Archive for October, 2008

As we discussed last week, today is my pretend birthday. Hooray! Pretend birthday hats for everyone.
Three and eleven are my favorite numbers, so age 33 is particularly auspicious. If you see me, you should probably rub my tummy for good luck.
Every year, I make birthday resolutions, because I find them weightier than the New Year’s […]

We have three costumes for Hank, none of which he will wear, because he does not like hats. Or tails. Or sleeves.
It’s perplexing, because he’s never resisted any of these things before. Clearly, he can sense how much Halloween means to me. How I will do anything, short of super-gluing ears to his head, […]

Lots of guide action at the Mighties.
I’m keeping this guide on file for the day when I can offer guests more than a couch to crash on.

Mighty Haus: Prepare a Welcoming Guest Room
Turns out you can still get candy cigarettes and pipes. Stay away from the Pop Rocks though. They’ll kill you dead.

Mighty Junior: […]

Antique shopping, I round a corner and nearly trip over a boy in a paper tiger-mask. He starts, scrambles backward, then pauses in my path. His hands are on the floorboards, and he rocks forward and back, eyes fixed on mine. I smile for a moment, and then realize he is gangly, tall, perhaps too […]

For those of you wondering who won the $5,000 Intel Tech Makeovers, we announced the winners over here. When we started out, three makeovers seemed like so much, but if you read any of the entries you know how many deserving folks threw their hats in the ring. Even if you didn’t win, I hope […]

I have an on-off switch with money. If I’m feeling flush, I buy what I want. If I’m feeling pinched, I don’t buy anything at all. Of course, there is a happy medium between being loaded and being bang-broke. Here’s to the little pick-me-ups.

10 Little Luxuries Under $10

A few months back, I was sitting in the coffee shop where I often work, and looked up to see one of my Morning News editors standing in line for the bathroom.
This wouldn’t have been odd, except Rosecrans was living in Paris at the time, and I hadn’t heard anything about him coming to town. […]

When I had Hank, I obsessed a little over the hospital bag. When he came a week early, I was glad I had. If you remember nothing else, toss in a couple of comfortable knit dresses to wear as nightgowns. Half the cost of maternity PJs, and you’ll be cute for all the photos. The […]

Bryan’s grandmother passed away unexpectedly, so we’re currently in Illinois for the funeral. We took a red-eye to get here in time, a flight I like to call the Happy-Birthday!-No-One-Sleep-for-48-Hours-Cross-Country Spectacular.
Yesterday, I turned 33. I consider this an auspicious number, and expect to have a very good year. However, for one week, all of us […]