Archive for November, 2009
I was away from the computer all day yesterday, so I missed out on posting my list of the things for which I’m thankful. In no particular order:
- coffee (as nurturing as mother’s milk for the over-tired adult)
- a pretty freakin’ good life with a great partner, cool cats, and a new city that we’re really enjoying
- relative financial stability, thanks to savings, a good job for SB, and part time jobs that keep me hoppin’
- continued good health for my family, including my grandparents who are still navigating the stairs in their split level house at 91 and 89
- finding friends and community through SELMA
- eligibility for insurance as SB’s “Other Qualifying Adult”
- losing enough weight in the last couple of years to fit perfectly into my aunt’s wool skirts from high school and my grandma’s party dresses from the 60s = major vintage clothing haul from the Bon Ton Fesenmeyer
- connecting with friends over this long weekend – Jason and Sonya in Iowa (4th Thanksgiving in a row!), then (almost) the rest of the GSLIS crew in Chicago tomorrow night
- a new brother in law and our first niece or nephew on the way for a spring delivery!
- lots of options for local between the farmers’ market, the co-op, and Plum Market
- a puffy fluffy green jacket to get me through the winter, especially as I hear it snowed this morning in A2
- the safe arrival of Milo!
- rediscovering knitting, improving the x-stitch, and figuring out my sewing machine
- so many ways to stay connected to all the people we love in all corners of the country and the planet
November 27th, 2009
I’ve been knitting up a storm since mid-October. Linda posted about getting the baby presents, so I can safely post the pictures I took of the hat and leg warmers (pictured here on Fusby’s arms) that I knit for baby Milo. Hooray!
November 24th, 2009
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Rob Brezsny’s Astrology Newsletter
November 18, 2009
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There is a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher appears,” writes Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book *Women Who Run with the Wolves.* But the magic of that formula may not unfold with smooth simplicity, she says: “The teacher comes when the soul, not the ego, is ready. The teacher comes when the soul calls, and thank goodness — for the ego is never fully ready.” I’d love it if the information I just provided encouraged you to feel right at home with the jarring yet nurturing lessons that are on the way.
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Continue Reading November 18th, 2009
When I got my job at Cooley, I said that I thought it would be neat to be on the ground floor of a new library – something that just doesn’t happen all that often these days. I didn’t realize that meant that I would be literally putting the books on the shelves. The books arrived on Tuesday, and I spent 14 hours between Thursday and Friday shelving. My hands are formed in leetle claws the shape of the ALR, though I’m sure my pain is nothing compared to my coworkers who were there all week.
On the bright side, I haven’t felt bad about not exercising because omg it hurts to move. On the not-so-bright side, that means I’ve been too sore to run during the rare November weekend in the 60s. Maybe today – if the Decennial Digests don’t beat me down.
November 8th, 2009
