The day before Christmas break bears witness to the Holiday Sweater. A bingo board of Christmas Awesome, the Holiday Sweater can be counted on to imbue holiday cheer. It's contagious. This year, the effect was bolstered by close proximity to a pillow pet, the darling Amanda, and her cute baby bump. Happy Holidays indeed!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The golden gate was golden before the bridge
Also, I was knitting furiously during the drive. And now, there is a super creepy doll sitting on a chair in my office. She is completely freaking out my coworkers. I put candy cane joe-joes next to her to make her more approachable, but I'm not sure that's working.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
During the week: mudflats n' marshes


Part of the pond we were inspecting had dried. We needed to mark the outer edge of the area where mud was showing -- and me, being the lightest, was nominated. I walked on little towers of mud, wobbly and with moats of water around them. The further into the pond I went, the more squishy the towers became until at one point they started cracking. Like you picture ice cracking on a frozen river. I froze too and took data with the GPS unit and then ran back to the shore, hoping that light, quick touches on each mud tower would make them less likely to collapse.
The rain held. It poured when I arrived home. Good day.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
A turkey a day
During the holidays, the city empties. I love this. Parking is easy, traffic is light, and bars aren't crowded. It feels like the entire city is a private party. We took advantage of the first night of Thanksgiving break to celebrate the birth of dear Jonee at Rye. Frankly, it was a delightful beginning to a fantastic few days off.

Laughing. The best medicine.

Amy came to Thanksgiving! My entire family loved our newest addition.

Our best sides. Me and my girls.

And somehow, I convinced Amy to go with me to Black Friday. We snoozed more than others and didn't get to Target until 715 AM. We succeeded in our shopping endeavors and only one lady cursed at us. Nutty silly lady.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Curiouser and Curiouser: The 12:01 AM crew.
Amy and I always go and see the Harry Potter movies together. We were so excited about the first installment of the finale that we joined that crazy fan crew on opening.. morning. Yes, at 12:01 on Friday morning, I sat surrounded by an array of Potter fans in a packed theater. The two hours prior to the movie were full of high school kids playing Ninja and performing skits based on the books. We did the wave. We sang Happy Birthday to someone. Amy and I ate Skittles. Yay.
Pre-movie jumping. We are excited.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
new laces
On Tuesday, I put my cleats on for the first time since I was 17. The tattered lace was still on my right shoe; I had this flashback that I wouldn't change the lace in 1997 because my team was on a winning streak. Stringy bits of shoe lace, I tied them in a bow. My 31-year old feet found the accustomed grooves and felt more familiar than they have in years.
People always talk about finding themselves. Lately, I suspect it might be more of a rediscovering.
Friday, October 15, 2010
lately
In lieu of a list of what I have been up to, I will instead link you to a specific blog post Crosby sent me that is particularly illuminating and that pretty much sums it all up. Happy Friday!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
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