I am so blogonamous!
11.25.2010
Giving Thanks...signed, Domesticated Woman
Okay, I am feeling no more domesticated than I was 2 months ago...but as of almost 2 months ago, I became a married woman. I now, on Thanksgiving's Eve, give thanks for my wonderful, newly-minted husband, my new family, and most of all, my old family - being the family I was thankfully and miraculously (sp?) stuck with at birth. Here's a sneak peak at a future post about the fantastic wedding Fiance (now Husband) and I put together and pulled off with aLOT of help.
9.16.2010
16 Days and Counting...
I have not posted since July and I won't even apologize for it. I am marrying the Fiance in 16 days, and there's still some work to do. We are on track, but that is thanks to me neglecting things like blogging, job-hunting, and networking for my firm. Okay, I've done a little of all those things but not in the focused way I had prior to the summer. I do promise to be back with some wedding pictures and my usual observations on life on the margins in no less than a month. I have not abandoned you, my lonely little blog!
6.17.2010
The Garden of Eden
In our backyard, that is. Tomatoes are popping up, peas will be coming soon, and we’ve been eating our own mint, cilantro, and basil for a couple weeks now. I made a basil pesto to go with freshly made pasta last week – yum! I will never get over the miracle of plants – if you plant them, they will grow! We are planning on planting some pumpkin and squash seeds in an unused and very sunny side of our garage. Our next mission is to get some cherry tomato plants at the Eastern Market this Saturday and then plant away! I will probably post a few pictures of the yard with our little patch of paradise next time. Yes, winter is over!!
In other news, I have been away so long due to a health scare (hopefully resolved soon!) with Fiance, which takes priority over everything else. Before the health scare, though, we went up north to check out the wedding site and got some vendors locked in. This may be a bit repetitive, but I am so much more at ease knowing there will be music, flowers, and other things that are kind of necessary at weddings…particularly ministers!
Hope your weather is as good as ours!
6.02.2010
In Praise of Cohabitation
I just wanted to give props to my handsome, dashing Fiance, who just finished installing a ceiling fan in our bedroom! So romantic! He sleeps with this fan on his bedside table, and it kind of gets on my nerves sometimes, so he agreed to not use it during the winter (makes sense right? It’s cold!). Now that the weather is warm, though, the fan has reared its unsightly head and constant whir. At Lowes the other day, we happened across a sale price for a ceiling fan, went for it, and despite Fiance’s recent problem with dizzy spells, he installed the thing almost immediately. Whether it’s his love for me or his love for all things Fan that drove him to such motivated efficiency, I’m happy. Now if I can fully wean him off the bedside fan…
Here’s to living with a Handy Man!
5.09.2010
MishMash
The Fiance's off with friends so I am home, having some fun of my own...um, blogging....
Okay, my life is not the most exciting, but I do have some positives to discuss. First, I had a volunteer "opportunity" - it's not work, it's an "opportunity" - at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum annual plant sale. I worked as a cashier's assistant and then at plant pick-up, which is a coat-check system for plant shoppers who want to continue to shop or need to bring their cars around for loading. It would have been a fantastically good time except that it was probably 40 or colder with the constantly gusting wind chill. I was miserable. Then, on only two days' notice, I had to show up at my bartending job (not my usual night to work), which was fine because it was warm. I was so exhausted after 8 hours out in the cold (and did I mention that I worked the night before, so I only got 5 hours of fitful sleep, due to thrashing winds?) and was therefore afraid I'd snap, and unleash my exhausted fury on a co-worker or customer. I didn't, though, and that is more a credit to the nice people I work with and the nice clientele than it is a credit to me, though I am pretty nice too, most of the time.
