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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Thanksgiving Curry and Pie
Barrett is downstairs making the last of the feast we have planned. Indian food, mashed potatoes and pie are on the menu for Piesgiving this year. Last year we tried eating everything in pie form, but since Barrett and Matt took Indian cooking classes we decided to mix it up. As much as I love …
The Auction is Up!!!
There are SO many completely awesome things in the auction. You must check it out! I’m once again overwhelmed by how generous and wonderful people are. It makes me want to be a good person someday. It sounds like there are a few links out there with issues so I’m putting the shortcut link here: …
From the Mixed-up Seasons of Portland, Oregon
If you’re from here, you might not realize that for most of the rest of the country it is completely insane to have buds in the front of your house fall leaves in the back of your house full blooms sprinkled throughout your yard whole swaths of full summertime green and a peek of snow …
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No Laughing, Are You Kidding Me???
He was not. Kidding me in the least, that is. When I was last at CTCA my surgeon told me with a perfectly straight face (after having just spent the last half-hour applying tourniquet-like pressure to my wound after having removed the rod shoved up my hepatic artery half-way through Start-Pre-Treatment-At-4:30am-Then-Insert-Painful-Device-And-Chemotherapies-And-Make-Bridget-Lie-Flat-On-Her-Back-For-Fourteen-Hours Torture Day) that I …
Only Two More Days!
There are only two more days to donate to the Bridget Kicks Cancer Auction! You can find details about the auction in one of my earlier posts, by clicking a link in the sidebar of my blog, or by going to my friend Amy Baskin’s blog. Thanks to all of the super cool, fabulous people …
The Dark Side
I know I’m lucky that my “neutral” is happy. It makes everything in life a whole lot easier and I realize that a lot of people have to work to get there. I don’t know if I was born that way or if it was a product of reading too many Zen Buddhism books at …
Solutions
It was pointed out, quite rightly, that a parrot, even a sweetie-pie kakapo parrot would be a lot of work and need to be cleaned up after and taught not to be naughty etc. I concede this point and spent some time thinking up an answer to this dilemma, maybe the answer was obvious to …
Hinting Won’t Get You a Parrot
We’re back home. Huzzah! And there were presents waiting here for us. So awesome. There was even a package from Cailin with some cute items from The Great Clothes Swap, including some soft, shiny pants that will be perfect for traveling. I don’t know when I turned into a practical Likes Underwear and Socks for My …
Birthday! Voting Day! Auction!
Today is my birthday. Hurray! I’m currently wearing new pajamas and reading Magic Below Stairs. V. nice birthday so far. Happy Voting Day for everyone who votes regular-like and not by mail. I sort of miss the excitement of Voting Day which I think should be a national holiday, but I actually love voting by …