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09:18 am
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NYTimes: 36 Hours in Pittsburgh
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/travel/06hours.html
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09:50 am
[Link] | 1. My VIP discount at MisterArt.com is up August 2. If you want to take advantage of it before then, let me know. Maybe we can do a group order and get the free shipping, too.
2. I go to see the doctor about The Sore Throat That Won't Go Away at 10:45.
3. Boys are at day care, I am working from home, contractors are here mudding the garage wall (it is nice and cool in there) and hopefully FIXING THE FUCKING WINDOWS that they've been out to measure THREE TIMES. Dog has hardly stopped barking at the contractors and it's driving me up a wall.
4. Took the boys outside this morning while it was still cool. Playground was wet, so we just walked around the school, picking mushrooms, catching moths, throwing rocks at trees. Good time.
5. Need to make a trip to Woburn tonight- exchange clothes at Target, grocery shop, drop off non-perishables at M's new place. Might have to put it off til tomorrow a.m.- not sure what traffic will be like on 95 tonight. Traffic around town was really light today. How were the highways?
6. Saw a recipe (about.com?) for caramelizing onions in crock pot. Anyone tried this? Beats slaving over a sautee pan for hours, if it works.
7. Found bracelet I want for anniversary. Need to figure out how to get it for 10% of its price. :)
8. My shirts, for the most part, have reached a Too Big stage, where they keep sliding off my shoulders. I don't suppose anyone is in need of 2x-3x-ish size summer shirts? Does anyone have extra 16-18-ish size summer shirts or 34-inch waist shorts to pass along?
9. Saw a woman cutting her lawn this morning using electric hedge shears.
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11:22 am
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from dervishspin
This video is made of awesome:
http://www.vimeo.com/1211060?pg=embed&sec=1211060
And no, I'm not rickrolling you this time.
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09:57 am
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owl?
This morning around 2:55a, I was woken up by a repeated noise that I eventually determined was coming from outside. (At first I thought it was an alarm, or the dog breathing funny.) It was this rhythm:
hoo hoo
hoohoo
(rest)
hoohoo
with 10-40ish second between repetitions, for five minutes.
I couldn't really tell if it was an owl, other bird, or a dog (or dog-like animal) oof-ing far away but echoing so that it sounded like it was coming from our swamp.
I didn't wake Ben, because I knew that as soon as I did, it would stop, and I would feel like a dork for waking him for no reason.
Current Location: work
Current Mood:  sleepy
Tags: haus
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02:38 pm
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Oh, ow
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/06/30/mister-frickin-rogers.aspx
You all know of my adoration of Mr. Rogers. Well, Jimmy Kimmel took it to a whole new level.
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06:27 am
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Courtney Love, way behind on a trend
Mucky and I did this night-in-a-cart thing fifteen years ago.
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06:19 am
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consumerism and free time
Interesting article on simplified living today at No Impact Man:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/noimpact_man/64520.html
I've also read The Four-Hour Work Week and Living Simply with Children to try to turn this work-to-live mindset into a reality.
I managed to have a 32-hour work week while at The Big Orange K for a while, so that I had free time for hobbies, volunteer work, and sanity- but they disallowed it after I had kids because, well, that would've kept me working there and they didn't want that! I couldn't find any work for a while, because I didn't want to work full-time- it was important to me that my kids spent the majority of their awake-hours with family. And now I have a grand job that brings in money and only has me working 10-16 hours a week- my choice. It's "only" a contract, but in this economy, no job is "guaranteed," right?
I wish I could talk Ben into cutting back to have more family time, but he is content with the way things are.
Has anyone else tried to work a shortened week? What resistance have you encountered? What methods of persuasion were successful?
Tags: boys, work
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10:07 am
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Ew.
Turtle (aka Blaze, aka Turquoise, aka Teppy II: Electric Boogaloo...) was out of food, and all we had were these "Turtle Delites" snackies. Which were little desiccated shrimps. I would've have thought something all dried out could STINK so much! Just opening them, it seemed like the stink wafted out and embedded itself in my nostrils, even if I was holding my breath. I think I'm going to dump the rest of the shrimps into my parents' lake or something, because even in an emergency food situation, I think Turtle can go hungry for a day.
I think they stunk more than freshly-dead shrimps, even.
It reminded me of that urban legend where the wronged woman hides shrimp shells in a hollow curtain rod.
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08:21 am
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car conversation of the week
xinie: [drives the car]
timothy_tim: blah blah blah Tintin blah blah blah.
xinie: [drives the car, trying to concentrate on not getting into an accident] Oh yeah?
timothy_tim: blah blah blah blah blah blah... and then he got weasels... blah blah
xinie: HE GOT WEASELS? That's weird!
timothy_tim: Why is that weird?
xinie: Where did the weasels come from?
cole_b: What're weasels?
timothy_tim: Dey're like chicken pox.
cole_b: What're chicken box?
xinie: OH, MEASLES! That makes more sense!
timothy_tim: What're measles?
xinie: They're a bumpy disease, like chicken pox. But you've had shots for both, so you don't have to worry about them.
timothy_tim: Why are weasels weird but not measles?
xinie: Because measles were more common back when Tintin was written. Weasels aren't something that many people have.
cole_b: What're weasels?
xinie: Little animals, like squirrels, but meaner.
