I went to McKay’s yesterday to sell back books from the classes I just finished and get some more fun ones. I ended up with a great stack. Here’s what I got:
1. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (had this one on my “to read” list forever)
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey […]
On the way home from Indy on Sunday, David and I began to think of when we might want to have kids…and from that emerged this whole 10-year plan…of course, it’s written in colored pencil:
August 2006–Move to Boston and live with good friends Kate and Keith
2007-2008—Find a cool place to buy in the $200,000s and […]
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This past weekend, David and I headed to Indianapolis to see our friends John and Tonya and their new baby daughter, Cosette. She, as you can see, is super cute. The whole weekend David was in shock. He kept looking at the baby and saying to the […]
James Baldwin is quite brillant to some people. Not brillant to everyone though…not brilliant to you if you’re racist (capital R), or if you just don’t know who he is, or if you just don’t care about fiction writing and the people who write it. To me, he’s brilliant…and…he’s a hero. Baldwin […]
On Saturday night, I went to hear a band with my brother, Jason, at his church. My brother’s church used to be a music studio so it was appropiate. The band playing featured a girl that I don’t know well, but who I’ve met a few times and who I liked very much, […]
Dizzy, the Thaggards new pet
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Dizzy died yesterday. In the morning he was lethargic and by the evening, he was stiff. Dizzy was a great pet. Our week and a half with him was heaven. He hopped around in the grass with David. He snuggled into […]
Mary and Adam
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These are my two friends Mary and Adam. Mary attended the small group that David, Kate, and I led in Boston in 2003-04. Mary was soon a fabulous friend and her and I have both shared the bridesmaid/matron role in the past two weddings of our […]
Last Friday I had a second interview with my church up in Boston. I was interviewing for an administrative assistant job in the Family/Kids Dept. of the church. So all week, I’ve been anxiously awaiting a certain call, and yesterday I got it!
My phone doesn’t ring too often during the day, so each […]
Amy and Cash
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Congrats to Tracy and Andre! Cash Elijah Crosby, their new son, was born on Tuesday, 06/06/06. Despite this seemingly bad omen, he is a wonderful baby and both him and his mama are in good health. I went to the hospital last night to see […]
Dizzy sleeping…he’s so small, he doesn’t even have his eyes open yet
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My husband wrote this little blurb about the situation, so I thought I’ld just use his words to tell you about our new baby…So, my parents’ cat yesterday brought a special delivery, in the form of a newborn baby […]
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My two wonderful, amazing friends married each other on Saturday. The one in the dress is my friend Jane. I met her three years ago when I started working at Generations Incorporated in Boston. She and I were co-workers and together escorted many a pre-teen over to […]
Hurricane Relief
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On my way to work this morning, I was listening to NPR. One of the reporters announced today as the start to another hurricane season. This annoucement was followed by a long and sad editorial about the new safety and evacuation methods in New Orleans. Have a […]