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Monthly Archive for May, 2008

my love/hate relationship with toys.

I want this bunny. Real bad.

from grumble toys
Part of me wants shelves full of all my favorite adorable toys. Part of me (the part that controls my credit cards, sadly) says, “No. You’re an adult. And you hate clutter”.

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etcetera

Obama to hold town hall Monday at Troy High
CRAP!
Right down the street! And we leave for Vegas at the same time this is scheduled to begin.

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the end of “mommy” blogging?

I’ve got three kids. 18 months, 3 and 10 years old. Almost everything I write is about the two youngest but not for lack of interesting material about the oldest. It’s just that when it comes to Miss Mitten I feel the need to really, really watch what I share. She reads my blog, her […]

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A nice reminder of the goodness in the world.
“All men are born kind”

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It’s that time of year again.

Today is our neighborhood garage sale. As I drove through the subdivision, looking for a slide/climber for Toot and The Boy, several things dawned on me:
1. With the amount of stuff people keep in their garages and basements (at least in my ‘hood), just waiting for this annual sale, one could easily furnish and a […]

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From this morning’s chat log:
CM: also, have you heard about the maxi dress?
Kate: I have
CM: i’m berry excited about the maxi dress
Kate: yeah, they would look v. nice on you!
CM: i’m excited about the idea of not having to deflect comments about my pasty white legs
Kate: I’ve forsworn longs skirts. Too much time dressed like […]

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good picture.

If someone could tell me how to change my template so that it has flexible width, that would make me very happy.

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Jonathan Adler salt and pepper shakers

I feel in love with Jonathan Adler’s pottery when I saw his aorta vases. Sadly, I could never bring myself to lay out the cash for one (which ended up being ok, since I found a very similar vase on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico and snapped it up). This salt and pepper […]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

In honor of the holiday and in appreciation for Stephany’s great talent, I’m suggesting, dear reader, that you click here: I Do Not Eat Babies
To Adultivores!

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*am in heaven*

We have new floors. No more used-to-be white 30 years ago mess with disintegrating pad or ugly scratched to hell linoleum. Beautiful, clean carpet and shiny, espresso colored wood - I don’t want to put the furniture back, just spend all day rolling around on the loveliness in nothing but the super awesome boots I […]

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