The Bwun had a checkup last week, and while we were waiting for the doctor, the Romgi and I had a conversation that went something like this:
me: I can’t believe the Bwun is four months old.
the Romgi: I know! It seems like we just brought him home from the hospital.
me: …No, it seems like we’ve [...]
Archive for June, 2009
29 Jun
Perspective
29 Jun
I said I would write
I recently decided to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from my diet. It wasn’t an effort to lose weight or be healthier so much as a realization that that stuff is everywhere – and I want to feel like I choose what I eat. I think the decision was actually spurred by a late-night snack [...]
27 Jun
The Glass Onion jewelry
{Just to be frank, I’m telling you about this because it increases my chances of winning. Not because I want the competition from you.}
Right now at Perch you can enter a giveaway for a pair of vintage post earrings from The Glass Onion. The contest runs through July 8 and all you have to do [...]
26 Jun
For the Weekend
Despite my miserably horribly wretched headache and the fact that the Romgi has to work tomorrow morning, I’m so glad it’s the weekend because…
we get to go to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner!
The Romgi got a $50 giftcard from work because he’s fantastic, and we wanted to celebrate our month-long eat-things-like-Ramen-and-cereal now-we-have-no-balance-on-the-credit-card accomplishment. Here’s to [...]
26 Jun
The Fablehaven Series
by Brandon Mull
All I can say is: why do I have to wait until next year to read book 5?
Ok, that’s not all. Many thanks to Katie for loaning me not only Fablehaven but also books 2, 3, and 4, which I read over a span of about 3 days and nights. (If I didn’t [...]
26 Jun
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
I confess to knowing very little about the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde character beforehand, although that was partly intentional. I’ve wanted to read the book for a while and so tried to avoid spoiling the whole plot. Most of what I knew was that Jekyll is good and transforms into Hyde, who is [...]
26 Jun
The Trolls
by Polly Horvath
This was another instance where I got my “suggested reading” lists mixed up. I thought this one was from the suggested children’s fantasy – but it is in fact from the 6th grade reading list. Imagine my disappointment when I found the book really had little to do with trolls and nothing to [...]
26 Jun
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
I put off reading this for a long time because I saw the movie (actually, my mom let me play hooky from school when it came out and we went to see it together – sweet!) and all I remembered was something about a rhinoceros. In fact, it turns out to be quite [...]
26 Jun
The People of Sparks
by Jeanne DuPrau
It’s been almost four years since I read The City of Ember, the first in DuPrau’s series about civilization after a series of wars that destroyed much of the planet’s cities, structures, and resources. In The City of Ember, a group of people has been living underground for over 100 years with their [...]
25 Jun
Just Average
Before becoming parents, the Romgi and I discussed at length the alarming trend to label children as geniuses for hitting developmental milestones early or for showing some talent in any given sphere. Surely you’re familiar with the Lake Wobegon effect (all the children are above average). We didn’t want to go into parenthood by taking [...]
I want to save the world. I love songs with electric guitar solos. And I blush easily.
