I borrowed a bass from my brother to futz around with.  When one of us buys strings, I can borrow his guitar.  They should keep me out of trouble until my classes start.

P.S.  I already found the bass tabs for Ziggy Stardust.  I'm way obsessed.  Now I just need "Bass for Dummies," and I'll be ready to go.

I figured out what I do on twitter.  I sing.  Seems I take the bird metaphor a little too literally.  This morning is the theme song to Firefly.  I loved the TV show, was disappointed by (but still loved) the movie.  The character development and interactions are confused in the movie.  I had watched the series first so I caught the subtexts, but ( Read more... )

One of my friends, a parent of teens, has given me a couple of sound bites of wisdom over the years ( Read more... )

I dreamed about snow again last night.  Snow and ice and cold used to be a big part of my life.  It's completely normal to have snow six months out of the year in Wisconsin.  I like not being frozen any more.

I don't mind the rain that started today, but the cloudy has me sleepy.

• 07:35 going to coyote point #
• 15:07 is cooking about six pounds of meat #

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• 17:01 went to the gym, made soup, baking zucchini bread #

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Yesterday Elijah insisted that taking him from the play room at the gym was "child abuse."  And Alyssa was in a storm of "No's" when I asked her, "Do you want to say no?"  She paused, looked at me, and said calmly, "I already said no."  The girl knows a logical conundrum when she sees one.

Yesterday morning my 4 yo son and 2 yo daughter came to a mutual agreement that he would change her dirty diaper.  Luckily, I woke up in time to direct the removal of said diaper and to step in for the wiping.  And this morning, Elijah called Alyssa "my friend."  Although in between these happy occasions he bit her twice ( Read more... )

My brother bought a vintage VW bus today.  It's spray painted white so I get to paint flowers on it ( Read more... )

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