Now that she has figured out how to sit up...well that's what she does in her crib. Eek. Which makes putting her to bed when she's not completely exhausted a little difficult. Jono went to play poker at the Dramafolks tonight, and the bee was up until 8:30pm. I not so secretly wish I was playing poker. I love poker. Sigh...the things we give up for ( Read more... )

I went to get the bee up from her morning nap and found her sitting, contentedly, with her back against the bars of her crib chatting with her stuffed manatee. The crib is at the middle level, and it looks like we're going to be putting it all the way to the bottom tonight. Sadly that will do a number on my back. The crib sides don't open up or ( Read more... )

Lately I've been getting stressed out about going to my hotmail inbox. Almost afraid to open emails because of the heavy flow of negativity that has been plaguing our rural collective. There had even been a possibility of that negativity being mirrored in the Ottawa scene. It seemed that poetic communications were all out of wack, including on a ( Read more... )

The rural poetry collective is on the verge of collapse.

I'm hoping that an emergency meeting will fix this.

hope hope hope

Yesterday was both awesome and terrible ( Read more... )

I just had a rough hour and a half at the bookstore in town. I brought the bee in at 9:30am thinking that I'd be able to put her down for her first nap before any customers showed up. My boss came in, though, and that plan went out the window. We couldn't find a place for the crib that was adequate...so he had to clean out the space under the ( Read more... )

There is an undeniable satisfaction that comes with having accomplished something as simple as cleaning your fridge. Day 3 of our cleaning pact has come to a close and I feel good. We're noticeably happier, and the house is starting to look better. Giving up a half an hour of free time each night to achieve that is totally worth it ( Read more... )

( We keep the Bee up late on Saturday... )

( For my memory bank! )

Bumblebee learned to eat with her hands this morning! I had raspberries, from Ontario, ripe and fresh in my cereal. She was reaching out and so I put one in her hand. She brought it to her mouth and thoughtfully chewed it. Then she reached out for more. I put in in front of her and she picked it up and put it in her mouth and chewed again. I guess ( Read more... )