Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
First big snow of the year
Keeping in mind that in NC, ‘big’ is anything over a half inch. Click on the pic below for a small album of the day’s fun.
We let Simon out and he stomped his way around the perimeter of the house yelling, until he had to be retrieved from under the porch. Winter was unimpressed. The [...]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
It always pays to look before shaking out a blanket
Or before scooping it up and dumping it in the washing machine… I was about to tidy up and at the last second realized something didn’t look right about the blanket. You’ll need to click on the link to see the full-size image to spot this one.
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
The ‘cootie’ exile
My banishment from work due to pinkeye is on it’s third (and hopefully final) day. Monday morning I conceded defeat on the doctor issue when I awoke still feeling no better; my throat was even more sore, my sinuses definitely infected, and worst of all, the redness was now moving into my left eye as [...]
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Can I just have 2007 back?
… because so far, I’m not too thrilled with 2008 - or perhaps the problem is that it’s not thrilled with me? I have been sick with various things since the beginning of the year, and if the joys of vomiting, diarrhea, a sore throat and a plugged nose that is going into [...]
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
Everyone should watch this
The Story of Stuff - this video is just over twenty minutes, which is usually a bit longer than my Internet attention span, but it’s fast-paced and presented in an entertaining manner. It’s basically a quick crash course on how our consumer economy is literally destroying the planet. Please pass the site’s link on after [...]
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Animals always throw up on our rainbows
The other morning I looked into the living room from the kitchen and saw Simon staring down at at the rug in front of him, apparently mesmerized by something colorful and glittery there. A quick mental inventory of all our cat toys, dog toys, and other things in that size and color range yielded [...]
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
A shiny new year
We just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a Happy New Year! The picture above is our Indian festival star paper lantern that we got after Christmas. We’ve always wanted one and they were on sale. When it reflects in our living room windows, it looks like there’s moonlight outside.
This year, we think, [...]
