happy stuff.

ok, i didn’t actually get any poo on my shoes, but i just liked the sound of that as a title and i could have gotten poo on my shoes if i hadn’t been careful–and yet it was a happy thing! this past weekend, i spent some time at a bed and breakfast in amish [...]

i made fresh lemonade to have with my supper tonight. there were two dads in my baby storytime today (that’s somewhat rare). mr. h-s suggested a bike ride for this evening after supper and we got a nice 16 mile ride in. lots of little bunnies on the sides. a woman riding toward us had [...]

my work schedule today allowed me to come home for lunch. i even had time to sneak in a little nap on the porch swing. heaven!

what a lovely weekend i had at my friend’s house. we shopped at too many thrift stores, then we spent the next day shopping at some froo-froo stores on the other side of town. we ate amazing food (mmmm….. gelato….) and chatted and laughed all weekend long.

yesterday, i tried to get from chicago to detroit to visit a friend of mine. i left my home town and flew to chicago where i learned (after a four hour wait in line at customer service) that the soonest i would be able to get onto a confirmed flight out of chicago would be [...]

this morning, miracle of miracles, i was alert early enough that i had time to go for a run before work and before it got hot. this is really my favorite time to run, but i’ve been having trouble with motivation this summer. i didn’t have time for a full three miles, so i decided [...]

nothing much feels better, after a long, sweaty run, than a cool dry breeze during the last stretch.

have i mentioned before that i am a listmaker extraordinaire? i looooove to check things off of lists. i have been known to write down tasks that i just completed (that for whatever reason hadn’t actually made it to the list) just so i could check them off. i am also a packrat and hate [...]

i love the smell of a jar of peanuts (or peanut butter or nutella…) when you first open up the can. i always have to take a deep inhaling sniff. it’s like the first bite of an apple* or that little burst of sweet saliva under your tongue that happens sometimes–it’s fleeting, but wonderful and [...]

yesterday, we visited an aquarium. i wasn’t really aaaaalllllllll that excited about it, but once we got in, i found myself fascinated with some of the bizarro creatures found underwater. the sea anemones and spiny urchins and starfish were just gorgeous. the penguins were really fun to watch (i love how they shoot up through [...]