Entries from October 2007

October 25, 2007

Worth the Price?

Is it just me, or this site mostly about selling stuff?

October 22, 2007

Four Years

I wish I could say that every moment has been bliss. It hasn’t. We’ve faced depression, horrible disappointments, and death—heaping portions of them in the last 12 months. Laughter and faith in one another have lightened the load. We know we are strong enough to weather the bad times. I love the life we’re building together. May it be a [...]

October 16, 2007

Domesticity (warning: a little disjointed)

posted by Mel
 
Saturday morning I woke up before Vanessa and Eric, proceeded to the kitchen, washed the dishes that were still sitting in the sink from the day before, opened up a new cookbook (AWESOME- btw) that I have an advance copy of from work and made Chicken Pizziola. We had it for lunch, and [...]

October 6, 2007

The other half of the story

posted by Mel 
With my last post I fear I might have given you all the impression that it’s all hairy showers and crusty dishes over here. There’s lots of good stuff, too– like the other day when I was helping Vanessa get the dogs to the car to go to daycare and Eric rushed out [...]

October 4, 2007

Them’s the Rules

posted by Mel
Now that Eric has been with us for a little more than a week, the honeymoon is drawing to a close– you know, the period where I wanted as much family time as possible because, damn it, the three of us are a family now, and I want to get started making some [...]

October 3, 2007

Resurfacing…

posted by Melody 
…just to say that I really hate that the toilet paper holders at work are apparently too small for the brand of TP that we use. So if you happen to get in there shortly after the installation of a fresh roll, you are forced to claw the paper out one square at a [...]