Archives: February2009

• so my dad calls today

  and says, “everyone is alright”
  which is the first clue that something has happened that is perhaps not ideal.
  apparently my uncle and aunt’s house in RI (if you’re in the area and you see a report about a dog saving a family from a house fire, that’s them) — they’re fine, but about half the house was severely damaged. the story (complete with ‘metro news one’ style news report” can be found here:
  http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_wpri_north_kingstown_georgia_ave_fire_dog_saves_family_20090226
  it’s a lot better than it could have been. [...]

• Alex is thinking he may watch Fight Club next…

  Alex is thinking he may watch Fight Club next…, originally uploaded by turnerhq.
  It’s been a long time since I posted pictures of the boy, and this is one of my current favorites. Flickr is a holy mess (meaning nothing is in sets or tagged that was recently updated) but if you look through the latest uploads there’s a lot of new pictures of the boy.
  11 months tomorrow.

• since i can’t start where i left off, i’ll start where i am

  i keep wanting to post; one might say i’ve needed to. but i start my posts and don’t know what else i haven’t even talk about — a great example is the new job (and it’s not so new now at 6 months in) that i never really explained. so i figure i’ll just start where i am, and add background where needed. it’s time to start putting virtual pen to paper and emptying out my head again.
  i’ve been [...]

• when we last left our… wait, what was i saying?

  i have a cold. saturday night it hit me like a freight train. invest in puffs people, because i’ve already gone through two boxes.
  but i should start at the beginning.
  friday was my husband’s 30th birthday. finally, for 5 short years we are once more in the same decade. i would be lying if i didn’t say it was hard to be 35 with a 29 year old husband. i felt almost cougarish. it was a great time, and some [...]