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…
Posted in Ruthie, Things on May 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Ruthie: MOM! We’re playing hide and seek, but Thomas won’t stop counting! Me: Did you ask him to stop? Ruthie then turns to Thomas and begins screaming at him to stop (mind you, we are in the car). Me: But you need to ask him without screaming at him. That’s not okay. Ruthie (in a [...]
Posted in Things on Jan 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Apparently I should eat handfuls of cookie dough and drink afternoon cocktails more often, because these are the things I did while on the rag last week and I lost two more pounds. Go figure.
Posted in Remodel, Things on Jan 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
I lost a bit of blogging momentum over the busy holidays. I didn’t have much time for focused writing, and now that I’m getting back into the swing of my daily routine I’m not feeling all that compelled to dig deep just yet. So bear with me, Dear Internet, as I continue to bore you [...]
Posted in Things on Dec 22nd, 2006 3 Comments »
The pictures of the snow storm in Denver reminded me of a similar snow dump when I was growing up in Minnesota in the 1980′s. School was canceled and drifts were up to my waist. Gordy shoveled snow off the garage roof, creating HUGE drifts along the house that we had fun jumping into. Here’s [...]
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