KJ

The top of Holt’s Ledge Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Country living with raspberries Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

And an elf. Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Raspberry picking (with Billy Idol) Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

The end of the perfect playdate Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Dear Williams-Sonoma: I just received my order of assorted miscellaneous Halloween baking items and plastic bowls, and the minute I opened the first box, I was disappointed. Disappointed, annoyed and even pissed off. When I opened the second box, I felt even worse. Not because of the items I ordered, which are pretty much exactly the completely unnecessary but fun to have items I expected, but because you didn’t just send me a few pumpkin candies and a ghost-shaped spatula: […]

The view from the top Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

On Bragg Hill Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Her own sense of style Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Halloween–and bedtime– came early Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

At the Biltmore house in NC Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

New sandbox! Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Lily and emily on the "caramel" Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Lily’s eating habits Originally uploaded by kjda. We’ve spent a lot of time defending the way we feed the kids–which is to pretty much offer whatever’s available at any meal all at once without commenting on what gets eaten. We do encourage trying new things and talk about food groupd and balance, but we never, ever make eating dessert conditional on eating anything else. If there’s dessert, you get it, no matter what. This worked great with Sam but seemed […]

Lily on her first day Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

What we did while Sam was at school today. Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

Sam is on the job. Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

We’re having a party Saturday Originally uploaded by kjda. KJ

I can say, I think, even though we don’t own a scale (well, I think we must, but I don’t know where it is or whether we have batteries for it), that I have finally lost the baby weight. From all three babies. In fact, I’m a pnts size smaller than when I had Sam–which I suspect means nothing more than that pants sizing has changed, because I know what I was like then and what I’m like now, and […]

. . . Originally uploaded by kjda.

Wy’s first cone Originally uploaded by kjda.

I think I remain stubbornly convinced that we are, somehow, or will be, somehow, living the sort of life that is found primarily in the pages of, say, a J. Crew catalog. That handsome dogs will romp up to us as we pull sculls up on the banks of ponds, dressed with what Fitzgerald might have called enviable casualness. It is this illusion that leads me to participate in things like “tball on the green”. We do live in a […]

Two weeks ago: Nor’easter. No power. For three days. Skiing. 4 wheel drive car stuck in driveway. Now: Biking. Sat on the green green grass for soccer. Tomorrow, swim lessons (indoor, but still) and t-ball. What we do here is, we go to extremes.

Caddie stole a cookie right out of Wyatt’s hand today. I yelled at and chased her down, but the cookie retrieval operation was not a success. Wy pointed at her angrily and said “Ba Do!” I would call this an impressive stringing of two words together from an almost 13 month old, except that in our house, bad dog is really one word. Lily walked up to Wyatt today while they were watching a cartoon and I was making dinner, […]

The fortuitous convergence of a Sunday afternoon babysitter, a playdate for Sam and what’s probably (hopefully) the last big snow of the season encouraged Rob and I to head out on our “skate-skis” yesterday. Skate-skiing is nordic skiing with slightly different boots and bindings that allow you to skate instead of slide. One of my friends said it’s like running instead of walking, and that’s pretty close. It’s definitely more work than the old-fangled cross-country skis. It was only the […]

Wy’s party Originally uploaded by kjda. At lily’s school.

I belong to The Well and mostly frequent a really good freelancer group there, where I am middling to low on a totem pole that includes regular writers for Vogue, Wired and Salon but also people who don’t really see their byline in the national pubs very often, if at all. I love being a part of it. Today, I read an announcement that a fellow byliner just sold her first novel in a “major deal”. I was over the […]

Big Day for Wy Originally uploaded by kjda. Facing forward in a new seat!

