I'm totally procrastinating....  I'm supposed to write something up for a newsletter, and all I can do is write a paragraph, check email, write a paragraph, look for pictures of places I've traveled... You get the point.

Today I technically had the day off, and I went for a mini  hike in the Columbia Gorge.  It was mini because a lot of trails where ( Read more... )

Let's see, how else can I say this?.... I am a big old geek.  I've had a new job as an interim executive director at a domestic/sexual violence agency for the last five months or so, and I love the job a bit more every day.  For the first time, this has nothing to do with the people that I work with.  In fact, I can totally take them or leave them ( Read more... )

I just finished eating my lovely dinner -- Mexican Lasagna from the Peatow Kitchen. A few years back, my mom gave all of us a receipe book that included different meals and treats from our childhood. I don't know if it's the holiday season or what, but I've been motivated to get in the kitchen and cook! It's been nice. In fact, Cedar and I just ( Read more... )

My favorite kid of all times, Ethan Ray Bunka Shmoo, just told me that he didn't want to go to any "lesbian wedding."  At first I was sort of amused, but now that his statement has sunk in, I kind of want to cry a little bit.

A few hours after the initial awe of Cedar saying she would marry me, I had one thought -- "Oh, shit."  I suddenly realized ( Read more... )

Holy. Crap ( Read more... )

Last night, Cedar put on my skinny jeans without even having to undo the button.

This did not make me feel very good.

Ahhhhh.... this is my first weekend without a regularly scheduled ProtoCall shift, and it has been absolutely decadent.  It helps that it's been raining outside non-stop, and we're not being shy about turning the heat on.  Even the cats are being lazy (natch), and at one point, all 4 of us were curled up on the couch together ( Read more... )

I am 30.

This was made abundantly clear to me tonight while in my beloved hip hop class.  It's only the 2nd class of this session, and I haven't been in it for at least 9 months (if not more).  Surprisingly, I'm keeping up okay... and even did the splits on the first night!

Tonight we learned this new part that involves spinning to the ground ( Read more... )

Right now I'm reading The Committment: Love, Sex, Marriage, & My Family by Dan Savage.  Dan Savage is best known for his "Savage Love" sex column where he answers questions about group sex, the erotic uses of urine, and how best to dump someone you don't like anymore.

This book is all about his thought process about marrying his partner ( Read more... )

I did it... there is now a lovely tree glowing with holiday cheer in the living room!!  Big thanks to marnya
who helped me decorate it last night before Cedar got home.  It was the cutest thing -- I asked her to put the lights on while I vacuumed
upstairs, and she looked at me in utter terror... I had totally ignored ( Read more... )