i have just…

by | Apr 17, 2008 | Uncategorized

The Office spoiler alert…read at your own risk.eaten my weight in rocky road ice cream and oreos.teared up when Kevin got The Office parking spaces back.second (and third, and fourth) guessed my tile choice for our bathroom.clapped and pointed at the tv screen...

door failure. transplant needed.

by | Apr 16, 2008 | Home

Now that we have less than 3 weeks until we move, I revel in seeing any kind of progress over at our new house. I haven’t popped in over there for the past few days to get some distance from the whole thing.Turns out it’s true what they say about absence...

a good word from a new friend

by | Apr 15, 2008 | faith, motherhood

It feels a bit risky sometimes to share things that are real and vulnerable in this place. But here is one of the reasons why I do it: I keep thinking that in 16 years I’ll be able to rest. I squeeze in what I can here and there, but I’m like you–I...

my efforts to stop the world

by | Apr 12, 2008 | imperfection

I’m standing in line at the grocery store. I’m looking at gum. Winterfresh or spearmint. Which? One? A worker cheerfully walks up to me, placing her hand on my cart.”Ma’am, would you like to go to the self check-out? There’s no...

why monica needs forgiving

by | Apr 10, 2008 | Home

Last night while my fairy blogmother was bippidy blogidy boo-ing away on my blog design, I was busy watching Friends with one eye open. It was very late. But not so late that my house-loving, color-picking, half-asleep self could ignore Monica’s bathroom during...