The Green Room

Either my breasts have gotten smaller (unlikely, given the way my bras are fitting) or my belly has moved farther away from them. If it’s option number two, that means baby is getting ready to be born, to which I say, hallelujah!

I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed by today already, because I have a bridal shower to attend this afternoon, and I need to prune the roses before tonight so that the yard debris bin can go out to the curb before tomorrow morning. When you’re supposed to be on bedrest, that’s already [...]

Google Reader is now presenting me the news in French. Not all the news, mind you, but about half of the Google News feed now comes in in French. I’m not really sure why or how this happened, although appropriately enough it did start happening on Bastille Day. My reading comprehension is [...]

In the continuing saga of Colton Harris-Moore, his mother’s attitude continues to be the high point of an already colorful story:

“Colt is not to be flying a single engine-plane,” she insisted, saying she was worried about engine failure. “When I heard that, that just upset me. The rules are, he carries a parachute with him [...]

Ryan and I opened a joint checking account today. It made me feel adorably grown-up, and also very happy because once we finish getting all the bits for this account set up, I am closing my account with Chase once and for all. I am so fed up with them. Credit unions, [...]

So, my new cell phone is green. One might even say a very Kermit kind of green. One might especially say this now that my sweetie has made me a new ringtone. Normally I hate it when people call me, not because I dislike talking to people (although that is sometimes, ok, [...]

Spontaneous Productivity Day! Ryan had the day off and I just got paid, so we decided to go down to the mattress store on Hawthorne and see how much it would cost to get a new bed. (My old futon is starting to show the strain, and now that I’m getting huge I [...]

It only took me 4 years, but I have finally made contact with the local SCA! There’s a girl who lives in my neighborhood that I’ve been seeing on the bus frequently, and we’ve been chatting a bit, and this morning we discovered that we were both SCAdians, and we spent the whole rest [...]

James Taylor and Carole King make me remember what music is for. I took my mother to see them perform at the Rose Garden last night. When I saw that they were touring I knew we had to go, because how many more opportunities are we going to have to see them sing? [...]

Mum and I went to a craft fair at the convention center this afternoon, and found some of the world’s most adorable and nerdy baby clothes: