weapons of massdistraction

Things that exacerbate my holiday blues: Reminiscing about Christmases past. Particularly the year my brother came home from the hospital for the holidays, after his body had been ravaged by chemotherapy. It was to be our last Christmas together. Folding laundry and coming across my no longer necessary maternity clothes. The thoughts lodged in [...]

Well. The first annual Japanese Film Fest/Vegan Potluck has come to an end. The food was fabulous. Excellent sushi, lasagna, vegan egg rolls (yes, I know it sounds like an oxymoron), bbq tofu, pumpkin pie, chocolate cupcakes, wasabi peanuts, and more. And it was fantastic to see the friends. But we utterly failed in [...]

I’m liking my new haircut, but I have to say…I’m looking scarily like Steve Perry of Journey fame, sans sideburns. And I’m sitting here in front of my computer, in my jammies, posting this (reminiscing about my rollerskating days must have brought Journey to mind) instead of preparing the house for tonight’s gala event. [...]

I’ll admit it. When I dragged my little family downtown Minneapolis this afternoon, I had an ulterior motive in mind. Sure, I thought it would be nice to have the boys with me when I went to get my haircut (my stylist friend had been wanting to meet the little man for ages). But [...]

Didn’t sleep well, and so I started the day out a bit low. Thankfully things turned around quite nicely. The little man and I had a lovely time rejoining our ECFE class. We’d missed the last couple of weeks, so it was good to see everyone again…and they were all very supportive and kind. [...]