December 31, 2007
I completely got away with something this year. I gave my husband something that will actually improve my own sanity and well being.
Dave and I get along, but we have pretty different leisure pursuits. He likes first person shooter, sports, and car racing computer games. He also watches some movies and TV shows I think [...]
December 25, 2007
“Never tell them where it hurts. Keep your bullet safe inside.” Richard Buckner, Devotion and Doubt.
I’m a physician’s daughter. Any shred of hypochondria was ridiculed out of me. My dad treated even minor injuries with disrespect.
Dad: “You twisted your ankle? Let me see.” (takes ankle and wrenches it)
Me: (whimpers in pain)
Dad: “Not broken!”
I twisted [...]
Dave’s grandfather John loves cruise vacations. He has been on something like 30 cruises with his wife. They couldn’t cruise at the end, her Alzheimer’s made traveling challenging and unsafe. Since her death, we’ve gone on two cruises with him. The first was especially hard for him, as all the memories of their time [...]
November 23, 2007
My nephew
My niece
My brother-in-law’s deep fried turkey
My sister’s homemade non-canned green bean casserole (from Cook’s Illustrated - subscription required)
Hot and numbing beef roll in our take-out meal from Tasty China in Marietta
Dave’s bacon, avocado, leftover turkey sandwich, a play on Zingerman’s Tarb’s Tenacious Tenure. Hingerman’s Barb’s Tenacious Tenure anyone?
Going to the Marietta YMCA with my [...]
November 11, 2007
So, it is nearing Christmas, and I am remembering my intention to purchase gifts mindfully. I haven’t been able to arrange charity exchanges with everyone, but I have got a few takers, and that’s good.
A colleague at work told me about one laptop per child, an organization that is providing rugged laptops to third world [...]
October 30, 2007
Earlier this year, I took a week’s vacation and came back with a realization.
I went to Austria with my husband and friends in March. I left behind my cell phone, my laptop, email, IM, everything.
Just before I left, I feared my family was about to bust apart (stepmother and sister and I were in some deeply [...]
October 21, 2007
Every so often, I get into a fit about how much stuff we have. I just purchased another set of shelves for our basement (buying stuff to hold stuff), just dropped off a bunch of cast-off stuff to charity, and of course there is all the stuff we just bought ourselves (renovated bathroom, new TV).
I [...]
October 12, 2007
I recently bought pre-cooked, frozen sausage after America’s Test Kitchen liked it better than “regular.” So, I got mild turkey since I don’t want a gazillion grams of fat & the kids don’t like spicy. Theo (4 years old) has been enjoying veggie sausage for a long time. When I nuked the [...]
September 15, 2007
Friends of ours had a baby shower today. A few days ago, the mom-to-be asked if we would bring baby photos for a game they were playing. I didn’t think I had any baby photos, so I emailed my mom and Dave’s mom to see if they could locate and scan a photo to share. [...]
August 22, 2007
Dave and I are nearing our 7th wedding anniversary, and that sounds like a lot to me. It doesn’t feel that long, which I suppose is a good thing. He and I were together for 6ish years before that, so our relationship feels like a long term, stable thing.
This past weekend my husband and I [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103