I kind of disappeared last week because I got a bee in my bonnet. I’ve been hard at work feathering my nest in preparation for the long winter. Or in other words, trying to clear my desk off and batten down the hatches for all the Christmas craziness I sign myself up for every year. […]
[Continue reading...]I need your brain power.
September 29, 2008
We just got invited to THE Halloween party in our circle of acquaintances. We’re super excited, and we’re hoping that this will lead to an actual honest to goodness social life after only two years of living here. Barring any further extended hospitalization, of course. Here’s our dilemma. We need a really great costume. We […]
[Continue reading...]Major Milestone
September 12, 2008
With all of the weird, “he’s seven months old, but they count him as if he’s four months old, but he’s behaving developmentally as if he’s three months old, or five months old, depending on who you talk to and the mood Atti was in when he was being evaluated” confusion, I’ve been a terribly […]
[Continue reading...]I’m a pratfall away from being Lucille Ball
September 10, 2008
My eye is on its way to recovery now. I have to goop it up every few hours with antibiotic ointment to try to clean up a very dirty kitty scratch. The offending cat is now in my lap trying to make things up to me. He’s very repentant. I wish I could say that […]
[Continue reading...]blog housekeeping and general ridiculousness
September 8, 2008
Congratulations to Gerb who won the auction for Nie at $30 for a set of two superhero capes! I’ll be emailing you shortly to work out all the details. Supergabers just missed the auction deadline with her bid of $40, and I felt terrible at the thought of more money not going to the Nielsens, […]
[Continue reading...]NieNie Day
September 3, 2008
I’m coming really late to this party, but thanks to Barb’s blog I finally heard about Stephanie and Christian Nielsen. On Saturday, August 16th, they were in a private plane crash resulting in burns covering 30% of Christian’s body, and 80% of Stephanie’s. They are the parents of four young children and fellow latter-day saints, […]
[Continue reading...]Post Vacation Frenzy
September 3, 2008
We managed to sneak out of town for a couple of days over the long weekend to celebrate with Bear’s family at their beachhouse up in Ventura. I have to admit that I don’t always relish these trips. I’m really not much of a beach person to begin with, but also, Bear’s family is so […]
[Continue reading...]Herb Garden Markers
August 31, 2008
The last part of our house left untouched was our backyard. It was seriously rough. Like, we had a jungle threatening to swallow our house. See? We’ve been slowly slowly slowly ripping out all this stuff. I’m sure the same person who picked out the monkey wallpaper and painted the jungle mural on the wall […]
[Continue reading...]Super Nephew
August 28, 2008
My cute little nephew Micah turned five back in May, and because Atti had *just* come home from the hospital and was still on oxygen, I missed his big birthday shindig. I also had no time to make him anything, and I’m committed to giving handmade gifts whenever I can manage it. Particularly to little […]
[Continue reading...]Sorry for the unexplained absence
August 22, 2008
Wow, how’d a whole week go by? August 14th was our nine year anniversary, so this time last week Bear and I dropped the Rookie off with Grandma and Grandpa and spent a night just the two of us in a hotel next to Disneyland. It was wonderful. We went to Downtown Disney and leisurely […]
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