(etc.)
Tags: boys
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06:09 pm
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CSA: week 1
This afternoon, we picked up our box. For dinner, we dove into the Romaine Lettuce, Green Leaf Lettuce, Zucchini, and Strawberries. There's also Bunched Cilantro, which I plan to unload on ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jagheterlelle, because Ben thinks it tastes like soap. And a Potted Lemony Herb Plant to plant in our garden. Tomorrow, I will dive into the Bok Choi, Mustard Greens, Collards, and/or Red Kale. I gotta research more to see which lasts longest and which we need to use up immediately. I'd just bought two quarts of strawberries at the farmer's market yesterday, as well as zucchinis, hothouse tomatoes, and the last of the season's asparagus. There are still three tomatoes left- they don't compare to the ones I grow, so I am having some trouble getting into them.
Anyway, dinner: I made whole baked zucchini, some stuffed with mint and goat cheese, and a side of quinoa with chick peas. timothy_tim ate a ton of zucchini, cut into "fingers." Boys were uninterested in salad though.
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09:52 am
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weight loss
spiralngphoenix had a post that got me to finally look up some numbers-
I am 14-15 pounds away from not-being-obese. This number is based on my height, not on any scientific measurements of my muscle mass.
I am 4-5 pounds away from my goal for weight loss/maintenance, a goal that is not a healthy weight, but a practical ideal.
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09:43 am
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Adyan, I don't know how you stand it.
The urge to decorate my knee cap (the bit sticking out of the front of my knee brace) with a smiley face or something becomes more overwhelming by the minute.
Surely there must be some Trinny-and-Susannah-approved way to deal with this!
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08:48 pm
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30 Days
I watched the 30 Days about coal mining. It was surprising to me how much has changed (safety measures) and yet how little (men trapped in a tiny, dangerous, filthy space). The miners spoke a bit about what they'd've done if they hadn't gone into coal mining, but- construction, of what, in WV? education, in what that would keep you with your family in WV? At least one of my great-grandfathers was an anthracite coal miner; after watching the coal mining, we can safely say my claustrophobia wasn't inherited from him.
I started watching the 30 Days about being paralyzed and in a wheelchair, and it takes me back to those days of pushing Ben around. It seems more disturbing to me now, remembering Ben's mum caring for him, now that I'm a mum. And to think, they put someone with resources and strength into the chair, so he's already ahead of most of the "real" quadriplegics. I feel bad for the quads, but my heart really goes out to the caretakers- again, my selfish viewpoint- especially the wife of the guy who hit the ground from his motorcycle at 110 mph a month before his daughter was born.
Tags: tv
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08:43 pm
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Unrelated
Unrelated to four-year-olds and their education:
When you see "myth," do you think of the first definition from thefreedictionary.com
"A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society"
or the second definition
"A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal"
or the third definition
"A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology."
Also unrelated to four-year-olds:
When you read a dictionary entry, do you accept the first definition as *the* definition and the others are alternates which depend on context? Or are you always looking up a word in context, and thus the order of the definitions doesn't matter?
Like, whenever someone uses the word volatile, I always think, "Evaporating readily?" even when it is obvious that they are using a secondary, less accurate but more common definition.
Tags: boys
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07:09 pm
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religious ponderings
I read a great article recently about Christianity's emphasize turning from paradise to Crucifixion, as demonstrated by the art in the churches. It made me homesick for my grandparents' church (Saint Luke's?) in Pittsburgh, with its Slavic-eyed Jesus on the cross, and the text "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" across the apse.
I felt relieved when I heard on the news tonight that most Americans have a non-dogmatic approach to their faith; for example, most do not believe their religion is the only way to salvation.
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01:26 pm
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Nyah nyah nyah-nyah
I bet I have more herring in my possession than you do!
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08:39 am
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big boys
timothy_tim is usually happy to hold my hand. Was, I should say. On Monday, at the mall, some boys a little older than him were horsing around behind us, and as he noticed them, he refused to hold my hand for the rest of the time. At Ferry Beach last month, it was very secluded, so timothy_tim did lots of practicing of crossing the street and walking by himself in parking lots. Since cole_b follows timothy_tim's lead in all things, it seems that no one will voluntarily hold my hand any longer. Except Ben.
Tags: boys
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09:04 pm
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Clone
This week, my clones still need to...
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Tags: to do
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12:05 pm
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whale watch
Anyone interested in a Whale Watch cruise this summer?
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11:44 am
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Mail
I don't think I've ever laughed so hard getting the mail before. I stood in the road, frozen in the spot with maniacal laughter, tears streaming down my face.
invader_haywire, I can't even open it, going near it makes me start up again.
Oh, my abs hurt from laughing.
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