Life on the parkway » Brain Dump

20 – April

shell — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:41:29 +0000

1.) Playoff hockey tonight. Sure they raise my hopes and then crush them flat, but isn’t that what professional sports is all about? Go Sharks!

2.) David got the baby’s armoire into the house and level and all that other stuff that needed to happen before I could wash clothes and put them away. It’ll be good to do something that feels like we’re preparing for her arrival.

3.) Supper last night: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/baked_shrimp_in_tomato_feta_sauce/ Simple. Amazing. And I had everything in the pantry or freezer already.

4.) I’ve got a month’s worth of meals in the downstairs freezer for after the baby comes. When Nathan was born we ate out a lot because it was just easier. I don’t imagine it’ll be easier this time with a three year-old in tow.

5.) Lawn car company hired. Evaporative cooler being serviced Friday. It’s Spring, people!

Two Different Languages

shell — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:51:30 +0000

Nate: Mama, orange ball?
Mama: Um, you have a blue soccer ball, but you don’t have an orange ball.
N: Orange ball, peas?
M: But sweetie you don’t have an orange ball.
N: I say peas. Orange ball. Peas.
M: But…
N: (grabbing me by the clothes and pulling me out of the chair) Orange ball. PEAS! I say peas; you happy.
M: (now standing in front of the refrigerator watching Nate try to pull it open) What are you doing?
N: (pointing to the mandarin oranges) Orange. Ball. Peas.

Why didn’t I think of that?

For Stacy

shell — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:27:48 +0000

She asked …

At the Denver Zoo David helps Nathan scale a wall

Nathan often fakes us out by asking us to sit down and then he gets up and heads off. David fell for the trick at the Denver Zoo this weekend.

I'm so cute it doesn't matter I rarely sleep through the night.

Who is the Greatest Mama EVER?

shell — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:04:55 +0000

I think my head just might pop clear off!!

Isn’t it grand?!?!?!

shell — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:28:27 +0000

Look at all the pretty little snowflakes!!

Quite beautiful

shell — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:34:56 +0000

And quite blow-y! From a look at the sheltered area around the side of the house it looks like we got four to five inches since about six tonight. Not bad. PLease excuse the picture quality. A rather ginormous hot toddy was consumed to fortiefy me for picture taking in the elements. Or something like that.

Standing just inside the front door looking straight out over the parkway. Look how light is the night sky. I love the light when it snows.

This is the view from the "sun" room on the front of the house. The blurry fog is snow, but this image doesn't come close to capturing how peaceful it is tonight.

Al Gore is onto something

shell — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:01:05 +0000

Nathan woke up fussing a bit ago and so now I am awake and I can’t turn off my brain. Specifically the part where we are looking at record high temperatures this week. And zero chance of snow in the foreseeable future. Today I noticed six new buds on my rose next the garage door. Wrong! Then the aspen trees caught my eye. They are budding. In November! I want cold. I want snow. I want to need to wear my new chocolate brown wool coat – even if I’m the only one who adores it.

Next year? I’m not having the sprinklers blown out, the screens pulled off the windows and the storm windows put on, or having the evaporative cooler winterized until at least Thanksgiving. Or maybe Christmas. No, better yet, maybe we just won’t do it at all! Ha! Stupid weather.

: wanders off muttering (Sleep. I just need some sleep and then I can stop obsessing about the weather. Sleep.)

Prop H8 Questions

shell — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:39:46 +0000

Or, why I love Keith Olbermann.

Why We Moved: Reason #3874560

shell — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:30:52 +0000

David stopped for gas on the drive home tonight:

Never ever thought we would see below $2 again. Ever.

While I’m beyond thrilled…

shell — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:14:09 +0000

with the Presidential results, the Hate propositions on the state ballots are making me sad. And angry. One step forward. Two steps back.