I may have been a bit short with my sister, though, who has been discussing wedding colors and bridesmaid/flower girl dresses with me (she's a bridesmaid, her 6 year old Miss C is a flower girl). I was too tired and confused to talk dresses at the end of the day, so I hope I didn't sound too awful and negative, but I probably did. But a new week begins tomorrow, and with it, a new chance to register for fantastic wedding gifts (why is this less fun than it sounds??), a new chance to find my wedding dress fabric (in case of failure, break seal on credit card and buy a damn ready-made dress!), a new chance to find someone to marry us (did I not mention that shortcoming in our Big Wedding Plans??? Actually, I think I did!).
I've updated the book list to the right. Good stuff now, so check it out! My main book right now is Unfinished Desires, somewhat of a mystery the way it is set up...deep dark secrets, etc. Poseidon's Steed is research for a novel I will someday, God Willing, write. And Say You're One of Them is another in a series of recently (deservedly) popular books out of native African writers...well written, populated by figures that jump off the page with their human-ness, and quite foreign, which gives me a chance to learn about the world I am economically limited from exploring at this particular time. And I am still basking in the afterglow of having finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay...new book soon, please Mr. Chabon!
All is well in the world for now. I hope for the same for you, my readers.
Okay, my life is not the most exciting, but I do have some positives to discuss. First, I had a volunteer "opportunity" - it's not work, it's an "opportunity" - at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum annual plant sale. I worked as a cashier's assistant and then at plant pick-up, which is a coat-check system for plant shoppers who want to continue to shop or need to bring their cars around for loading. It would have been a fantastically good time except that it was probably 40 or colder with the constantly gusting wind chill. I was miserable. Then, on only two days' notice, I had to show up at my bartending job (not my usual night to work), which was fine because it was warm. I was so exhausted after 8 hours out in the cold (and did I mention that I worked the night before, so I only got 5 hours of fitful sleep, due to thrashing winds?) and was therefore afraid I'd snap, and unleash my exhausted fury on a co-worker or customer. I didn't, though, and that is more a credit to the nice people I work with and the nice clientele than it is a credit to me, though I am pretty nice too, most of the time.
I may have been a bit short with my sister, though, who has been discussing wedding colors and bridesmaid/flower girl dresses with me (she's a bridesmaid, her 6 year old Miss C is a flower girl). I was too tired and confused to talk dresses at the end of the day, so I hope I didn't sound too awful and negative, but I probably did. But a new week begins tomorrow, and with it, a new chance to register for fantastic wedding gifts (why is this less fun than it sounds??), a new chance to find my wedding dress fabric (in case of failure, break seal on credit card and buy a damn ready-made dress!), a new chance to find someone to marry us (did I not mention that shortcoming in our Big Wedding Plans??? Actually, I think I did!).
I've updated the book list to the right. Good stuff now, so check it out! My main book right now is Unfinished Desires, somewhat of a mystery the way it is set up...deep dark secrets, etc. Poseidon's Steed is research for a novel I will someday, God Willing, write. And Say You're One of Them is another in a series of recently (deservedly) popular books out of native African writers...well written, populated by figures that jump off the page with their human-ness, and quite foreign, which gives me a chance to learn about the world I am economically limited from exploring at this particular time. And I am still basking in the afterglow of having finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay...new book soon, please Mr. Chabon!
All is well in the world for now. I hope for the same for you, my readers.
5.05.2010
I’m Okay with May
So happy to have good weather! And it is gorgeous weather indeed! Short sleeve wearin’, dandelion-pickin’, tomato-plantin’ weather! Aaahh, I forgot there was any reason to live in Michigan until this month arrived with its light breezes (and fair amount of rain) and sun to bask in!
I just got back from a tutor social for the tutors at Washtenaw Literacy, which is an adult literacy non-profit. Nice people and a good cause! I will be administering the blog for the yearly fundraiser, World in a Basket, which I will be missing this year because it is the day before our wedding. Nothing else going on. I have a little bit of work trickling in, not much, though May is Wedding Month, and hopefully the rest of summer is Work and Earn Lots of Money time! Off to bask in the season!
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