Archive for September 2008 | Monthly archive page
Having married while I was in college, and then had babies shortly thereafter, I’ve rarely done anything by myself. So this trip has been a big one for me—it’s the first time I’ve gone somewhere unfamiliar alone (Salt Lake City and Denver don’t count because I’ve lived both places). So here are some firsts from [...]
On my next trip I’ll be traveling light. I’m talking light as in everything fits into my backpack (and maybe some snacks in a shoulder bag). I’ve done it before–two weeks in Europe with a small daypack was no problem at all. So I’m in the midst of packing for my next trip and thought [...]
Those million yard signs that were supposed to appear last week on the lawns of Mormons ’round the state? So what happened to them? Heh.
In the midst of new cat/old cat tensions at chez pilgrim, Bobette has occupied the favorite comfy chair, offering her a bird’s eye view of the hallway. But Toby has crept, low, and without letting her collar bell sound…and managed to slide by B’s watchful eye and then stealthily crept under the table, around the [...]
CatCompany, originally uploaded by mind on fire. We’re now catsitting a rolypoly half-manx kitty that loves snuggles. She’s been keeping John cozy all evening. Lucky us! Now the part-manxies* in the house outnumber (and perhaps outweigh) the part-japanese** members of the family. Mwahahahaah! Quocunque Jeceris Stabit, my friends…. *My Mom’s family is Manx**John’s Mom’s family [...]
If you just opened an email from your doctor and he wrote that the MRI you had last week–the one of the surgical site on your leg–that it is perfectly normal and showed no signs of residual infection, you will shed a few tears as you forward that message to your husband, ignoring the fact [...]
We have these awesome friends that John literally met on a nearby street corner one day–I believe it was when they were all waiting at a crosswalk for the light to turn green. These friends are smart and musically-talented and the wife was even raised a Quaker. Life sure can be random that way…but I’m [...]
I had some ancient tooth sealants (with decay lurking underneath) sandblasted off of my back teeth today. What a novel experience that was. Also had an MRI of my leg that took twice as long as it should’ve because they couldn’t find a vein to shoot the dye into (people, do you have any advice [...]
This is great, folks: “It’s so simple. Most people who can’t afford health insurance also are too poor to owe taxes. But if you give them a deduction from the taxes they don’t owe, they can use the money they’re not getting back from what they haven’t given to buy the health care they can’t [...]
Dear Nose: I miss being able to breathe through you. This mouth breathing stuff, it’s for the birds. Best,Jana
My Daybook, an idea from the Simple Woman via the High Desert: I am wearing a soft faded tank, undies and nothing else just yet (I’ll pull a skirt on momentarily, I suppose). I am reading several books right now, but all went on hold over the weekend as I finished grading a slew of [...]
I attributed my fatigue from the past few days to having returned to my ‘work’ and arising earlier to get the kids off to school and for my Pasadena commute (ay, and we were rear-ended on Thursday, not an auspicious beginning to this new schoolyear–and I am feeling so so grateful that the neck pain [...]
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