30 March, 2009 | 1 Comment

Grace in Small Things 89

1. Plant shopping at Forni Brown
2. The fact that James laughs at my fake accents.
3. Steak dinner leftovers that will turn into my Vietnamese beef salad tomorrow.
4. Spring cleaning that leaves cabinets and cupboards clean and oiled.
5. The sound of Pinot lapping up water after returning from the warmth outside.

20 March, 2009 | 3 Comments

Grace in Small Things 62

1. My dear, dear Ye Olde Internet Friend Aubrey.
2. James returns tonight. We haven’t been away from each other this long since we were dating. (All five minutes that we dated.)
3. When Nora Lea claps her hands and giggles.
4. Making time to focus on my own projects.
5. Four days in Austin that have transformed me. Seriously, I’m different now.

2 March, 2009 | 2 Comments

Grace in Small Things 57

1. The ability to comfort a coughing baby.
2. Friends finishing marathons!
3. Thai dinner leftovers for lunch.
4. Pajamas all day.
5. All the baby clothes put away.

21 January, 2009 | 15 Comments

A Marm, a Meme, Play Along

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13 January, 2009 | 1 Comment

Yet another baby photo

But it’s just that she’s growing so fast and so much of my day is taken with snuggling and feeding and sleeping and more snugglefeedsleeping and that’s about the most that I’m doing.

I also did a little web site launching.
We hosted another Cheesewhizzes event.
I hired a marvelous Mary Poppins to come help with the snugglefeedsleeping.
My mom safely left blizzardy conditions to visit for Two. Whole. Weeks.
Musical baby class starts Friday.

So much exciting activity,
so much tiring activity.

I will probably look back at this time in my life and wonder why the hell I worked myself so hard.
Why the hell am I working myself so hard?