Posted in BlogHer, Picture Book, Travel on Jul 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Sunday morning after BlogHer I took it easy, then a friend drove up from San Jose to meet me in the city. We scored free parking after a pay lot’s pay machine rejected my five dollar bill. TAKE THAT.
Posted in BlogHer, Travel on Jul 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
Just in case you missed it, I am here: Blogging will be… well, WHO KNOWS what could happen. But you will likely get more of the scoop if you follow my twitters. I would love to give a big shout out to the guy in seat 24D on my flight from Seattle – he loaned [...]
Posted in Family, Fun Pile, Travel on Jun 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
It is June 5th, and I’m wearing jeans, socks, a sweater, and I turned my heat on for a couple hours today just to take the edge off. Yesterday the kids asked for hot chocolate, my seeds are not sprouting in the garden, and I’m sick of being cold. So you know what? I’m giving [...]
Posted in Travel on Jan 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
We spent our last day in sunny California riding Grandpa’s tractor, eating oranges off his tree, and visiting a petting zoo. It was seventy-five degrees. We arrived at SeaTac airport after midnight, had to wait while the luggage carousel was fixed, and finally made it home just before 2am. As expected, it is raining in [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jan 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
We spent New Year’s Eve at my BIL’s house, and my SIL mentioned something about watching cage fighting over the weekend while we were gone. I’ve known my BIL has been into cage fighting for years, so this prompted me to ask the question of whether she was into it because HE was into it, [...]
Posted in Bryan, Family, Travel on Jan 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
A few days ago we drove the kids through the neighborhood Bryan grew up in. I’ve seen it all before, but it was fun to take the kids – especially Ruthie, who seems to have understood these were places Daddy was when he was little like her. This is Bryan’s Grandma’s house, now owned and [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Dec 30th, 2007 No Comments »
We are spending the weekend with my brother, his wife, and my seven year old nephew – about two hours away from Bryan’s family. We started off the weekend by playing Guitar Hero for about two hours, which, I have to say, is the only video game I have been able to beat my husband [...]
Posted in Ruthie, Travel on Dec 26th, 2007 No Comments »
My FIL lives up in the hills, and the back of his property borders a wild area. Occasionally at night you can hear coyotes just across his fence and the dogs go crazy. The other night when Bryan and I and the kids were alone in the house, all three dogs went nuts barking at [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Somehow I’ve managed to maintain my current weight this week even though every flat surface in this house is covered with something sugared or baked. I mean, for cryin’ out loud! I nibble a little here, and I nibble a little there, but for the most part I have avoided a full throttle gorge. Today, [...]
Posted in Everyday, Travel on Dec 21st, 2007 1 Comment »
It takes me fifteen minutes just to get to the interstate from where we are staying, on a hill high enough that my ears pop every time we go into town. On the interstate it takes another 10-15 minutes to get to Costco, or Target, or wherever I’m headed (because, you know, I saved all [...]
Posted in Ruthie, Travel on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Despite the fact that we didn’t go to bed last night until after eleven, Ruthie was still standing at the end of our bed at 6:45 this morning, demanding that we be awake now. “I’m sure grandpa’s awake,” said Bryan into his pillow. So I jumped up, threw some clothes and a box of cereal [...]
Posted in Travel on Dec 19th, 2007 4 Comments »
This morning it occurred to me, as I observed my daughter at the airport security check point, that this is the third time this year we have traveled by airplane with the kids. I was thinking of this because Ruthie walked right up to the x-ray machine, took her shoes off, and put them in [...]
Posted in Friendship, Travel on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
I was hoping to have my house put together more than it is, but when you have a friend visiting you FROM AUSTRALIA you’d best concern yourself with ending Pukefest 2007 first. The important thing is that I vacuumed the layers of cracker crumbs out from the between the couch cushions so I don’t look [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Nov 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
I am back from the land of Maxwell House coffee. My sister actually told the couple who served us the rehearsal dinner, “Could you please make the coffee a little more like coffee house coffee, and a little less like church coffee?” I appreciated her effort, because strong Maxwell House coffee is much better tasting. [...]
Posted in Travel on Nov 23rd, 2007 3 Comments »
I am in Kansas today, and boy is the terrain flat here. I can see for miles. My nephew is getting married here on Saturday, so we skipped Thanksgiving. I spent the day on an airplane while Bryan and the kids ate pizza and beer with our friend, Jack. I can’t say that I’m disappointed, [...]
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