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We break this long lj silence because THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES
Really, that's all. One of these days, I'll get the time to do an actual update.
But for now... SUCK IT, BILLY GOAT! The Cubs won! -
Good things in my life right now
On Sunday, I am moving to a new house. That I co-own. Eeeeeee! I went over tonight to store Small Ball's new mattress* and got to see the house with almost all of the rooms painted. I am in love with the colors! I am in love with having colors! I was actually a little nervous that I wouldn't like what we'd picked because I've lived in a world of ( Read more... ) -
OMFG!
Knocking on wood and barring unpredictable turns of events, W and I are going to become homeowners in about a month. We're currently in escrow, and we've cleared the inspection. Our credit has been deemed excellent ( Read more... ) -
Not the weekend I expected, but a good weekend nevertheless
I was expecting my best friend to be in town visiting, but she had to cancel last minute for health reasons. Instead, we went up to my parents because my sister was in town ( Read more... ) -
Parenting
We are rapidly heading towards the conclusion of year 3 of parenthood. I still don't believe in it. I believe in my daughter, mind you... I just don't believe that I am an actual, honest-to-goodness mother. I have a feeling SB will be graduated from college before I really buy into this crazy concept ( Read more... ) -
Because I get video so rarely....
I may perhaps be an oversharer when I do get video because it's so exciting for me to have it, but you all can choose whether to click or not. :) This is basically a straight-up bellydance number so totally safe for work. I'm pretty happy with how the number came out. I had one of those prop catastrophes that turns out to be serendipity for this ( Read more... ) -
On sexism by the numbers
I love Veronica Mars' first season, although I was so disappointed in the second season that I never bothered to watch the third season. The buzz about the Kickstarter and the release of the trailer has brought up a lot of my issues with the show--primarily how the show gets kudos for having a strong female lead character without caveats about its ( Read more... ) -
Milestones
This weekend I hit a major, major physicality milestone: my first routine that incorporated a front split. That's right... in my mid-30s, I got front splits to the point where I felt confident enough that I could perform the slide-to-split move. I was shimmying both into and and in the front split, so I had a bit of a distraction from the fact that ( Read more... ) -
Some bright spots
Small Ball can mostly count to 50. She's not perfect at it, but she's pretty good ( Read more... ) -
Swimming
Small Ball is in swimming lessons right now. She is very excited about her swimming lessons because she knows that if she successfully learns to swim, she will get a mermaid tail ( Read more... )