A short list of things that made me happy today, in no particular order ( Read more... )

One of the fun things about Josh working out of town so much is that the kids are ready to celebrate every week when he comes home. Dad's coming home tonight! We should have a party ( Read more... )

This last weekend I went to Portland to see Matt & Jenny. Since I am so overwhelmingly generous, I took some Texas weather with me. I mean really, 100 degrees? In Portland? Since when does that happen? In spite of the heat, we had a great time-- there are few people in the world that I'd be content to just sit and sweat with while talking of ( Read more... )

I am the happiest girl in the worrrrld! For many reasons, but at this very moment it's because I just discovered that Indigo Wild offers a roll-on perfume oil in their Frankincense & Myrrh scent. I have the Zum Bar in that scent and LOVE IT. I actually look forward to showering just so I can lather up, smiling all the while because it smells. that ( Read more... )

This morning I was lying in bed, listening to the kids playing in their room. Max had pulled out several anatomy books (he has loved anatomy since around age 2) and was showing Khai pictures of blood cells. "LOOK at these! They make up your TISSUE!!! And that tissue? Makes up your BODY." Khai mostly just wanted to look at the pictures of the ( Read more... )

Cheap waterguns + paint + paper = FUN


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This was posted on Metafilter today and immediately, Mike came to mind. I know there are several other Douglas Adams die-hards in my little circle, too... so hey, clicky-- Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Summary: guy gets to do back-ups of Infocom's network drives from 1989, finds unreleased sequel, ( Read more... )

Spring's here, officially. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of bright pink... I went to investigate and found that the azaleas have bloomed. The forsythia bush is also blooming-- it was already budding during the recent snow, so I wasn't sure whether or not we'd see flowers. It makes me want to go buy some annuals and get them in the ( Read more... )

Jenny spent nearly a week here in Texas, and it flew by so quickly! We shopped (omg, it is so nice to have someone to shop with!), cooked, talked, laughed... it was wonderful. So in my dreamworld, I have this fantastic vacation home, maybe in the Colorado mountains. Friends come visit for a couple of weeks at a time, and we get to spend time ( Read more... )

It's been a supercrazygood weekend. Friday night was Josh's company Christmas party. We met at the Ashton Hotel in Ft. Worth for dinner, then walked a couple of blocks to catch Four Day Weekend, an improv comedy show. It was so much better than expected-- we were told we'd be going to a comedy club, and we were...doubtful. There was much laughing ( Read more... )