I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Mine was a wonder. I got to just zen out in my kitchen with a very patient sous chef, and stuff myself sick. We’re still dealing with leftovers five days later. I have absolutely zero estimation skills. I cook every meal as if I’m cooking a […]
[Continue reading...]Birth Announcement
November 28, 2008
It took me 9 months, but I finally got around to birth announcements for Atticus.I always imagined that I’d be right on top of that kind of thing, but in fairness, it did take him a while before he turned cute. It didn’t seem right to me to send out announcements when things were still […]
[Continue reading...]Thanksgiving Tree
November 26, 2008
I’ve kind of become obsessed with trees over the years. I think Christmas got me started. I don’t know what it is, but nothing makes me happier then staring at a beautifully composed Christmas tree all lit up, with a cup of cocoa in my hand and a kitty on my lap. When I married […]
[Continue reading...]Holiday Decorations
November 24, 2008
I have to admit, I normally skip right over Thanksgiving. We’ve rarely been home for it, and our Halloween and Christmas over-the-top-ness tends to just swallow it whole. But this year I’m actually hosting, so I had to at least do a little something. I’ve got a great centerpiece idea for tomorrow, so stay tuned, […]
[Continue reading...]Come see what I’ve been working on….
November 21, 2008
As I’ve mentioned once or twice now, I have been working on the house really hard lately. I’ve got all kinds of projects I’ll focus on individually, but for today I thought I’d give you an updated tour of the downstairs. We finally managed to get rugs for this joint, and oh my gosh the […]
[Continue reading...]A Dream Come True
November 19, 2008
There are about seven different paths I could have gone down in life and still been happy. One of them is as a chef. Culinary school always sat in the back of my mind as something that I would love to do someday…along with vocal training, an MFA, school for design (interior or graphic), training […]
[Continue reading...]My latest Grand Scheme
November 19, 2008
Most of my little bloggy vacation was caused by finally getting my stinking goodfornothing computer back from the shop. I’ve been spending all my brief moments with two hands reformatting everything. I lost so much stuff that makes no real difference, but is an absolute pain in the neck to put back together. itunes playlists, […]
[Continue reading...]We voted!
November 5, 2008
And our guy won! I can’t even begin to explain how much grief I took this time around. I don’t come in contact with a single other democrat in my daily life, and the particular republicans I do come in contact with are just as single-mindedly certain about their political views as they are in […]
[Continue reading...]Happy Halloween!
October 30, 2008
In celebration of my second favorite holiday, I thought I’d brave this stupid molasses-slow computer and share some photos. It’s taken me all day, so I hope you appreciate my commitment to showing off. I not only inherited Bear’s grandma’s gorgeous china, but I also scored this unbelievable silver tea service. It came to me […]
[Continue reading...]Computer update
October 28, 2008
Two weeks and counting, and the guys at Fry’s haven’t even touched the thing yet. We went in on Thursday to check up on things and they said it was still near the back of the line. We were at least able to convince them to order the new hard drive ahead of time so […]
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