So, today marks the tipping point where Chris and I have been together and married for more years than we were together and unmarried. Eight years ago today we threw a big party on a mountain and made it official. We had found out the week before the wedding that I was pregnant with Jonah (and I swear it was after we had already ordered the ( Read more... )

I don't know why I haven't made like 500 zombie costumes. This took maybe a half an hour to accomplish. It was instantly gratifying and wicked fun, since it's just basically finding ways to destroy clothing (my weapons of choice were scissors, a box cutter, an orbital sander, a patch of dirt/mud in the yard, and homemade fake blood [corn syrup and ( Read more... )

And he's been pretty nuts lately, as far as the ridiculous stuff that comes out of his mouth. He's starting to fully understand swear words. In that he can hear something with them in it and know not to repeat those words. He knows that it's okay to hear them but not say them. I hope this doesn't backfire, but it's unavoidable when a) your father ( Read more... )

So, it's Costuming February! Like a week into it, but whatever. I feel a bit like I'm swimming in open water right now. I'm desperately trying for order, but inspiration is hella impulsive and you sometimes just have to go where it drags you to get anything done at all. And sometimes you just have to stop looking at all the new Hobbit images and ( Read more... )

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Sunday night, as Chris and I were on our way home from a beer tasting at a friend's house, we came through a familiar intersection not far from home where a police car was blocking the lanes of traffic into a neighborhood where we run part of our half marathon training long runs. My first thought was property crime with a suspect still at large. ( Read more... )

So, right. I swear to you there are drafts for at least two more posts on Key West with pictures and the rest of the details of what we did there and most importantly, the food. There are also pictures and a draft for an ultimate summer food porn post wherein I describe some of the more palatable things I've learned to do with eggplant, tomatoes, ( Read more... )

I was just going through the file I keep with all the photos I've sent to my grandmother and I ran across this one and it makes me smile.


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So, this started happening yesterday:

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I do have this hugely long document that is about two thirds of the trip, but I'm kind of sick of trying to get that thing wrapped up for now and I just want to put something up, because it was a good time! I'm honestly curious how you get writer's block on recounting a vacation, but whatever. That document doesn't want to be finished right now and ( Read more... )