Quoted: On Sunday I managed to get some things into the ground. Onion sets, radishes, peas and lettuce. Also put in some beet and carrot seed though it might be a hair early for those last two. We shall see. It was nice to be out in the blustery weather--I took advantage of the few minutes of sunlight that we were blessed with in the afternoon even though it

Quoted: I finished an entire wedding project--making all the fascinators for the ladies ("bridesmaids" and moms) and my veil. I am fairly happy with this progress. I felt like I wanted to be able to get a whole fun project out of the way so that later when the stress sets in the project will a) be done and b) will not have been overshadowed by various

Quoted: So, my mom told me over the weekend something that was related to her by her acupuncturist's mother. She said that traditionally in Chinese culture there is the belief that however your day goes on the new year, that is how the rest of you year will go. This woman is Vietnamese, and it sounded very intriguing. I remembered this about halfway through

Quoted: so we were in portland this weekend visiting joe's uncle arthur and his son benny. it was interesting because the twins offer the chance for some interesting dynamics to happen. being what they are, which is 5 and 1/2 year old twin boys, they are a particular brand of excitement laden energy and can be very extreme at times. this is being nice. at their

Quoted: haircut! silk! turkey sandwich! this is like an almost 100% awesome afternoon. now all i need is a cocktail of some sort.

Quoted: I think that overall I had a pretty good year last year. There weren't any major disasters, I was healthy and my life just kept getting better. Joe and I got engaged, we bought a house, we elected an amazing person to the white house (finally) and I became an aunt for the first time. It was so great to have so many special things happen to me in one

Quoted: i had my very fist aliyah today, as a real live jewy jew. it makes me feel more jewish somehow, which joe said is not weird. everyone at synagogue said I was amazing and beautiful and natural and nearly flawless, which was great to hear because i was so nervous. as i was reading the blessing, i felt this rush of blood and then there was a noticeable

Quoted: so the rush has started at work. because we are bakers who make delicious things, the demand for out product is high during the season when people traditionally gorge themselves on baked goods and other calorie rich things. that means that, despite the poor economy (which has been impacting us pretty noticeably up until now) has not deterred people

Quoted: i just finished the book "middlesex" by jeffery eugenides this weekend. it was a great book. one of those books where you get knots in your stomach from the anxiety that the story gives you while reading. there were times when I would have to put it down because the story was working me up so much, and i would just need a break. i love that feeling