Archive for February, 2010

My Best Vacation Ever

First, as a matter of explanation, some friends and I have started a sort of “blog circle”.  We all decided we needed to blog more, are sometimes bereft of blog topics, and could use a little help from our friends thinking of things to blog about.  For me, I could, much to the joy of [...]

The Birthday Boy’s Cake

First, a side note – I write this as I sit in a local independent bookstore (Free Wi-Fi!) with a Steamer on my right, a book and my iPod on my left.  Despite my husband’s many attempts to get me out of the house, it’s rare for me to spend even a few moments alone [...]

Another year, another birthday…

Today is Mike’s birthday.  Happy Birthday Mike! You are a wonderful husband, father, talented developer, loyal friend, wonderful photographer, dedicated athelete, and recently, an accomplished homebrewer.  I love you for many reasons, that you are kind, gentle, funny, smart, passionate, and constantly in a search for new things to learn.  Please know that your wife [...]

The White Whale!

Oh look, a beached white whale (however did it wrangle the cute kid?):
So we all know I was overweight before I got pregnant, but it does really suck to go into the doctor’s office (which is now every two weeks) and get weighed.  Yesterday (when this picture was taken) I opted for contacts instead of [...]