• Eat all the things!

    In the past few days I’ve eaten a lot. Enough to make my stomach hurt. I made potato soup last night and I didn’t know I could stuff myself so much with soup. And sourdough garlic french bread. Oh, and…

  • Huh?

    First: Why? Why would you do that? Second: Did you hear yourself? Three: Chocolate. Not enough. Four: Chai. Not enough Five: No. Just no. Six: Sigh.

  • Annoying

    If you agree to a house contract for a certain price and agree to “as is,” and then ask for money for repairs, you piss me off. Royally.

  • Finally

    It can be told: we have a deal on the house. Papers are signed. Now to just get through the process. Now to help the kids deal with leaving friends.

  • A bad bad day

    All my hopes and prayers going out to the people in Moore, OK, especially the children in the school. Please please please let them be all right.

  • One day more

    And it is one day more for this semester. In honor of that: We have another showing tomorrow. Hoping hoping hoping! It was lovely today. Things are greening and growing. Maybe I’ll get lilacs soon. Oh! and the peonies have…

  • day in the life

    Oh man, the older bomber had a wife and 3 year old daughter. That poor family. I hope some answers come out, but I can’t imagine they will ever really make sense or satisfy. Boy is still throwing up. Day…

  • Boston

    By now most everyone has heard about the explosions in Boston. I have no words. My reaction has been a visceral return to 9/11. I know it’s not the same. But turning on the TV to coverage put me right…

  • manners and lack thereof

    Guster, the rescue corgi, has now gone on to his home with my parents. He will hopefully be very happy. He’s a loving dog, but really scared after all the clear abuse he must have had from his former people.…