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 [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Things on Dec 18th, 2006 3 Comments »
Bryan’s plane landed safely and he was home by midnight. We snuggled on the couch for awhile as we listened to the wind and watched David Letterman, then we went to bed. We live in a 1910 Craftsman, and our bedrooms are all on the second floor. We have no large trees around us, and [...]
Posted in Things on Nov 14th, 2006 5 Comments »
I live in Renton. After watching this video, don’t you just HAVE to move here?
Posted in Things on Nov 8th, 2006 1 Comment »
I am tired of hearing people say that online communities are not real communities. Sick. and. tired. I know many people believe this because they think it is easy to hide our true selves online and put forth a façade of how we want others to perceive us. But here’s the thing, isn’t that a [...]
Posted in Bryan, Fun Pile, Ruthie, Things on Oct 18th, 2006 3 Comments »
I feel like this blog has reflected the darker side of my life lately, as I have used it as a way to process through some difficult thought patterns. To the outsider (read: those who do not know me outside of what I blog) it may seem worse than it actually is. Because of my [...]
Posted in Things on Sep 19th, 2006 2 Comments »
Today I fell on my ass in the middle of the street, and when I did, the digital camera I was holding hit the ground. Despite the fact that I was in pain and in danger of being run over by a car, my first reaction was to check the camera for any damage. It [...]
Posted in Things on Sep 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
Some friends came over to the House of Barbeque on Friday night, and one of them mentioned that she’d missed my regular blog updates. Aside from it being a busy week with Bryan home (he likes that attention, you know), I’ve been having some interesting health issues that have created a lot of fatigue. I’ve [...]
Posted in Piling It On (and taking it off), Rage Against The Pile, Things on Aug 28th, 2006 3 Comments »
I’ve been attending a yoga class at the gym once or twice a week for the last month, and today is the first time that I felt strength and confidence through the process. I’m getting the hang of it. My shoulders are feeling stronger to hold my weight, my calves are limbering up as I [...]
Posted in Everyday, Things on Aug 22nd, 2006 1 Comment »
I’ve been having some uncomfortable digestive issues lately, which I won’t go into detail about here because I think we’ve had enough poop talk this week. But the first line of action my doctor suggested was to go on a B.R.A.T. diet to see if that eliminates the symptoms. I am also taking digestive enzymes. [...]
Posted in Things on Aug 16th, 2006 8 Comments »
Occassionally I like to use tactics to draw out my blog stalkers and try to meet the people who are reading my outer monologue. Will you induldge me this time, dear Internet? My friend sent me this meme – she doesn’t have a blog so I can’t link her. I don’t usually do these, but [...]
Posted in Friendship, Living In Community, Things, Zoe on Aug 9th, 2006 7 Comments »
Posted in Bryan, Things on Jul 27th, 2006 2 Comments »
[Is it, Things He Does? or Things He Do? or, is there really no way to make sense of that?] We’re staying in Palo Alto this weekend, at an apartment of one of Bryan’s friends while he’s out of town. After eating some take-out Chinese, Bryan went to the store to buy milk and cereal [...]
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