Caleb and I just returned from a week-long work trip to Fort Collins, Colorado. He changed so much in just that one week that it was almost like playing with a whole new baby when he and Gerry were reunited last night!

• There's the tooth ... it went from a white dot the size of a period to a full-fledged, razor-sharp fang.
• There's his sitting ( Read more... )

My parents were in town over the weekend! Gerry and I had planned a few outings for them, and it seems that we may have struck a good balance between activities and relaxation. Much better than our last time hosting them! Some of the things we did together:

Hiking. We hit the trails early in the morning, but it wasn't early enough to avoid the ( Read more... )

Gerry found some blackberries on sale and bought me a small box of them. While I find it super-sweet that he did this, I am having a hard time getting myself to eat them. Blackerries don't come from boxes; they come from wild acres of thorny and sprawling bushes ( Read more... )

Tonight I get to see my family again. You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to this! I hope to rush-rush-rush through all the remaining wedding tasks so that, once I get them from the airport, the only thing I'll have to think about is them. Do you think it's possible?

lajea is in the air as we speak. She's arriving just about an hour before my ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning to the lovely sensation of Figwit licking my hair. When he didn't stop after ten minutes of this slobbery grooming, I flipped to my other side so that he could at least "wash" my hair evenly. I eventually fell back asleep, Figwit still licking away ( Read more... )

As a young girl, I inherited a beautiful Kimball console piano from my grandmother. It was built during WWII and instead of being built with traditional lightweight piano parts, the inside was manufactured from cold, hard, wartime steel! As a result, it's well over 800 pounds ... and it sounds absolutely gorgeous ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas, y'all ( Read more... )

Gerry kidnapped me to an adventuresome lunch at Nona Sushi today. I had a bento box with a tofu dish that was way too salty, and our server was slow when it came time for the check. I don't think we'll be going back, but neither do I think that it was it money wasted ( Read more... )

I have the skeletons of half a dozen journal entries written at any given time, stashed away for a time when I can revisit them with greater mental acuity. But usually what ends up happening is that I forget that they exist and ... la la la la la la ... many months later I discover them and barely remember what my half-thoughts mean ( Read more... )

Oh my, it's been a weekend full of nice things ( Read more... )