Posted in Everyday, Startup Mom, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jan 14th, 2012 No Comments »
We’re pinching our pennies for date night these days, so I was excited to remember I’d bought movie passes on Groupon months ago. A free movie + conversation over steak tacos = a win for budget date night! Which gave me a great idea! Because our entrepreneurial income tends to fluctuate throughout the year, I [...]
Posted in Everyday, Family on Jan 2nd, 2012 1 Comment »
11:00pm I think we stumbled across a new Zug Family tradition this year. After a party and game night with some friends in the Belltown area, we parted ways with the group and wandered into The Lucky Diner to wait for the Space Needle fireworks. We sat in the corner booth, surrounded by huge windows [...]
Posted in Everyday on Dec 27th, 2011 No Comments »
Medium on the lid, dark on the fold, light on the brown bone. While most midlife crises involve sports cars or diamonds or younger men, mine apparently involves eye shadow. My whole life it felt like the entire world knew how to apply eye shadow, but I just couldn’t make it work. My eyeballs bulged [...]
Posted in Everyday on Dec 6th, 2011 No Comments »
I love my kids. Some days I have to convince myself more fervently than others, but the fact remains: they’re pretty awesome. I say this tonight in particular because, well, it was one of those nights, and I need a little reminder that they do things other than yell at me and say they want [...]
Posted in Everyday, Video on Nov 21st, 2011 1 Comment »
Kind of excited about my latest techie adventure. A few days ago I shot two video clips on my iPhone, then I downloaded the iMovie app and edited the two clips together. I think I’m inadvertently amassing a diversity of skills and tasks I can perform while in my pajamas watching 30Rock, and having an [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie on Nov 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Every Tuesday the silly boys go to a Cub Scout meeting so Ruthie and I get some crazy serious girl time. And as you can see, monochromatic pedicures are for the not exciting people. And when our toes were properly polished, Ruthie set to work on a new “tattoo,” and she told me she wanted [...]
Posted in Everyday on Nov 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Halloween always reinforces my love for public school. I know it sounds like a strange correlation, but it’s one of the only times a year that I realize just how rooted we are in our neighborhood. There’s nothing quite like the squeals of third grade girls as they run into friends on their ghoulish walk [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Fun Pile on Oct 25th, 2011 No Comments »
I love that Bryan balances out my Control Freakishness by having the kids design their own pumpkins. They had some awesome drawings that involved teeth and scars, and I kept hearing Bryan say, “I’ll see what I can do.” He did great, of course. Carving six pumpkins made for a bit of a crazy Saturday [...]
Posted in Everyday on Oct 9th, 2011 6 Comments »
The Mop. That’s it. I’m done. My experiment with long hair ran its coarse. I’m getting my mop chopped. I no longer do anything to it except braid it or put it up, so what’s the point, really? WHAT’S THE POINT? Below are some examples of hairstyles I pinned to my Pinterest board. Help me [...]
Posted in Everyday, Living In Community on Oct 8th, 2011 4 Comments »
Listing Photo, 2003 We moved into our home eight years ago this weekend. During that time we’ve had a dozen people live with us and hundreds come through our doors for parties, play dates, counseling, Bible study, and whatnot.* Guests have stayed with us from as close as Portland to as far away as Australia. [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Everyday, On Writing, Startup Mom on Aug 19th, 2011 2 Comments »
Lately I’ve been experiencing a creative conundrum. You see, I have it made. I’m one of the lucky ones. And no, I’m not talking about my hair. It’s amazing, to be sure, and the world is generally very jealous of my thick and gorgeous mane, but I am talking about my lifestyle. It’s amazing that [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie on Aug 9th, 2011 3 Comments »
Okay first of all: the swim suit (ever the eccentric). Second of all: the crazy bad hair “fix” after she chopped it all off herself. And finally: the fact that she looks and sounds exactly the same, except she can’t seem to get the words out around those huge cheeks! I was reminded of this [...]
Posted in Everyday, Startup Mom on Aug 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
This Spring I pruned a bush that smells like oregano when you rub the leaves. My kids thought this was so awesome that they tried to sell branches on the street. So there they sat. And sat. And sat. They didn’t have any customers, but it kept them busy and argument free for most of [...]
Posted in Everyday, Food & Drink on Jul 31st, 2011 1 Comment »
This is how we do popcorn. I think it tastes better than microwaved bags.
Posted in Everyday on Jul 26th, 2011 No Comments »
Once again, I had high hopes of maintaining a summer reading routine with the kids. The problem is, they hate reading, and I hate that my children hate reading, so I haven’t really done much to force the issue. I did just read this, though, so now I’m embracing the summer brain drain.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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