Stephan and I have been giving a lot of thought lately to the important task of naming our prospective children. After much deliberation, we have come up with the following child-naming programs:
Names Ending in “-airy”
Like Barry, Carrie, Gary, Harry, Jerry, Larry, Mary, Perry, Sari, Terry. We will also use all alternate spellings, such as Kari, [...]
1. Choose which answer best describes what Katie did not find funny in the least:
a) For a time, when Katie’s dad was asked to pass something at the dinner table, he would pick up whatever was closest to him, regardless of its identity, and pass it to the bewildered recipient.
b) Around this same time, he [...]
Last week was my brother Matt’s 27th birthday. To celebrate, he took his friend Christina and me to the Enchanted Forest. Though I do have several childhood trips there logged away in my capacious gray matter, they were all before the age of 10, and there remains little photographic proof of these visits.
Never fear, Internets! [...]
So I bet you don’t know this about me:
When I sort laundry, I have to do it next to the wall heater so I can have a “warm” pile next to the heater and a “cold” pile away from the heater. Because I cannot remember from one piece of clothing to the next which pile [...]
It should come as no surprise that we have, in fact, discovered the food that fulfills all three criteria: healthy, cheap, and tasty. I made it up after eating a “grinning chicken sandwich” that I bought at Safeway.
This recipe is for you. I’m sorry there are no measurements, but you’ll thank me when you’re older. [...]
There is a theory in design (and, okay, approximately every other industry) that you have three choices with any given project delivery: good, cheap, and fast. And you can only ever have two. Stephan and I decided that food has a similar triangle of choice: healthy, cheap, and tasty. We vote healthy and tasty.
At [...]
If I could have one wish granted, I would wish that my head weighed less so that I could use the furry underbellies of our kittens as pillows.
So I finally started knitting again: according to Stephan, my one marketable skill. I am curious, though, about what economic model he’s basing this alleged marketability on, because it has taken me approximately 3 hours to complete the first row of the first of two whole mittens.
For a while, I was knitting at lunchtime with [...]
I don’t know how it happens, but I always get the worst paper cuts in the most inconvenient places. Today, I got one from the package of a paper ream, on the bottom of my finger, right next to the knuckle. Not awesome.
But definitely more awesome than the week before our surprise honeymoon, when I [...]
The roles in our home are clear and well-defined. Stephan vacuums; takes care of the cats*, car, and finances; and makes blueberry waffles on Saturday mornings. I cook most things, clean most things, and do the laundry.
Kittens, your jobs are very simple:
One: Look cute.
Two: Rush to meet me at the door, when I get home [...]
