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Read this entry cough *june* cough Um,see any names you recognize here? I can't tell you how excited I am about this. If you are...
Read this entry "hi whale! nice to meet you!" I used to travel a lot. My passport has a lot of stamps, and I have a lot of...
Read this entry everything's better down where it's wetter First off, I didn't mean to sound quite so maudlin. I know how lucky I am, most days. And I...
Read this entry Happy Halloween! .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption {...
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Read this entry the chameleon was black in the long winter night As I was walking out of the house this morning I realized I wasn't completely sure that I had brushed...
Read this entry grace is just the measure of a fall I’ve been really struggling these last few weeks. Josie continues to get stronger, but the progress is so slow. Some...
Read this entry place holder There is a lot of goings on lately, and my anxiety level is High. Meanwhile, I’m grateful everyday for...
Read this entry happy ending Tim says the things people tell me aren’t normal. My whole life strangers have told me secrets. Women in the...
Read this entry today Being a mother of a (theoretical) biped is awesome, but since life isn’t a Lifetime movie Josie isn’t magically all...
Read this entry top of the world It’s been a hard week, or rather; it has been a very emotional week. Today Josie was unable to...
Read this entry crystal ball We’re living a very good news- bad news sort of life lately. The pendulum has been swinging so widely from...
Read this entry i know that it will break your heart the way things are Boy, did we need a vacation. For almost a solid week I just enjoyed my family. I remembered how fortunate...
Read this entry Play Ball Tickets: $60 Canadian. New ballcap: $15 Canadian. Coke bigger than your head: $5 Canadian. Fourteen hours of hooting, hollering...
Read this entry and we love canadian bacon Back in the pre-Bear days we had been known to drive the 588 miles roundtrip to see a game at...
Read this entry something to talk about Yesterday was our Early Intervention evaluation, and it went as well as I could have hoped. To sum up, a...
Read this entry hormones in the house I’ve mentioned this before, but for the past decade or so I’ve been firmly against PMS. And because I am...
Read this entry sally brown The J Bear has spent the last few months concentrating on growing hair. Now that she has (some) hair,...
Read this entry the gorilla in the room Last week I said to myself that if I would do anything to help Josie, and it was such a...
Read this entry it is too much, let me sum up At least it is baseball season. We’re all still alive and kicking and relatively happy here. I’ve enjoyed the break,...
Read this entry breaking Every year I make a resolution list of patients that I find challenging. I truly believe that it is impossible...
Read this entry break I had a very bad day yesterday. Some days I don’t want to do this anymore. For the first time...
Read this entry happy new year! Some new camera fun to start out the year. I hope everyone had a great night, and wish everyone...
Read this entry from the trenches I’ve had no choice but to institute a mandatory vitamin C policy at work. Every morning I walk around the...
Read this entry merry christmas 2006
Read this entry yazmatazz We adopted the Yaz from Animal Angels, a no kill shelter. He had been in the shelter for almost...
Read this entry flash happy
Read this entry dedicated to the one i love Yesterday we had our first swab for influenza come back positive. School’s still in session, and it’s a few days...
Read this entry bad cop I think of myself as a ruggedly healthy person, but it’s been a rough run this past week or two....
Read this entry enough said
Read this entry dear zachary There are many, many good causes that you can donate to during the holiday season, but have yet one more...
Read this entry wow! I’m really excited about the Christmas season this year, although I know it is still over Josie’s head. Holidays are...
Read this entry ice cream dreams Tim took pictures of Josie at the supermarket to cheer me up when I was stuck at the hospital...
Read this entry An open letter to Melissa & Doug Prompted by the recent bad, bad toy madness, I sent several copies of the below email to various points of...
Read this entry bad Vacation for a week generally means about a week of compensatory chaos at work, but it has settled down. And...
Read this entry Songs In The Key Of Ween 2 It's a windy, cold and rainy night here in Pittsburgh and the annual screening of Night Of The Living Dead...
Read this entry vacation getaway holiday 10/26/06 lake owasco, ny. 1st family vacation! Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. My birthday began on Sunday with my alarm...
Read this entry monster in my house
Read this entry the turning point Today I received some very overpriced (and French!) eye cream in the mail. I plan to use it along with...
Read this entry don't cry for me josie-tina We didn’t decide to teach Josie sign language so she would get better SAT scores, it was more of a...
Read this entry will and a way Last night I started feeling queasy, and by this morning I was vomiting and miserable. So much for my run...
Read this entry day of miracles Last night I hit my breaking point. I had been at my office for over ten hours, and was having...
Read this entry there's always next year A few days ago I saw a patient who said everything very very fast, and then promptly apologized. I kept...
Read this entry the muppet show
Read this entry insult to injury Being a Sox fan has been rough the last couple months and it's certainly not getting better anytime soon. It's...
Read this entry lack of progress I am STILL still here. My job continues to wear me out, but there are little glimmers here and there....
Read this entry only words Monday night I was musing to Tim that the three day weekend had almost, almost, been enough. If I hadn’t...
Read this entry here I have been in a funk, or a rut. Possibly I’ve been in both. It’s all good here though....
Read this entry it shows no sign of stopping I love Pittsburgh, I do, but it’s a football town. A football town with a National League baseball team, so...
Read this entry operation homebody, take two 8/20/06 center for creative play Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. The thing is, the whole Gymboree experience really upset me....
Read this entry can't sleep. clowns and so forth. It struck me during Josie’s birthday party that she if she is no longer a baby, then it is time...
Read this entry josie's big fat italian birthday 8/3/06 josie's big fat italian birthday party Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. Josie is one year old. She isn’t a...
Read this entry so precious to me I have so much too say about what the honor of being Josie’s mother has meant to me. The...
Read this entry preview Josie (and Tim) come to visit me on Tuesday when I’m at the office for twelve hours. It wasn’t...
Read this entry panic About a week before Tim and I got married I realized that I hadn’t ordered flowers for the wedding. The...
Read this entry half full It is late, and I am on call, and things go not so great. The hospital is busy, and full,...
Read this entry tempus So, July is almost over and I’m not dead. So that’s good. I’ve decided to be more proactive about things...
Read this entry the little things This past week has been what we call around these parts an ‘all the way bad" week. Work continues to...
Read this entry oppressed I tore out of work at noon, and managed to spend most of the day at the MLB Fanfest...
Read this entry take me out to the ballgame I’m not really worried I have hepatitis. The intern was wielding the scalpel on a rather large abscess on a...
