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remembering papa
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010“Papa” Brooks Montgomery
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
~ Robert Fulghum
“Papa” Brooks Montgomery
August 1, 1929 - July 23, 2010
rock and roll
Friday, July 16th, 2010What better way to start off a super dooper busy day than to have an EARTHQUAKE. The weirdest thing was that Matt and I were both awake. I have been awake since about 3:40 am and Matt woke up at 4:30 to head into work early. I was sitting on the floor upstairs, digging out diapers from underneath our bed. Matt was downstairs getting ready for work. And the house shook. From upstairs, it felt as if our front loading washer was off balance. Downstairs Matt said the dishes rattled. Weird.
Luckily it was just an earthquake, especially when you consider where we live. And, how did we confirm it was indeedy an earthquake? Twitter. People were tweeting links to the United States Geological Society before CNN or NPR could confirm the news.
And, Haven slept through the whole thing. Actually, it wasn’t THAT big of deal. But, I’m pooped. Going to go back to bed.
home
Friday, June 25th, 2010Because, as we all know, there’s no place like home. Welcome back, Uncle Nate!
happy 40th anniversary
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
i want to rattle HIS teeth…
Monday, May 24th, 2010As a History major in college, this makes me sick. What fucking idiots do we have determining what is history and what is not history to our schoolchildren? And, publishers will print whatever shit comes out of their mouth. If this doesn’t piss you off, fine. But, it should.
midwives for haiti
Monday, February 15th, 2010The midwife that delivered Haven (I talked about Wendy before) is heading back to Haiti working with Midwives for Haiti. Here’s a video about her efforts, where you can see Wendy in action. Want to help? A donation of $250-$300 can pay for a midwife’s salary for a MONTH.
snow day
Sunday, December 20th, 2009r.i.p. saabina
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
saabina vapaa
2001-2009
nie nie dialogues
Monday, December 7th, 2009
I’m trying to kick a cold (and the cough with it). I desperately need to decorate for Christmas (after all, we DO celebrate Christmas, or a variation thereof, and are having the festivities at our house). I need to get moving on purchasing presents (I did manage to order some fun presents for Haven this weekend, though). I need. I want.
What I really needed this Monday morning was something to put things into perspective. To ground me. For those of you churchy folks, I needed to see the light.
And here it was. I had already read about Stephanie and her devastating plane crash. But, I had not checked out her blog since August. Until this morning. When I quickly changed my tune.
I am thankful. Thankful to have a warm home. I am blessed. Blessed to have a family that consists of loving husband (who, by the way did a fabulous job of taking care of me this weekend), a beautiful, healthy daughter, two furry creatures and even all of the crazy relatives scattered around us. I am grateful.