Category: bits and pieces
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out with the old
This year (and let’s be honest, a big, fat chunk of 2009) can totally SUCK IT. Bring on bright and shiny 2011. I am so looking forward to a fresh start and better luck in the new year. There will be at least one baby born to an old friend, three couples getting hitched this…
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filling up the cup
It’s no secret that this past year (and most of the one before) has been full of challenges, honestly the worst I’ve been through. And yes, I know in the grand scheme of things that my worst years are nothing compared to some. Believe me, I tell myself that almost daily. Sometimes when it really…
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a girl named sue
This is my friend, Sue. She married a friend of mine from college a few months before The Geek and I got married, so we’ve known each other a long time. They live not far and yet far enough from here that we see each other only a couple times a year, which is plain…
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boy child
Today marks the Boy Child’s first double digit birthday, the second child that almost didn’t happen. Reason number one: the Geek is an only child and wasn’t convinced the Girl Child needed a sibling. He was wrong. Reason number two: at eight months pregnant, I somehow came down with meningitis. You want to scare some…
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upward and onward
Apologies, my poppets, for my recent neglect. As you know, we’ve been dealing with the potential loss of our lease and thus our business since March. With more downs than ups, it has been a time of daily stress and mostly muddling through a day at a time, some better than others. I am thrilled…
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brothers from another mother
25 years ago this weekend I went away to college at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Freshmen got to go a week early, to get acclimated and meet people – Preview Week, they called it. So I loaded up all my worldly possessions into my friend Amy’s ancient Suburban and our moms took us off…
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nineteen
One lazy day in July 1987, I crashed my bike on a gravel alleyway in Ellensburg, embedding some blood and rocks in my knee and hand. This was a convenient excuse to ask my cute new neighbor for some first aid. As they say, one thing led to another – he was my first and…
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little things vs. the big picture
Time is speeding by at an alarming rate, so much going on. There’s been some serious buckling down, trying to get things done while maintaining some semblance of sanity (pretty sure I’m failing at the sane part, given the starting point). So many little details that make up the big deal things. I wonder if…
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where does the time go
Today is August 4th, which is unbelievable to me. Due partly to the fact that our summer has been less summery than usual, even for Seattle. We’ve had one heat wave, and have been wearing sweaters the rest of the time. Every summer starts out with grand plans of fun things to do and eat…
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what we’re made of
When I started this blog not so long ago, I envisioned flighty little posts about flowers and plants, the odd crafty project here and there with some foody things thrown in. I did not anticipate posting many weighty things, and I’m sorry if that’s not what you signed up for. I know how that feels. …
foible and folly 