[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Project. What did you start this year that you’re proud of? I started viewing life differently. Which made me start approaching it differently. More honest. More open. Fewer layers. Less bureaucracy. Asking for what I want. Asking [...]
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Dec 20
Best of 2009: New person
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] New person. She came into your life and turned it upside down. He went out of his way to provide incredible customer service.Who is your unsung hero of 2009? Nothing major ever happens as the result [...]
Dec 19
Best of 2009: Car ride
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Car ride. I sat behind the driver’s seat. My son sat next to me. Cows and horses and sheep out the windows.Open sky. Grass. Trees. Green, red, orange and yellow leaves. A chill in the fresh [...]
Dec 18
Best of 2009: Shop
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Shop. This has been a year of not buying. (Conveniently, it’s a lot easier not to spend money when you work from home; no lunches out, no dress code; no happy hours…and yeah, it’s also depressing. [...]
Dec 17
Best of 2009: Word or phrase
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Word or phrase. A word that encapsulates your year. Intense Amazing Backbreaking Liberating Vital.
Dec 16
The Best of 2009: Tea
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Tea of the year. Lemongrass. I’m a coffee drinker addict. (It keeps me from hitting the harder stuff, like cocaine stalking Nick Cave.) But I do love tea, and all its accoutrements. That said, this tea [...]
Dec 14
Best of 2009: Rush
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Rush. When did you get your best rush of the year? I’m a little hesitant to post this. It’s all manner of silly. And also, it’s been a rough day (sick boy in the ER) and [...]
Dec 13
Best of 2009: Best change you made to the place you live
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] What’s the best change you made to the place you live? The thing about working from home is that you find yourself spending a lot more time at home. Which is mostly fantastic, as far as [...]
Dec 12
The intersection of genes and plotlines.
I can’t stop looking at this photo. Because my boy now looks just like I did in 1978 (that’s me on the left, my brother on the right, our mom in the middle). And I now look just like my mom did then. (Our noses are different, I’ll grant you that.) It’s making my brain swirl [...]
Dec 12
Best of 2009: New food.
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] New food. You’re now in love with Lebanese food and you didn’t even know what it was in January of this year. It turns out, beets are delicious! For most of my life I loathed beets. [...]
