Posted in Family on Oct 31st, 2005
This funny conversation took place in my house earlier this evening… Maia: Who’s taking us trick or treating tonight? Me: I am. Daddy’s staying here to give out candy. Maia: Well, somebody better tell him not to scare the pants off the trick or treaters. Oh yes, Maia knows her father very well. He has […]
Posted in Potpourri on Oct 28th, 2005
Thank goodness this weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving Time once again. Hallelujah! Not that I don’t appreciate the evening daylight—I love long days as much as the next person. It’s just that, this year, the extra hour of sleep we’ll get tomorrow night from changing the clocks back couldn’t have come at a […]
Posted in Reflections on Oct 28th, 2005
Last week I took Maia to Disney with a friend for “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.” We of course rode the “It’s a small world” ride, which got me thinking. I love that ride. I’ve been on it so many times that I usually start out having already concluded there’s no way I could […]
Posted in Blogging on Oct 27th, 2005
Quite unintentionally, the colors I chose for my new blog design remind me of my alma mater, Tufts University. I remember thinking back then, “Brown and blue? What an ugly combination!” Yet somehow I guess it grew on me, because look where I ended up. Except what I thought was blue here turns out to […]
Posted in Writing on Oct 26th, 2005
Just got to work and found out that I have a publication date for my article. It’s scheduled to run December 12, 2005. I thought that was an important enough development to document. I am getting ever so much closer to my goal of being professionally published! Now I am going to perform an amazing […]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to my brand-spanking-new home on the web! I am so excited to finally unveil my updated blog with the new name and look. And I’m extremely proud of myself that I even figured out how to import all of my data from the old site, including all of your comments. All I […]
Posted in Hurricanes on Oct 24th, 2005
You people up north get snow days. In Florida, we get hurricane days. As I write this, we are under an inland tropical storm warning. The next county over, where I work, is under an inland hurricane warning. Work and schools are cancelled. Personally I think it’s all a bit alarmist because Wilma is passing […]
Posted in Blogging on Oct 22nd, 2005
How shocking to have your secret project discovered before you are ready to unveil it to the world. That happened to me today. First, some background. As a result of creating my own blog, I’ve of course gotten sucked into the blogosphere. I like to know what everyone else out there is blogging about. One […]
Posted in Memories on Oct 19th, 2005
A comment from Jamie Dawn on one of my posts last week got me thinking (whoa, that’s dangerous!) about traditions and how they come about. In my family, we’ve never started traditions on purpose. They just kind of evolve. We do something once just because, then repeat at some later date under similar circumstances, and […]
Posted in Family on Oct 18th, 2005
My 7-year-old is succeeding where her parents have so far failed. Whether she wanted it or not, I do believe she has permanently acquired the job of potty training her brother. How many times do you think he’s actually used the potty when I’ve been in there with him? A big fat zero. I kid […]
