First of all... for my "missions accomplished" tag:

OPERATION MOTHERHOOD: MISSION ACCOMPLISHEDHi, LJ. It's been a while! Being a mom is pretty awesome so far. There have been so many special moments, I started keeping a list so I wouldn't forget any of them! It's not non-stop fun, of course, but for now things are pretty great. We're probably in ( Read more... )

It's been a while, so this is ok ( Read more... )

I've been playing Words with Friends (iPhone Scrabble) with my friend Todd for a while and just recently I started playing with two of my nieces too. One has a iPod Touch and the other has a Kindle Fire. At first, my niece Leah only wanted to play if she called me and we could talk on the phone and play in real time, which was kind of cute. During ( Read more... )

I know it doesn't take much, but Jupiter's leg positioning here amused me. How do they sleep like that?? He prefers to be on me with his head and front paws over my shoulder looking back, but I have to use one of my arms/hands to hold him up that way, so this is a compromise. He's still on me, but it's hands free for me ( Read more... )

Today is the final day of my ten day stretch of only having to work three days. Trying to make the most of it. I've had this chick pea wild rice soup cooking in the crockpot most of the day and it smells awesome. I took a few sips of the broth a little while ago and YUM. Can't wait to eat a big warm bowl full, especially now that it's finally cold ( Read more... )

You've all seen the most photographed cat bed of all time and its usual occupants probably more times than you've cared to, but not like this! I was working from home today (just logged out not too long ago) and they were snuggled up in there for a long while sleeping. Because it's kind of chilly in here, they just stood up in the bed when they ( Read more... )

I store my exercise ball in the shower of my guest bathroom and, for some reason, the cats LOVE it in there. Even before I kept the ball in there, they'd always go behind the curtain and play while I was in there using the bathroom. Tonight after work I was in there, saw the cats go back there, pulled the curtain back, and laughed out loud when I ( Read more... )

All together now...

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I am clearly and admittedly putting off adoption paperwork at the moment. But, if it helps, I did spend a productive while finishing up the pantry tonight. And right after work I Purged for Money the coffee table (Hi, Zinc and skinny Mercury!) I'd offered to Jesse months ago. Something inspired me to wrangle it from the condo to my car over the ( Read more... )

I've been thinking off and on about doing an "ancient world map" themed room for several years now, long before I moved to Minneapolis. But you know me... I'd buy a few things here and there and never really put anything together. (Finish something I start?? What's that like?) As part of that half-assed effort, I bought some upholstery fabric on ( Read more... )