That trip I just took was the longest I’ve been away from my little buddy, and it was tough. When I finally got back into town I was itching to snatch him up from his crib and take him to bed with us so I could get a snuggle fix, but I was so tired […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #33
August 17, 2010
One of the great things about trips to Utah is getting to go to thrift and used book stores and pick up some amazing books for nothing, and not have to pay big shipping costs. Outside of the “Mormon belt” of Utah, Arizona and Idaho, it can be really tough to find great books on […]
[Continue reading...]Further adventures in canning
August 16, 2010
Since last we talked about my canning adventures, I’ve continued in a couple of different batches to can: 3 qts sweet pickled green tomatoes4 qts sour pickled green tomatoes9 pints green tomato chutney9 pints green tomato salsa4 pints green tomato jelly4 pints green tomato butter9 pints blackberries in light syrup3 pints blackberry jam3 1/2 pints […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #32
August 14, 2010
When I bought the picture frames for my new koala prints, I was also buying a whole bunch of mailing envelopes (and sparkly nail polish, but that doesn’t have anything to do with the story). The bagger carefully handled my picture frames, using the padded envelopes as packing material to keep them all safe. I […]
[Continue reading...]A Koala and his tree
August 13, 2010
From very early in Atti’s life, we’ve been calling him a Koala bear. I even dressed him up as one last Halloween. As I wrote back then, it just seemed appropriate, and totally ridiculously sappy, that if Bear is called Bear, and I am called Tree, then our offspring would be a bear (or marsupial, […]
[Continue reading...]Living the Single Life
August 12, 2010
If some all powerful person were to come to me and say, OK Tresa, you have 4 days that are all your own. How would you like to spend them? I don’t know that I would have much to add to how my trip actually panned out. My week in Utah was rejuvenating on every […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #31
August 11, 2010
For as thoroughly team oriented as Bear and I are, he doesn’t show up on the blog much. And that is by conscious choice. I am greedy with him. I have very few personal boundaries, I’ve posted about everything from my near-death experience to my bowel functions, but him? He’s just for me. He is […]
[Continue reading...]Getting press
August 10, 2010
Don’t worry, later this week I’ve got lots of crafty projects and Atti pictures, but as I’m decompressing and trying to get caught up from my big conference I had a couple of things I wrote go live so I thought I’d share them here. Patheos.com is a great site about religion, and this week […]
[Continue reading...]Blech
August 10, 2010
Today has been a ridiculous day of tech problems on top of the typical trying to catch up after being out of town. Tomorrow will be a better day. I hope.
[Continue reading...]Taking it easy
August 2, 2010
I’m away this week, off in Utah speaking at a conference and flexing my brain muscles. I’m really excited about the panels I’m participating in, but I also signed myself up for a crazy amount of work. Thursday August 5th:11:15 – 12:45ARE WE MOVING TOWARD WHOLENESS? WOMEN AND THE FEMININE IN MORMONISMWholeness, balance, and inclusiveness […]
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