I started thinking about it last year. As the calendar rolled around to 2010, I started anticipating it. As news stories started popping up, trying to make something political of it, I started getting excited. It was almost time. And last week, it finally came . . . my very own questionnaire for the 2010 […]
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hop back on again
This weekend has been the first nice weekend in two months and it was time to GET OUTSIDE. Yesterday Lydia went to the zoo with her cousin Elizabeth. Today the men are still working on The Project downstairs so Lydia and I went outside to enjoy the day. We took out her scoot-about tricycle that […]
ground control to major tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.
general familial update
Mea culpa for the absence. My body has not enjoyed pregnancy near as much this time around, so for the last month or so I have been fighting the Virus of Death. I finally got rid of it a few weeks ago, but now I have strept throat. Again. The doctors keep telling me my […]
the creepy man that sneaks into your house at night
As opposed to last year, Lydia decided Santa is The Scary Man Extraordinaire. What a nice set of molars you have there, child!
christmastime for tacos
At Christmas last year Lydia was not yet mobile so I had no far for all my Christmas trimmings and trappings. This year, however, I had a great anxiety about how the now-running Lydia would behave with the tree. After all, it’s practically a toy-laden conifer in the eyes of a toddler. When the tree […]
the tree, 2009
I give you The Tree, 2009: Lights: 2600 total, tied for last year Lydia: surprisingly has shown a healthy respect for the tree thus far; she knows not to touch it — she just gets a kick out of naming what all the ornaments are Cats: had been at their BEST behavior until the first […]
and I thought the taco made me feel queasy
Hey . . . meet Sputnik! This is actually from a couple of weeks ago. Been a while since I’ve mentioned the new one, huh? I have a very good excuse; even a doctor’s note. Right around the six-week mark, I started feeling sick, sick, SICK. It was horrendous. I never full-on barfed, but I […]
*point*
The other weekend we visited the zoo with our friends and their son, Syon. This was Lydia’s third trip to the zoo and her most enjoyable time there yet. The moment we arrived she began pointing out all the interesting things to us. Now that she’s walking she was much less willing to sit in […]
26th of Septemberish
Happy First Birthday, Elizabeth! This time last year, I was fretting about Renton and his constipation, wondering who was going to take him to the vet — unaware of your mother’s caterwauling. 🙂