Read this entry punctured I’m OK, but there’s no doubt that July is a hard month for doctor types. My biggest challenge these days...
Read this entry Mystery Solved You may not know this but I've had a song stuck in my head for almost 18 years. Sometime way...
Read this entry purely hypothetical question Don’t tell, because I am terrified of the outright ridiculousness of thinking such a thing, but deep deep down...
Read this entry busy Remind me again why I wanted that baby to crawl? Or be a doctor when I grew up? Also, after...
Read this entry commence operation baby daddy It started innocently enough. Josie is still not crawling by the firm definition of the word, but has become suddenly...
Read this entry baby insurance For weeks and weeks I have been struggling at work to keep up. I was the only doctor in...
Read this entry without feathers When I was about nine years old I loved to watch older girls. I loved their clothes and nylons and...
Read this entry roll out the barrel Josie was introduced to polka this weekend and loved it. It's seriously time for us to consider moving out...
Read this entry eye have issues My two latest knitting obsessions are purses and toys. These both present challenges. The first challenge is I hate to...
Read this entry here she is There are three clear reasons to love this picture. 1) My poor, poor Yinzer baby. There are forbears of...
Read this entry commercial break I sure needed these last two days off. We were able to see friends and family, and most importantly, sleep....
Read this entry metaphor. ish. Holy Cow. I often "joke" that it is not worth leaving town, because it is just too hard to catch...
Read this entry where the wild things were We've already established that travelling with an infant takes organization, promptness, flexibility (both with situations and of the body) and,...
Read this entry meander My neighbors have a boy baby a little over a month older than Josie. He is three pounds lighter and...
Read this entry what i already knew OK, so Friday wasn’t the worst day ever, but it certainly was pretty awful. Some of the drama remains...
Read this entry smote. Shall I tell you about my worst day ever? Or shall I just make a mental note, not to tempt...
Read this entry i mean after our wedding, and the day josie was born, and the day the sox won the series, and just a few other days. Shall I tell you about my best day ever? It started with me taking the day off, after a quiet...
Read this entry legacy I won’t spend many hours this week being a doctor (relatively speaking, of course. I’ll still be working over thirty...
Read this entry who am i and what did i do with the old suzie? Life goes on about the same here, with work and home and my family, but there is one difference...
Read this entry we'll end up sitting on a rainbow Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. I have a lot a schoompy things to say about Tim, but as of...
Read this entry happy easter
Read this entry dad is great. gives us chocolate cake. Day three of vacation brought the Great Knitting Tour of Pittsburgh. Basically, I bribed the family with good food and...
Read this entry josie's response to trying french fries for the first time
Read this entry If people asked us, "Can you speak in rhinoceros?" We'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?" Have I ever confessed that I have the world’s most useless undergraduate degree? With a major in Zoology and a...
Read this entry vacation opener The Pirates may not be off to a great start, but today was a breathtakingly beautiful April afternoon and...
Read this entry there should be knitting personal ads knittish behavior over the past year or so Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. Since I left my office yesterday I...
Read this entry vacay day one This, my friends, was the fifth weekend in a row that I spent at least one day in the hospital....
Read this entry even though we ain't got money I’ve been so busy that it’s been tough to update, because my life is all work or the precious...
Read this entry i like jbear and i cannot lie Wednesday is girl night here. Tim's off being a rockstar, so after a sensible baby dinner Josie and I hunkered...
Read this entry inquiring minds want to know My day off was lovely, even though I felt so guilty when I left the house this morning I started...
Read this entry gene angst I am working this weekend, but tomorrow and Friday I have taken as vacation. It’s a good thing, because I...
Read this entry manic monday This was a pity party type post (which is still squatting in the extended entry), but I decided to...
Read this entry wean angst I’m not going to try and calculate the hours I spent at work this week. It was a lot,...
Read this entry are you happy now? Are you, cruel internets? How many people have demanded that my giggling, smiling, good-natured daughter cry? We usually go...
Read this entry Origins As far back as I can remember, my father has always had an odd fascination with genealogy. It's something that...
Read this entry bear in her natural environment Eh, it's been a bit since I posted the gratuitous baby picture. The Pooh pajamas kill me. As does...
Read this entry eye of the tiger I’ve been avoiding the computer, but not for reasons you may think. Last Tuesday night I developed new floaters in...
Read this entry unable to drown I spend way too much time in my car. For instance, yesterday I drove the thirty minutes to the hospital...
Read this entry Day By Day There's been a lot happening around here in the last couple weeks and Suzie asked that I thank everyone for...
Read this entry mostly kind of not always ok I’ve been spending the last week or so convincing myself I am feeling better. And I do have very good...
Read this entry how i lose your respect: my most humiliating story When I was a very new intern I assisted a surgeon putting in a central line. The procedure went poorly,...
Read this entry this is so sad, i must say Twice in the past week Tim has said in his Husband voice that I should quit my job. It...
Read this entry chocolate cure One day, long ago, in a moment of weakness I confessed to Tim that my extra special homemade superliscious brownies...
Read this entry the rare days I have not fallen off the face of the earth, but I have done some succumbing to Fatigue, and just...
Read this entry running in place I struggle often with working mother guilt. In truth, given our untraditionally traditional arrangement, I am actually the primary...
Read this entry ants in my pants If you have a second, I find this thingy fascinating. The ants, they are back. I caught sight of just...
Read this entry happy valentine's day One year Tim sent me an email every hour on the hour with a different reason he loved me....
Read this entry heck with the bread and milk. i have priorities. The word is there's a storm a comin'. I don't really mind. I'm finally done with my work week, I...
Read this entry winning's a habit, not only a dream A belated "woohoo!" for the Steelers big win. Did you ever have one of those dreams where you all of...
Read this entry steeler madness Hey, I'm not sure, but I think the local team is playing in some sort of football version of...
Read this entry unsolicited medical advice, part one My strongest medical advice is this: tell your doctor what you are worried about. Here’s the thing- if you are...
Read this entry under the sea Groundhog Day is our special holiday here in western PA, and this year it is sadly overshadowed by an...
Read this entry What's The Story Over the last couple months Josie and I have fallen into a pretty solid morning routine. It's a kind of...
Read this entry like peas and carrots One of Tim’s aunts recently asked me if Tim and I ever fight. "You seem so compatible", she said....
