part about you and me.)

Oh! And so that I fit in with all the young fellas here in Europe, I bought this sharp new hat:


Don't I look snappy? Will you be embarrassed if I wear that to the Red Lobster?

And what did I have for dinner?--Swedish Meatballs, of course! They tasted EXACTLY like what you get at the Ikea cafe.

I hope you are doing well, my dear. Please share all my love with Libby, Heidi, and my parents and sister. And if you speak with any of our twodoebs fans or my friends from work, share my regards with them, too! 

Also, please thank YOUR sister for that lovely invitation to go to the kids gym show during my layover in Newark. It was a hard suggestion to pass up!

Hope you're doing well and I can't wait to wrap my arms around you.

All my love,

doebtown

PS - I've been keeping an eye out, but I haven't seen any of those tall, leggy, blonde Sweedish models you told me to watch out for. I'll continue to keep a keen lookout!


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Were you really in Switzerland? Maybe I should still worry about you? BTW the pictures look great, but they do look like Stckholm.

Miss you,
Mom

 

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Well Paula beat me to it here . . .perhaps your "Swedish to English" translation will work better if you're using Swedish instead of Swiss.

I will just chalk that up to you being super tired.

Love you!!

 

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Oh goodness... there are going to be years, decades even, where I'm going to enjoy that you thought you were in Switzerland... Its simply awesome.

The photos are EXCELLENT! Didn't you already HAVE a hat exactly like that "new" one?

9.5 km sounds too far to walk... in any country.

PS You should have come to the recital... we were out of there after the 2nd dance (Amelia first, Anneliese second)... and there was fried chicken and mac & cheese. And beer.

 

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Wait. There's a DIFFERENCE between Sweden and Switzerland?

Which one's famous for the wooden shoes?

 

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In the wise words of Forrest Gump. "It's this whole other country"..
 

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

 

Doebtown Out of Town - Day 2

By: Doebette
Hi Doebtown . . .

It was awesome to chat to you today and know you're doing well. Hopefully you're sleeping like a champ right now and getting regulated for a big week of meetings. Over here, there wasn't too much crazy to report.


For example - it started with Libby making a 'happy bowl'.


Then she became obsessed with helping me to put dishes in the dishwasher.

During the middle part of the day our darling younger child had a HUGE HUGE HUGE nap . . .and Weber had a bath (well, the kind experts down at Larry's took care of Webbie. He's happy to be all cleaned up!!)

I even ironed today!!! Perhaps I was possessed. That honestly would be the only explanation for this.

We played a LOT in the playroom this afternoon.


Heidi tried her first sampling of bananas tonight. She wasn't entirely sure how she felt about it as she kept getting the shivers and twisting around her face, but I do think she liked it. She ate about a half of a container!!! This may well be one of the best pics I've ever taken. Look at that kiddo!!


Kate A came over tonight for some girl/wine time. It was nice :) Apparently the weather won't be super nice tomorrow. I'm sure I'll have some pics coming on THAT.


Oh!! and I DID make the bed today!!!



Sleep well Doebtown.


Comments:
Iron? What is that thing and what is it for?

Too bad Heidi will be so much older at Christmas... that "banana" photo would make a GREAT Xmas photo...

I liked the wine photo too.

P.S. Did NOT make my bed today.

 

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Dear Doebette:

Thanks so much for all the pictures. It's so nice to see so many smiling faces from over here in dreary Stockholm.

And your iPhone photography seems to have improved greatly! They all look great.

Libby and Heidi seem to have grown up so much in 36 hours.

Things are going great over here. After a 7 hour layover in Newark, the City of Yuck kicked me in the seat again by holding us on the runway for 2 hours before we took off.

When we arrived in Stockholm, I got another double-punch: the hotel rooms weren't ready AND we had a surprise meeting (yesterday was SUPPOSED to be a day off).

But I struggled through. And at the end of the night, we ended up in a lovely Swedish restaurant eating fish skewers. (When they first told me we were going to have Swedish fish for dinner, I thought we were going to make a meal out of small, red candy.)

Back to the hotel and into bed, where I stayed for 13 hours. I was so tired, I slept through breakfast (have you ever known your Doebtown to miss a meal?)

Once again, thanks for your great post and please keep 'em coming, as they perk me up every time I see them. All my love to Libby and Heidi. And, of course, lots of love to you, too, Doebette.

Much love,

doebtown

PS - That bed looks GREAT. Didn't it feel great?

 

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