Today I am still sore but it is a good kind of sore – the kind of muscle ache you get when you’ve done something really hard, and each time you twist around you are reminded of why it is there. My lower back has the worst of it, but it is no longer the [...]
This afternoon I got into the car to go to Curves. As I pulled out of the parking lot, I glanced briefly to my left, and amazed even myself with the sheer girlyness of my shriek. I think only the fact that there were no cars coming saved me from the inevitable accident as I [...]
It’s been a calm and quiet week at work. With one of the estimators now gone, there are only four of us there fulltime, and the two college interns only come for a few hours on the days they are there. Add to this the fact that the noisiest of the lawyers downstairs is moving [...]
This morning Richard and I got up, donned our spandex shorts and bright red t-shirts, filled the Camelbaks with water, loaded bikes and all associated paraphernalia into the car, and set off for Sacramento to take part in our second Ride Against Hunger.
The mantra of the day – at least for every one of [...]
After yesterday’s ride, I would have loved to spend today lounging around in bed with nothing at all to do. But today was the last time the choir sings before we go into summer schedule at church, and today the recorder group (now tentatively dubbed Driftwood) was to perform, and so there was nothing to [...]
It is June. I know it is June because tomorrow is my father’s birthday and my father’s birthday is always in June. Plus this weekend is Father’s Day, which I know is also in June, and my nephew’s birthday is next week, and my father-in-law’s birthday this weekend as well so yes, it most definitely [...]
Richard is taking a class this summer on books for children. Naturally this means he has to read lots of children’s books, and write reviews and come up with educational activities, and so on. He can keep the reviews and activities, however, as long as he hands the children’s’ books over when he’s done with [...]
As we wander through the house it is customary to announce to each other, occasionally, what particular cats are doing. Hence our house often rings with a chorus of “Honey, Allegra is being wonky again,” or “Honey, Azzie is being cute at me,” or if they are cleaning themselves, then the announcement is more like [...]
Yesterday was the first half of the Father’s Day festivities, when we drove down for Richard’s dad’s combined birthday/Father’s Day celebration. There was a delicious asparagus and mushroom frittata, followed by chocolate pound cake. There was much talking and laughing and opening of presents. And there was a cute new kitten to play with, since [...]
We had the gardener come over tonight to look over the plans and get things finalized for the next phase of our backyard. Or rather, one of the next phases; putting in the decomposed granite pathways is something we’re more than happy to pay him to do, while filling the raised bed with dirt and [...]
