Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Aug 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
This weekend we had another BBQ and Marshmallow roast with friends. In attendance were six adults and seven children under the age of six. You may see that as chaos, but I had a blast. One of the gals who came is my doctor/workout partner/friend. Her little boy, who is the same age as Ruthie, [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Ruthie on Jul 24th, 2006 No Comments »
Just got back last night from our annual camping trip to Orcas Island in the San Juans. Getting there involves two hours of driving, an hour ferry ride, and what turned out to be a four hour wait for the ferry because the first one we tried for was full. It started off pleasantly enough [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Soundrack on Jul 15th, 2006 No Comments »
I have tickets to see Matisyahu on September 6th with a friend – anybody want to go with us? I actually love his live music more than his studio albums, so I’m excited to go. Tickets are still available!
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile, Picture Book on Jul 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Last Spring we bought a new patio set and fire pit for our deck. We opted to go with the ‘converstation’ style set, rather than a typical dining table and chairs because we wanted an outdoor living room feel. I have never regretting our decision, and the more we use the deck space, the more [...]
Posted in Everyday, Fun Pile, Seen, Heard, Said on Jul 12th, 2006 No Comments »
Thanks to a link I followed from Maryam’s website, I just spent an hour reading about One Red Paperclip. In one year and fifteen trades, Kyle MacDonald bartered his way up from a red paperclip to a house. That’s damn crazy. I think my favorite part of the whole story is when he said on [...]
Posted in Fun Pile on Jul 8th, 2006 No Comments »
This last week I looked at the calendar and almost had a heart attack: we’re going camping in less than two weeks and I have done NOTHING to prepare myself, either mentally or practically. I said to Bryan, “This isn’t to say we won’t have fun, but I’m really overwhelmed at the prospect of GETTING [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Jun 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Danelle. She’s cool, she’s funny, and she has pink hair – which I guess draws many “my husband would freak” comments from people, but I’m actaully wondering where she GOT the pink dye and would she be willing to do my hair because Bryan has been bugging me for years to go pink. No joke. [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Thomas on Jun 27th, 2006 No Comments »
The way Thomas quietly soaks in the kiddy pool, hunched over his protruding belly, reminds me of the wrinkly old men on The Sopranos who sit in their steam rooms wrapped in a white towel. He has the belly, he has the bald head and the bow-legged hobble. He just needs a cigar to top [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Ruthie, Video on Jun 1st, 2006 1 Comment »
Posted in Fun Pile, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on May 30th, 2006 No Comments »
I fear this may be one of those posts where the random passer by will yawn and move on to the next blog. To them it will the boring what-I-did-last-summer type essays. But this post isn’t for the random passer by – it’s for me. Part of why I write is to remember, and the [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Fun Pile on May 26th, 2006 No Comments »
I used to read Secret Agent Josephine back when she was pregnant, and somehow I lost track of her blog until now, when she has a four month old baby! I read back on several of her entries to try and catch up with her, and discovered that she’s been making monthly movies of her [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Books, Fun Pile on May 7th, 2006 No Comments »
Tonight Bryan and I had tickets to see Over the Rhine at Neumo’s on Capital Hill. This band is probably responsible for our marriage, because as soon as Bryan heard that I even KNEW about them, he was in love. They opened with Latter Days, which makes me cry whenever I hear it, so of [...]
Posted in Books, Friendship, Fun Pile, Travel on Apr 22nd, 2006 No Comments »
This morning we woke to a beautiful blue sky and warmer temperatures than yesterday. The population in Cannon Beach swelled with the coming of Saturday, and all the little ice cream shops and saltwater taffy shops were finally open. Friends drove down for the day, as it was the annual kite festival in Cannon Beach [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Travel on Apr 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Did I mention that I love it here? How could I not? It’s against the law to pump your own gas, and I HATE pumping gas. If I lived here I would joyfully fill my gas tank each week. And yours, too. And yours. And I would never even have to leave the car. And [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Travel on Apr 20th, 2006 No Comments »
This will be a short post – the wine is poured, the fire is burning, and my cute daughter is begging me to come sit with her. We are on vacation this week at a little motel just off the beach in Cannon Beach, OR. It’s heaven. It is so heavenly I may not post [...]
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