happy stuff.

last friday night i went to my very first professional baseball game. (actually, it might have been my first professional sporting event ever. i’m pretty sure the hockey games i’ve seen were all minor league or college.) because it was my first game, we splurged (a little) and got nice seats–second deck, mostly behind first [...]

yesterday, we tried out a new bike route. we took a few wrong turns, so it ended up being about 32 miles (and i was shocked at how tired i was! but it did take us about 2.5 hours and it was hot so….). i think that the website we got the route from called [...]

so, you may remember that i posted about vegetables last winter and how i have so much trouble remembering to eat my veggies…. well, the return of summer reminds me (once again) that i’m just prejudiced against winter vegetables. summer vegetables, i loooooove. yesterday, i made myself a sandwich for lunch. my usual simple summertime [...]

ducklings! this morning, as i drove into the parking lot at work, a family of ducks (mama duck and three little baby ducks) waddled in the cutest little line across the parking spaces.

summer is always my busiest time of year.  when other people are taking deep breaths of no-school air, i’m gearing up for a summer of exciting fun at the library.  every year, i think to myself that the busyness is only when i’m at work and, especially now that i’m taking graduate courses, surely summers [...]

this evening was the first in a month-long series of friday night “movies on the roof” at the local art museum. tonight’s theme was “science fiction.” it’s always a series of shorts–largely experimental and somewhat bizarre. you can sit on grassy patches and bring a blanket and enjoy films under the stars… i love it! [...]

today on my run, i was listening to “mushaboom” by feist (which is possibly my favorite song to run to) and realized that one of the reasons i like it so much is because of all of the concrete images of simple pleasures. i started thinking about other favorite songs of mine that deal with [...]

i could really use some new capri pants that fit, so this weekend, i spent a few hours combing the local goodwill. i actually went to two different stores in my search. for the record, i found zero capris that fit, but i did find a pair of flannel-lined jeans and a bunch of tops [...]

i thought you might like to see a few of the silly photos from my reunion. enjoy!

this morning, as we were leaving the farmer’s market, mr. happy stuff (who now has the new nickname “60 grit” on account of his facial stubble) pointed out a dog that was riding in a car passing by and was sticking his nose as far out the partially opened window as he could. it reminded [...]