Archive for October, 2007

playing catch up

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Reading her blog today reminded me that I’d been tagged, too. Oh dear. Better late than never! Here goes:
1. What is your schools name and why?
Same as Angela: I don’t go to school.
2. How is your weather today?
Sunny and high 60s — a perfect autumn day.
3. What steals your joy?
Way too many things. And [...]

babies

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Have you seen this one?

Mmmm. Nice memories.
Have you seen this one?

Last night, when he was safely tucked in under a generous layering of quilts (brrr!), I slipped out to the couch where Ryan was coding [working]. And for the longest time, we just smiled, sighed, and talked about what a blessing our little man [...]

rain, rain.

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Yup, that’s our weather today. The days of perpetual sunshine and cloudless skies have given way to a wet season of rainy days.
In fact, we’ve turned the heat on, in an attempt to chase out the damp cold.
I think we just may put that fireplace to work.

home sweet home

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Home at last.
I say, “at last” because I was gone for three weeks (!), but also because there were, yet again, unfortunate happenings in the process of flying home.
Looooong story short, my flight was scheduled to leave Syracuse at 6pm, arrive in Atlanta, and then I’d get on another plane an hour later and head [...]

today, yesterday…

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

It’s cold, gray, and rainy.
It’s the kind of day that somehow smells like a cup of hot chai. Because you know that the only way to truly redeem a day like today is to sit with an afghan and sip something hot and spiced.
Ahh. Yes, days like today are an excuse to revel in everything [...]

fall and princesses.

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

It’s fall here.
The temperature is hovering somewhere in the warm 60’s, warm enough to just stand outside, with a summer skirt and bare legs, and feel fall.
The sky is all drama — you know how fall can be a bit over the top — with thick clouds, broken by occasional bits of golden sunlight.
The [...]