My grandmother died yesterday following complications from a hip fracture repair revision.

I thought I would be able to wash my hands of her life and influence on this occasion, say "Well, that's over with" and go make a cup of tea, but today I'm sad. She was a mean old woman, mean to her core. But she was family, and you know, there were good ( Read more... )

Laura Ruth
12/15/07, 5:30 pm
7 pounds 8 ounces

She's stunning; we're smitten.

38 weeks ( Read more... )

I really am truly sorry ( Read more... )

Random meme for which nobody tagged me, but why not? It's better than angst.

1. If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say?
I 'd have a damn hard time containing my sarcasm. :)

2. Do you trust all of your friends?For the most part. Look, people are fickle sometimes. You never know when someone you've considered a ( Read more... )

 A random Thanksgiving meme, for lack of anything interesting to say today:

1. How will you be spending your Thanksgiving this year?
In our house, with my husband and the cats, doing laundry (washing all the baby things from the baby shower), maybe working on the nursery. John will probably watch a lot of football; I'll probably take a long football ( Read more... )

At about ten o'clock this morning I started to want Chinese food. Now I've been avoiding it recently because it's very salty, and I'm having some troubles with swelling in my feet. I thought perhaps I would go to Panera and get a nice salad instead.

By noon I had thought about it so much that the idea of putting salad greens in my mouth made me ( Read more... )

I made this dish, Chicken Tagine with Lemons & Olives, for dinner tonight, with a couple of modifications. Neither of us likes turmeric, so I left it out and added saffron (one of my favorite spices) to the cooking liquid instead. I also left out the olives because I didn't have any. Ate it with green beans and couscous. It was: so fabulous. Hubby ( Read more... )

Dear neighbors down the way,

Friday night, when I said to you, "Well, whichever of your party guests owns that silver Accord in my parking spot had better beat the tow truck to it," I hadn't actually called the tow truck. Next time, I won't give you the courtesy of a warning - I'll just call the tow truck.

Not tryin' to start anything, not tryin' to ( Read more... )

Phone: [ring, ring] [ring, ring ( Read more... )