About 3 weeks ago, I figured out that I can squeeze in a 1/2 hour swim after dropping the kids off at their respective schools. If there is one aerobic activity that I *love*, it is swimming, and Molalla has a nice 5-year new aquatic center. Of course, they promptly closed the pool for 10 days for yearly maintenance, but since it re-opened I've ( Read more... )

Yeah, I found Facebook and all of its many distractions. And it IS amusing to see all the twitter-like updates from everyone on my friends list ( Read more... )

lokis_child spotted a flea this morning. Full-scale chemical warfare ensued. I'm down with putting frontline on the dogs and cats, flea-combing the kittens, and using borax on all the carpets. But the flea-killer/deodorizer spray was right on the edge, and squirting *everything we own* with it went over the top ( Read more... )

I decided to buy a coffee for lokis_child this morning. Our vet is on the way home from the coffee stand. So, I stopped in, told them about Sampson, and left a note in their lost/found book that we'd be available to nurse abandoned kittens. That was 3 hours ago ( Read more... )

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Summer colds are the worst, and we all have one.

Earlier this week, I was greeted at our front door by the glorious aroma of a fully-stocked spice cabinet. This isn't THAT strange; lokis_child does much of our cooking. However, this smelled more like the *entire* spice cabinet. Uh, oh ( Read more... )

Your mom was remembered last night.

The weather was kind, with the threatening thunderstorms dousing the field just before the walk started at noon yesterday, and holding off until 1/2 hour until the walk finished.

Our team organizers this year weren't - organized, that is - so we had to scramble for actual walkers. But we met our fundraising

Well, almost. Today I cut down two HUGE branches from a hazel tree that were scratching the heck out of the van. After I cut, I found they were covered in green hazelnuts. We've never managed to beat the squirrels to the ripe ones, so I'm now trying to figure out what to do with them.

Any thoughts, oh epicurious ones?

It's taught at the studio where I teach bellydance ( Read more... )