Monthly Archives: February 2009
Frustrated and Helpless
(Warning: Feeling sorry for self ahead): Lately it seems all I do is chase things that seem just out of reach. I try, desperately, to keep up with Daisy’s out-of-box pee experiences, but since I’m not with her 24/7, it’s kind of a losing battle. If I’m in the room, I can hear her scratching … Continue reading
Saying Goodbye
It only took about 20 minutes to make it official (at least from my end). On Friday, a FedEx envelope showed up at my house with the closing papers for my house in Seattle. This morning, right on time at 8 a.m. a notary showed up at my apartment. To make my cat-hating visitor more … Continue reading
A Pop of Color(s)
It’s been way too long since I blogged. On my trip to and from New York last weekend, I did some reading, but I spent most of the flights watching the in-seat TVs, including a lot of decorating shows on HGTV. I guess I was inspired because I came back and was suddenly quite depressed … Continue reading
Things and Stuff
I feel like there’s been a lot going on lately, but really, it’s just life moving on and moving forward. The weekend ended up being pretty mellow – errands and time hanging out with Sean, lots of reading, taxes, all kinds of fun stuff. Taxes turned out in my favor this year – I’d hoped … Continue reading
Out of My Head at Elsinore
As mentioned, I really needed a head-clearing weekend. Fortunately, we’d planned a quick trip down to southern California, to go to Skydive Elsinore and to hang out with Sean’s family. The weekend started out in a frustrating manner, as our flight was so delayed that we missed the midnight closure of our car rental company … Continue reading
Much Too Much Going On
The end of last week had me shaking my head and thinking “Wow. Would not have expected all that this week brought me.” Of course, Tuesday was Daisy’s diagnosis of a chronic illness, Tuesday and Thursday were decidedly different workout sessions from last week (different in that my performance was better and my recovery shorter, … Continue reading