Jul 29th, 2010 | Uncategorized, life, photos | 7 Comments
Part One, if you missed it
- Begin staining process. Convince husband that he really has to do the staining himself because you would mess it up.
- Start to believe it yourself.
- Realize this process is taking four times as long as you had planned.
- Feign normalcy by inviting friend and three-year old daughter over to lunch in the basement. Reassure three-year old, upon urinating on the floor, that she wasn’t the first to pee on the floor that day.
- Resume role filling scratches and holes with wood putty because you are an equal partner in this project.
- Go ladycamping while husband stays behind to stain. Decorate your own coozie and drink vodka-spiked Capri Suns. Talk about periods.
- Realize giant pimp tent is less claustrophobic than basement, smells better.
- Return to beautiful, untouchable floors.
- Clean up basement dog pee, vomit, poop, and shredded personal items.
- Repeat #9.
- Repeat #10
- Referee countless rounds of Basement Dog Thunderdome.
- Thank Baby Jesus for awesome husband as he seals the floors.
- Agree to do all tangential helper-type activities until floors are finished.
- Do that shit with a smile.
- Relax in clean, fresh, carpet-free bedroom. Breathe.
Please to ignore our bare bedroom. We’ve only moved essentials thus far. More pics on Flickr.
Jul 16th, 2010 | Fun, MamaPop, Uncategorized, bloggety stuff, education, family, life | No Comments
Sunday I turned 30. Truth be told, I have relatively little anxiety about it. I was too damn stressed last Thursday and Friday, what with the complete failure of my hard drive on Thursday and (delayed) travel to school on Friday. I have a lot of friends who are older than me, which must be because I’m so mature I pronounce it matoor, so it just wasn’t that big of a deal. I’m lucky to have the life that I have; it’s a damn good one. And, I lost 15 pounds in the last three months. → continue reading
Jul 9th, 2010 | MamaPop, Sporty, Uncategorized, education, life | 4 Comments
So I’m a procrastinator anyway, and I had allotted all day yesterday to crank out a paper that is due today. That’s how I do it. I got a system. Long story short, about 45 minutes after sitting down at a local coffee establishment to get cracking, my two-year-old MacBook freezes, and when I restart, I get the blinking file icon of death. I know what this means. I know that I’m fucked. I also know that I haven’t backed up in a while. SO GO BACK UP, KIDS.
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Jun 7th, 2010 | Fun, Uncategorized, family, life | 2 Comments
I’ve been off the grid, taking a much-needed road trip down South. Chris’s sister moved to Florida, so we drove the U-Haul down to Orlando, then rented a car and spent some time on the coast. It was wonderful and I’m still mentally recovering and trying to catch up in St Louis. Check out a few cool things we saw during our trip.
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Feb 24th, 2010 | Food, Fun, St Louis, Uncategorized, feminism, good deeds | 2 Comments
***Cross-posted at Food Blog Mafia
Recently I joined the new Young Professionals board for Safe Connections. If you aren’t familiar with Safe Connections:
As the oldest and largest locally-founded agency serving abused women and teens in the St. Louis region, Safe Connections is essential core of resources and support for survivors of violence. Safe Connections is the only agency providing integrated services for women who have been victimized by domestic violence, sexual assault, rape and/or childhood sexual abuse. (from Safe Connections’ About Us)
Safe Connections provides vital services for women and teens in the area who are survivors of violence, and their work is an area where the need for help is almost always greater than what they can provide. The Young Professionals is a new group formed by Safe Connections to gain volunteers and supporters in the 21-40 age group who can help Safe Connections expand their mission and services.
We’re hosting a happy hour to raise awareness about and gain membership for Safe Connections and our Young Professionals group. This event will be held at Pi in the Central West End on Wednesday, March 3, from 5-7. Chris Sommers, who owns Pi, is also a member of the Young Professionals group, and Pi will be offering half-price appetizers and drink specials for those in attendance. You should come. You need no reason to go to Pi and have a cocktail on a Wednesday, and this gives you free reign to claim it as your good deed for the day or week should you see fit.
Domestic violence is an issue that does not discriminate based on race, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or religion. I’d love to see you guys come out, particularly my lady-blogger friends.
Feb 11th, 2010 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
If you are in the St Louis area, please check out Justin’s posts over at the Yellow Tree Farms blog. We are growing plants for sale this year for your herb/veggie garden, and because we have limited space to grow these seedlings with the various projects we’re working on, we’re taking preorders. All the plants are grown using organic methods, and many plants are grown from certified organic or heirloom seeds. I truly believe we’re offering the best variety of plants in the area, especially in terms of tomatoes. If you are interested or have questions, e-mail Justin at justin <at> yellowtreefarm <dot> com.
Feb 4th, 2010 | Food, Garden, St Louis, Uncategorized, education, life, work | 8 Comments
The Bad News (because I’d rather get it out of the way first):
When I left my job helping unqualified people become underwhelming teachers (I KID, at least five of them were competent. Ashley, you’re one of them), I went to work with a friend, helping her with the small business she owned. When I started working with her, we set a three-month trial period, at the end of which either of us could withdraw from the arrangement, no hard feelings. Unfortunately, due to a really crappy economy, she really couldn’t afford to keep me after three and a half months, which I expected. Therefore, as of Friday, I have no substantive incoming coming in regularly.
Which kind of sucks. → continue reading
Dec 18th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Hey all…
It takes an e-mail from BlogHer Ads for me to realize I haven’t posted in two weeks. I’m here; I’m fine. I just haven’t been able to succinctly say…anything, really. I think I burned myself out by spending three solid days writing my case study for class this semester. But I’m not leaving or anything. You can check my pulse over at Twitter. I promise I’ll post for realsies next week.
Until then, you can read my last two Novice Foodie columns to tide you over…
Nov 30th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments
It’s back! A&E’s Hoarders is a guilty pleasure. These people are literally consumed by their possessions. I watch a lot of shows about people’s issues. Actually, most reality television is ultimately about people’s issues, but none seem so intimate, so shame-inducing, so hopeless as Hoarders. At least with shows like Intervention, the show offers some type of realistic help (and, with it, hope) to those they profile. With Hoarders, the show’s format (hoarder has a 1-800-GOT-JUNK crew for two days, plus either a therapist or life coach) doesn’t even allow for much help. The hoarder won’t just give up their “stuff” cold turkey.
ANYWAY, onward to our new season. → continue reading
Nov 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
at National Blog Posting Month.
Carry on.