Read this entry working for the weekend The baby-animal negotiations continue. I’ve had a run of unbelievably poor days at work. The erratic weather, the flu...
Read this entry random wednesday thoughts For the record, the man I admitted on Friday with chest pressure had a positive stress test, and has...
Read this entry fear and loathing in pittsburgh I am almost embarrassed to admit what an easy baby Josie has been so far. I’m always nervous that saying...
Read this entry the (heart) pain of defeat I walked out the back door of my office this afternoon and felt physically lighter now that this week is...
Read this entry hero worship If Josie thinks Emily is this awesome now, I can just imagine what she'll be like when she is...
Read this entry candy land I guess I HAVE been living in Pittsburgh too long, because I enjoyed today’s football fame with true Yinzer passion....
Read this entry doctor mom Josie is sick. She’s been sick for about three days now, and although I knew the Time of Reckoning would...
Read this entry here we go I love post-season football when the Steelers our in the play-offs. Don't worry, I haven't lived in Pittsburgh so...
Read this entry Food For Thought I love frozen pizza. I mean, I really love frozen pizza. The weird little pepperonis, the vegetable parts that taste...
Read this entry hopefully melts in the mouth... It hasn’t been too exciting around here, but my mood is much, much better than last week, when I was...
Read this entry burn baby burn My new year’s resolutions this year are to figure out college fund financing, send real birthday cards through the actual...
Read this entry the bad call Sunday was one of the harder days on call I’ve had. I was on my feet seeing patients in the...
Read this entry Happy New Year! A lot of people have the week after Christmas off, and use this free time to get things in their...
Read this entry merry christmas 2005 I'll try to keep the cheese to a minimum here, but this year, Santa brought us a better present...
Read this entry my reasons every season After tonight, my run of taking call with intern like frequency will finally be over and I will have repaid...
Read this entry damon, part deux For the record, I have always been on the Trot Nixon side of the outfielder debate in our house. (What,...
Read this entry Happy Friggen Birthday Indeed And as if to add insult to my already injured psyche (see the parson brown post), this release came out...
Read this entry Parson Brown Today is the first day of my 31st year of life and instead of having any new found insight or...
Read this entry happy birthday! Today is Tim’s birthday, hurrah! I, unfortunately, will be working at my office for twelve hours and then driving down...
Read this entry family matters I am a such a party animal these days that a trip to the Carnegie Museum and a dinner at...
Read this entry home for the holidays My work schedule the last couple of days was somewhat unpleasant- I spent both Sunday and Monday on my feet...
Read this entry so this is christmas
Read this entry ho. ho ho. I’m working on the Christmas spirit, mostly successfully. Since Saturday morning I have spent a morning and an evening at...
Read this entry right down santa claus lane You'd think, with a new baby and a more than full time job, I'd be too busy to humiliate...
Read this entry kick it over here baby pop So it turns out that Josie is quite the music fan. Getting ready in the morning and afternoon diaper changes...
Read this entry light up my life
Read this entry what a girl wants I’m struggling a little bit right now. It feels as though I’ve been just barely juggling everything since going back...
Read this entry Writer's Dread "Did you update the blog today?" is a question heard pretty often around these parts. My usual response is "Um....
Read this entry Thanksgiving thoughts So, as I sit here gooned on turkey with a purring cat on my lap watching Suzie and Josie smile...
Read this entry but baby it's cold outside Tim just left the house to face the grocery store even though it is the night before Thanksgiving AND the...
Read this entry missed One of my favorite patients died yesterday. He became my patient years ago by default, because no one else was...
Read this entry thanks giving We’re still tweaking things around here. It’s taking time to figure out the logistics of our new life, but...
Read this entry like sands through the hourglass I’m getting into the swing of things at work, and really- it is like I never left, except now my...
Read this entry the last boob post. probably. i promise. Lo, I did survive my first week back, although my immunities have fallen to my prolonged absence and I am...
Read this entry pity party, table for me If my life were a sinking ship, this week would be that last moment, where the water was right about...
Read this entry 220... 221... Whatever it takes. After twelve weeks of being home, today was Suzie's official first day back to work. I say "official" because she's...
Read this entry pile o' cousins Our new niece makes Josie look like a gigantor baby. Sophia is a cutie, and I've already forgotten what...
Read this entry hurrah! and finally! and woohoo! I had a very lucid dream right after we arrived in AZ that my sister gave birth at 3 am...
Read this entry unbearable cuteness josie bear Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. Since birth, Josie has transformed from "the Sock" to "the Bear". I bought...
Read this entry maintain speed through tunnels Josie is now a seasoned air traveler, and officially the most angelic baby on earth. Years from now, when...
Read this entry be it ever so humble Today is our last day in Tucson, which is just as well, because all these blue skies and sunny days...
Read this entry howdy, pardner Tim, at baseline a sensitive modern sort of guy, completely macho-ed out on me in Tombstone. There we were seeing...
Read this entry dancing screaming itching squealing fevered, feeling hot hot hot Reason number 42 I'll get coal in my stocking for Mother's Day: I thought it was a good idea...
Read this entry we don't have this problem in pittsburgh
Read this entry quick update Josie was an angel the whole trip, smiling at everyone, never making a peep, and generally charming the pants off...
Read this entry stressed out for the following reasons Heaven help me, we’re about to be the couple on the plane with a baby. And, no baby news from...
Read this entry come out come out whoever you are! My sister is NINE DAYS past her due date. Josie has been pretty patient about meeting her new cousin,...
Read this entry 33 too! October 22, 1972, birthday twin!...
Read this entry 33 Last night we successfully survived our first night leaving the offspring with a babysitter. It went surprisingly well- I managed...
Read this entry school's out forever With all the craziness around here, I don’t think Tim is going to have time to say this today, but...
Read this entry tim thinks she dreams of skydiving Years from now, I think this is what I will miss the most. Every night, the J Bear is...
Read this entry watch out for that tree! Gah! Head exploding from chaos! In the last week or so, things have turned all crazy around here. I’m ramping...
Read this entry intermission Nothing ever stays the same, but do they have to change so fast? When that second pink line appeared last...
Read this entry family portrait
Read this entry burning up with your love I’ve been having a bad couple of days, and I’m finding anxiety attacks are a different beast when you...
Read this entry fun, fun, fun 'til daddy takes the t-bird away All right, I take it back. I’m not quite done watching baseball now that the ALCS is White Sox...
