happy stuff.

hooray! i’m going to visit my new nephew today! i found exceedingly cheap plane tickets last minute and decided pretty quickly that i’d like to spend my birthday meeting him. wish me better travel than the last time i tried to fly somewhere!

yesterday, a boy walked into the storytime room and jubilantly announced, “i’m wearing my spring coat!” and it just about summed up my own joy at the annual shedding of heavy layers. everyone must be coming out of hibernation this week–i had at least 3 new families i’d never seen before show up at my [...]

the past few weeks, on my way to class, i’ve seen art students carrying various art pieces down the street. i suppose that i’m assuming when i say they’re students–i have no proof of that. perhaps it’s early morning art-shoppers? anyway, there is something nice about seeing someone with a sculpture tucked under their arm [...]

my little sister had her baby today! ok, he was actually born really, really early this morning, so i think officially that still counts as “today.” everyone’s doing fine and he’s got a head full of hair. too bad he lives so far away…i’d sure like to meet him in person. congratulations, family of s’s!

hooray for springtime! oh, outdoors, how i’ve missed thee. how i’ve missed hills and breezes and changing scenery and coasting! today the weather is in the 50′s and a group of friends and i took advantage of it to get out on bikes again. wonderful, wonderful outdoor biking!

no, not clothing you wear on your legs that moves of its own accord, short animated films. i get such a kick out of them. when we watched the oscars (the first time i’ve ever watched them in their entirety) i was intrigued by the nominations for animated short and wanted to know where i [...]

airball: my life in briefs by l.d. harkrader fun sports book with lots of basketball play. the 7th grade boys b-ball coach decides to motivate his players by making them play in their underwear. in today’s sensitive society, this book could be seen to have some elements of sexual sketchiness. it’s not sexual abuse and [...]

have i ever told you about my homemade granola? my mom used to make it when we were kids and i loved it. as an adult, i kept trying to find good granola in grocery stores and specialty shops and it was always too hard to chew and too heavy in my stomach, so i [...]

ahhhh….. i feel so caught up! i’m up to date (at least for today) on my 365things blog and i’ve posted all of the pictures here that i’ve had sitting on my camera for awhile now. one last happy thing from yesterday. as i was sitting in class yesterday, gazing out of the large picture [...]

here are the blooms from the forsythia branches i cut off my hedge in late january. aren’t they spring-y and cheerful?