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…

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.…

New Hotness

I bought the hype and went shopping this past tax-free weekend. It was a brilliant move, really. What better way to spend a Sunday when you're already not feeling well…

I Feel That I May Swoon

Wow. I don't know if I've all of a sudden developed allergies that I never knew about or if I have the mother of all head colds... but suddenly I…