Surprise! And contentment

It’s been one of those days . . . grey and drizzly outside; half of the brilliantly colored autumn leaves have already fallen, leaving the ones left on the trees looking a bit sad and lonely; no particular motivation to get out of the house.  So we putter, and I’m working on craft projects and [...]

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It’s official: I suck at this

Another day, another half-assed attempt to post before midnight so as to meet my deadline.  THIS is why I’ve never managed to keep a journal for any significant length of time, despite dozens of attempts.
But who cares, when you have THIS sitting on your kitchen counter?  Ahhhh, Frost doughnuts, I love you so . . .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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So . . . Tired . . . . . . Must . . . Post . . . . . .

Great green goddess, I am TIRED. Bone-deep, bleary-eyed, can-barely-move tired. So tired that I’m writing this post on my phone not because it is easier or more convenient to type and edit (it’s not), but because the effort of removing the laptop from its bag in the other room sounds too difficult. I sit in [...]

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Two posts in one day (but not really)

Because the first post from today was REALLY meant to be a post from yesterday, see?
Today was . . . interesting.  Last night the big monkey did a sleepover at Grandma’s house downstairs (and I use the term “sleepover” verrrrrry loosely, because not much sleeping got done), and today she was T.I.R.E.D.  Which led to [...]

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Playing catch-up

Awesome.  Only three days into NaBloPoMo, and I already missed a day.  In my defense, I was THINKING about a blog post all day; I just didn’t quite make it.  So much running around all day that I barely had time to sit in front of the computer, and then in the evening we got [...]

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Post #2: Not very damned much to say

I am percolating, letting thoughts and ideas bubble through me, waiting patiently for them to bear fruit.  Thoughts on parenting (big monkey’s sleep issues, philosophies of education, the question of further family expansion), inspiration and action for the various volunteer pursuits I engage in, plans for my fledgling business.  Trying to sit with it and [...]

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NaBloPoMo, or, How I got a second chance to babble

A few days ago a friend of mine on Facebook mentioned that she was planning on doing NaNoWriMo.  I remembered that there is a blogging equivalent, and went to look it up–but, getting the name of it wrong, I found myself on the page for NaBloWRIMo.  Seeing that the event was about to end for [...]

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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

The Good: I got my application to be an API Group Leader completely finished and the last assignment turned in this afternoon. It is Ilze’s namesday, and Valdis (despite being sick) made her a beautiful pineapple upside-down cake from scratch.
The Bad: My grandfather died this afternoon
RIP, Grandpa–you will be dearly missed. You helped [...]

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We’re definitely going to have to do something about the clutter around here

Or at least try to care less.
When we first moved into this house, the monkey was only crawling — which made it much easier to arrange the furniture in a baby-safe configuration. We’re not particularly fastidious about the babyproofing — for instance, when the monkey started getting into the bottom drawers in the kitchen, [...]

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The Great Autumn Overhaul: Finished!!!

And it kicked our collective asses.
This weekend started early, on Friday–V took a day off of work so that we could spend all day driving around town, moving appliances and furniture and taking stuff to the dump. Hooray for heavy lifting!
[Really, it started LAST weekend, when we spent all of Saturday overhauling the garage. [...]

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