Please watch the video of James' voting.
As he said it, he never heard "my daddy talk about voting."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96597059

it's a boy

Sometimes I am shocked by the "boy" factor of my son. Tonight he was looking at the Fantastic Four DVD cover (it's a work thing) and pointing to Jessica Alba, he says, "Mom, see that girl with the boobs; I like her."

WHAT?!?!

tee-hee

There is a reason that I don't blog very often--because when I do, I leave my one reader on the edge of her seat for weeks at a time. :) So, after all the wringing of hands and wondering, I withdrew my application for the less stressful/less money job prior to my interview. I like what I do now and see an end in sight (see previous post).

I see something else, maybe...

After the former post about bicycling and school, my employer presented me a different position-- better hours during the school year, less stress, and less money. I have applied, but don't know if it is the direction I really want to go. I have an interview next week...

is this a problem?

I think I have a red shoe fetish. Currently, I have six pairs in my closet and recently passed along 3 other pairs (Sorry, no photos of those)...



From the top: New Red Keens (Vagabond 2008), First pair of red shoes-- Londons from London (2001), Red Birkenstocks still covered in winter Chicago salt (Madison, E's graduation, 2007), Pink is the summer red (2007, Stayed in an yurk in Spooner, WI), Red Simples (The Heel, 2006), I even have red slippers (Land's End)

i'm loving

Clean room, clean closet, homemade jewelry rack, flowers from the garden.


Homemade pirate with the boy.

Suddenly I See

I have been praying and wondering about what our future holds and this weekend, it suddenly became clear...a new dream, a new goal. I hope to work until next May, then would like bicycle across the country in three months with Ethan. Following this wee excursion (just over 4000 miles--Maine to Oregon), I hope to return to school to earn a teaching certificate. So, that's the new dream. We'll see if it happens...

more than brats-n-beer

One of the main reasons I moved back to my hometown was to be near the family cottage. Beginning Memorial Day Weekend and stretching into late autumn, the boy and I spend the majority of our weekends enjoying perfection:

i'm loving

my new bike adjusted just for me.

rode 50 yesterday and can't wait to ride more.
If you are bicycle shopping, I cannot say enough about purchasing one from "Stretch" at Nor Door Sport & Cyclery: http://nordoorsports.com/
It is definitely worth the trek to Fish Creek.

memories

i heard someone say of their elder mother, "i want her last memories to be of me, but they're not." this really struck me as my grandmother lives with alzheimers and recently has been hospitalized for her fragile state.

thinking again about things i love. as an avid blog reader, i must say one that i look at everyday is "The Year in Pictures." If you are interested in "real" photography, check it out: www.pictureyear.blogspot.com/

yes, we can

"In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more and nothing less than what all the world's great religions demand — that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Let us be our brother's keeper, scripture tells us. Let us be our sister's keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well.

For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle — as we did in the O.J. trial — or in the wake of tragedy — as we did in the aftermath of Katrina — or as fodder for the nightly news. We can play Reverend Wright's sermons on every channel, every day and talk about them from now until the election, and make the only question in this campaign whether or not the American people think that I somehow believe or sympathize with his most offensive words. We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she's playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies.

We can do that.

But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction. And then another one. And then another one. And nothing will change."

Read the entire speech here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88478467

does gmail read my email and then place an advertisement promoting a portion of the subject? i noticed this last week when a friend and i were having a conversation about politics, and today i had an email about yoga and lo-behold a yoga ad runs. strange.

Last night we had a young adult suffer a major heartache and die at work. Today, we spent the day processing and grieving with the kids. One of the babies had loads of questions that I did the best to answer. This particular baby has been gifted with unusually large lips and he said to me, "I heard that the staff couldn't give him [the young man] CPR 'cause his lips are too big." My heart hurts.

a few more

3. sweet potato pancakes from the Moosewood Collection


4. sunny days with yarn, letters, and a good book

a new direction

Since I never seem to post, I have decided to take this wee blog in a new direction and post things that I am thankful for or love. :)

First things first:
1. My Credit Card Balance

Outstanding balance	$0.00

2. The Boy and Winter