Posted in On Writing, Things on Aug 1st, 2011 2 Comments »
These are some of the things I accomplished during the last hour: rearranged the icons on my iPhone sorted and renamed my Google Reader feeds added a few bookmarklets to my bookmarks bar explored Pinterest cleaned my desk listened to the same song on repeat This may not seem like much, but I consider it [...]
Posted in Everyday, Things on Apr 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
There was so much sinus pressure in my head that thick yellow mucus oozed out the tear ducts in my left eye. Someone in this house (not me) wiped a booger on my shower curtain, and now there are tiny sugar ants feeding on it. You’re welcome.
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Things on Jan 18th, 2011 1 Comment »
Yesterday Ruthie told me she was writing a story at school about visiting her Auntie Jody’s farm in Iowa. It was 2007 when we last visited the farm. Ruthie was only 4 years old, but she still carries the memory of that magical summer. So do I. We were on our way to the mall [...]
Posted in Everyday, Things on Aug 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
This is not my giant bucket of peas. This is my neighbor’s giant bucket of peas. She is the better gardener, as indicated by her giant bucket of peas vs. the brown and shriveled leaves on my bean and strawberry plants. This happens to me every summer – we go on vacation late in July, [...]
Posted in Everyday, Things on May 15th, 2009 4 Comments »
common kitchen sponge used S.O.S. pad toothbrush wooden puzzle pieces plastic baseball bat used tissues egg shells the discarded leaves of four artichokes my down comforter a whole chicken, raw, partly frozen a raw ground beef chub from Costco poop (her own x infinity) the crotch of a poopy pull-up ( x infinity)
Posted in On Writing, Other Places to Find Me, Things on Apr 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
This week I’m busy working on my Ignite Seattle presentation called “Sanity Hacks of a Stay at Home Mom.” Mine is one of sixteen presentations of the night – the first eight have been posted here. Topics include Public Library Hacking, Knitting in Code, and The Secret Underground World of Lego. Ignite presentations are 5 [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Things on Sep 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Silly me. In the weeks leading up to the start of Kindergarten, I worried, I fretted, I questioned whether Ruthie would make it through the day without a nap. Without one she’d always slogged in the afternoon, and freaked out at bedtime from being over tired. But after the first week of school it became [...]
Posted in Bryan, Things, Thomas on Jul 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
B: Thomas! Don’t point that laser at your eye! J: What happens if he points it at his eye? B: He’ll go blind. J: Uh, why are we letting him play with the laser? B: Because he’s a boy. He needs to be trusted with dangerous things.
Posted in Ruthie, Things on Jan 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
Sunday on the way home from church I asked Ruthie what she learned in Sunday school. Questions like this about church or preschool are already getting answered with an adolescent “nothin” or “I don’t know,” so it typically takes a little prodding to get some answers out of her. Finally I asked her about the [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done, Things on Dec 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
The Great Purge of 2007 did not stick. Most everything that I decluttered is back to it’s original glory, that is, CLUTTERED. A girlfriend came over for lunch yesterday, and I had to clear a path for her through the living room, then clear off the counter to make lunch, then clear of the dining [...]
Posted in Everyday, Things on Jul 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I have discovered that when Bryan is gone I act like I have no reason to get out of bed in the morning. I mope, I drag my feet, and we either spend four days in our pajamas or we leave the house at 9 and don’t return until 9 – both of which make [...]
Posted in Things on Jul 9th, 2007 3 Comments »
I was tagged. It was Dave who did it, and because he tagged me all the way from Australia, I’ll humor him. It might be difficult to find eight things you don’t know about me, since many of the people who read this blog include my husband, my mother, and friends I’ve known since I [...]
Posted in Depression, Things on Jul 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
I’ve been in a hole of depression the last couple weeks and haven’t been able feel much but utter contempt for myself. Today I began to see just the tiniest sliver of light in my very dark world – light that came through song, and scripture, and a trip to the beach with friends. In [...]
Posted in Family, Things on Jun 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I love to watch Conan O’Brien, so when I visit family in the Midwest I love to watch him consequence-free because prime time television programing begins one hour earlier there than here in Seattle. As my mom channel surfed one night, she happened to land on NBC just as his show was beginning, and I [...]
Posted in Things, Travel on Jun 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Sweltering … [choke]… dripping… [gasp]… so hot… [gasp]… can’t breath… [hack]… air is too thick…
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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