Mmmm. . .

For Thanksgiving I made one roast turkey, two turkey breasts, candied yams, orange-cranberry sauce, sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, drippings gravy, yeast rolls, two pumpkin pies, two pecan pies, one deep-dish french apple pie, and vanilla whipped cream. And we had seventeen family members around the table to eat it all. Happy, happy.
Today is [...]

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Two Things

1. If you have a spare $10 or $20, consider Miss Lydia, who is eleven, and trying to raise $20,000 by tomorrow so that her family can bring home a baby sister with Down Syndrome from a children’s home in Eastern Europe. My friend Renee is part of her family’s Down Syndrome support network.  This [...]

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Sad Days

Sometimes I think it would be easier to just run away and say no goodbyes whatsoever.
At least there’s Facebook.

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Plan? What Plan?

We’re going to Ojai TOMORROW. As in NOT TUESDAY. As in I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO TODAY.
And the move date is officially December 11th, and it looks like we will, indeed, be renting a truck and taking everything with us. Well, not everything everything. You know. So as of December 14th, Jason should be [...]

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Creative Lunching

The kids are making animals out of bananas, pretzel sticks, and peanut butter. Totally accidental combination on my part! Meanwhile, I am working in peace. Love it.

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Pure as the Yellow Snow

The kids just couldn’t wait for the deep powder. They named him Messy Bob:

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Today’s Randomness

This is the purple batik sling I made for a friend in town, who just became a grandma. She asked specifically for purple, which was so fun to shop for, escpecially in batiks, and gave me an excuse to order online rather than rely on the little stash at the fabric shop. It’s my favorite [...]

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So Here’s the Deal. . .

After four years of snowy, small-town fun and adventure, it looks like we’re really leaving the Sierra Nevadas. For reals. Actually. Truly.
We’re leaving California and Ojai and Westwood, and moving to Austin, Texas. Or thereabouts.
It’s not terribly shocking news. We’ve been toying with the idea for a couple of years now, since it’s Jason’s beloved [...]

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Success!

It took two hours to make it happen, but Ella slept for her EEG for the full twenty minutes that they needed. She looked like a cyborg with all the multi-colored wires bandaged to her head. And she did not appreciate having to lie still on her back all that time. But it’s done.
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Hojarasca!

I meant to put these up last week, before Halloween, but I didn’t, in all the candy and hubbub. Perhaps now I can finally get to the costume pics!

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