Read this entry not particularly ready for the football Don’t worry, I’ve recovered, although I did wake up with a sore throat on Saturday . I think I’m...
Read this entry a real conversation at our house Tim: Hey sweetie, how was your day? Suzie: Good! I found brownie crumbs in my bra. Tim: …. Suzie: I...
Read this entry a bad day gets worse As you may or may not know, I am NOT a good sport about baseball. Turns out, my daughter...
Read this entry the pain of reality Today, my daughter met the big, cruel world for the first time, and she’s pretty pissed off about it. She...
Read this entry but i still think it's a tie I’m not sure I agree with this new math, but I suppose I should just be happy that the Red...
Read this entry naptime My father-in-law tells me the Red Sox will break your heart, and today he was right. Eh, I’ll survive. Day...
Read this entry go... white sox! Whew. Game safely won, child safely (and sweetly) asleep, and all is well in the world. Now, for the sake...
Read this entry you are a friend of mine Watching baseball is more of a challenge if you are holding an (almost) sleeping baby. Josie is usually sound asleep...
Read this entry there is no joy in mudville I've got horrifying baseball games on the television and a father-in-law who still does not have a return ticket...
Read this entry just you and me kid
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Read this entry visitors Tim’s father and uncle arrived today. Josie thinks having men show up and call her "Princess Josephine" is pretty...
Read this entry 'cuz baby look at you now Now that we have the traveling thing down, Josie and I can’t be stopped. Yesterday we went to a midwife...
Read this entry if they don't win it's a shame When I was pregnant, people always told me two things- that I’d never sleep again, and that I’d get over...
Read this entry queen of the road I can’t remember where, but I recently read that if you choose to breastfeed your child, you might as well...
Read this entry hat of many colors OK, so I recently went a little nuts at etsy.com. If you haven't visited the site, it's a great...
Read this entry what i worry about When Josie was born the nurses at the hospital would start to help me or show me something and then...
Read this entry duck, duck, grey goose You’d think the Red Sox game would have been the highlight of day yesterday, but it wasn’t even close. And...
Read this entry milestones Josie has figured out smiling. It's great, because up until now she just looked worried and/or ticked off. It...
Read this entry life in the slow lane I bought myself a Mini Cooper for my thirtieth birthday, which was a little decadent, I’ll admit. I love my...
Read this entry rockabilly baby Holy Cow. Wanda Jackson (the actual Queen of Rockabilly) is in Johnstown, Pennsylvania this weekend! Tim and I have similar,...
Read this entry sadness I don’t plan on returning to work until November, and so I’m uniquely situated to volunteer in the hurricane relief...
Read this entry 4 weeks Josie is already one month old. It’s been the longest and shortest month of my life. I know she's brand...
Read this entry a good spanking Am I the only one that thinks Jo Frost (aka "Supernanny" of ABC and BBC fame) bears a spooky resemblance...
Read this entry family matters Question of the day- what do you call your grandfather? Both of my grandfathers lived in a small New Hampshire...
Read this entry i'm not a policeman, i'm a princess Tim was the only parent in the know when it came to the Sock’s gender. Everybody was amazed that he...
Read this entry sell crazy someplace else... Below is an email that I received earlier today completely out of the blue, without preface of any kind. This...
Read this entry more of the same It’s hard to update these days, because let’s face it- the care of a newborn is really only interesting to...
Read this entry you and me baby ain't nothing but mammals The transition to motherhood was a little easier on me than the average bear, because I had the best pre-parenthood...
Read this entry Blogus Interruptus Ok... Hands up, who noticed this post? Anyone? As you can imagine, with everything that's happened the last couple weeks,...
Read this entry two weeks Today is Tim’s first day back at work, and this means that I am officially home, alone, in charge of...
Read this entry let's go red sox... with moderation. Josie shows every sign of being a Red Sox fan. But then, does she have any choice? Last night...
Read this entry paisano Today we trekked out into the world, so Josie could meet her great-grandmother, and a few of her great...
Read this entry in which i turn into valerie bertinelli When Josie was first born she was taken away for almost twelve hours while I was stabilized. It made the...
Read this entry who knew? My unknown maternal instincts exhibit A: today I sobbed like, well- a baby, while someone stuck a needle in my...
Read this entry changed for good I've heard it said That people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And...
Read this entry freedom Honestly, a girl loses a few liters of blood and gets a teeny bit of liver failure and then is...
Read this entry almost home Suzie and Josie are both doing well but are spending another night in the hospital. We chatted with the midwives...
Read this entry letter from mom First off, thank you so much for all of your well wishes. The hospital doesn't have internet access, but Tim...
Read this entry World... Sock. Sock... World. Born August 3 at 9:08 A.M. and weighing in at 8 pounds 14 ounces, it is my privilege to introduce...
Read this entry pre-sock interlude Honestly, I’m so disappointed in myself right now I could cry. Way back in May I managed to develop kidney...
Read this entry do not adjust your sets In the next couple hours you may notice some odd things happening around here... Pardon the mess while I get...
Read this entry doomed Disclaimer- I want to write about something other than the heat or the fact that I am knocked up, really...
Read this entry patience is a virtue. or something. Yesterday was my last day of (outside the house) work for three months. Talk about surreal. I actually spent a...
Read this entry transitions There are many signs that I will not actually be pregnant forever, but as of now? Still very much so....
Read this entry things the bradley book never covered Over the course of the last couple months I've come to learn that pregnancy really can have some pretty weird...
Read this entry some very minor labor, but nooooo fruit We received a package yesterday that held the most exquisitely hand knitted sweater I have ever seen. And look...
Read this entry fruits, but no labor kitchen herbs Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. What? Heat wave sweeping the country, you say? P-shaw, say I! Let’s spend...
Read this entry lulled into a false sense of security by my dog's giant head and other sad tales Our AC at the office is a little squirrelly. Half of the patient rooms are saunas, and the other half...
Read this entry head towards the light, child At my last midwife visit the Sock was firmly wedged head down, and this (and the fact that I am...
Read this entry the summer of my discontent baby's first ballcap Originally uploaded by wordsforsnow. As a physician who delivered babies for three years, I am well...
Read this entry i'm not bitter ….Is the terribly appropriate name of the new nail polish on my sausage-like toes. I may be hot, swollen, uncomfortable,...
Read this entry actually, it's my (why did i ever marry such a tall large headed man?) husband who got me into this mess, but.... I think it is only fair that watching the Red Sox-Yankee games this weekend send me into labor. They got...
