May 23, 2011
Girls’ weekend went off without a hitch, and was packed with all kinds of good stuff. I went to a birthday party, took Zozer to a birthday party, hit a housewarming event, visited my Gran in the nursing home and my dad way out in the sticks and the local park. We got the house cleaned, and a lot of piles put away. We read some books, and played, and colored.
May 20, 2011
Once again, I found myself paragraphs deep into a “poor me” rant. Good grief. Even I don’t want to hear that crap.
May 18, 2011
I am extremely cranky today. Beyond my usual, normal crankiness.
May 13, 2011
I know, I know. I’ve been pretty incommunicado the past couple weeks. Meh.
May 6, 2011
There isn’t a whole lot I regret in my life. I’m a forward-thinker, an optimistic, glass-half-full kind of girl. I mean, sure, there were some questionable hair styles back in the 80s, and some glasses that I wish weren’t quite so big. And colorful. But you know, all in all, I’ve been pretty lucky to be able to look around, shrug, and say, “Eh, no regrets.”
April 19, 2011
Just made my first batch of homemade laundry detergent. This recipe had good reviews on the interwebs and is obscenely cheap. Took a bit of elbow grease (had to grate a bar of Fels-Naptha soap), but I watched a PBS special on John Muir while I did it. Ironic, yes?
I’m a regular Martha Stewart, I am. Only without the money. And the sewing ability. And the stick up my arse.
Nevermind. I’m nothing like her. I’m just cheap and have a desire to not harm my family or the environment with unnecessary chemicals.
So excited to try this out! Haven’t been this jazzed to do laundry since we got the front-loader.
April 11, 2011
Stop booking the damn 6:45 a.m. flight to Kansas City. It’s not fun getting up at 3:30.
Quick trip…back Wednesday.
Not so much for M. He departed this morning for a 2-week APJ tour. (That’s Asia-Pacific-Japan in his world-traveler-business-unit lingo.) Specifically Seoul, South Korea and all over Australia.
Lenexa, KS vs S. Korea and Australia. Good thing I went to France a couple weeks ago or I’d be green with envy. Okay, so maybe I’m a little green anyway.
March 22, 2011
Last night we went out for National Ravioli Day (yes, I do live in the best country ever) to a new little Italian joint up the road. The food was amazing, save the t-ravs (ironic, yes?). They were a bit tough and chewy. But the hand-rolled meatballs, and the aroncinis and the salads were top notch and definitely worthy of returning.
March 21, 2011
Zoe had her first hard lesson in economics at the mall yesterday.
March 21, 2011
And just like that, almost as stealthily as it crept up, the pain left.