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On Mind Control
Some of you know that I did NOT have a good initial experience with engaging the medical profession on the topic of my first pregnancy. My primary phyician's office wouldn't see me because they "don't see pregnant women." The OB office they told me to call wouldn't see me for 2 months because "it's just not worth the effort before 12 weeks." ( Read more... ) -
On the Benefits of Regimentation
I'm finding that if I don't drink at least a gallon and a half of water each day, I wake up feeling utterly dehydrated at abuout 4 in the morning. There's no way I'm thirsty for that much water, so I have to have a plan to achieve that goal. I fill my trusty bottle up as I leave the house, and I try to finish it before I get to work (bottle #1 ( Read more... ) -
Actual Conversations
A couple of days ago, a co'worker mentioned a news story about dead, frozen cows, and the various plans that had been proposed and rejected by the forest service due to cost or environmental impact or what have you. From there the conversation went:- D: I think I'm going to use that as an interview question. "You walk into a cabin and find it ( Read more... )
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Top 10 Things I am Looking Forward to at the End of the Remodel
If you'd asked me three weeks ago what I was looking forward to about this project, I'd have told you something about how lovely the space was going to be, and how much I liked the countertops we'd picked out, and about how much I was looking forward to picking out the paint colors that would add so much personality to our rooms. I might even have ( Read more... ) -
The Ur-Yard
Growing up in Texas, there was a flat side of the street and a side of the street that was built at the top of a small rise. I lived on the flat side of the street. We had bermuda grass that was generally sort of pokey on the feet and lots of aggressive foliage. I regularly eyed with envy the gently sloping lawns across the street. H & H had ( Read more... ) -
Insufficient Whine
Sometimes I feel kind of bad. I had a huge array of things that I documented and observed and whined about when I was pregnant with the iBoo, and I feel like my whining scope has been sort of limited this time around. Part of that, I suppose, is because I learned a lot last time around and have brought that learning to bear now. Specifically:- ( Read more... )
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Symphony of Destruction
Well, last week it officially started. Our kitchen is bald. There is a large drop cloth draped across a huge swath of the downstairs in a feeble attempt to keep the heat in the part of the house that hasn't been stripped of insulation. There are flood lights spliced into to key light boxes to provide our crew with light to work by in a pinch.
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Packing Learnings
When I was 19, I worked at a Bookstop. In some ways, I still miss that job. Not in the paycheck sort of way, but in some ways. When I was hired, they were severely understaffed by a manager who was trying to save money on employee compensation. They way the management team dealt with it was the assistant managers waited until the manager went ( Read more... ) -
Frabjulous Joy!!!
My dad used to have this girlfriend that I didn't like much. One of her redeeming qualities, though, was Mexican Cornbread. It was fan-freaking-tastic. They broke up probably about 20 years ago, and I'd intermittently noodle around with combining various recipes together to try to achieve her cornbread, and about 10 years ago, it came together ( Read more... ) -
Reverse Rollercoaster
When you're on a rollercoaster, it's the free-fall, out of control parts that are fun. The same is often not true of life ( Read more... )