Well, we lost three more of the total 7 fish that were living in our tank–all three “zippys”. We’ve lost 6 fish so far. There will be no more new fish in this aquarium until all spots are gone and the remaining fish have managed not to die for at least two weeks. BUT…it’s a little too soon to say, but Goldie and Stripey (the original fish) are looking better, and LIghtening, whom I’d long since given up as a […]

I’m pretty much through yesterday’s bad funk. I’ve infected poor Rob with it, though, and I don’t think he likes me very much right now. Not that I like me much lately, either. But we’ve always soldiered through that before, no reason not to think we will again. I’m struggling with my novel rewrite, too. When it goes well, I’m on top of the world. When it doens’t–I just opened the file and realized the character I’ve just brought in […]

I know, I know, that I get depressed when a) I need more sleep and b) it’s going to be too long before I have writing time again. So I should be able to just go to sleep and push the little black clouds off again, right? I think most of us know depression doesn’t quite work that way. The truth is that around here, we loathe weekends, which doesn’t really bode well for our marriage or family life, but […]

Other than that, all I have to say tonight is, why am I still awake? I’m feeling quite low. It’s evident that Lily has pinkeye, which will necessitate an hour and a half excursion to the doctor, as they no longer just take my word for it (or anyone’s; it’s not like I’m some sort of pinkeye boy who cried wolf). It’s like a giant, ugly conspiracy to keep me from writing. Which I’m evidently a part of, as here […]

Reddy #2 died. Full disclosure to Lily, who flushed him herself and agreed to adopt Sam’s dramatic looking swordtail, which he agreed to if he was allowed to help name it. So, Lightening, who’s been alive in the tank for nearly a week now, becomes Lily’s special fish. He’ll probably be belly-up tomorrow. So bedtime rolled around with excruciating slowness after a very long day. Lily’s been making bedtime a thing of misery and threats for weeks now, and tonight […]

Remember Kissy, ?-February 13, 2007 She (well, whatever) was Lily’s special fish, the only one she had picked out and, with encouragement from Sam, named. When she died (again, whatever), we went the honesty death route. She died, I told Lily. Why? She was sick–very very sick, fish sick. Why? I don’t know. Where is she? She couldn’t swim anymore, and she couldn’t breathe, and she died. Why? I don’t know, but she’s gone. The next day, Lily said sadly […]

The best things about the past 24 hours: We weren’t, like certain friends of ours, camping out overnight in an unheated cabin. Good news anytime, but if most of the family is going to spend the night hunched over the toilet, it’s definitely a plus that there IS a toilet. I wasn’t pregnant, so I didn’t have to both barf and panic; I could concentrate on the barfing. No one threw up on anything that couldn’t be cleaned with relative […]

My friend over at Three Little Girls is talking about natural childbirth today–or at least, intervention free childbirth. When it comes to intervention, she’s against it. Too high a c-section rate in this country, etc. She pulled off her births without epidurals, too–great if it works for you, and maybe marginally safer, but you don’t get a gold star to wear around afterwards. I know; I’ve done it both ways. You really should get a star–in fact, you should get […]

Because I have just realized that I am sufficiently cool, just the way i am. Really quite extremely cool. Probably much cooler than you, no matter how much you know about sports or how quickly you can drink a shot. I went to a college (Kansas State) with a decent team, a rivalry, star players, etc. Camped out in line for tickets. Learned the name of the coach. Went to games. Kept up, afterwards, sufficient knowledge to participate in conversations […]

the plow guy gets stuck in your driveway. A neighbor towed him out eventually. Our afternoon playdate turned into a dinner date as well. Three thrilled five-year-old boys. (Although one was slightly worried that he’d “never see his daddy again”). Well worth missing yoga for, really.conference thermal analysis 3rdsex amateur vid101 sex positions forsex adult swapsex free stories absolutelyporn 60 vintage samatuer free video pornjapanese 500 sex Map

For months, I struggled to get Wyatt to bed. And he’d wake up, and I’d struggle again. I’d try to nurse him chock full so that he’d sleep a long time, but all I managed to do was persuade him that if he woke up, I’d fill that belly again. I’d known for weeks, if not months again, that it was time to act. But I also knew that that wasn’t going to be easy–as in, I wasn’t going to […]