Read this entry of course i can't see my ankles, so i shouldn't mind that they are swollen. Tim, my ever conquering hero, did manage to destroy the hornet’s nest, although he has asked me not to share...
Read this entry coming soon to a nursery near us Tim somehow convinced a local company that was starting up a 4D ultrasound business to test out their equipment...
Read this entry buzz the aftermath Tim, who leaves for work before I do, called me about 3:30 this afternoon to tell me to be...
Read this entry buzz I'm not a big fan of insects. I understand how they're part of the ecosystem and good for the environment...
Read this entry reason #48 you are glad i am not your doctor Suzie: What brings you in today? Very Nice Middle Aged Man: My elbow’s been hurting for about a month. Suzie:...
Read this entry baby needs a new pair of shoes The count of hand-made blankets for the Sock is now at four, and that’s the reward of being a small-town...
Read this entry Whole Lotta Shaking Going On I fear change at baseline, and woo boy, ain’t there some changing happenin'? It’s July of course, and that, for...
Read this entry get in the van "I ain't gonna be a punk no more. What are you gonna be then Clive, a skinhead? I'm gonna be...
Read this entry When the banana jr. gets the blues For a while now I've been a bit of an Mp3 junkie. Having music saved electronically in a format that...
Read this entry because you can't beat the teen boy version of stairway to heaven Tim wanted to stay home today and hang out in the AC, watch some baseball and keep his feet up....
Read this entry And they're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing The Red Sox are a mere two-hour road trip away in Cleveland the next three days, but I have to...
Read this entry fear the belly The girls at work threw me a surprise shower, which was unbelievably sweet. So far the Sock has three handmade...
Read this entry mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be suzie How’s this for cool? A year or two ago I was seeing a teenage girl for a Well Child Check....
Read this entry love note to my crazy liver-kicker It’s no real secret that I was quite surprised to find myself knocked up. Mind you, I had very good...
Read this entry feet up. three functioning bathrooms. red sox on espn tonight... my very happy day. I just did the math, and NOT including the time I was actually at home, on call, answering phone calls...
Read this entry tgif (no, really) Have you ever been to a chain-type restaurant (Joe’s Crab Shack comes to mind) where when certain songs are played...
Read this entry the home stretch So, my weekend went like this- Friday: Leave office, drive to hospital. Work. Drive home around 10PM. Hurrah! Tim comes...
Read this entry Hot, Hot, Hot Is it just me or has summer just come out of nowhere and sucker punched us all of a sudden?...
Read this entry missing the man I’m smack dab in the midst of work badness, but holding up OK. Two out of five calls and the...
Read this entry nature vs. nuture It is unbelievable how much better I felt physically when I woke up this morning. Three days off in a...
Read this entry tapas with a side of wisdom I brought a very decadent chocolate cake into work yesterday morning. As we all know, chocolate helps, and I didn’t...
Read this entry at least tim had a good day. i'm stopping to get bubble gum on my day to work tomorrow. Once again, I should know better than to make light of things- in this case my reluctance to kneel in...
Read this entry Set the dials on the wayback machine I am a confessed creature of habit... On my way into work I almost always stop by a local gas...
Read this entry Remember Me? If you haven't noticed, I've been kinda slacking round these parts lately - I had a whole list of things...
Read this entry keep falling on my head I spent the morning as the physician "volunteer" here. I use quotes, as it was more of a mandatory voluntary...
Read this entry now go make me a turkey pot pie After this week's badness, I’m so grateful for a chance to just sit down, that I haven’t accomplished much more...
Read this entry sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care As it happens, I should not have been quite so pleased about my lack of call this week, because I...
Read this entry spoonful of sugar Life is pretty dull around here lately. Most of my days are limited to me going to work and sleeping,...
Read this entry Big Ass Photo Post My phone's been telling me it's low on memory the last few weeks so I thought I'd do a little...
Read this entry brings all the boys to the yard After five days of enforced inactivity (those turkeys I work with didn’t let me come back on Friday) I...
Read this entry there and back again I am woman, hear me meow, apparently. The last few days have been a rocky road that’s the truth. I...
Read this entry bad beans So, if the pain of passing a kidney stone is comparable to labor, I’m pretty much screwed. Because that hurt....
Read this entry Kidney Stoned You may be asking yourself (as so many people do), what could possibly be the least fun way to end...
Read this entry you’re shaking my confidence daily Rounding at the hospital is more challenging when one is 26 weeks pregnant, and that comes as a complete surprise...
Read this entry Hookahs? I was just walking back from my weekly cereal run and happened to notice that a shop down the street...
Read this entry living a lie When I started at my office I had a Betta. He lived in one of those vases with a plant,...
Read this entry sad, but true It is almost not worth going on vacation, because going back to work is so painful afterwards....
Read this entry honey, you're the big door prize I had a lot of things I could have discussed today. I might have wrote about the night we...
Read this entry some photos from paradise Just a few more pictures....
Read this entry back from paradise Hola! We are back from vacation, and let me just say- wow. I have never been to an all-inclusive...
Read this entry et tu, yazzle? I wish I had a camera today, but you’ll just have to imagine how amusing the combination of a big...
Read this entry in which i totally gloat. just to warn you. First off, let me once again stress just how happy I am that I married a man who understands electricity...
Read this entry mission accomplished Whew. Next time, the I get the urge to haul my pregnant ass up a ladder to paint fifteen foot...
Read this entry too small for my britches In the year and a half we have owned this place we have managed to repaint every wall, with the...
Read this entry who's your poppi? Shhhh. Stop kicking Sock, and pay attention. The Red "baby-makers" Sox are on, and you may as well get used...
Read this entry circle of life I’m finally recovering (yet again) from my latest illness. Being vulnerable to the myriad germs I come into contact with...
Read this entry get off my lawn True confession: These newest Burger King ads with the goofy-ass smiling "king" mascot creature scare the holy ever-living bejesus outta...
Read this entry sans swamp, snot and sex We spent the last two weekends converting the spare bedroom into a guestroom with library, and it came out even...
Read this entry the good parts This past Friday afternoon I had a blurry fax from the big tertiary hospital in Pittsburgh placed on my desk....
Read this entry bear down red and blue Around our house "March Madness" really just means "woohoo! almost baseball season!", but I did dig out my University of...
