(a few) Linketies and (lots of ) Life
Happy Mother's Day to the mom-types out there!
So behind.
Week of Migraine seems to finally be over. Yay!
Just discovered I don't actually have extra Dr. Pepper in my desk drawer like I thought. Boo!
Getting sushi for dinner. Yay!
Favoritest neighbor dog moving away June 15th. Boo!
Also, our most central patient care system is being upgraded on May 20th. We have 40,000 or so users. Don't expect to see much of me online for a while after that happens; it's going to be ridiculously hectic here.
So, let's see. Yesterday morning was escorting at the Center. Lots of extra Mother's Day-themed yelling from the protesters, but nothing all that out of the ordinary. And I finally got to run my bag of toys, books, and puzzles down to Preterm! That ended up being quite fortuitous; there were a Dad and two kids waiting down there right then, and the kids' eyes lit up at the bag! I got home pretty early, but ended up spending most of the rest of the day in low-energy recuperation mode watching the weekend political talk shows and working on my puzzles (Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris Perry make me happy, and had excellent conversations about motherhood and feminism on both today).
Thursday and Friday were mostly eaten by migraine, but I did get to see Kidlet and Chad briefly on Friday night, since I was home. It was his last day of preschool for the year, so I wanted to do something a little special for it.
From some facebook updates (mostly with pics) from this weekend:
Chalk drawings from last night with Kidlet. Embarrassingly, those are mostly my drawings. We did spend time talking about how all insects have six legs and all spiders have eight (non-FB folks, tell me if you can view the pics when I link them this way? James, I'm looking at you...)
And Microcosmos was a big hit! Really highly recommend that one for purchase btw; it's great at any age and on multiple repeat viewings. Be prepared to Google bug info questions, though, since it's not an educational program per se, and is very lightly narrated. A few scary moments but mostly just awesome and gorgeous!
Oh, and the giant animal book I posted pics of yesterday was a huge hit, too! He kept asking me to show him different animals and was getting good at identifying different insects himself. It was only a casual thrift store find, but wrapping and hiding it added to the fun and emphasized excitement about his educational achievements.
Home from patient escorting at the clinic. Good morning, nice weather. Quiet, so I spent a lot of time shopping Audible from my phone. Lots of awesome stuff that I'll post about as I work through them. Pseudo kids book Go The Fuck to Sleep? Read by Samuel Motherfuckin Jackson!
Audible for Kids: Synchronized Images -- Well, hey! I was wondering about this, and it seemed baffling that images didn't come along with some of the books I bought. Apparently they did, there's just a special super-sekrit way to access them that I didn't know. That makes the cheap prices on the kids' picture books even more awesome. Lots of reviews coming soon; I sort of splurged on .69 cent kids books!
My partner chad's son graduates from preschool today. I scored this the other week at the thrift store and have been waiting for a special occasion! Inside pages [also posted in FB] since they're pretty cool.
Kidlet's favorite page
Pics of Villa Villekula:
Grafton and Caleb have been doing a lot of work recently, so I took some pics. Grafton built a whole new islandish sort of thing in the kitchen to block out the animals and create more counterspace. Caleb bought us a new dishwasher!
The 'pit' door in the corner of the living room where we're going to paint a TARDIS door. The door comes up about halfway through the floor so it seems appropriate (it was indoor motorcycle parking for the old owner)
The breadmaking area and our network center (behind chalkboard-paint doors)
The new kitchen arrangement for extra counterspace and dog blockage.
Counter folds up against bookcase. Gate will slide behind it.
From the living room. Damn, I loathe that flooring.
Grafton's work with the window markers in the living room. (they're fun, but we wish they were actually a bit more opaque)
Garden/Yard pics:
Looking off the back porch toward the back house and back yard.
Strawberry bed along the back porch of the front house.
More sweet peas along the front porch of the back house.
Front yard ten days ago
Front yard today.
Critters (fyi, lots of our critters aren't shown in these few pics):
Particularly adorable pic of Ringo and Tarma curled up together
A decent shot of spike's awesome little tail-spike.
Grafton's tiniest maine coon ever, Cat. She rarely allows pics.
Tarmatarmatarmaface
Cat puzzle with cat. Just finished it! That's Ringo trying to climb me.
Random:
From when we visited the natural history museum. Considering inclusion in my tattoo.
Earlier this week: Waiting out another migraine. I like the island of misfit pieces on the upper left. This is progress since this morning (and my awesome puzzleboard that allows puzzles and pets and hippies to coexist.)
How my Portapuzzle works
Same year as the Kroger family photo. Peeps annual photo, 92, spring of my freshman year. Still 17, on the far right with the wooden snake around my neck. -- Some of the folks I'll be reunionating with in a few weeks! Can't wait!
Others of 'em
And some more of 'em. The chicken outfit was part of a very serious Otisian rite, donchaknow. It's how we got listed as one of the most dangerous cults in America by some right-wing outfit (quite a high point in our history)
Hey, look, my sweeties! (pic is from years ago)
So behind.
