My college friend Kim (the friend who hosted the girls’ reunion weekend), has a daughter, Megan, who makes beautiful jewelry. She’s just launched her site on etsy.com, and I want everyone to know about it. I’ll put a permanent link up, but also wanted to do a blog post. Here’s the direct link to her [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 29, 2008
Pennsylvania is a wacky state
And I say that with the utmost affection. James Carville once said that Pennsylvania is “Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.” The author of this article on Slate.com suggests that it’s way more complicated than that, at least as it relates to the current presidential election. The article explains why Obama is not counting [...]
October 28, 2008
The Christopher Hitchens fan club president
I’m a big fan of Christopher Hitchens. I disagree with him on many issues – like whether or not God exists (I think hHe does, in case you were wondering.) I also think he can be a real crank, and probably wouldn’t be very fun to live with. But I love to read what he [...]
October 28, 2008
Things I’m grateful for today
1. Margaret is a risk-taker who gives me heart failure every day – they are the ones who can change the world.
2. Emma is laid-back and dispassionate – she won’t make people crazy trying to control them.
3. David is the most literal person I know – the world needs brilliant scientists who can follow directions to [...]
October 27, 2008
A crock of *******
I’ll be honest. I have a love/hate relationship with my crock pot. I love knowing that dinner will be ready when I get home, and I don’t have to do anything. But I struggle to find recipes that my family likes. They don’t like roasts (Tim calls them “big hunks of meat”), and so many [...]
October 26, 2008
Eat my dust, Mom
Emma and I ran the Frank Lloyd Wright 10k race this morning. I thought the point was that we were running it together, but apparently I was mistaken, as I discovered immediately after the starting horn, when I found myself inhaling Emma’s dust. Running the race by myself wasn’t bad - I got into the solitude of it [...]
October 26, 2008
And then God laughed at me
My first- and second-born children (Emma and David) both demonstrate traits characteristic of first-borns. With 10 years between them, it’s not surprising that David is more like a first-born than a middle child. They are both rule-followers, want desperately to please (well, Emma wanted desperately to please until she became an adolescent), are polite, well-mannered, [...]
October 25, 2008
Is it just me, or is this creepy and weird?
I don’t know how they did this, and I think I don’t want to know.
I’ll be glad when this election is over.
Actually, I’m hooked on the excitement of the election, and I think I’m going to feel a let-down when it’s all over and decided. But I’m still ready.
Crock pot recipes [...]
October 23, 2008
David Sedaris cracks me up
I decided that, given the title of this blog, I should probably include more stuff that cracks me up. (I did blog about that funny Sarah Palin “game” earlier, though.) Anyway, I saw this very funny David Sedaris video on www.dooce.com (one of my favorite blogs, by Heather B. Armstrong).
October 23, 2008
My sister, my hero
This is my sister and best friend, Carolyn.
She’s an amazing person – smart, funny, compassionate, highly creative, and very organized (do you love it? Do you need it? Have you used it in a year? If not, throw it out.) She’s also an amazing wife, mother, daughter, step-grandmother, friend, and aunt (my kids adore her.) [...]
