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So little is happening here, every day is pretty much the same, but there's no regret in that. Central Texas was enjoying an unusual summer for a month, with cloudy days, crazy rain, and temperatures peaking below 30º. I liked having unusual weather to plan around. But that pattern changed: we are back to relentlessly sunny days and the the ( Read more... ) -
Green card fiasco
I know we're not the only family affected by this, but I am soooooooo disappointed.
First, the good news: last month, our lawyers informed us that our wait to apply for permanent residence was finally over. We were next on the list to apply! They also advised us to get our applications in immediately because the price for a green card is going up ( Read more... ) -
Back in Texas!
I'm back from our trip to Calgary. Wow, what a trip. I was ambiguous about setting out: I was excited to be going home to Canada and also worried about travelling with Isabel. I was right about both. It was great to be in Canada again and feel like I belonged there completely. It's not just the people and their accent, it's a combination of ( Read more... ) -
Erik is sick. :-(
Erik is so sick. I have known him for fourteen years, and this is the sickest he has been in that time. I think it's the flu, since he has body ache, fatigue, and intestinal cramps. On Friday morning he got up, e-mailed work to say he wasn't going to come in for the morning, then said "I think I'm going to lie down for a bit," and slept for ( Read more... ) -
Boob tube
I decided I would like to be stupider, so today I am watching The View.
Guest host Marcia Gay Harden said, "We are the oldest democracy in the world, and we are a democracy founded on capitalism." Um. If the United States invented democracy, they would probably have given it an English name not a Greek one. Why would it be called some Greek word ( Read more... ) -
She's all toddler now
Well it's been quite a week and a half. Isabel had a spring cold earlier this month, and with it came the usual disinclination to eat food and extra requests to nurse. I felt so clever when I found out that nursing her in the middle of the night will keep her cough at bay long enough for the medicine to take effect. Not even holding her ( Read more... ) -
Texan enough for you?
Even though we have lived here in Texas for 2½ years, sometimes it feels as foreign as the first months we were here ( Read more... ) -
Lay's Ketchup Chips
Erik's mom sent 2 bags of Lay's ketchup chips with Jordan for me. What a sweetie! It's working well for me to have my favourite chips unavailable for about 3000 miles: every time I go to the store with a chip craving, I am disappointed that I can't find any chips that will be as good as ketchup chips, so I don't buy any at all. No chips = ( Read more... ) -
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Isabel and I are marvelous phlegm machines. We sit around all day, drinking milk and water and weak tea and converting it all into phlegm. I serve mine up in crumpled tissues that overflow the wastebaskets, drift around on the floors, and burrow into the couch cushions. Isabel can't be bothered with such artifice and simply lets hers flow down her ( Read more... ) -
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Score! Yesterday I made baby biscuits for Isabel. She loves them! In fact, so far they seem to be successfully substituting for paper when she wants to chew. ( Here's the recipe )