Today my husband Shaun turns 32. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and he works at Microsoft as an operations engineer. He loves driving his Subaru Impreza WRX STI and building creative things, like cardboard computer cases. Shaun and I have been married for a little over a year, were engaged [...]
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My Complementary Husband
Posted in Home, Life, tagged Birthdays, Family, Husband, Shaun Jackson on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dismal Nitch
Posted in Education, Home, Life, Travel, Work, tagged Editing, Education, Fall, grad school, Home, Life, Oregon, Seaside, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Travel, Vacation, Work on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What do you think of when you think of summer? The promise of hot days and warm nights, freedom from responsibilities and breezy adventures.
Upcoming posts…
Posted in Education, Home, Life, tagged neighbors, Zombie Apocalypse on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First I want to say thanks to those who responded to my previous post (either here or on Facebook) about knowing your neighbors. You let me know that I am:
1) A strange and reclusive hermit, and
2) SOL if I need a cup of sugar or help surviving the zombie apocalypse.
(Although I have to say I [...]
Weird Week
Posted in Home, Life, Puyallup, tagged death, Home, Life, neighbors, Puyallup on June 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson all passed on this week It was all shocking news, but particularly the news of the death of my parents neighbor Ron.
My parents heard his dog barking in the middle of the night, which they thought was weird because he usually doesn’t lock his dog up. In [...]
Eureka!
Posted in Home, Life, Reviews, tagged Bissell, cleaning, consumer's guide, Eureka, house, household items, pet hair brush, Vacuum cleaner on May 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I hate to get all Andy Rooney on you here, but I have a pet peeve I need to express. Why must vacuum cleaners suck so much? (And not in the good way, where they would actually suck up dirt from the floor.) And who’s idea was it for a bagless vacuum anyway?
Last year, when [...]
Writing about writing
Posted in Home, Life, Writing, tagged blogging, friends, movie reviews, storytelling, Writing on May 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I later read a blog post by a friend of mine in which she stated she aims for five new posts a week. She struggles with the same issues I have when contemplating what to write, not wanting posts to get too boring (8 a.m. – Cocoa Puffs. 8:15 – Chocolate Milk), but not always having the time or material for a polished, focused essay.
Two-Year-aversary
Posted in Home, Home Repair, Life, tagged Home, Home Repair, Life on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, March 30th, marked two years since we closed on our house. We didn’t move in right away. We moved all of our stuff from our apartment and stashed it in the garage, while we began what would be a month’s worth of renovations. The first thing we did was tear up all the carpet [...]
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