December 16, 2008
I think this was the easiest Christmas shopping season ever. We did a mix of local and online shopping, and I feel in control and not stressed about at least this one thing at this point in the holiday season.
I threw myself on the mercy of Vicki at Ann Arbor’s funky, fun store Heavenly Metal [...]
December 2, 2008
It’s the holidays now, and calls for giving arrive in my mailbox every day from charities to which I contribute and charities I’ve never encountered. My knitting meet-up, the Ann Arbor Stitch n’ Bitch Knitters, is doing a “Knit One, Save One” Hat Drive. We’re knitting hats for low birth weight babies for Save the [...]
November 30, 2008
My in-laws visited, and my mother-in-law and I spent as much time as we could knitting. We compared yarns and brainstormed projects, we exchanged patterns and even traded needles. She had just finished a lacy scarf and lamented that she wanted to put beads on it. I had a crazy beaded mohair, so I [...]
November 29, 2008
The holidays is a time for family gatherings. We hosted my in-laws this weekend. Originally from Michigan, they love living in Massachusetts. Next weekend, I’m going to visit my sister in Tennessee. Born and raised in Michigan, my sister is happily now a southerner.
But, I think that no matter how happy they are in their [...]
November 19, 2008
My husband changed jobs. He wasn’t unhappy at the old one, just the opposite, but he got an opportunity for growth from a former employer and, after a fair bit of reflection, decided to take it. I’m happy for him and proud of him and all that. Really.
I have also been anxious about it, and [...]
October 30, 2008
So, my nephew is sad when he doesn’t get mail, and my sister asked if I would write him a letter. I was happy to, as he’s one of my absolute favorite humans, though I was also mildly stumped. What should I write?
I decided a letter at all was more important than the perfection of [...]
October 29, 2008
So, this past weekend we went up north with some friends. It was a brief trip, much too short for the length of the drive, but it was nice to get away, get up north and relax.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Appreciate the scenery. Repeat.
In the summertime, we share DSL and a wireless router with the [...]
October 9, 2008
You might think I’m reaching the dregs in the gratitude barrel, but no, this is actually one of the things for which I’m actually, sincerely, really-really grateful.
I’m not someone who stockpiles; I’m an under-buyer. Normally, I tend to run out and go run an errand to refill my supply of (important item here). But, along [...]
October 6, 2008
I really dislike blowing my hair dry. My hair is wavy, and drying it makes it flyaway, but its really about the boredom of drying it more than the end product.
When I was a kid, I remember going out in the winter with wet hair. Now, my hair was inches below my shoulders, and [...]
September 22, 2008
It’s that time of year, the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market is a study in abundance, and my summer reading, Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, has inspired me to can.
So, I took a perfectly good Saturday and Sunday and made two trips to the Farmer’s Market, a trip to the [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends – Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48105