The only thing brighter than pumpkins is the smiles on the faces of your children as they are each choosing the biggest and best one in the patch for their very own. I wonder why no one has ever investigated the pumpkin as an alternate source of light? They make the day shine brighter by their very existence! Looking for the Great Pumpkin
Martin and I, in the car, driving past a stand of maple trees beginning to show autumn colors Liz: Look, Martin! The trees are turning! Martin: …to the Dark Side. pause Liz & Martin: *giggle madly* Started packing today for my trip, or at least making piles on the dining room table of clothes and things to take with. Dithering about clothing and weather. When I talked to my sister she warned me that it’s HOT there. Hot and humid. Aieee! Summer clothes. I’ve been wearing sweaters and warm clothing here for WEEKS*. Back to dithering and completely re-thinking my...
The best way to say the word ‘vegetable’ is like this: veggie-wobble. It’s addictive, beware. Not one but TWO sugar beets were sighted today, outside of Gårdstånga on E22 heading toward Lund. Fall is officially here. It’s the annual I-Saw-a-Sugar-Beet-on-the-Side-of-the-Road-so-it-Must-be-Autum journal post! Yay! New favorite veggie-wobble: KOHLRABI. Like George Martin, this one is all my brother’s fault. Have you ever had a kohlrabi? I bet you have, but you didn’t know it. Sometimes they’re the mysterious white crispy veggies in frozen wok mixes or the pale thin strips of veggies mixed in with the red peppers and julienned carrots in...
learning French adopting a Siberian cat living in Holland traveling to Prague, St. Petersburg and Sydney losing another 25 pounds vacationing in Ireland and Wales doing a “Great Museums” world tour planting trees recycling more saving the polar bears, among others inventing a matter transmitter having another baby …hahaha! NOT! re-decorating the children’s department being the author of a book on amazon.com biting my tongue when something sarcastic begins to fly off of it moving somewhere else for a couple of years reading all the books on my wish list tattooing a tiny, curled lizard on my hip adding more...
I am a pathological picker-upper. I can’t abide seeing things that are out of place in my surroundings. Even at other people’s homes during the later hours of a party, I’m the one you’ll see wandering about collecting lip-sticked wineglasses and empty chip bowls and carrying them to the kitchen, because I just can’t stand it any more. If you’re really lucky, I’ll sometimes even WASH THEM. In this respect, having children has been a huge test of willpower and endurance for me, given their tendency to liberally cover the floor with lego or plastic animals or paper and leave...
Maybe the only way to stop this horrifying trend is to put HUMANS on the list as well. Because we will be. At the rate we’re going. Read more
Hit the snooze button twice, then drag out of bed and walk to the bathroom with eyes closed to pee. Return to bedroom and dig blindly in bureau for underwear, bra, socks. Detour into closet to choose pants (black again? so boring) and a long-sleeved top. During shower, kiss husband goodbye by sticking wet head out between the curtains. Wake up marginally more while toweling off and dressing. Exchange long-sleeved top which was TOO BIG for something else. Brush wet hair while walking to kitchen where kids are eating breakfast and brush daughter’s hair as well. Admonish children to speed...
A long afternoon sitting in a too-small conference room with the entire new marketing organization, going through slide after slide of who we are and how we work together in the new flow chart of people and placement. After each section of the presentations, the 50+ people there took turns giving a 1-minute recitation on what their goals/methods/attitudes were doing to contribute to the overall growth of the company. Thinking outside the box Asking for forgiveness rather than permission Behaving professionally Seeking a good balance Finding solutions in various areas Working as a team Being better at what we do...
Even after 7 years 6 years (argh stupid math head), a documentary about 9/11 comes on TV and my stomach gives a lurch and I have to get up and leave the room. Even though I wasn’t watching TV. Even though I was immersed in a good book. I slept badly last night for various reasons and if I open that particular can of memories the worms will keep me awake all night. *** It appears that the list of new music artists that I’ve discovered lately has burgeoned to unwieldy proportions and I need serious intervention. Send CDs! ***...
Fall is going to kick my ass. I don’t think it’s just me being busy. The whole family is busy! And every weekend is filling up fast, as well. If I went back and looked at my autumn calendars for the last few years I’m sure they would be just as crazy full. This weekend was lovely, quiet and productive, with the kids gone overnight last night to farmor and farfar‘s. I’ve gotten a ton of work done on the AWC website project and recorded 4 cassette tapes to PC, as well as reading most of the sequel to Wicked,...