Read this entry please don't eat the baby This weekend is a working one- more painting and furniture moving. You try to tell the world’s most spoiled dog...
Read this entry póg mo thóin "The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober." -William Butler Yeats There are quite a...
Read this entry Its got a good beat and you can dance to it Just out of curiosity, am I the only one that feels compelled to dance when people’s cell phones ring with...
Read this entry end of the salad days I’m finally feeling a little better, and thank goodness. Today is my niece’s birthday and I would have hated to...
Read this entry no glow I’ve been fighting what seems to be the worst upper respiratory infection of my life since Thursday. I’ve had body...
Read this entry With Genes Like These Regardless of gender, I think The Sock is destined to be one fine lookin' baby! A lot of old...
Read this entry and, so it begins. again. Hurrah! It’s officially the start of Spring Training!! The Pirates and the Red Sox have their first games tonight, and...
Read this entry Wednesday Thoughts I'm not a huge fan of the show but there should be some sort of wildcard "write-in" candidate on...
Read this entry ducks are the new black We’re back in Pittsburgh, just in time for biggest snowstorm of the year. All that sunshine in Los Angeles...
Read this entry you spin me right round baby Yesterday I found myself parked in the middle of a field. Actually, I wasn’t so much parked as stalled, after...
Read this entry Sour Puss It's crazy how excited I've been since Marcie (of dogsdontpurr fame) told me she'd send me some of her...
Read this entry anybody? bueller? Anybody out there have any feelings about birthing classes? I’m still struggling with the choice- Lamaze? Bradley? Hypnobirthing? Others? And,...
Read this entry in which she finally gives up her high heeled shoes So I’m sitting at a bar in Guadalajara In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes He...
Read this entry A band by any other name It would seem that my work email address is on just about every spam mailing list out there. I get...
Read this entry you make me smile with my heart Yesterday, my niece and I made dog biscuits, and she had the brilliant idea of using heart shaped cookie...
Read this entry the good, the bad and the ugly THE GOOD- Tim wins good husband points every morning when he cleans the snow and frost off of my car...
Read this entry A golden age of communication I was away from my desk for about an hour this afternoon and I returned to find the voicemail light...
Read this entry sorry my hormones made your baby cold ONE infant turns purple and mottled in the exam room, and the meanies I work with made me turn down...
Read this entry 100 things So I've been meaning to do this for awhile but geez, it turns out coming up with 100 things about...
Read this entry physician can't heal herself Vacation was awesome. I ate much, much food and slept, and that’s happiness in a nutshell. Today was our first...
Read this entry love and carbohydrates We had big weekend vacation plans, that have turned into small vacation plans. Instead of traveling the world, we’re packing...
Read this entry where, oh where could she be? It’s almost February, and ‘round these parts, February means hanging out in Vegas drinking with Cheyenne. One small problem (other...
Read this entry scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head My good friend Alice (she of the princess fame) is 22 weeks pregnant with her first child. It’s funny,...
Read this entry there is nothing for me but to love you Dinner tonight was crackers and cheese- Stilton, Boursin, Brie and Laughing Cow. The great thing about being a grown-up is...
Read this entry still alive in the 'burgh My life has turned into a series of activities between naps, and not much else. If one more well meaning...
Read this entry end of the country road My Vacation from Vomit lasted two whole days, but even though the nausea and overall pukiness continues I am feeling...
Read this entry one more for my baby So much for "June-uary", the cold weather and snow have caught up with us here in Pittsburgh. The Yaz...
Read this entry it's the small things that make me happy Yesterday I entered my second trimester of pregnancy. Today, I have gone the full day, over twenty four full hours...
Read this entry snot the same without you The best part about sanding drywall has got to be the giant elmer's-glue-like hunks of stuff that inevitably build up...
Read this entry what's that? is timmie stuck in a well? That fool dog of mine, I'll tell you. He just came over the couch huffing and barking and I swear...
Read this entry are you ready for the football? I watched tonight’s football game with actual enthusiasm for possibly the first time in my life. Living here in the...
Read this entry saturday night's alright Should you find yourself in Pittsburgh tomorrow night searching for a place to continue post-Steelers-victory shenanigans or maybe just start...
Read this entry sixty-one If someone were to have asked me yesterday, "What's the first thing that comes to mind when I say sixty-one?"...
Read this entry just like mom used to write Hey, we just noticed we got a mini-review of sorts from Mama Write and some of her readers... Thanks for...
Read this entry battle of the bulge I have about thirty knitting projects planned, three on needles and for some reason, today I started on a sweater...
Read this entry waltz of the very, very, very good husband Bronson Arroyo, who you probably know is currently a pitcher for the Red Sox, (and used to pitch for the...
Read this entry a failure to communicate The transition from hotel isolation to work was a particularly challenging one this past week. In theory, my work description...
Read this entry danger is my middle name As you can imagine, there's been a fair amount of baby naming discussion going on 'round these parts as of...
Read this entry no, there is too much, let me sum up.... Actually, this whole being the only person without a hangover on January 1st thing is pretty cool. And, no one...
Read this entry Happy New Year! This year I am not feeling as thrilled about public celebration of the new year as I usually am. Most...
Read this entry knitwit While I was feeling under the weather this past month I ended up knitting quite a bit. I’ve been trying...
Read this entry more baseball. during steelers season even! Tonight I watched Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino on HBO, and screamed at the TV like it was...
Read this entry greatest post in the world (tribute) Sitting in traffic this morning I had a whole entry put together in my head but since have forgotten everything...
Read this entry waiting for the miracle part Christmas was immensely lovely this year. The fam showed up for festivities and gifts and general merry making. It was...
Read this entry captain, my captain! Jason Varitek re-signs with the Red Sox! Woohoo!! It's the least he could do, considering my current condition, don't you...
Read this entry because i'm a glass half full sort of gal The bad news is, although most people have today off, I am on call. That means that I am just...
Read this entry happy birthday, you're sleeping on the couch Is it too early in this pregnancy to start blaming Tim for everything? Never mind- I don’t care, because I’m...
Read this entry you smell like a monkey... Today is Tim's thirtieth birthday, and isn't it about damn time that guy was in his thirties already? No really-...
Read this entry grumpiest christmas dog in the world
Read this entry can't see the forest through my tree Although I am willing to admit that the previous four Christmas trees that Tim and I have purchased together...
Read this entry here at home base First off, thank you for all of your well wishes. I am still in a fair amount of shock, but...
