I used to think that cutting onions had no effect on me, but later I realized there was another reason I never cried. My contacts acted as a shield. No, seriously, I asked my eye doctor about it once. I always forget about it until I’m chopping onions with my glasses on and the burning […]
The first day of 2009 Read More »
My six year old niece heard us talking about a recipe and asked what tofu was. Rob started to explain, including the phrase, “They add calcium carbonate to it.” I went, “Um, you might…” He caught himself and said, “It looks like white jello.” That was all she really wanted to know.
The rules on this one are simple. For 8 days, post 1 thing every day that made you happy. Then tag 8 other people. Here’s mine. Last night I sat in front of the fire in my parents’ house with Rob and talked to my folks. Look! The stockings are hung by the chimney with
It’s snowing big, beautiful fluffy flakes right now as we’re getting ready to head out to the airport. We’ve given ourselves extra time to get there. The flight is listed as being on time and the snow is supposed to turn to rain about the time we’re due to take off. Fingers crossed, eh?
Heading to Chattanooga Read More »
Yesterday Rob managed to contact the physician and the insurance company. THIS time he was told that, yes, of course the physician’s office will contact the insurance company (as if they hadn’t told him that he needed to do that) but they need a copy of the worker’s comp rejection letter first. Okay… Sure would
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Here’s the latest on Rob’s hands. Last week the insurance finally approved his claim and said that he could have the surgery. Yay! I waited to post until we had a surgery date, which… we still don’t have. Why? Because the doctor’s office said that they needed written authorization. It took a couple of days
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Rob and I have been watching Torchwood and trying to figure out the appeal. Last night as we were heading out to Fabulous Girl’s birthday celebration, I finally realized what the appeal is and why it wasn’t hitting me as strongly as other people. Behold, I present a pictorial demonstration. Please note that this is
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In case you can’t tell, I’ve decided to give myself a vacation. I’m working on things, but not very hurriedly or consistently this weekend. In fact, I think an embarrassingly sizable part of the day consisted of tweaking my new G1. I luuuuuuuv my new phone. It is very shiny. Rob got home at 3:30
Today we took it totally easy. We’d had invitations to go to friends homes for Thanksgiving and turned them down because having two whole days with nothing on the schedule seemed much more appealing. I made blueberry walnut muffins for breakfast. Around mid-day I realized that we basically had apples and some salsa in the
You might remember about a month ago I mentioned that Rob had gone in to have his hands diagnosed and that the doctor wanted to get him in for surgery right away, as in that week. Â The nerves were dying. He’s been jumping through paperwork since then. Â We just found out that his worker’s comp
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Yesterday was absolutely lovely. We slept in, had bagels and hung about being lazy together. I gave Rob four wool Afghan pakol hats, which are his favorite headgear. See the one he’s wearing in this photo? It was his favorite and went missing while we were in Iceland so I picked up some replacements. He
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Rob and I are celebrating our seventh anniversary today. One of my rituals is that I completely unplug and am unavailable to the rest of the world. In fact, this is an automated entry. La! It’s like time-travel. I don’t mind if we miss birthdays or other holidays, but our anniversary is very important to
Seventh anniversary Read More »
01:03 Okay… I left work early so I could get to bed at a decent hour and yet somehow it’s 1 am again. # 10:26 Rob’s day off so we’re being lazy together for a bit. Then I’ll go to the puppet kitchen. # 11:56 Going for a walk with Rob. Life is good. #
Twitters for 11-13-08 Read More »
Rob’s been having some trouble at the winery with his hands. He’d been losing sensation in his fingertips, dropping things and dealing with general weakness. We were pretty sure it was carpal tunnel syndrome, so he was trying to put off going to the doctor until after harvest. A persistant tingling in two of his
00:46 Back at the Puppet Kitchen and doing cleanup. I got to paint tonight, which makes me feel good. Painting and sculpting are my favorite bits. # 13:51 I’m watching the debate, which I missed last night. I’m struck by the fact that when McCain misrepresents something, Obama smiles. # 13:54 Huh. Just noticed that
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