Week of Migraine seems to finally be over. Yay!
Just discovered I don't actually have extra Dr. Pepper in my desk drawer like I thought. Boo!
Getting sushi for dinner. Yay!
Favoritest neighbor dog moving away June 15th. Boo!
Also, our most central patient care system is being upgraded on May 20th. We have 40,000 or so users. Don't expect to see much of me online for a while after that happens; it's going to be ridiculously hectic here.
So, let's see. Yesterday morning was escorting at the Center. Lots of extra Mother's Day-themed yelling from the protesters, but nothing all that out of the ordinary. And I finally got to run my bag of toys, books, and puzzles down to Preterm! That ended up being quite fortuitous; there were a Dad and two kids waiting down there right then, and the kids' eyes lit up at the bag! I got home pretty early, but ended up spending most of the rest of the day in low-energy recuperation mode watching the weekend political talk shows and working on my puzzles (Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris Perry make me happy, and had excellent conversations about motherhood and feminism on both today).
Thursday and Friday were mostly eaten by migraine, but I did get to see Kidlet and Chad briefly on Friday night, since I was home. It was his last day of preschool for the year, so I wanted to do something a little special for it.
From some facebook updates (mostly with pics) from this weekend:
Chalk drawings from last night with Kidlet. Embarrassingly, those are mostly my drawings. We did spend time talking about how all insects have six legs and all spiders have eight (non-FB folks, tell me if you can view the pics when I link them this way? James, I'm looking at you...)
And Microcosmos was a big hit! Really highly recommend that one for purchase btw; it's great at any age and on multiple repeat viewings. Be prepared to Google bug info questions, though, since it's not an educational program per se, and is very lightly narrated. A few scary moments but mostly just awesome and gorgeous!
Oh, and the giant animal book I posted pics of yesterday was a huge hit, too! He kept asking me to show him different animals and was getting good at identifying different insects himself. It was only a casual thrift store find, but wrapping and hiding it added to the fun and emphasized excitement about his educational achievements.
Home from patient escorting at the clinic. Good morning, nice weather. Quiet, so I spent a lot of time shopping Audible from my phone. Lots of awesome stuff that I'll post about as I work through them. Pseudo kids book Go The Fuck to Sleep? Read by Samuel Motherfuckin Jackson!
Audible for Kids: Synchronized Images -- Well, hey! I was wondering about this, and it seemed baffling that images didn't come along with some of the books I bought. Apparently they did, there's just a special super-sekrit way to access them that I didn't know. That makes the cheap prices on the kids' picture books even more awesome. Lots of reviews coming soon; I sort of splurged on .69 cent kids books!
My partner chad's son graduates from preschool today. I scored this the other week at the thrift store and have been waiting for a special occasion! Inside pages [also posted in FB] since they're pretty cool.
Kidlet's favorite page
Pics of Villa Villekula:
Grafton and Caleb have been doing a lot of work recently, so I took some pics. Grafton built a whole new islandish sort of thing in the kitchen to block out the animals and create more counterspace. Caleb bought us a new dishwasher!
The 'pit' door in the corner of the living room where we're going to paint a TARDIS door. The door comes up about halfway through the floor so it seems appropriate (it was indoor motorcycle parking for the old owner)
The breadmaking area and our network center (behind chalkboard-paint doors)
The new kitchen arrangement for extra counterspace and dog blockage.
Counter folds up against bookcase. Gate will slide behind it.
From the living room. Damn, I loathe that flooring.
Grafton's work with the window markers in the living room. (they're fun, but we wish they were actually a bit more opaque)
Garden/Yard pics:
Looking off the back porch toward the back house and back yard.
Strawberry bed along the back porch of the front house.
More sweet peas along the front porch of the back house.
Front yard ten days ago
Front yard today.
Critters (fyi, lots of our critters aren't shown in these few pics):
Particularly adorable pic of Ringo and Tarma curled up together
A decent shot of spike's awesome little tail-spike.
Grafton's tiniest maine coon ever, Cat. She rarely allows pics.
Tarmatarmatarmaface
Cat puzzle with cat. Just finished it! That's Ringo trying to climb me.
Random:
From when we visited the natural history museum. Considering inclusion in my tattoo.
Earlier this week: Waiting out another migraine. I like the island of misfit pieces on the upper left. This is progress since this morning (and my awesome puzzleboard that allows puzzles and pets and hippies to coexist.)
How my Portapuzzle works
Same year as the Kroger family photo. Peeps annual photo, 92, spring of my freshman year. Still 17, on the far right with the wooden snake around my neck. -- Some of the folks I'll be reunionating with in a few weeks! Can't wait!
Others of 'em
And some more of 'em. The chicken outfit was part of a very serious Otisian rite, donchaknow. It's how we got listed as one of the most dangerous cults in America by some right-wing outfit (quite a high point in our history)
Hey, look, my sweeties! (pic is from years ago)