Posted in birthdays, Lawrence, marriage on Feb 1st, 2008
It’s my husband’s birthday. This is not my husband. This is Cleo, our passive but noisy lab. Greg – said husband – and I spend a lot of time saying things to each other like “…what’s Cleo barking at?” or “why is she barking now?” We spend a lot of time saying things like “what’s [...]
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Posted in Holiday on Nov 2nd, 2007
Today is my fortieth birthday. Think – what’s the best birthday present a girl a house-building girl can get? Cabinets, that’s what. One hundred and fifteen pieces of cabinets, hardware and trim, to be exact. A nice haze of sawdust and the screech of drilling drills – it all makes me very, very happy. Whoever [...]
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