So things are back to normal around here, and by that I mean, the in-laws are gone so we can stop pretending like I brush my hair daily and our dog doesn’t actually drink from the bathroom sink and that we have magic gnomes who come slinking in to polish the furniture at dawn.
To celebrate […]

The sun is shining and it’s warm and feels like autumn…like I should go for a hike in some woods and forage and bake pies. (mmmm….pie) I mean, LOOK at it. Sun! Water! Beauty!
I want to go live in the mountains and catch a trout and live off the land. I want to […]

UGGGGHHHH! Everything huuuuuurts. Lifting this coffee cup hurts. Lathering my hair huuuurts. Holding this forkful of macaroni-and-cheese-casserole-with-siracha-for-breakfast hurts.
Boot Camp this morning:

Indian runs uphill in the Presidio
Pushups (at least 100)
Lat pulls
Standing rows
Dips (another 100)
Monkey Walks
Crocodile Walks
Wheelbarrows (remember when those used to be fun?)
Mountain Climbers
Planks

Do you think I’ll ever be able to lift my arms again?
This was […]

My mother-in-law and I took a trip into Petaluma today and came back with this little number. Isn’t it gorgeous?
Somewhere in Iran, a child worker is earning his keep. Isn’t that where Persia is? Iran? Anyway, child workers have to eat too. And as my old granny used to say, “Idle hands are […]

Since I’ve last posted, I have:
*Kept my nieces alive for two weeks
*Recovered from keeping the nieces alive by drinking a case of Budweiser and eating 5 lbs of boiled peanuts singlehandedly on the dock at Moïse Island
*Delivered The Wedding Blanket to our friends, Andy and Harriott. The culmination of months of love and Incan cotton
*Contracted […]