So...As part of this whole "use it up, wear it out" kick, I have pulled out... ok, so when I was a baby and when my brothers were babies, my mom embroidered or cross-stitched a Christmas stocking for each of us. When Matthew and I got married and he became part of the Christmas morning gatherings, my mother handed me a cross-stitch Christmas ( Read more... )

Life As It StandsWhat's going on right now... a lot of adapting, I guess. Adapting to the kid. Adapting to the new place I live in. Adapting to living with that guy I married again. Adapting to the radical change in my social life due to the first two things. And also working. And being a person who lives in a house. With a garden! I'm pretty ( Read more... )

Wow
Wow, that last post got long. Small wonder I haven't posted again since then... that was like a dozen posts' worth of verbiage.

Let's make this one short, I think.

Guilty PleasuresIn general, I avoid thinking of things as "guilty pleasures". I don't feel "guilty" for eating junk food. Or for going on YouTube and binging on Judge Judy clips ( Read more... )

Folding LaundrySo I'm narrating what I'm doing. "This is the baby's shirt! This is your shirt! It is blue. Mamma's folding your blue shirt ( Read more... )

End Of Year Memeage

1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?
Took a road trip over 4,000 miles.
Got 38 weeks into a pregnancy.
Got a Delaware driver's license.
Walked away from pursuing a career that I loved in many ways.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't even remember ( Read more... )

MovedSo the stuff that I needed to get done pretty much got done. Friday morning I spent some time over at K's house watching bicycle racing with his housemate and participating in some friendly banter, as one does. Then I came back to the apartment, packed a box, sat still and thought for a few minutes, and got back in the car ( Read more... )

MovingLast night I actually packed 7 boxes. I posted, and then I was like "Hey, why stop?" and then after I moved the 7th box into the back room I was all "This is why stop." I was all excited that the living room bookshelves were almost completely packed up. Then I remembered that there's still the mystery shelf in the corner. So no, not packed up ( Read more... )

Another Irrelevant ThingThe other night somehow West Virginia came under discussion, and I thought about it for a moment, and this is what I thought ( Read more... )

Also While I'm Being A JackassThe whole "I am not going to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin. The Zimmermans are now living their lives in fear." thing that's on Facebook in like six million places ( Read more... )

Aargh
I will not passive-aggressively post the definition of "tone policing". I will not passive-aggressively post the definition of tone policing. I will not passive-aggressively post the definition of tone policing.

AlsoI was about to write the Next Chapter in the Clusterfuck Saga but then I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about it ( Read more... )