Tag: flower

  • October 26

    October 26

    Every day seems to present a new challenge. Which is just becoming normal.

  • October 23

    October 23

    Young love is in the air.

  • October 11

    October 11

    It’s been kind of an average Wednesday, or at least as average as Wednesdays get. Talked to Rosina for a little bit. Did some online shopping in the dance studio parking lot. Feeling ready for bed.

  • October 6

    October 6

    Robin said she loves me very, very, very, very much today, which kind of makes up for my crappy day yesterday.

  • September 7

    September 7

    I’ve heard the newer iPhones take better night photos, and based on this, I’d agree. It’s not the best shot I’ve ever taken, but the image quality is probably even better than my (now decrepitly ancient) DSLR. I guess sometimes it pays to upgrade.

  • August 21

    August 21

    I finished reading A Tale of Two Cities. I highly doubt that my 8th- or 9th- grade self would have appreciated this book at that time, but I really liked it now. I’m sad it took me this long to read it. Charles Dickens was really brilliant. I had no idea what it was about before I read it and it was kind of nice being surprised. Lots to think about.

  • August 4

    August 4

    Life today was basically work and recovering from work. Billy didn’t sleep much today, so he slept through dinner all the way until he had to leave for work, so I really never saw him today. I’ve set time limits on the girls’ iPads and now they are doing all sorts of things to earn extra time – washing the car, cleaning out their closets, picking up dog poop in the yard… This new iPad thing might be a really good investment after all.

  • June 26

    June 26

    Made it at last to Maine. Today’s drive was much easier than yesterday’s. The weather leaves a little to be desired; cold and foggy. We had a nice lunch overlooking the water before getting on the ferry. The kids enjoyed biking, although Robin is not used to hills or requiring use of bike brakes and she rode directly into a bush and halfway into the ocean. Now she doesn’t want to bike ride anymore. We’ll break her in. It’s been great spending time with Aunt Cathrine and Uncle Bob. Looking forward to a quiet week ahead.

  • June 18

    June 18

    I finally got back into the yard to do some weeding and found even more hydrangea blooms. We have three plants right next to each other and each one is a different color – purple, white, pink. Who knew the soil pH could vary so much in such a small space?

  • June 9

    June 9

    I had big plans for dijon-marinated grilled pork chops for dinner tonight, and then for the first time in weeks, it stormed. And it stormed from 5-7pm, right at dinner time. Not at 2 or 3pm. Not 7 or 8pm. Dinner time. So we ended up with takeout. Ah well… keeping my fingers crossed for a drier evening tomorrow.

  • June 6

    June 6

    I am working through some tough decisions and it’s making real life difficult.

  • June 5

    June 5

    Some days you just wish you could do over. Today was one of them.

  • May 23

    May 23

    Still feeling disgusting, still obsessed with photo editing, still burned out, getting more sarcastic by the minute. So, more of same.

  • May 12

    May 12

    Another cheer weekend. There is so much swimming in my head and I don’t know how to let any of it out. Nothing makes sense. Need sleep.

  • May 11

    May 11

    At dinner tonight, Billy asked Robin to name the main types of rocks and she listed off: igneous, sediment, and Dwayne Johnson.