Archive for November, 2005

New Olympic Sport – Stair bowling
November 23, 2005
Credit where due
November 22, 2005
somebody shoot me already
November 22, 2005I have PMS. BAD PMS. And I know it. So, I’m irrational, emotional, demanding, contradictory – and I know it.

um, California isn’t so sunny
November 21, 2005As a homeschooling family, we look for interesting ways to educate our kids. Sincerely – we play "N, S, E, W leapfrog." Anyway, one of the ways that we’re teaching the kids about US geography is by ordering packets from each individual state, one at a time. Now, some states are really great about this. Some will give you hidden links to resources that you might not find otherwise. Some states, for example Texas, will send you an educators packet that talks about state history, geography, etc. Most all of the states we’ve hit up thus far have been exemplary.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
November 21, 2005Thanks, Mark for turning me onto this lovely little gem. I’m passing it on with a lifted ball of yarn, a couple of knitting needles, and ask all of you, " You Knit What??"
"Seriously. It’s not like we’re attacking random knitbloggers, or anything, which we’ve considered, because damn, some of y’all have designed some seriously fugly shit. But, we’re not overly fond of death-by-knitting-needle threats, so we decided against it.
"So, we’re sticking to national publications/yarn company published patterns/online knitzines. If you’re some random onlooker and you want to take shit personally, big fat boohoo to you because, one, you didn’t design the fugknit in question so get over it, and two, don’t you have some knitting to do?"

Gotta have this
November 21, 2005I love this. LOVE THIS. Wonderful kid + parent yoga. Purists, this will not replace your practice and mediation – it’s geared towards kids and therefore has some jarring transitions, but it’s so worth the hour it takes to do this. An hour of fun, easy paced yoga with your kids! Positions are explained in kid friendly terms with the benefits layed out clearly for parents. Lots of two person poses for parent and child – aids in balance and stretch. It’s wonderful. It’s silly. It’s fun. It’s healthy. It’s a wonderful way to spend some time with your children, building your relationship, your mental health, your body. If you have kids, run, don’t walk, and get it.

…and this
November 21, 2005
WHOA!
November 20, 2005Occasionally, things happen that rock your world, and one of those things happened yesterday. I’m not going to get into the details yet – I’m still kind of trying to pinch myself.

maybe baby?
November 18, 2005Gotta client flirting around with labor. Hope she goes on and does it – today works so well for me.

Koan, I (Still) Do, and stinking our way to health
November 18, 2005Koan’s are little parables passed down for centuries from one monk to another to illuminate a small teaching…koans typically have a moral, or a twist, or perhaps they are so illogical that in their absence of rational thought they force someone to abandon logic.
This one is called black nosed Buddha—
A nun who was searching for enlightenment carved a wooden Buddha and covered it in gold leaf. It was very pretty and she carried it everywhere she went.
Years passed and still carrying her Buddha she settled down in a small country temple where there were many statues each with its own shrine.
She burned incense in front of her own statue, and not wanting to share any of the perfume with the other statues, she devised a funnel that would direct the smoke toward her own. This blackened the nose of her Buddha and made it especially ugly