March 2011

36 weeks.

March 28, 2011

We’re counting down the final month until my due date! I can hardly believe how quickly the weeks have gone. Technically, on Thursday the baby is considered “full term”, but I don’t think s/he’ll be making an appearance for a while. The final month of pregnancy is no picnic. I’ve had a few bad days. [...]

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Getting our photos in order (at last).

March 25, 2011

Getting (and keeping) digital photos in order seems like it should be so easy. But it hasn’t been, for me. So I’m celebrating, because this week I finally finished working on this project that has been a monkey on my back for too long! I was great about organizing our paper photos into albums. It’s [...]

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The big 4-0.

March 23, 2011

Today my sweetie is celebrating a milestone birthday. And I’m thinking back to when I first met him. It was 1997 and I was 19 years old. We happened to meet each other in a place where, to be honest, neither of us should have been. I was getting away from my hometown in the [...]

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Reign of the terror kitty.

March 20, 2011

Look at those big blue eyes and soft fur. You can practically hear her purring. Neko is such a sweet lap kitty. Except every once in a while, in the middle of the night, usually when the barometric pressure is falling, she turns into a nocturnal terrorist. Last night was the “supermoon” and a storm [...]

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Bedroom makeover, part 3.

March 14, 2011

I’ve been distracted by other things recently (like my brother’s visit) but the bedroom makeover is still plugging along. Remember my original punch list? Well, here’s where things stand now: Buy a rug for the floor (to cover up the awful laminate)  DONE! Get a new sheepskin rug for one side of bed  DONE! Cover [...]

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Sunday seal sighting

March 13, 2011

My youngest brother visited us this week, on leave after returning from Afghanistan. We stayed up too late talking (as usual), ate a lot of good food, watched movies, and visited our extended family. It was so great to hang out with him; I was sad to drive him to the airport this morning. We tried [...]

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Digital disaster planning.

March 9, 2011

After hearing from a family member who had a house fire (thankfully, everyone is OK!), and then having our cooktop short out and start igniting for no reason in the middle of the day (could have burned down the house, but didn’t), and then having to delete everything off my laptop to send it in [...]

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Downton Abbey

March 8, 2011

Say you’re stuck inside because of bad weather, or feeling a little under the weather, and you’ve never met a British period drama that you didn’t like. I have just the thing: Downton Abbey. The new Masterpiece Classics show that the New York Times aptly describes as “Remains of the Gosford/Upstairs/Brideshead Revisited Park.” The setting is [...]

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Get email updates.

March 8, 2011

This post is for my parents: I promised to add an email subscription to this blog, and I finally figured out how to do it. (Being up sick at night has its advantages!) So, if you want to get an email with new posts whenever they are published, just mosey on over to the “Click [...]

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The cat’s in the cradle.

March 7, 2011

Neko has decided that the new crib must have been set up for her benefit. She’s been spending most afternoons right here. The blanket and stuffed animals were mine as a baby… it’s fun to be able to use my old favorites.

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