Extreme eating

Posted on March 14, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

A little more than two years ago, Roth went to work for a snack food company. I often joke about my husband’s nuts, or that he goes to work at a nut house, but truly, I’m really happy that he works for such a great local company. They really seem to value his knowledge of [...]

Once more, with feeling

Posted on March 9, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Anyone who knows me in real life or has read my blog for a few years is likely aware of my undying love and adoration for the movie Once, including its soundtrack and its stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, their musical partnership known as The Swell Season, and Glen’s other band The Frames. It’s [...]

Happiness is a memory foam mattress

Posted on March 7, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 5 Comments

I recently read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, and I plan to write more on the subject at some point, but one of my main takeaways from the book is that in order to become happier, I need to identify the things in my life that make me happy — and the things that [...]

Like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket

Posted on March 2, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 7 Comments

I’ve gone and returned from my trip to California, and I’m happy to report that I saw this gorgeous view more than once during our treks to and fro along the coast. I asked this when I posted the above photo on Instagram, and I’ll ask it again here: Was the ocean always this beautiful [...]

It’s always sunny in California

Posted on February 20, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

When the opportunity arose a few weeks ago to go to Los Angeles for a work-related event, at first I was quite grumbly about the prospect of getting on a plane and having to (wo)man a table all by myself to promote a book project I spent the whole of last year traveling to promote. [...]

A day in the life

Posted on February 16, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 11 Comments

6:18 a.m. Lights on after two snoozes. Reluctance to leave bed but my bladder is pissed (ha!) at me by now, a lingering side effect of pregnancy. It should be noted that Roth has been at work since 5 a.m., which means he got up at I don’t even want to know ‘o clock. Rowan [...]

A to Z to me

Posted on February 7, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 9 Comments

If you haven’t noticed, I’m having a bit of dry spell in this here space. I’m not sure what it’s about, really. I think about updating my blog every day, but the more time that passes, the harder it is to come up with some all-encompassing post about our goings-on, and then I just don’t. [...]

When life hands you lemons. And snow.

Posted on January 19, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

I think I might have a bit of PTSD when it comes to snow in Seattle. It’s very hit-or-miss each year as to how much we get – one year, we might see a scant few flakes; the next, several inches for several days at a time, rendering the roads impassable and thus, shutting down [...]

Twenty-eleven

Posted on January 2, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | 3 Comments

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Outside of raising a 2-year-old and all the things that accompany this oh-so-terrible/terrific age, 2011 felt pretty uneventful compared to past years. I’m not complaining, but I hope 2012 is a bit more exciting. Highlights include: –Zumba –Finally going for a pro bra [...]