I spent all last week staring down the calendar and wishing I could ignore a deadline. I was very nearly successful, too. Irreantum is a literary journal for a Latter Day Saint audience, and every year they hold a contest for short fiction and personal essays. I know some people who have entered the contest […]
[Continue reading...]Maximum Fun Drive
May 28, 2010
There have many times over these blogging years when I’ve written about Jesse Thorn and his work over on Maximum Fun.org, but I have to give him one more plug today, and give you all a heads up about an entertainment feast awaiting you. When I first got an ipod four years ago, The Sound […]
[Continue reading...]Crafting FAIL – again.
May 27, 2010
I bring you another entry in my series of screw ups, proving that I am fumbling my way towards crafty success. I started a new herb garden – in pots this time so it can travel with me – and painted the ceramic pots with a high gloss latex. I’ve done it before and it […]
[Continue reading...]What a glorious day.
May 26, 2010
We found our neighborhood park Saturday morning, and it just couldn’t have been more perfect. We’re slowly starting to get back to life and make ourselves at home.
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #21
May 25, 2010
Atti invented a game all by himself the other day, consisting of headbutting me in my soft post baby belly and laughing so hard at making me laugh that he gave himself the hiccups. I loved it because it gave me more opportunities to get my hands in this kids hair, and because I am […]
[Continue reading...]The unveiling of Round 1
May 24, 2010
First of all, I feel compelled to apologize for the photos. Looking back through old pictures, it looks like it took me a solid year to figure out how to take pictures in the last house, and even then it was often a struggle. I’m totally starting from scratch here. I have no idea how […]
[Continue reading...]A poignant moment
May 21, 2010
I missed Mother’s Day at church since we were out of town, so I got my Mother’s Day present from Atti last Sunday. I never saw myself as the super sentimental “save everything my baby touched” kind of mom, but when I saw this card I threw all my cynicism right out the window and […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #20
May 20, 2010
I bought this sampler of oils and vinegar at the chocolate festival over the weekend, and it’s embarrassing how much of it I’ve already eaten. Particularly that sundried tomato bistro oil. It’s essentially a combination of olive oil and balsamic vinegar like you dunk your bread in at any italian restaurant, but with additional flavoring […]
[Continue reading...]Oakdale Chocolate Festival
May 19, 2010
We’re slowly slowly slowly settling in around here, but this weekend kicked off the agricultural festivals this area is so known for, so we scrubbed the paint out of our hair and headed out for a day in the sun. There were lots of examples of celebrating California history. You could pan for gold with […]
[Continue reading...]The neverending move
May 14, 2010
As much fun as I had at MaxFunCon, and I had a ton and do not regret it one iota, it has made this move last forever. I’ve still got boxes in the livingroom, the silverware that got left behind has still not shown up in the mail, and every single day I wake up, […]
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