I lead a pretty good life.

Last night I came home, bone tired, and sprawled out on the kitchen floor. Miles nuzzled me, Molly sat on my tummy while Gavin cracked my toes. We commenced our usual nonsensical, silly style of conversation while he made a simple dinner- spaghetti and meatballs. After we ate, he watched his latest disc of The Wire from ( Read more... )

Last night I had the most vivid dreams about singing, on stage. And it was fun. And it was powerful. Music isn't the part of my life that it once was, and I really want to do something about that. The only performances I give these days are played out as I stand at the back bench, singing along to the stereo while I chop carrots.....

Tomorrow, we bury and remember a friend.

Maybe then, it will become real to me.

When I was little, after weeks of getting ramped up for my birthday in the way that only children can, on the night before my birthday I would suddenly panic. I'd cry and cry, terrified of becoming older. I can't really imagine what that was like for my parent's. You can open a closet door and assure your daughter that no monsters dwell inside, you ( Read more... )

Oh, lordy. Where to begin? Somewhere between 10:30 and 11:00 last night, I was sitting on my folk's couch watching the Red Sox game when Gavin called me. Our friend Jess was pretty sure her dog Lucy was going into labor, one week early. I called Jess and Lucy was displaying some of the symptoms- but her temperature had yet to drop the couple ( Read more... )

I am a chicken. I know what you're thinking. I don't seem like one, right? I'm a compartmentalized chicken. There are plenty of areas in my life where I am confident, assertive etc...but then there are these weird little spots where I am...chicken! One of them is calling any sort of business with any sort of question- even ordering takeout. Right ( Read more... )

Oh, man. Our friends Jess & Jon moved back from Alaska about a month back. They lived in our old apartment building for the first year we were there, and we had a lot in common- twentysomething couple w/ dog(s) and similar quirky interests. We'd hang out in one another's apartments in our pjs, sometimes cook together, and had a few really great ( Read more... )

Objective: Don't Freeze

• Purchase used cover for fireplace opening- because apparently we're losing 15% of our heat up the chimney.
• Pray to faerie godmamas that we find an affordable used fireplace insert, because it would save us $$$ in oil to burn wood.
• Make window quilts to velcro on for rooms we can sacrifice sunlight in for the winter ie: bedrooms ( Read more... )

I want to learn how to play the banjo. Straining my back linked up with my scheduled days off, and a vacation request- and suddenly I have a week off. Suddenly I remember what it feels like to be something other than an overworked kitchen bee. I've liked it. The tug to figure it out, to construct and execute a game plan that finds me some semblance ( Read more... )

Maybe it's because I'm turning 25 this year, but I've been feeling increasingly frustrated with my job situation. I was entertaining the thought of going to culinary school, but I think that ultimately getting the return on the financial investment is too big a risk. I've been doing research into in-demand careers that pay reasonably well, and so ( Read more... )