One of the joys I have is working in the yard. Really! For me, it’s the best of all worlds: creating something I can call my handiwork and the solitude that comes with everything from mowing the lawn to spending an hour pulling weeds, planting flowers, edging, etc. It’s something I look forward to with [...]
Archive for May, 2008
How To Spend A Saturday Afternoon
I’ve been running on 4-6hrs sleep the past few months, and it’s caught up to me. After a 8am soccer game + team pictures, I was dragging. We came back home and tried watching the PBS series Carrier, but I kept dozing off. Finally, I decided to see what the kids were up to. Olivia [...]
My Eighty Dollar Fill Up: How I stopped worrying and learned to love my SUV.
Yesterday, I happened to fill up our Ford Expedition, which was pretty much on ‘E’ (it’s a guy thing). It was a day off, so I was in no hurry and casually looked around as the numbers clicked off. By the time the pump stopped, I was in for $80 exactly. Wow. While I can’t [...]
MyBlogLog + Yahoo! ID: Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?
I’m frustrated this morning by the Rube Goldberg contraption Yahoo! ID calls user verification. For those of you who have suffered through forgetting your username or password on Yahoo!, you know just how infinitely stupid the process you have to go through is. This morning, I wanted to peruse my MyBlogLog account, and had a [...]