Those who've seen me recently know, but for my far away friends: I'm pregnant!
I'm about 7 1/2 months pregnant and due October 13 (yes, that is our Wedding/Dating Anniversary).

Being pregnant is super weird, but really interesting. I used to think it was like having a parasite living inside you because it sucks out your energy and nutrients and gives ( Read more... )

Last night I realized that yesterday at midnight was the close of a photography contest I wanted to be in. I then discovered that swaths of my photos were no longer on my computer- PR had helpfully cleaned my computer and put them on a cd without telling me. So, I finally got some pictures on at the last minute and the site said I was successful, ( Read more... )

I haven't written here in a while- I've been super busy at work and working on dissertation, but...

I PASSED! I defended my dissertation this morning and passed! Finally.
I still have to work on corrections but they're mostly pretty minor. I can't believe I finished.

Coppercord, PhD
Educational Psychology

I took a little vacation to work on my dissertation and feel like it was a great investment as I was able to get a lot of work done. I just submitted my first full draft. I'm not feeling very good about it... I like what I've written but I know that length is important and I hate ballooning for length. We'll see how it goes. For now I'm enjoying my ( Read more... )

I joined a book club for the first time a few months ago.
Last month we read The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood. Awesome novel. I loved the writing so much that I would often go back and read paragraphs aloud to my husband, or just go back and read them again for myself.

I get to pick the next set for voting. Here are my current choices:
The Shadow ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?

This was a year of firsts it seems!

visit Oregon; visit NZ; scuba diving; triathlon; joined a book club; began learning tai chi; made a good pie crust; climbed a waterfall (little, in a cave)

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Goals for this 2010 ( Read more... )

A friend who has been doing a post-doc in a different state invited us to games tonight. This was so surprising- I didn't know he was in town again and I don't know how long he'll stay. I have missed this friend greatly and I'm so excited to see him again, even if he's only in town for a short visit ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was ill most of the day, but this morning I woke feeling fine- except for a fever of 100.6F. We had a blizzard last night and this morning the world was beautiful- the ice on the branches and the smooth white of the ground with little to help distinguish features. Of course, Rivet promptly trampled this level field springing after balls ( Read more... )

I have finally uploaded our pictures of New Zealand!
You can see our pictures and read a bit of our story here.

New Zealand was often a land of green:


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I just looked at my calendar that has holidays and such and just realized that the Autumnal equinox fell on the 23rd (yesterday) not the 21st (Tuesday) as I thought. Oops ( Read more... )