November 2, 2006 | Growing, Woohoo!

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

—Plato

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October 26, 2006 | Woohoo!

Love is having a really frustrating, rotten, horrible, aggravating day yesterday and then losing my sitter and running around frantic to find someone who can come stay with the kids so that I can get to the airport, and then getting to the airport, finally, and mostly forgetting all about the stupidness that came earlier in the day.

Love is sitting here working, and being able to glance over at this and feeling that right now, all is right with the world.

Happy Love Thursday, everyone.

July 31, 2006 | Friends, Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Woohoo!

I am home! I am exhausted! And I am (apparently) still on Pacific time, so here I am.

I am RIGHT AT THIS VERY MOMENT licking my cable modem, because it’s just so goshdarned nice to, you know, HAVE INTERNET. (My favorite internet-connectivity—or lack thereof—moment from this weekend: Someone leaning over to me and saying, “You know, even at a conference that isn’t ABOUT THE INTERNET I can CHECK MY EMAIL.”)

We brought the system to its knees, I guess, and it turns out that I really CAN live for a few days without checking my email or blogging, though it was touch-and-go there for a little bit.

Anyway, I must SLEEP, but there are a few things to say, first, before I burst into flame what with all the unrequited blogging energy. (more…)

July 28, 2006 | Woohoo!

The freebies here are NOT TO BE BELIEVED.

I offer for your consideration, this lovely item made available by ThisNext. It really has to be seen to be believed.

Don’t believe? Take a look.

Here we have our kick-ass freebie modelled by the lovely Her Bad Mother of this place.

I may just skip the rest of the conference.

July 26, 2006 | Woohoo!

And so have we.

Chris and I have arrived in San Jose and are having way more fun than should be legal. Well, I am. Chris keeps saying something about how I’m mean. I’m sure she’s joking.

I made sure our trek started out right by forcing her to pose for a commemorative photo. As you can see, she is disgustingly photogenic and approximately the size of a sparrow. Bitch.

[Edited to add: Here is the view I enjoyed for most of the trip. There may have also been mountains and stuff out the window, I dunno.]

June 27, 2006 | Woohoo!

Lookie there… we’re up and running.

Welcome to the third (and hopefully final) home of Woulda Coulda Shoulda. Come on in and make yourself at home.

Just ignore all those chunks of hair littered about. I ripped them out during the nameserver debacle.

June 11, 2006 | Woohoo!

Today was Children’s Sunday at church, and the entire service was by and for the kids. One little girl kept wandering up front and just standing there, clearly pleased with herself, but refusing to sing or participate in any way other than being adorable. I ate her.

Chickadee was an acolyte, and also received a bible along with the rest of the second graders. She was good as gold all morning. Monkey cried because he DIDN’T get a bible, and no amount of pointing out that we own MULTIPLE bibles or that he would receive his very own bible when HE is in second grade would soothe him. It was a tragedy. Until he turned his program into a paper airplane, and then all was right with the world again. Phew.

We had a good day, me and my kiddos. We needed it.

So, hey, would you like to see what I’ve been doing when I haven’t been busy paddling around in the basement? I think it’s time to declare it open for business. Come on over.

September 15, 2005 | Woohoo!

Ladies and gentlemen: At the tender age of five-and-three-quarters, my son just enjoyed his very first (”may contain traces of peanuts”) Ding Dong. His comment, when I asked him how it was? “MMMMMMMMM!!!”

Party at my place, tonight. Nutter butters all around! Oh, but not for Puppy. Though Monkey swears his new collar says he’s allergic to doctors’ offices.

Today, my friends, is a Very Good Day indeed.

September 5, 2005 | Woohoo!

Today was gorgeous. We couldn’t have ordered better weather for Labor Day; for running around outside (the kids), for relaxing on the porch (us), for grilling and holding hands around the table and singing grace and enjoying the meal and the company.

It was a wonderful reminder. As a dear friend of mine says: Life is hard. God is good.

It’s the balance between the two that I often have trouble achieving. Today, it was easier.

Here’s a partial list of some things I got to have today. I’ll leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine which ones I’ll remember with clarity a year from now, and which ones are already fading from memory:
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February 6, 2005 | Woohoo!

If there was a great big cosmic menu from which one could order up the appropriate experience(s) at any given time, the weekend before returning to full-time employment would be a no-brainer.

There should be food. Lots of food. Good food. Preferably, there should be both wine glasses and chocolate involved.

And good company with which to share it all. Laughter is imperative. Breathlessness is icing.

Sight-seeing is optional but recommended. The accidental scenic route is just more time to spend together in the sunshine, singing along with the CD player.

Yeah. That’s about how it should be. Thank you.