We have been just awful about getting out and enjoying where we live. Since we moved here over two years ago we’ve poured every spare second into working on the house, and now that we have Atti, getting out is super complicated. Along with all the usual paraphernalia that comes along with kids, we have […]
[Continue reading...]The Long Form
July 24, 2009
I don’t really know if it’s because I’m a mom now, or because I’m getting older and (hopefully) maturing, or just a new attempt at mindfulness inspired by this wonderful craft blogging community, but for the first time in my life I’m actually attempting to sync up with the rhythm of the world around me. […]
[Continue reading...]Taking my show on the road.
July 23, 2009
Next month I’m going to be speaking at the Sunstone symposium. Sunstone is a fantastic magazine that focuses on the Mormon experience through academic scholarship, literature, and addressing of social issues within the church and without. It doesn’t seem to have the rule that everything it prints has to be strictly devotional, so you’ll often […]
[Continue reading...]Things I’m loving right now…
July 22, 2009
Here’s what I’m spending my time on while it’s been too hot to be productive: This game. These puzzles. This webseries. This music. (Seriously. Listen to the first track. Amazing) And this music. These TV shows. These really awesome podcasts. This book. This audiobook. These dresses. But only to look at, unless they somehow go […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #28
July 21, 2009
It has been SO. Darn. Hot. here over the last couple of weeks. Too hot to cook, too hot to wear clothes you’d be seen in public in, too hot to touch another human. There are only so many nights that you can scrounge around to make a dinner out of cold cereal and crackers, […]
[Continue reading...]Garden Bounty
July 20, 2009
This gardening thing has a real learning curve. I may have failed with sprouting seeds, but my bulbs all went off like gangbusters, and once I bought the seedlings and got them in ground, I managed to keep them alive, mostly, despite the fact that some have been trying their darndest to die ever since. […]
[Continue reading...]400th post winner!
July 18, 2009
The winner of the 400th post drawing was comment #1 – JustMe! I’ll try to track you down through your blog, but I don’t have an email address for you, so drop me a line so you can claim your prize! Thanks so much for participating everyone.
[Continue reading...]The newest member of our family
July 16, 2009
Everyone, meet Gizmo He is a flame point Himalayan/Persian mix which is like a cousin breed to our Ragdolls. We found him on Craigslist and the lady said he was eight weeks old. On the way home I saw a couple fleas on him, so we went straight to the vet’s to get him dipped. […]
[Continue reading...]400th post giveaway!
July 14, 2009
I had not planned on slowing down for the summer, but, as I really should have learned by now, I seem to have very little control over how things go in my life. Atti’s still recovering and doing awesome but his eyes just look gruesome right now. The white part is still red and blistery […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #27
July 9, 2009
Atti did great. Doctor checked him out today and was really pleased with what he saw. For me, it was absolutely grueling and I’m no where near recovered. Sleep. I would really love some sleep.
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