After 41 years of teaching, my father retired this year. My dad has taught organic chemistry at a small liberal arts college since 1969 and will spend this summer cleaning out his office and his lab and starting a new life as a retired citizen.
Amazingly, my father has had one job interview his entire life. [...]
For me, high school is like an ex-boyfriend with whom you’ve had a bad break-up. You think you’re over him, that you’ve moved on and forgotten him entirely. Until one day, years later, you see him one day in the grocery store. You attempt to hide from him, darting between aisles and displays, only to [...]
Did the pregnant woman go to the grocery store yesterday?
Why yes, yes she did – as evidenced by the items above. They were on sale darn it! You got a problem with that?
As many of you know, I loathe baby showers. I am simply not of the personality of people who likes to sit around playing what I consider either silly games (or the nasty – “Guess How Big Around She Is” game). And I have no desire to watch other people open presents or have others [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
That’s about all I can say about the past week, yuck. And then maybe (avert your eyes!), damn, I didn’t finish this month’s baking challenge – again! I had planned to make this month’s Rugelach this week, but alas, it was not to be.
The week started out really well. Monday I felt good, Anna and [...]
Just in case you didn’t think that Denver was at it’s heart a cow town, the annual Stock Show is in town this week. Apparently the Stock Show has been going on since the late 1800’s and for the past few decades it has featured rodeos, mutton-busting for the kids and the usual livestock auctions [...]
I grew up with a dad who loved Tom Lehrer – a comic/singer popular in the 1950’s and ’60’s. My father, being a chemistry professor, loves Lehrer’s “Elements” song, which is sung to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Major-General Song”. If you haven’t heard his songs, but can deal with a little dark humor, [...]