Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter your birth date and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on the day of your birthday.

April 21

Events

753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date).

1509 - Henry VIII axcends the throne of England (unofficially) at the death of his father, Henry VII.

1952 - Secretaries' Day ( ( Read more... )

As of this morning, I no longer like Pop-tarts. Not even a little bit. You can probably even say that I actively dislike them.

The thing is, I used to LOVE them ... I could eat them for ANY meal.  But, since John and I moved in together, I've been eating more like a grown-up, so I have to ask --

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I was a little dismayed to wake this morning -- on the first day of vacation -- at about five a.m.  I've never been a late sleeper, but weekends tend to find me fully awake exceedingly early. Just sometimes, it feels like a bit of a curse as I crawl out of bed, trying not to wake John.

But, as I was puttering around the quiet apartment before the ( Read more... )

I just had a flash of realization that karma -- or whatever you want to call the force in your life that brings to you what you put out there -- is at work in my life, and that my new attentiveness to being grateful for the amazing things I've been given is taking root. It feels really good that it's happening, and that i can feel the difference in ( Read more... )

I am surprised to see it has been three months since my last update.  I'd been thinking of abandoning the blog -- I've been a little obsessed with Facebook lately -- it's such a quick-hit way to keep track of people -- but I've realized that I miss the writing and the reading, and so I went through all these ideas about starting a new blog, then I ( Read more... )

We just received this wedding photo from our photog, and I'm so excited -- we nearly froze to death taking it (
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Well, I've seen plenty of noteworthy things on my walks to and from the bus to the office, but I was too scared to stop and take photos (and I'm only half-kidding!)

Instead, here's another pro pic from the wedding, it goes particularly well with my meta (thank you,
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About 2 months ago, we were lucky enough to get a rowing machine from someone off Freecycle: it is a little ancient, but fully functional. We're both terrible about going to the gym, and I did enjoy rowing when I used to go to the gym, so it seemed like a great idea ( Read more... )

So, when John was first invited to go to this conference in France, we didn't even think about me going with him. We knew we'd be broke from the wedding, and -- moreover -- the event was being held at an airport hotel, so I would have been kinda stuck there. You know, not 4 days in Paris, but 4 days at CDG.

Just this week, though, we found out that ( Read more... )

John and I made our weekly pilgrimage to Target yesterday, and look what I found on Clearance!!!!  It's a big pink pet cushion, and I just knew Phoebe and Daisy would look adorable lounging on top ot it!!


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