Entries from January 2008

January 25, 2008

New Horizons

When Jamie and I started bringing our little ones to the organic co-op on a weekly basis, I never knew how it would change my cooking habits. We haven’t gone back since around October I’m sad to report, but what I really enjoyed(besides the wonderful lunch that followed and scintillating conversation) was the challenge to try [...]

January 23, 2008

A Scientologist on Scientology…

Freaky.

January 21, 2008

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

As we pulled into the empty public library parking lot it dawned on me that this was MLK day.  I knew it was because I wasn’t at work, but I hadn’t thought about it at all.  I respect the work that Dr. King did, however I’m disappointed that it wasn’t all for the name of [...]

January 21, 2008

He signs!!

This morning when Josiah woke up, we could hear him crawl around, talking to himself for a little while. For those of you who may not know, we live in a one-bedroom apartment and Josiah’s crib is about 18 inches from the foot of our bed. This arrangement has some definite pluses like being able [...]

January 20, 2008

Looky! Looky!

I just wanted to show off my pretty new shoes! I have been waiting to get new running shoes for a while now–hoping to reward myself for reaching my goal weight, butI have decided to let these beauties lead me to my goal weight. Since as you might have read below Dirk is entering his [...]

January 20, 2008

2 things to post about…no wait 3

I haven’t posted since the new year began so I probably should.  First, at TMS some of the staff members are going to participate in a biggest loser challenge.  I’ve never actually seen the TV show, but from what I understand people lost weight to win the game.  Well naturally I would like to be [...]

January 18, 2008

Josiah: 9 1/2 month update

Where to begin? Dirk and I are so thrilled to watch Josiah grow and learn–and he has been doing a lot of both lately! It makes my heart swell (cliche, I know) when we see him repeat something we’ve done, or try things out on his own. What a joy it is to be a [...]

January 12, 2008

Hooray! He’s back!

If you have never been to Purgatorio, you should stop reading this and go right now. I’ll wait.
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Its great, isnt it?  Purgatorio is the website that I think pulled Dirk and I into checking blogs regularly. It is wonderful. He had taken a break about a year ago, and recently we discovered that he is [...]

January 12, 2008

Rant

I made it a goal to post some stuff on the blog this weekend and this is the first installment.
I hate plastic shopping bags. I know that they have lots of uses once you get home from your daily trip to the store, but seriously, I can’t handle all these hundreds of bags. I know [...]

January 9, 2008

Geocaching

I am officially announcing my nerdiness. 
Some of you already know that I am a nerd and others will now know.  In October of last year my school district send me and another science teacher from my school to an in-service on the Global Positioning System (GPS).  Most of you will be familiar with these devices [...]