Monthly Archives: March 2006

This evening Karianne and I experimented with making our own version of a frappuccino! The Starbucks bottles in this picture are filled with “Kurfee” (yes, that’s Kurth + coffee. The marketing campaign practically writes itself! “Gimme anuther gal-dang Kurfee, Lorna Gene! I gotta stay up tonight and catch them possums!”). First, here’s how we did […]

This is from Book Business, a trade magazine I get at work. The quote is from Dominique Raccah, CEO of Sourcebooks. A great observation. Books change lives. I’m in this business because books change lives. They create a space in which you think about your life…in different ways. They create a silence for that, too, […]

As I check in on my baby girl sleeping so sweetly in her crib, I am amazed at how my heart swells with love for her. Even through the births of all my nephews (and a very recent niece), I’ve never experienced a feeling quite like this before becomming a mommy myself. And it’s totally […]

This guy lists some holidays he made up, like: 4/17 – Learn something new day. It doesn’t matter how big or small but the day must involve learning a new skill. it could be a magic trick, or how to make lasagna. Ask people you know to teach you something they like to do. and […]

Some years for Lent I try to give up two things — one to benefit my physical health and one to benefit my spiritual health (refer to my post from 3/3/06, Giving Stuff Up, if you missed it). This year I’ve decided to give up junky snacks and complaining. So far I haven’t done a […]

This morning I got up pretty late. Now, I almost never do this, really, but I didn’t take a shower. I just got dressed and put on a little extra cologne. Which I almost never do. Honestly. Naturally, my hair looked ridiculous, so I put a hat on. I went to work for a while, […]

Kaeta and Mommy play “Knock On the Table.” [Download Video]

Here’s Kaeta, trying to grab her kitty cat rattle with her feet! [Download Video]

“Are you giving up anything for lent?” she asked with a laugh and a roll of her eyes, as if suggesting that such an idea was silly. I wasn’t offended by her attitude, because I know this is a common viewpoint among some Christians. Maybe they see it as a legalistic “Catholic” sort of thing […]