Reporting for duty

I am now prepared to babysit nearly 3-week-old Ciaran, having been baptized in baby urine last night.
It’s completely understandable, the fact that he soaked my jeans from hip to knee.  For one, he’s a baby; for another, Obama was on TV making history.  I think it’s a good sign that the boy has an innate [...]

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The internet is awesome.

Case in point: 48+ feet of MDF crown molding available for $20 on Craigslist.  The seller is a block away, and it takes me all of 20 minutes to walk over, inspect the materials, chat about her house (which we looked at before we bought this one), and walk back home with a pile of [...]

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Defensiveness born of a provincial attitude

I’ve been reading The Patron Saint of Liars, which is pretty good in that I find it incredibly hard to put down to go to sleep, and when I do sleep, I dream only of either pregnant women or being pregnant myself.  Anything that imprints itself on your subconscious like that should go automatically into [...]

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Worth way more than $17.29

Spouse had to run to work Friday morning before we left, which was fortuitous in that it took him right by the Gigantic Farmer’s Market where vendors sell all kinds of grass-fed and organic meaty delights.  On Thursday I’d determined that what we should do was try a massive steak prepared in a combination of [...]

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What to say?

We were gone a mere 45 hours, but I can’t recall ever having a better vacation.  Spouse and I have spent a couple weeks abroad together in Germany and Ireland, and we did some touristy stuff then, but those trips hardly rate as proper vacations.  Too much stress, too many activities written on our calendar, [...]

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Pan-o-rama

One thing we don’t get enough of in our daily lives: sitting, digging our feet into the sand and watching sunsets over a 180-degree view of water.

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Aaaand…we’re off!

Inch-thick t-bone from organically-raised beef? Check.
Kielbasa from pastured pigs? Check
Shrimp, potatoes, corn, zucchini, green beans? Check.
Fancy chocolate and good wine? Check.
See y’all on the flip side!

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Decisions, decisions

Spouse and I are taking off to a beach cottage this weekend and have decided to cook rather than go out to eat while there.  We have one night each to cook up The Awesomest Meal Ever.  Time’s a-wasting and I still haven’t decided what I’m going to cook for my Awesomest Meal Ever.  Odds [...]

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Irksome

Is the pain (still) from both the injuries I suffered this morning.  Made worse by the fact that I apparently use my left pinky to type a lot of letters essential to words.  But more so is the piece I heard on Day to Day earlier.  At the Rick Warren interrogation event irritatingly named the [...]

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Helpful hints

I find the best way to distract oneself from the pain of an insect sting is to slice a neat gash in one’s pinky finger with the lid of a freshly-opened can of tomatoes.
Today is not my day.

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