I must acquire ice cream TODAY. For one thing, my little love affair with the heat is going to be coming to an end soon if you can believe what you read online. This could be the last truly hot day of the year and ice cream is definitely called for. For another, I won’t …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Pedal, Pedal, Cooooooaaaast
It’s 105 degrees or something outrageous here in Portland and, like most Portlanders, we don’t have air conditioning, but I have to admit I kind of like it. Granted, it only gets this hot a couple of times of year here, so there’s definitely the novelty factor. Plus, it isn’t even humid like it was …
Jelly Brain
I was going to title this post “Anti-Nausea Suppositories Are A Girl’s Best Friend” but was advised that no one really wants to hear about that. But I feel it’s an important public service message — I know the whole thing sounds gross, but not as gross as actually throwing up. Which is really no …
Awesomeness and New Love
Many of you have commented on my last Happy Gift Receiving post by mentioning that Meg Cabot is awesome and I have to agree and also direct you to her blog post today which is entirely about cake. I know some of you have been reading this blog for a while and/or had lengthy conversations …
The Week in Gifts
The weekend up in Port Townsend was so fun and such a nice break — it was hard to come back to chemo-land, BUT I got prezzies this week that softened the blow. V. thrilling ones too. First, there’s the bling I got while in Port Townsend. My dad and Diana’s friend Dan the Jewelry …
Our Big Adventure
We made it! Port Townsend, WA — four whole hours away from Portland. We’d planned this big adventure and doubted if it would ever happen — four hours might not seem like much, but when I kept popping into the Emergency Room here and there for one thing or another, it seemed like an impossibility …