Tonight at 8:05 I was thinking hey. I’m pretty good at this. 5 years experience and I’m gettin’ pretty slick, if I do say so myself (and since there are no multiple choice tests for mothers, I’m the only one who’s likely to say so.) I’m tucking in the two “big kids”. The baby’s been out for over an hour. Everyone’s hair has been washed (this is an ordeal in our house). Baby had simple dinner. Big kids and I […]

So, I just got an email from a friend promoting a book written by one of her friends. It’s The Feminine Mistake: Are We giving Up to Much?, and it looks to be an honest assessment of the affects of quitting one’s job in order to raise one’s children, with something of an emphasis (as one might gather from the title) on why that might not be such a great idea after all. I’m planning on reading it; I’m hoping […]

Wyatt is in that must pull up, must stand, must get tooth or something phase. Lily is in the “lie down with me” phase. They don’t sleep, or not for long. I had to take a break from writing this post to put Lily back to bed. If it were just one or the other, we could tag team, retrain, something… but it is both, and we are just barely treading water. And again. And again. In fact, she’s sitting […]

Sam at his holiday concert. Originally uploaded by kjda. lesbian movie clipscfnm moviemovies teenmovie hentaiplayboy moviesshemale moviesmovies mike apartmentsex downloads movies free Map

Music class this week–our last class, my last one ever unless my better nature takes over on Wyatt’s behalf. Of course both kids were flawless, adorable, Lily dancing with her friend and Wyatt showing off his new clapping abilities. I realized, as I never had before, that the real reason to go to these things is to show off how cute and smart your kids are. I should perhaps say that the reason I’ve never spotted that before is that […]

secured loans rate best The breakthrough came after secured loans rate best Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the United Arab Emirates-based General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) granted full approval for the AeroMobile system to be used on Emirates. non-conforming loan The Internet-based transition was further marked in 2005 with the on-air, G4TechTV review of “SmashTheTones” (now “Mobile17”), the first third-party solution to allow non-conforming loan creation on non-conforming loan without requiring downloadable software or a digital audio editor. personal low […]

approval loan instant The phones have approval loan instant transceiver that transmits voice and data to the nearest cell sites, normally not more than 8 to 13 km (approximately 5 to 8 miles) away. rates interest loan va [citation needed] In Japan, it is generally considered impolite to talk using rates interest loan va on any train — texting is generally the mode of mobile communication. mortgage loan investment united Such services automatically detect mortgage loan investment united settings to […]

approval with guaranteed loan payday The Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) system went online in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1981[citation needed]. loans act [citation needed] In Finland rescue services suggest hikers carry loans act s in case of emergency even when deep in the forests beyond cellular coverage, as the radio signal of loans act attempting to connect to a base station can be detected by overflying rescue aircraft with special detection gear. payday prosecution loan There are over […]

equity of definition loan Files can be sent to equity of definition loan phone by direct connection (e. sloan mark The sloan mark became sloan mark media channel in 1998 when the first ringing tones were sold to sloan mark s by Radiolinja in Finland. mortgage no loans doc Concepts covered in this patent (cited in at least 34 other patents) also were later extended to several satellite communication systems. risk high auto used loans Under FCC regulations, and US […]

investment loans home A working group made up of Finnish telephone companies, public transport operators and communications authorities has launched investment loans home to remind investment loans home users of courtesy, especially when using mass transit—what to talk about on the phone, and how to. home equity wachovia loan The European market adopted home equity wachovia loan Party Pays” model throughout the GSM environment and soon various other GSM markets also started to emulate this model. lowest home loan equity […]

loans perkins For example in loans perkins it is not unusual to have your whole paycheck paid to the mobile account. loan oregon Wireless backup applications like SC BackUp offer users loan oregon to backup loan oregon data using advanced wireless technology. direct loans to a guide homeowner This has exposed direct loans to a guide homeowner rules of courtesy and opened them to reevaluation. construction risks commercial loan Currently, texting is construction risks commercial loan widely-used data service; 1. […]