Read this entry rookie of the year Now I'm certainly not the doctor in the family but if you look very closely at the ultrasound and tilt...
Read this entry i do love me some baseball In case you were wondering, seven weeks ago today the Red Sox won the World Series. I am sure, that...
Read this entry don't spend it all in one place I work for a design company and we, that is to say, I spend a fair amount of time building...
Read this entry time to try out the mini's new snow tires! Woohoo! Tim is almost thirty! I will no longer be the lone citizen of the thirty-something nation in our house...
Read this entry Make it a double "Right on. I'm aboard the freedom bus, heading for good time city and I haven't even paid my fare... This...
Read this entry he IS the brute squad I'm still sick, and have finally resorted to taking medicine- or rather, Tim has resorted to forcing me to take...
Read this entry (far) east coast At least once a week I venture a few blocks down the street from where I work to the drug...
Read this entry well, do you? Remember when you were a kid, and you couldn’t wait until you grew up so you could stay up as...
Read this entry and stairway to heaven was still playing on the radio... I was talking to a friend this afternoon and for some reason the subject of bigfoot came up. Now, I'm...
Read this entry where they play the right music Saturday night we attended the wedding of my best friend from residency. Pictured above is my brother-in-law Al, my...
Read this entry work it girl (give a twirl) My illness has been much aggravated by recent unwise dancing and conversing at loud volumes, but so it goes....
Read this entry freakathon I've hijacked the remote and, much to Suzie's dismay, have somehow stumbled across a Freaky Friday marathon on Encore. The...
Read this entry breathe slowly So much turkey... So very much turkey... So very, very much turkey... While Suzie is many things, her one, and...
Read this entry we're expecting you The illness that has plagued our house has now claimed me as well. Bummer. The discontent was looming most of...
Read this entry It's Alive! It's taken a little longer than I hoped, mostly due to the sickness and discontent 'round these parts as of...
Read this entry reason #56 to never, ever consider going to medical school I wanted to take a picture of the dog in his cat suit, but the uploading of pictures requires boy...
Read this entry after leopard costumes, i got nothing Things have been a bit slow around here, because our house has been laid low by illness and discontent. I...
Read this entry lounge lizard As much as I enjoy hanging out in shifty motel lounges, I didn’t see all of Tim’s performance last...
Read this entry moon over my manny If you still don't have plans for Saturday night, it's not too late to head down to the Glass Tower...
Read this entry completely random thoughts We have, quite possibly, the world's most flatulent dog. I refuse to believe that Brini Maxwell is not actually a...
Read this entry the day after tomorrow OK, am I really the only dork who buys cases of bottled water after watching a disaster movie? Tim says...
Read this entry lullaby and goodnight I have returned from my doctor’s appointment sufficiently chastened for avoiding medical care for so many years. Now maybe my...
Read this entry I'm With The Band You may have noticed a reoccurring theme in Suzie's Wednesday posts: I'm never home on Wednesday nights. To spite her...
Read this entry heal thyself Sometimes I joke that I became a family doctor because I don’t like sick people. It’s actually not that far...
Read this entry you give me fever I am the most somatic person in the world. Last year, I woke up to sniffles and aches the morning...
Read this entry the aftermath This morning I clicked the meetup link at Democracy for Pittsburgh. And I saw... new member after new member. Try...
Read this entry the worm turns I’m better. Yep, just like that. It’s going to be OK, people. It’s a democracy, and 51% of us wanted...
Read this entry won't you be my neighbor? Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in you backyard?...
Read this entry Yet Another Reason To Dislike Ohio I'm moving to Canada....
Read this entry nowhere near the end I really hoped that this time, things would be easier. Am I the only one who managed to forget just...
Read this entry hope on the homefront CNN just called Pennsylvania... for Kerry. Come on, Ohio....
Read this entry Slab Manchest I don't know what it is exactly but there's just something about Wolf Blitzer that rubs me the wrong way....
Read this entry a small plink in the bucket Tim and I had to wait over an hour in line, but we voted this morning. My heavily Republican neck...
Read this entry put her in a pumpkin shell I love pumpkin pie. I love pumpkin ice cream, and pumpkin roll and pumpkin bread. My husband, the big turkey,...
Read this entry belongs to you and me So, last day before the election. Like most Americans, I am relieved that it will finally be over. And, like...
Read this entry here we go steelers, here we go. I made a deal with the devil. It was an easy one. I promised many a local Yinzer that if...
Read this entry Songs in the key of ween It's that time of year again - Turn off the lights, pull the blanket over your head, hold down option...
Read this entry rest for the wicked I am lame. My alarm went off at four am yesterday. That is far too early to start a weekend,...
Read this entry post baseball I do not enjoy baseball. I watch knowing I will not have fun. I spent most of this season with...
Read this entry the curse. has. been. reversed. Tonight the 2004 Red Sox made my father cry. I watched the game at our local pub. Over the...
Read this entry shocker. it's a baseball post. I'm clearly sleep deprived, because this made me cry. Game four of the World Series is tonight, and Tim is,...
Read this entry dude, pass the miller light. dude. After spending thirteen frustrating hours on my feet at work today I was ready to head home, grab the boy...
Read this entry the seventh inning stretch Whew. No baseball tonight, thank goodness. Like all Sox fans, I need a break from the baseball. I haven't missed...
Read this entry For those of you playing the home game So it's bottom of the first inning and Suzie's changed her story from "Need sleep. Not Watching. Going to Bed."...
Read this entry confession We're home from New York. It was a lovely weekend, but it's always nice to be home. No one could...
Read this entry this isn't going to get any easier, is it? We opened a second bottle of wine about half way through the game. I can't wait until the Sox finally...
Read this entry back in the saddle again Tim loves to make fun of my granola past, but for my birthday he packed up the car and...
Read this entry on the road to destination unknown Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!! It's true that I didn't want much more than the American League...
Read this entry How Am I Gonna Compete With That? So, as some of you may or may not know, tomorrow is Suzie's birthday. Her deepest, most desired wish has...
Read this entry un. believe. able. Can you stand it?? I'm crying. I'm headed back to the pub to have a little chat with those Yankees...
Read this entry Reports of Absence Greatly Exaggerated Two hours, four amazing innings, seven grumpy voicemails, and four posts threatening divorce later and I’m home finally. It was...
Read this entry don't count your chickens and so forth We veteran Red Sox fans are NOT celebrating. We are Drinking. Come on guys! Six more innings! ADDENDUM: Now 8-1...
