N things of the week – #6
Yoga Habit For the last two weeks, I have been doing yoga each day. It started in part due to reading Better Than Before and also in part because at the time I had excruciating pain in one hip that I think was likely pregnancy-induced sciatica. So I Googled for yoga poses for sciatica and […]
N things of the week – #5
Settling into Albuquerque I’ve been slowly settling in to life in Albuquerque. Some of the things I worried about have turned out to not really be problems. I wasn’t sure I’d like living so close to so many people, but my new place is in a quiet neighborhood so I don’t feel like there are […]
N things of the week – #4
Moving This week there is really one big thing happening in my life: I am in the process of moving to Albuquerque. Well, it’s a slow process that started a few weeks ago with finding a new place to live. I love to travel because it lets me explore new places and reminds me of […]
Hoppy is going to get a sibling!
Well, my big news (which I honestly feel only half ready to share) is that I am pregnant, due in August. The standard reply to this announcement is ‘Congratulations!’ Which seems somehow far too simple to acknowledge the myriad emotions that accompany pregnancy. It is this very exciting, happy thing that is somehow the very […]
Hoppy Holidays
I just wanted to wish each of you a Merry Christmas. Plans here are to make cookies ‘for Santa’ tomorrow and then unwrap lots of loot on Christmas day. OK, the lots of loot thing probably won’t really happen- it seems I get fewer presents each year. But time with people I care about probably […]
N things of the week – #3
San Diego Zoo Things of this week include a few places since I was traveling. When I left off last week, I was just heading out to the San Diego Zoo. One of the highlights there was getting to watch the leopard feed. The zoo puts their food in an area that is right in […]
N things of the week – #2
This week I have journeyed from Socorro, NM to San Diego, CA via a couple of nights in Tuscon. Things of this week involve lots of cool places, some of which I will make full posts about later. The Catwalk The Catwalk was our first cool stop of the trip, a couple hours out of […]
N things of the week
I wanted to start a new series on the blog to talk about the stuff that I’m trending on each week, the random cool photos I take that don’t fit in other posts, my favorite things that have made it onto my daily gratitude lists and whatever I happen to be passionate about at the […]
How to catch a mouse
Perhaps you have a cat that causes mice problems too. Or perhaps you don’t have nearly such a good excuse for your vermin infestation. Either way, you’re likely to find this helpful. Yes, I know, cats are supposed to help with mice problems. But mine cause them. I have a cat door so the cats […]
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