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I have another blog, one that Tom and I keep for family so they can stay in touch with us. With a few exceptions it's where I've documented the pregnancy in more detail--the kind of detail only grandmothers and grandfathers could want--as to not bore my child-free friends list. Sometimes I write little letter-style journal entries to the baby as ( Read more... )

It's 6:15 Hawaiian Standard, my husband is in Maryland, and I've had a single beer. I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. I may go to bed around 7 after I've cleaned a little ( Read more... )

you are deeppink
#FF1493
Your dominant hues are red and magenta. You love doing your own thing and going on your own adventures, but there are close friends you know you just can't leave behind. You can influence others on days when you're patient, but most times you just want to go out, have fun, and do your own thing.

Your saturation level is high ( Read more... )

For those of you who joked that since we moved to Oahu we could party with the stars of "Lost," you will be happy to know that John Locke gets his oil changed at the FastLube outside of Costco like regular folks and is most gracious when people in the waiting room who are expecting a mechanic to walk through the door see him and do a spit take.  

Why, yes, it IS 4:30 in the morning HST!  Stupid body.

The flight was long but uneventful, my husband looks great, he picked an amazing apartment in a pretty neighborhood.  It's totally preplanned suburbia, but what can you expect from an island where most of the towns have popped up in the last century?

He got me two lei (leis?  Not sure what ( Read more... )

Scene: Erika and I outside the dressing room at Macy's on the couches, waiting for Owen to finish up at Mama's Dairy Bar.

Enter scene: young wannabe-emo girl dressed head to toe in unfortunate Hot Topic apparel and her entirely put-upon mother.  Conversation ensues re: something called "Winter Carnival."  Debate ensues over short vs. long, ( Read more... )

Happy slightly belated birthday to my sister, who turned 22 yesterday. I did not post this yesterday because my gift to her was babysitting so she and her fiance could have a real meal at a restaurant and then a solo night shift so she could sleep by herself in her own bed while her fiance worked the 12am-8am shift ( Read more... )

Lawmakers say part of Tennessee is actually Georgia ( Read more... )

Ah, "West Wing," how you perfectly distill the essence of arguments...

Josh Lyman: No. You're listening to me, but you're not understanding me.

Toby Ziegler: No, I'm disagreeing with you. That doesn't mean I'm not listening to you or understanding what you're saying - I'm doing all three at the same time.

*headbang*