Mmmm, processed cheese food

posted by Mel
Someone just heated up packaged mac and cheese in the breakroom around the corner from my office, and I have never smelled anything more heavenly.

Life Stuff

Posted by v
I’m thrilled about all our good baby news. But I thought I’d share some of life’s other stuff that’s going on:

All our plumbing fixtures started leaking at the same time
Work really sucks right now
I’m on my period
I have bruises in my armpits from my 25 pound backpack
I dumped used cat litter all over the [...]

9 Weeks

posted by Mel
We had another ultrasound– this time so that our OB could date the pregnancy (EDD now February 10th). At 9 weeks we could actually see it hopping around in there. It waved its arms and legs and gave us a little booty shake for good measure. Heart rate is roaring along 188 bpm, which seemed [...]

More congrats in order

posted by Mel
Vee and Jay, we couldn’t be more happy for you. You guys have been there with us from the very beginning of our journey. It feels like the universe is righting itself a little bit.

A Minor Inconvenience

Posted by v.
I’ve uploaded the photos from the minor accident I had on Saturday. Can anyone guess what happened? My car’s the red one.

Wake me up after the new year

posted by Mel
I think I’m going to just hide under my desk until the holidays are over.
It started last night– my sister is rewriting Christmas at the absolute last minute. As it stands, Eric is now written out of my side of the family’s Christmas because they’ve chosen to do it on Christmas Eve, and we’re [...]

For Calliope

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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 [...]

Rockin’ Out

Posted by v.
Mom always listened to popular music. She always had to have some kind of background music on all the time. Even on the day she died, she had the radio on for awhile.
In her car, I found several tapes and CDs. This was a real treasure for me because I can just imagine [...]

Interested in purchasing a fine piece of automotive machinery?

posted by Mel
It’s a 2002 Honda Accord V6 EX Coupe w/75,000 miles. If you or anyone you know in or near the Indianapolis area might be interested, drop me a comment, and I will e-mail you details.