Natalie asked me to show her how to use the iPhone camera yesterday. We were sitting at the cafe splitting a maple-oat scone that she had been looking forward to ALL DAY, ever since she learned that if you take the bus home from her new school you get to transfer to the 89 right in front of True Grounds, and as far as she's concerned, that's pure ( Read more... )

I had to restore my iphone the hard way. What apps should I put on it?

This morning I had a great workout and got a moving violation. The feeling of the workout stays with me, and the ticket I've already moved beyond (even though my insurance payments won't for several years). It's a nice place to be. There's coffee here.

I just ate two perfectly boiled eggs. Perfect -- not quite soft-boiled, but with a smooth, slightly gooey yolk, and the firm white of a duck egg. I just peeled them and dipped them in a dish of the good salt and ate them whole, and now I feel full and round and happy in a way I possibly never ever precisely have before.

Of all the things to worry about, I think that worrying about whether or not I should post happy things to LJ tops the list of "useless worries I would like to rid myself of". So here you go.

( I had a good mother's day. )

I wore a dress today! A lot of other things also happened. Some involved people, others did not. Then I went home and got in bed, which is where I am now. The end!

At long, long last, I feel like my body is back to something like normal. I've been biking to work constantly for about a month. This last weekend, dilletante and I holed up in a hotel room with a jacuzzi and spent all day Saturday at a climbing gym. And today, I'm drinking black coffee at True Grounds. BLACK COFFEE. I haven't had a cup of black coffee go ( Read more... )

Wins of the day:

* A fruit that aroraborealis identified as "custard apple": looks like a fish, tastes like a custard
* A sweet orange fruit that is wrapped in papery leaves (sort of like tomatillos are), which veek knows as "strawberry tomatoes" and which N will merrily eat by the pint [EDIT: appears to be also called "physalis"?]* N suggesting that we get a bike ( Read more... )

D, just now: "What we need to do is -- YOU need to have more alcohol, and I'll massage you while we watch Dr. Who."

* pushing myself
* sleeping a lot
* making stuff
* waiting out a rainstorm
* duck eggs. DUCK EGGS! I can eat DUCK EGGS!
* ...and duck bacon. The bacon eaters in the room said, eh, it's not as good as pig bacon, but fuck 'em! I had bacon and eggs.
* impromptu molasses-rum caramel making
* molasses-rum caramels
* people, plans, love.

My original plan for last weekend was to get away with dilletante, hole up in a hotel sans kid, and spend all day Saturday and Sunday at a climbing gym. With a banged-up foot, that wasn't going to happen, but you know what? It turns out that sleeping in and reading books and doing whatever we want on whatever schedule we want ALL WEEKEND is STILL pretty damn ( Read more... )