Jul
28
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 …
Jul
10
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 …
Jul
10
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 …
Jul
10
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 …
Jul
05
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. …
Jul
03
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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