I never know what to get my kids when gift time rolls around. Usually it's a good bet to get Trip something that's aimed about 2 years older than his current age. This year he asked me for a microscope. I don't remember when I got mine, but I'm pretty sure I was older than 8. He's getting one from Nana. I settled for getting an electronic dart ( Read more... )

I've been taking full advantage of the initial free training sessions at the gym (Gold's, natch). I am usually the biggest person there and I'm somewhat embarrassed at having to do squats and deadlifts with no weight on the bar, but I feel like I'm at least trying, right ( Read more... )

Last year I purchased a book - "Saving Dinner" by Leanne Ely. Ms. Ely is a nutritionist with young children who decided that the best way to bring families back to the table and away from a lifetime of poor eating choices was to make it easy. Her book lays out kid-friendly flavors in weekly menus by season accompanied by a corresponding shopping ( Read more... )

I have a constant companion. Honestly, I didn’t like it at first. In fact, I thought it was tacky, disgusting and more than a little bit pretentious. But the more time I spent with it, and the better we got to know each other, the more I found that life was unbearable without it ( Read more... )

I think my job is crushing my soul. Don't get me wrong. I am extremely grateful to have a job that supports my family in such a comfortable manner; but I am unaccustomed to the breakneck pace of daily quotas in the face of the inevitable learning curve associated with learning a whole new corporate structure, policies, politics and software. I ( Read more... )

I have been to Corning and I got to blow glass. Who hoo!!!! An update is coming, but it will have to be after the kids' bedtime. Best. Vacation. Ever!

Finally, the air is cooling and the bugs are less prevalent. Thank goodness the autumnal weather is upon us. I've nearly finished my leafy vest - just the neck border left to pick up and knit and buttons to choose. Christopher and Trip have both picked out yarn and I have started a drop stitch scarf for Topher and am looking for a hat pattern ( Read more... )

It has been so long since I have posted here that folks have actually started unfriending me. Really, it's not that I don't love LJ, but I simply don't have the leisure to read and post much and I'm undecided as to what I want to do with it from here on out ( Read more... )

Sasha is certainly a much happier dog now. She doesn't like the ear wash, but she is submitting to it willingly now that it doesn't hurt so much. She doesn't stink anymore, and her hair has stopped falling out. Last night she only scratched once ( Read more... )

We have a German Shepard Dog. She blows her winter coat every spring, and for several weeks we contend with non-stop dog-hair tumble weeds blowing across the hardwood floors. This year was different in that she seemed to be still blowing coat way past the usual time. Plus she itched. A lot. And she smelled like fritos ( Read more... )