Mt. Monadnock

Kristian and I climbed Mt. Monadnock today. I am now officially exhaustimicated. I thought that I was in pretty decent shape, but about halfway back down the mountain, my legs…

Hope’s Hair, It is a Changin’

My friend Terry once joked that I change my hair color more often than he changes his underwear. It's funny in a gross sort of way (because, ewwww, do some…

The Donald

They're "upgrading" the gas mains on our street. I'm not quite sure how you can upgrade gas mains. Unless, they've somehow discovered a way to make the gas in my…

Gearing Up For My Photo Class

I'm signed up for a photo class that starts in two weeks and I am so ridiculously excited. I took photo in High School and I loved it. Loved it!…

The Post Where I Don’t Talk About 9-11

Seriously. Too many emotions. Too many buttons to push. REM asked "Should we talk about the weather? Should we talk about the government?" Well, today I choose weather. ------- In…

Best Birthday EVAR

I've always had a love/hate relationship with my birthday. First of all, being born on September 8th always guaranteed that a) in order to get to my birthday, I would…

A Quarter of a Century….

Damn. I'm twenty-five today and already I feel older and wiser. Older, because I'm utterly exhausted and wiser, because I learned a valuable lesson Wednesday night. Namely, that if you…

I am the Greatest Aunt EVER

Seriously. Not only did I buy the kid the most awesomest lobster costume ever (not that there are really any un-awesome lobster costumes), but I also made him this quilt.…