Some of you have already heard this news through Facebook and twitter, but I wanted to post it here as well ( Read more... )

There have been some exciting developments over the last few weeks at the Salvi household. Aatish has recently decided to leave his job at QuickHit Sports, the company he helped found about two years ago. This is a good and healthy decision for us as a family and for Tish as an individual, and we are both excited to see where his career will take ( Read more... )

There have been moments this week that definitely did not go as planned.  Tasks that seemed small became larger, or people had stuff that came up that kept them from participating as fully as they wanted to.  And there have been moments --three or four of them--when I have walked along the ragged edge of losing my shit and have managed to come back ( Read more... )

Some of you have my met my Mom and know how amazingly wonderful she is.

What you may not know is that she has a livejournal and can be found under ohmyqueen

She likes it when people read and make comments, so you should wander over and check it out.  And if you friend her, please say "Hi" and let her know how she knows you, as it can be tricky to match up LJ ( Read more... )

Today was a day in which the mountains of knots in my back got soothed out by white_lab_rat  and my body journeyed up into the mountains of Colorado, where I spent the afternoon with my mother, listening to female vocalists on the car stereo and staring at the beauty of the Rockies.

In town, where we had stopped for lunch, there were elk wandering around, ( Read more... )

I have spent most of my awake hours today thinking about books, in one form or another. (There weren't that many awake hours today, in some ways, as I had to get up early to Tish to the airport and then came home and took a 3 hour nap.)

The less interesting part of my bookish day, in some ways, was that I went to see Twilight with
lady_blew_away  and her sister M ( Read more... )

It doesn't feel like I have much to say today.  I slept late, after the early morning dog mis-adventures.  I futzed around on the internet for awhile and planned my mother's Christmas present.  hennaj got me hooked on ravelry, so I spent time looking at patterns and lusting after yarns I can't currently afford.  I watched a movie and did some actual ( Read more... )

After the never-ending travel yesterday I was glad for a quieter day on this end, where nothing much was expected of me and I didn't have to be in charge of organizing anything of much importance.  There was sleeping in, breakfast at a local diner, web-surfing, work, and time with family and friends.  I got to see the newly purchased home of one of ( Read more... )

[Late, because we have no internet at home right now.  I'll do another one later tonight ( Read more... )

Last week it was announced that Michelle Duggar is 6 weeks pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle is in her early forties. Her eldest child is 20, her youngest is 9 months. Michelle is, as one might suspect, a stay-at-home mom and all the children are homeschooled ( Read more... )