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 [...]
August 12, 2007
Funny, the books I’m reading this weekend are affirming each other. I suppose this means nothing more than I have consistent taste. I’m now reading The Sound of Mountain Water by Wallace Stegner. He writes about the value of wilderness as more than just a place to hike, ski, photograph, raft, or play. He writes [...]
July 21, 2007
Group photo, originally uploaded by dunrie.
My tribe includes:
1 husband
1 stepmother
4 cousins
4 cousins-once-removed (including 2 infants and 2 kids)
1 aunt
1 uncle
1 sister
1 brother-in-law
1 nephew
1 toddler niece
& 5 dogs
This posse of 11 adults, 3 kids, 1 toddler, 2 infants, and 5 canines shared one roof and one bathroom at the family cabin last night. The infants and [...]
June 6, 2007
I spent last weekend in New York and in Princeton. My aunt Christie hosted me in Astoria, Queens on either side of my 15th college reunion at Princeton, just as she hosted me on 4 fall breaks. I vacillated about whether or not to go–the job change had me schedule-flummoxed and decision-challenged, and I am [...]
April 29, 2007
Today, I chatted with one of the gentle, nice ladies who watch the kids at the Y while parents exercise. Many wear headscarves & sometimes they talk to each other in a language I do not know. When I see them at the store, they ask about my kids, and only have eyes [...]
February 18, 2007
So, anyone considering going to our 15th reunion? Cheesy themes and ugly websites aside, I’m potentially interested in attending, to see long-lost friends and to get into NYC to visit my terrific aunt Christie. But, before I commit myself and my very reluctant husband, I wanted to check to see who was thinking of coming. [...]
February 12, 2007
I have spent a fair bit of time in south Florida, my family purchased a condo there in the late 70s. When I was a kid, we’d visit go to Parrot Jungle, Monkey Jungle, the snake place (Serpentarium?), Lion Country Safari, all the crazy kid places. We also spent a fair bit of time in [...]
January 30, 2007
I’ve always been a football fan.
I grew up in the midwest in a family of University of Michigan graduates. I had no choice about which team and which sport.
Grandpa Greiling’s 1974 Christmas Card, I’m the tallest of the little ones.
Dad used to tell stories of his high school football career, ended with a knee injury, [...]
January 22, 2007
Husband is gone for a whole week, and my boss keeps asking me (hopefully) what trouble I’ve gotten myself into.
Unfortunately or fortunately, the craziest, most deviant thing I could think to do was root for the Colts against the Patriots. Yes, I know this pits me against said husband, his immediate family, and the dreamboat [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103