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November 2007
Scary Road
Friday, 30 November 2007 6:49 A GMT-05
A few months ago now I had escaped the house for a brisk walk down the road with neither the dog nor the Bundle in tow. I passed a neighbor's house, and the neighbor looked at me in surprise. I thought maybe she was surprise to see me
Deck the Halls with Great Balls of Fire
Thursday, 29 November 2007 6:53 A GMT-05
Seeing as, despite Big Retails efforts to make it appear so, it is still not December, I haven't given too much thought to the Christmas season. I do know that I will someday soon trudge outdoors for hours looking for the perfect Christmas
And then it was morning
Wednesday, 28 November 2007 6:49 A GMT-05
In a last desperate bid to have an excuse to clean the house, we invited some friends over--people Lionel used to work with--last night.We had an excellent time and the house--or half of it anyway--actually got cleaned. But it was a late night
Wii got served
Tuesday, 27 November 2007 6:43 A GMT-05
We're all sitting at lunch, talking about our weekends, when one person pipes up, "so, anybody go shopping on Friday?"I myself dread shopping, and I hate traffic, and I hate crowds, and I especially hate gimmicks and salespeople, so my
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Back to Monday
Monday, 26 November 2007 6:39 A GMT-05
Well, it's Monday and we all have to go back to work.It's not that we didn't work over these five beautiful days. We cooked food and washed dishes and clothes. We rented a steam cleaner and cleaned the rugs and also the chair
Nightmare on Reality Street
Sunday, 25 November 2007 9:39 A GMT-05
Ever have one of those dreams where you forgot something important? You suddenly realize you're in public naked, or you forgot the deadline for your thesis, or you forgot to go to work?Ever have it happen in real life?We'd made plans to
Formula One
Saturday, 24 November 2007 10:05 A GMT-05
As many of my readers may know, I've weaned the Bundle O' Joy after seven months of exclusive breastfeeding, a feeding method which went against my better judgment and severely cut into my independence. To any of the self-righteou
Hibernate
Friday, 23 November 2007 8:39 A GMT-05
Yesterday it was warm enough to have ridden the motorcycle down to Massachusetts, but I didn't; instead I drove myself, a husband, one baby, six million assorted baby accessories, onecasserole dish and a pie through stop and go traffic on 495.&nb
The Big T
Thursday, 22 November 2007 8:28 A GMT-05
Today we bundle up the Bundle, a pie and some chestnut stuffing, pack us all into the car and head down to the great city of Dedham, Massachusetts for some turkey and some good times. So far we're off to a great start. The Bundle o
Homework
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 3:13 P GMT-05
Yesterday's plan was to go to the dentist with the Bundle o' Joy, get my teeth cleaned and her admired, then meet up with Lionel at the mutually meetable area wherein I would hand off the Bundle and trundle myself off to work. But in be
Teething
Tuesday, 20 November 2007 6:32 A GMT-05
A few days ago I got a letter from my dentist. "We've noticed you haven't been in in a while!" the letter read, cheerfully. "Maybe you should think about making an appointment?" "That's fine!&quo
Mommy's Little Helper
Monday, 19 November 2007 6:48 A GMT-05
I've always had long, dark eyelashes. To me this merely means more eye lashes in my eyes, but I have noticed that people (usually women, to be sure) wear this inky gunk stuff on their lashes, making them look like a gross approximation of w
General Washington, a Store
Sunday, 18 November 2007 11:18 A GMT-05
The local (and only) store in town is located near the Town's center and right on the beaten track, which makes it both ideal and a nightmare for both parking and for traffic passing through. The store has, perforce, a small gas pump which
Seasons Changing
Saturday, 17 November 2007 11:56 A GMT-05
Yesterday it snowed for the first time, making my commute into work a little messy. I was glad to see snow, evidence that we don't live in the Deep South after all, but Lionel saw it for what it was; the beginning of winter and the last of
We're Number One!
Friday, 16 November 2007 6:38 A GMT-05
Wait, am I still Person of the Year ?Time, every man's intellectual magazine, continues their theme by pointing out our averages . We're an average people, after all, our outrageous output of CO2 notwithstanding. We're still famili
And now Thursday, to boot.
Thursday, 15 November 2007 12:41 P GMT-05
Yesterday's craziness spilled over into this morning, with the predictable result that I got only half of the things I was supposed to get done and forgot other things entirely. And since yesterday's adventure was entirely to do with th
Wednesdays
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 8:06 A GMT-05
Everyone should be relieved that I survived Tuesday, and now that it is Wednesday, I have the day off. We're taking the Bundle O' Joy up to Dartmouth Hitchcock again for her monthly "does she have hip displasia?" checkup, and
Ruby Tuesday
Tuesday, 13 November 2007 6:40 A GMT-05
Well it was fun while it lasted but now it's dark as pitch in the mornings when I get up again.And dark when I leave work to go home. I do have a window in my office, so at least I get to see something of the day while I work, unlike some o
Living week to week
Monday, 12 November 2007 6:31 A GMT-05
These weekends go by entirely too quickly, much like my workday. When I stop to take stock and look back at what might have happened, either to fill out my status report or to report here, the whole day is a wash of sunlight and warbly conversations
Chain Chain Chain
Sunday, 11 November 2007 1:20 P GMT-05
Oh no... do I have to ?I don't normally like to participate in these tag-you're-it-blog things. It seems too much like chain mail to me. Plus it removes any responsibility for original creativity. But, we are in the middle o
Happy Belated Blog Birthday to Me!
Saturday, 10 November 2007 8:02 A GMT-05
I knew I'd miss it, but my official 3 year blog birthday was yesterday. In those three years and 1 day, I've written 820 separate and equally inane blog entries, mostly between 6 and 7 am on a weekday morning while rushing to get to wor
Snow White
Friday, 9 November 2007 6:48 A GMT-05
For the past few days the weather gods have been threatening a chance of flurries during the wee hours but every morning I look out the window and only see frost on the rapidly browning grass. Lionel hates it when I say this but I want snow. Yo
Thrown to the Wolves
Thursday, 8 November 2007 6:47 A GMT-05
There's nothing quite like trying to put together a presentation for the whole company in 2 to 5 minute spurts which may come between fires and crises born of VP's who can't figure out how to turn the projector on (or, more likely, feel t
Primary dogs
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 6:31 A GMT-05
Those of you who know Gump know that he is more than just the black lab who lives with us and, lately, puts up with being poked in the eyes repeatedly by a six month old. So it may not come as a surprise to you that Gump has picked his candida
Hope springs eternal
Tuesday, 6 November 2007 6:46 A GMT-05
Joe Biden figuratively crowned the winner of the Democratic primary recently while seemingly damning his own chances at getting into the White House by turning down the Vice Presidency should Hillary Clinton be the nominee. "If I'm no