Read this entry somebody hold me I'm home. I have photographic proof that I have friends who are Yankee fans (and get this!! I also...
Read this entry you gotta have faith My friend Trish, who is a bartender at the pub, just called. Trish is a (gasp!) Yankee fan. I can...
Read this entry the last baseball post (of this week. because next week i'll start again with the WORLD SERIES!) I wish I had a camera at work today. The nurses and secretaries had all cut big socks out of...
Read this entry making history I never doubted. I may never sleep again, but here comes Game Seven. Thanks for keeping it to nine innings,...
Read this entry here we go again "I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me...
Read this entry oh, papi! Well, that was six hours of my life I'll never get back. It was totally worth it, but I can't...
Read this entry Ignore the man behind the curtian "Long suffering" may be a bit of an overstatement but I figured it was time to get off the bench....
Read this entry welcome! Like the new digs?? Gorgeous, no? Things are still in the early stages, and there is sure to be a...
Read this entry put away the brooms!! Work is going to be a bitch tomorrow, and I may have trouble wiping the lipstick marks off the TV...
Read this entry my genetic legacy of hope You're a Red Sox fan? There's nothing wrong with being a Red Sox fan. Let me tell you why. When...
Read this entry hard lessons never learned I was what you would call a late bloomer. Year after year the girls of my class would be called...
Read this entry masochism, anyone? This isn't a real taste of who I am, of course. I am careful on this site to not mention...
Read this entry all are free to move about the building I spent all day mentally preparing myself for nothing. Rain delay. I guess this means I'll be getting to sleep...
Read this entry dear higher power, I'm crazy about Tim because when I was storming around the bedroom kicking things and muttering profanity this morning, he...
Read this entry dr. orkin and other sad stories Listen. I know it was wrong to blatantly giggle when sending the intern back into the room because he "forgot"...
Read this entry excitement is a relative term, of course.... We've been having some minor technical difficulties here, but Tim seems to be on his way to fixing things. I...
Read this entry home for the alcs After tonight, there is no more watching baseball in public for this girl. I mean it. For those who...
Read this entry somedays you have to laugh There was a grumpy elderly man arguing with the front office staff this morning when I walked out front. His...
Read this entry you'd think seven years of being on call would prepare me for this sort of thing I'm not saying that it wasn't worth staying up until two am watching the Sox win. Of course it was...
Read this entry do you see what i see? For the first time in six months I can see out of both eyes. Today I got new contacts, and...
Read this entry unfair! I have late night office hours on Tuesday nights. It's a long day at best and at worst I have...
Read this entry that's what i get, i suppose Turns out, it takes about three weeks after your dog becomes infected with tapeworms to see the REALLY DISGUSTING WIGGLING...
Read this entry the best of both worlds I do complain a lot about living in the suburbs. But, honestly, I love our neighborhood, and our neighbors,...
Read this entry sunday in the park with yaz
Read this entry the morning after This is the year. This is it. I almost moved to Canada, and then out of nowhere- I can't help...
Read this entry hiccup. say vietnam again! Yes, I plan on staying up late tonight... to watch the debates, because I am THAT exciting. I'm home, even...
Read this entry where every body knows your name Hey, what the heck? My schedule says that the Red Sox should be on ESPN, and instead they're broadcasting the...
Read this entry repeat after me Today, once again, I found myself trapped in a penis car showroom for an unreasonable amount of time and an...
Read this entry breakfast of champions You'd think Tim would know better than to leave me home alone when the Sox are on TV. But he...
Read this entry you think it's funny, but it's snot So, as we enter cold and flu season (and the snot, it is here, my friends) please allow me to...
Read this entry there's no crying in baseball If we are ever though renovating this house (and that is an almost infinitesimal possibility) I plan to have my...
Read this entry come again some other day Well, it rained a little here. Looks like we're going to have to miss the Pittsburgh meeting of the Red...
Read this entry and ivan, ivan so far away... Tim just walked through the door, a full three hours late. Apparently, the turn leading to the only road to...
Read this entry lets go sox With five more phonecalls to the insurance company and a lot of help from the nurses and secretaries at my...
Read this entry enough. I try not to mention work too much here. Besides the important confidentiality part, it's a slippery slope, because no...
Read this entry life as a sit com Having visitors in your home is always stressful, and I have certainly had my moments of stress the past few...
Read this entry departure Miss Violet left the house today to go to a happy new home. That was a good thing, as I...
Read this entry pittsburgh nation If you're a local type, don't forget that the Yankees-Red Sox game will be on Fox on September 18th. Hopefully,...
Read this entry the sky was made of amethyst Another weekend visitor was a little wheezy snotty creature who, apparently knows how to pick a sucker. Or, in...
Read this entry yes, ukulele This was one three day weekend I really, REALLY needed. The house was full, between Tim's father, Tim's uncle and...
Read this entry destination: today On the drive home today I did some serious deep breathing. I have had a week of escalating frustrations in...
Read this entry on call and grumpy By definition, the people I see in the hospital are a much different patient population than what I see in...
Read this entry fixed! All technical difficulties seem to be resolved. I'm back. Not that much has been happening around here. My partner is...
Read this entry pictures of you I just spent about an hour looking through the roughly one gazillion digital pictures I have taken in the past...
Read this entry red sox nation Here's a great plan! Getting to any more games may be unlikely for me this season, but I love the...
Read this entry the evil eye I've still not come to terms with the loss of the vision in my right eye. It's not just that...
Read this entry and, since he is the cutest dog in the whole world i do what he says I had to work on Saturday morning, but after I got home things started to look up. We had lunch...
Read this entry still grumpy, still no clams I've been in a Bad Mood all week, and I can't stand myself. I mostly have been focusing on not...
Read this entry standing still I have been suffering from a general malaise since returning from vacation. I suppose it is fatigue and an acute...
Read this entry there and back again We have returned safely to Pittsburgh. We had a fantastic time, and I'd do it again tomorrow- even though...
Read this entry fenway
Read this entry take me out to the ballgame We're here in Boston. The Sox await!...
Read this entry doggone I would hope that a dog named The Yaz (after Carl Yastrzemski) would be allowed into the ballpark, but I...
Read this entry bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow... I'm so excited about the upcoming roadtrip I can't stop wiggling. Tomorrow threatens to be most unpleasant, between a pre-work...