Because this is exactly the kind of stuff that LJ (being, you know, a journal) is useful for recording ( Read more... )

(Oh, poor neglected LiveJournal. I still love you best, but that siren Facebook makes lazyposting so easy. I am backdating this by 3 weeks for ease of reference in future.)

Aria Grace was born Sunday, July 26 (Tisha B'Av observed) at 3:50 a.m., healthy and strong.

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I meant to acknowledge this (here and not just on Facebook) closer to the occasion, but... two Saturdays ago, Valentine's Day, was our first wedding anniversary ( Read more... )

... I mean, a full-time housewife ( Read more... )

10. Last day of work before Passover vacation = veritable ghost town and leaving promptly at 5:30pm
9. Ordered flowers for my mom, to be delivered tomorrow to the rehab center (where she's recuperating from hip replacement surgery, you morons)8. Picked up library books (one on reserve, a few more at random) for vacation ( Read more... )

Here it is Wednesday, my third official morning as a New Yorker. :-} And the cable Internet guy came today, so we now have a happy little wireless router blinking away on top of the big bookshelf in the corner.

( notes from W. 116th St., day 3 )

If you are out walking on a summer evening -- or morning, or at any time -- and catch a waft of honeysuckle, you shall immediately stop walking, locate the nearby bush, approach, and smell it up close. This obligation applies no matter what your destination or lateness. Life is too short, and June too fleeting rare, to heedless pass the honeysuckle ( Read more... )

Some of the things worth being happy about today:

1. The Arisia 2010 souvenir book (which I designed and produced) has been officially delivered to the printers!
2. Last spring, I ordered a parka (one of those 3-in-1 "system" kinds with the zip-out insulated liner jacket) from Lands' End for $70 on end-of-season clearance. ( Startling news flash: Warm coats are good! )

Things of which chanalehs require an inexhaustible supply:

Novelty socks
Umbrellas
Mary Chung's egg drop soup
Cobalt blue glassware
Dichroic glass (jewelry and otherwise)
Peanuts memorabilia (in general)
Snoopy Band-Aids (in particular)
Lip balm
Mineral bath salts (anything from Epsom to Dead Sea)
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1. gilana, call your office: Pantone consumer products!
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