Archive for October, 2007
October 19, 2007 at 7:54 am · Filed under animals
One of my co-workers is giving away a litter of dwarf bunnies, and another co-worker took two of them. So on Wednesday, the bunnies were in a pet carrier in the office, waiting to go to their new home.
Of course we couldn’t just let them stay in the carrier all day. Several of us went a little nuts about the bunbuns — particularly one of us (ahem) who brought my her camera in after lunch.
I just about signed up for a bunny right then and there. Bunnies in the office? I think this practice is called “clever marketing.”
October 18, 2007 at 8:30 pm · Filed under x365
He was short and freckled, with shaggy black hair and a tough-guy swagger. In 7th grade, he liked one of my friends and I became his confidant. We went to different high schools. I wonder where he is now, and if he’s any taller.
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October 17, 2007 at 9:38 pm · Filed under x365
We hung out in high school, in a mixed group of guys and girls. Nearly every time we did anything fun, she would get mad about something and decide to walk home. Making a dramatic point, no doubt, but the guys laughed at her passive-aggressiveness.
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October 17, 2007 at 4:37 pm · Filed under blather
This is how nerdy I am. When SpiritMan is finally cooking the beets that came in our CSA box a month ago, I am compelled to say: “Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.”
October 16, 2007 at 6:39 pm · Filed under x365
When her son was young, she told him the water at school was drugged by the Russians. She covered the water heater with a towel so it couldn’t watch her. Every time I visited, she felt my clothing. I wonder if she really saw me.
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October 15, 2007 at 8:58 pm · Filed under x365
You interviewed me just to offer some advice and ended up creating my first job. Your blazer had wool elbow patches and random cigarette burns; you talked fast, like the newspaper editors in movies. You were a techno geek before anyone knew what one was.
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October 15, 2007 at 5:36 pm · Filed under knit/crochet
This is my latest finished product — I added the buttons last night. It’s based on a pattern I saw in Greetings from Knit Cafe, and I used various leftover yarns to make it. The only thing is that I don’t want it to be tossed on the floor, or be drooled upon by the dog. So my pillow might not get to live in the living room for a while.
In other knitting news, I made a pair of Monkey socks for Sister #1’s birthday, but I forgot to take a picture. Moon picked out the yarn (from Fleece Artist). It was awesome to knit with.
October 14, 2007 at 10:23 pm · Filed under x365
Her rebellious ways and attraction to the forbidden worried me. Even more unsettling was the anxiety she hid away as she did her best to wrest control over imagined dangers…because I’ve been in that world. I’m not worried any more. She’s handling herself beautifully.
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October 14, 2007 at 9:48 pm · Filed under shopping
I have the most awesome bag by the most awesome craftsperson ever, but I still can’t help looking at various knitting bag/purse options. I carry my Hopper everywhere I go. (That’s not me in the picture, by the way.) My Hopper has tons of room. Isn’t it cute? It’s also very well made. People compliment me on it all the time.
Still, I need to indulge my roving eye at times. Want to see?
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October 13, 2007 at 10:58 pm · Filed under x365
I met him my final semester of college; we were fast friends and I hung out with him and his dorm buddies. Just before graduation, he said he loved me. Later, he rejected me…but both declarations helped move me where I needed to go.
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October 12, 2007 at 8:44 pm · Filed under x365
I knew the moment I met him that he’d be fun to work for. And I was right. SweeTarts and Starbucks for lunch. Wads of paper playfully thrown my way. Respect for my random ideas, and sometimes the special instruction: “Make it so, Number Two.”
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October 11, 2007 at 8:51 pm · Filed under x365
Endlessly cheery, patient and energetic, she was the perfect preschool teacher for my reluctant 4-year-old daughter. She taught scrapbooking and showed me my own creative power. When she had a hysterectomy, her friend made her a tampon bouquet. She knew middle age can be funny.
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October 11, 2007 at 8:22 pm · Filed under pete, shopping
Class was really fun, but somehow we messed up the starting time and arrived a half hour late. The other couples had already been working on some steps – we had to try and catch up. I noticed most of them were wearing gym shoes. SpiritMan and I had driven all over last night trying to find appropriate shoes, and we finally succeeded at Rogan’s, 10 minutes before closing. Coincidentally, the manager was a former ballroom instructor and knew all about proper footwear. He was pretty awesome. I was just glad to find some workable shoes that didn’t have 4-inch heels.
So, we were late to class, and I was surprised to see one of my co-workers there with his wife. Do you ever have those moments when you see someone out of context? I said I was there to tell him one of the servers was down at work, because I’m endlessly hilarious. He knew I was kidding, but he looked a little concerned for a second.
October 10, 2007 at 8:53 pm · Filed under x365
I thought he was an okay boss, until he asked a female colleague to talk to me about my inadequate postpartum wardrobe. Humiliated, I wore a plain dress and heels the next day. “You don’t look like a washerwoman now,” he said as a compliment.
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October 10, 2007 at 2:42 pm · Filed under family
I’m in an unusually good mood today. How could I not be, clad in handknit socks and a cozy sweater? We have some interesting things to look forward to this week. Tonight is our first official Voluntary Simplicity small group meeting. SpiritMan and I will be shopping for slippery-bottomed shoes afterwards, as we’re starting a Latin dance class tomorrow night. (Nothing like last-minute shopping after talking about simplifying, and why does typing “slippery bottomed” make me feel slightly dirty?)
On Saturday, we’ll be enjoying barbershop music as a show of support for my vocalist dad. Then we have October birthdays at the Homestead on Sunday. There might even be leaf-jumping.
October 9, 2007 at 6:59 pm · Filed under peter
Answer: 4.
The first one was stuffed into his pants pocket, then broken cleanly in two when he flopped from the sofa onto the floor. Just messing around.
Number two is somewhere at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
He removed the third one at school before lunch, put it in his pocket (again!) and got up without replacing it in his mouth where it belonged.
So the fourth will be ready on Thursday, and the dentist informs us Turbo has set a new record.
October 9, 2007 at 6:51 pm · Filed under x365
We sat side by side among the small group of December arts and communication graduates, but we didn’t become good friends until after college. Artist, mom of three boys, and brave enough to move across the country to pursue her dreams – she’s a role model.
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October 8, 2007 at 2:43 pm · Filed under x365
Kind, handsome and pre-med, he was also a townie, so 10 of us haphazardly piled into someone’s car and drove 20 minutes to surprise him on his birthday. Several years after graduation, an asthma attack stopped his heart.
His secret was that he was gay.
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October 7, 2007 at 2:18 pm · Filed under family
It was a quiet afternoon yesterday, so when Sister #3 called to tell us she and her boyfriend were headed to a nearby winery, SpiritMan and I decided to join them there. Wollersheim Winery is only about 20-25 minutes from us, but this was our first time there.
It’s a lovely place in the middle of the country, and I was surprised by how many people were there. We enjoyed some wine tasting and decided we wanted a bottle of the River Gold – sweet, but not too sweet. The four of us went outside to the terrace with a bottle, some cups and the snacks they had packed (cheese and crackers). Let’s hear it for spontaneity!
The autumn colors were beautiful but seemed out of place in the 85 degree heat. I’m ready for some actual cool weather. (More pictures here.)
October 7, 2007 at 1:52 pm · Filed under x365
She called us from the Midwest Corgi Rescue, after we had applied to adopt a dog for Moon’s 9th birthday. Foxxi would be a good match for our family, she said, “but she can be a dominating little bitch.” That word! Oh, right … dog person.
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