The universe must love me, because it recently gave me free books. A clerical error resulted in my receiving a box of books from Featherproof Books that I hadn’t ordered. The good-hearted, book-loving people at Featherproof then saw fit to …
I had the follow-up ultrasound today, and everything looked good! The velocity was slightly lower than last week’s. The concern was that the trend would continue upward. So far, so good. I go back for another check next week, but …
This kid? Whether she’s born at 40 weeks or sooner, one thing is absolutely certain. She’s coming into the world with no shortage of knitwear, most of it designed just for her. When it comes to knits for myself or …
I need to learn to keep my big mouth shut. Remember how in the last post I was so sure the doctor was having us continue the ultrasound monitoring mostly to work us for the insurance money? Well, never mind. …
We had him put down today. It was time. He’d been sick with kidney disease for a long time, and in this past week it became clear we weren’t doing him any favors by keeping him around. The house is …
This year was our first attempt at year-round gardening. All in all, not a bad first effort, though there are things I’ll do differently next time. In the fall, it looked like this: Now, it looks like this: The garden …
And 36-year-old Cari is quite amused, too. Look! Oh, the wonders of the Internet! Pull My Daisy! The whole short film! (Via Stupefaction) I was completely obsessed with the Beats from age 15 to 18. Now, mostly I just retain …
Thumper’s going through a phase. It’s not a phase I expected at all. It’s not one I’ve read about, or heard about. In fact, I thought the window of opportunity for such a phase had long since passed us by. …
This morning we went for the first post-Fifth-diagnosis monitoring ultrasound, and everything looks good! Normal! I’ll go back in on the 28th for a follow-up scan, and if that looks normal, too, they’ll most likely give us the all-clear. The …