Wednesday, January 20, 2010
new directions
yes, the name of this blog post sounds like a certain glee club . . .but i am taking my blogging in a new direction. a few new directions.
one new direction is that i am actually going to blog more than once every three months.
another is that i am splitting my blogging between two different sites from now on - neither of them being bad diary days.
i may return to BDD sometime . . . and i will keep it here for posterity's sake.
BUUUT..... i will be blogging about general every day life for friends and family to keep up with us while we are living on the east coast at my gentrification blog and i will be blogging more about pop culture and crafties and healthy living, etc (sort of like my own zine, if you will) at bird on a wire.
so. check it out. change your links and feeds and updates and subscriptions . . . etc.
stop by. you stay classy.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
puppy love!
here's hudson with a bandage on his head . . . it was improvised to stop him from scratching at his owie before we were able to purchase him a "cone of shame."
he's so patient with us!
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
holidays 2009
well, we did it. we scrimped and saved and were able to fly back to portland for the holidays. it. was. AWESOME! refreshing. fantastic. full of love and laughter. a bit chilly. gorgeous. and renewing.
plus i got to eat biscuits and gravy with vegetarian sausage and drink organic locally roasted coffee on my first morning in town. PERFECT.
i was able to see my best friend, her little one melot (i can't believe he is almost 2!), coleen and jennifer. above is our "family photo" :)
we celebrated the new year as usual with our dear, dear friends (sorry saryl, your face is blurry!) - it was soooo good to see all my lovelies. most of us are not living in oregon right now so it was a reunion for everyone! 
we were able to see a lot of people from jon's side of the family this year too! they are slowly adding babies to this bunch so that christmas excitement about presents and santa is coming back to us! so fun! we were very blessed to be able to see j's grandma rose three days in a row. she gets so tired so quickly that we didn't get to spend much time with her - but it was sweet to see her so happy, and to hear her stories - it's sad that we don't get to see our families very often. we miss them.
christmas day was spent at my sister r's house. our christmas photo was silly this year since d and i found a moustache dispensing machine at a local bookstore and thought santa would definitely want these for everyone's stockings! this resulted in several photos of teenage girls with moustaches. sweet.we've been back in RI for a week now . . . settling in to the routine of school and work. hudson has been wearing a cone of shame because he developed some hot spots or some sort of allergic reaction and wouldn't stop scratching and biting. we gave him a good bath and put on the cone and he's doing much better now . . . his hot spots have gone away and now we are waiting for a cut he scratched into his face to heal. he's actually been really great about wearing the cone! he doesn't fight it at all and he's getting pretty good and navigating the house!
yesterday a good friend of ours from oregon called saying that she had a 48 hour layover in boston (she is a flight attendant) - what a great surprise! - she rode the train down and spent the day with us. she even came to my roller derby practice! we LOVE it when people come to visit! it's cold here . . . so pack warm clothes . . . but please get out here to see us! we wont be here too much longer, so your chances of staying on the east coast for free are running slim.
love you!
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