Words of Wisdom

Although I’ve been frantically preparing for my family to arrive and packing, cleaning, etc., all morning. I had to take a break to post a few words of wisdom from Gabriel. Earlier this morning, Lily bonked her head and wanted milk (she was pawing at my shirt). I didn’t feel like nursing her, so I [...]

Party for the Planet – A host’s perspective

We hosted our first ever MoveOn.org party on Saturday night and with 29 people from age 7 months to 70, I’d say it was a great success. If you’re not familiar with MoveOn.org, I highly recommend checking out their web site. They’re all about getting people involved in the political process and working together at [...]

Kolhrabi – Alien, Vegetable, Yum!

This weekend at the Farmer’s Market, I bought a kohlrabi for the very first time. I’ll admit that it sent me running for my Joy of Cooking to verify which parts of the strange spaceship-like cabbage cousin were actually edible and what I should do with them. I ended up grating the bulb of the [...]

Harry Potter and the Endless Predictions!

I blew the 100-page-a-day limit out of the water and finished Book 6 on Saturday night. Matt claims I have ignored all else for the past two weeks and I have to admit to being fairly engrossed. A friend commented that she’d forgotten how good the books were and I guess since I’ve had a [...]

Scaling back my expectations

When I started back to work part-time in February, I spent a good deal of time beating myself up for wanting to go back to work instead of wanting to spend 24/7 with my children. After two months of chaos as we all adjusted to my new schedule and the new nanny, I finally came [...]

My new toy!

I am typing my very first post from my new toy: a Mac Book!!! My old Windoze laptop has started making the grinding noises that tell me that my second hard-drive is about to die and I just decided I didn’t need to buy yet another slow, buggy, high-maintenance Microsoft product. So here I am. [...]

100 pages a day!

Those of you who are regulars on ChezArtz might be wondering if I’ve fallen off the face of the planet. The answer can be summarized with four little words: 100 pages a day! That’s the number of pages per day I need to read to get through the existing Harry Potter books before the new [...]

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