Book meme from cider

1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence (from crooked little heart, anne lamott)
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty (so far from god, ana castillo)
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred (the romantic movement, alain de botton ( Read more... )

we have a new library in town... it's so purty. i went there yesterday, to get more books for the kids. i just reveled in the modernity of it all ( Read more... )

Ack! Gag! It's school picture day. This is the first time we've had school picture day here, and it SUCKS. The kids are so excited and wired and off the wall and trying to keep neat and not wanting to sit on any dirt and playing in the mud and choosing to play inside only and getting all wet and making awful choices.... aaaaaaah..... i'm glad i ( Read more... )

i woke up before my alarm, had a leisurely morning, getting ready for yoga. time escaped me a little, and i left later than i usually like to leave. between the apartment parking lot and the main cross street, i had two alarming roadblocks (not alarming, really, just unexpected...) so i got in this driving-panic anxiety mode that i very much ( Read more... )

what a full day it's been! i woke up at a reasonable weekend time, decided to play on the internet for a while, then go to borders to redeem a free coffee from one of those frequent coffee cards ( Read more... )

early this morning, my mom called from the march. she asked me to turn on cnn, and asked is the march was making the news. just at that moment, wolf blitzer (who resembles my dad) was interviewing howard dean, who was at the NOW staging area at the march. i told her it's on, and she relayed the information, and a crowd cheered into my phone ( Read more... )

another sunday ( Read more... )

( survey taken from livinginoctober )

it's been a relaxing, but also productive, weekend. today, i went to yoga and then to a new coffeehouse to get some writing done. i went to the nearby family-owned market, and got inspired to make enchiladas. they're baking right now - chicken, peas, and cheese - and not just because it's fun to say. i made a mixed tape that i may give away ( Read more... )

oh! on my way out to the car this afternoon, i saw ten of the teeniest, tiniest ducklings traveling in the artificial canals and lakes in my apartment complex. they were with two adult ducks. they were so amazingly cute. they were like this shot of happiness in my day. i don't know. maybe i'm that sappy ( Read more... )