Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2007 No Comments »
My first essay contribution to A Wild Ride is posted here - a story about Ruthie and I having a clash of the crayons. I met Elizabeth, the administrator of this blog, at the recent KOMO tv blogger meet-up, and look forward to sending her more stories of parenting Zug Style.
Posted in Uncategorized, Blog Stuff on Apr 5th, 2007 No Comments »
I should really call these posts ‘Twenty Minutes of Fame,’ since that’s about how long each segment is, but that just isn’t catchy.
Here is part 2 of the Kindlings Muse panel discussion with Dick Staub. In this segment you get to hear Dick put me on the spot with a question about […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Bryan, Getting Things Done on Mar 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
Yesterday afternoon Ruthie and I went to a birthday party, and while we were gone my super-husband cut the grass. We get into at LEAST one fight every summer over the reel mower we own (I love it, he hates it), so it was a big deal that he just decided to cut the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2007 No Comments »
This morning we went to the park. This afternoon the windows were open and the heat was turned off. And now, as I cook dinner, the kids are on the back deck with a cup and a brush, ‘painting’ the house. I see hope for the future of my sanity.
Posted in Uncategorized, Fun Pile on Sep 4th, 2006 3 Comments »
Bowling isn’t the slumming event that it used to be in my college days - back when you could only display three letters of your name in the computer, thereby drawing out Viv, my sassy, gum chewing, bad ass alter ego. I’ve never been to such a high tech bowling alley as ACME Bowl. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Where have I been? I’ve been reading. And doing this. And doing that. I have many hobbies and only space for one at a time. That is where I’ve been.
Book Pile.
I finished About Grace for our book club on Monday (here at my house. Are you coming?). I liked […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Piling It On (and taking it off) on May 22nd, 2006 3 Comments »
Last Thursday I was discouraged because I hadn’t lost any weight. I wasn’t too worried about it because I knew I had splurged a little on Mother’s Day when a few men made their wives a fantastically decadent brunch complete with Mimosa’s. Also, I ate my gift of chocolate covered raisins liberally (my […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Piling It On (and taking it off), Rage Against The Pile on May 11th, 2006 1 Comment »
As predicted, you have not heard from me for awhile. Last night I chose to read some of the blogs in my RSS reader and not watch commercials. The night before that I took a hot bath with lavender oil and read a book. During the day I’m trying to stay busy […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Bryan on Mar 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
I only have a couple minutes to post because the season finale of The Shield is about to start. Last week when Bryan was gone, I had a particularly lonely and depressed-ish afternoon. I sent Bryan a quick email that said something like, ‘Can you write me a lovely note? I need […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Seen, Heard, Said, Family on Jan 24th, 2006 No Comments »
Me: I was always disappointed my mom was a fashion nerd…
there was NO WAY I wanted to share her clothes like all my friends did with their moms
Her: yep. my mom always dressed like a teacher (which shouldn’t be shocking) but I was always embarrassed
Me: ooo, good point. my mom is a teacher, too.
Her: […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ruthie, Getting Things Done on Sep 22nd, 2005 No Comments »
You know it’s going to be a bad day when you enter your child’s room first thing in the morning and are greeted by the stench of the Overnight Poop. You know what I’m talking about: the poop that is thinned by the acidic pee that accumulated over a twelve hour night which then […]