At church I work with the teenage girls, which means I also spend a lot of time with the teenage boys, because where one goes, the other follows. This Sunday we’re giving a big lecture about the dangers of the internet, specifically myspace. So as the only person who even knows how to use their […]
[Continue reading...]Sure it’s shallow, but it helps.
August 8, 2006
The one thing getting me through all this job uncertainty and house deferment and kid anxiety, is that Bear did get a raise, although not what we were hoping for, and that means that we no longer have to live on ramen noodle student budgets. Last week Bear got his first paycheck with retroactive pay. […]
[Continue reading...]And just when things were going so well….
August 3, 2006
Bear passed his last exam and he is now a fully licensed nursing home administrator. I really cannot do justice to how awesome this is. 1) Because these tests were insanely hard, with a pass rate of 30%, and Bear passed them both on the first try; and 2) Because this now means that after […]
[Continue reading...]Good news for normal folks, bad news for me
July 28, 2006
I’m sitting at Sally and Silverback’s house. Bear’s parents. We drove down so Bear could go to a wedding of one of his high school friends, and I was going to go into the LA Garment District and buy as much fabric as I could carry to make curtains and slipcovers and bedding for our […]
[Continue reading...]My latest creations
July 26, 2006
My normal standard of productivity has been pretty low this year, mainly because I’m still working on that craft book I’m trying to write and I’m finishing things for that but I can’t show any of them yet. So even though I’m still making stuff every day, it just feels like I haven’t finished anything […]
[Continue reading...]Back from Vegas with a broken heart
July 16, 2006
Every year the women in Bear’s maternal side of the family get together for a Vegas retreat, and in the past I’ve really worked to avoid going. Last year I just couldn’t find a way to talk my way out of it, so I sacked up and went, clawing my way to the door like […]
[Continue reading...]Pshaw. Who needs a job? NOT ME!
July 3, 2006
Four months of job searching, and not. one. single. interview. This has NEVER happened to me before. Excuse me while I brag, but I am an excellent candidate. I’ve gotten every job I’ve ever interviewed for. I have a degree from a great school and loads of corporate experience. AND I started two businesses of […]
[Continue reading...]Endo was like, the best diet EVER!
June 12, 2006
Thanks to my long struggle with endometriosis, I managed to waste away 40 pounds. I was wearing clothes I haven’t worn since my first year of marriage and they were still falling off of me. While I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love the weight loss, it was also fairly scary to me […]
[Continue reading...]Enter Dr. BFF
June 3, 2006
On Friday we had our first meeting with the doctor who will do our In Vitro. It was terrifying. Not because we didn’t know what to expect or because we were afraid of what we’d find out, we’ve already been through that part of it all, but because we are both pretty comfortable where we […]
[Continue reading...]What’s been keeping me so busy?
June 3, 2006
Well, a few things really. #1 This! #2 THIS! #3 THIS!!! and a totally unfruitful and unproductive job search, but I’ll save that to complain about another day. So, what you see there in picture number 1 is the new love of my life. My Dyson vacuum. I’ve heard people say it was great, but […]
[Continue reading...]