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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...

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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

Read this entry it's good to be the king princess Hand to God, the first time I met Tim’s (Irish) father the very first words he said to me were,...

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...

Read this entry returning to the homeland I just got off the phone with my father. He was calling to update me on the Red Sox pitching...

Read this entry i'm just working for the monday Art won the Friday night battle. And then i spent a lot of time at the hospital, and there went...

Read this entry friday, finally. I'm on call this weekend, but not tonight- so it's valuable weekend time. I'm unclear how to spend the one...

Read this entry in the fold Oh, and for the Pittsburgh crowd, who like me, are fold-impaired. I give you: How to fold fitted sheets. Because...

Read this entry life in the slow lane Another Wednesday night home alone, and again I choose to eat cake for dinner, do yoga without being molested in...

Read this entry she wears short shorts As a warning, I really hate August. August it Too Hot and Too Humid. My partner also goes on a...

Read this entry le bonheur est parfum francais Funny, two full years ago I was concerned about my biologic clock. You know, that one that is supposed to...

Read this entry rally I would love to see an aerial photo of the group of people who turned out to happily wait in...

Read this entry scene from today's kerry rally

Read this entry hooting and hollering and home alone A belief that we are connected as one people. If there's a child on the south side of Chicago...

Read this entry i don't care if we never come back We just returned from tonight's Pirates game. Although I am a Red Sox fan, it was a real treat...

Read this entry file under: best husband ever Wednesday night I found myself on call for the fourth night in six days. By yesterday, being at work was...

Read this entry call to action My first thought when I opened my eyes this morning was of how happy I was to be off call...

Read this entry how much is that kitten in the window There are kittens in the woods behind my house. They are small and fuzzy and so cute they burn my...

Read this entry call me It is July, and every July 1st a whole legion of medical students wakes up to the new title of...

Read this entry dog days of summer First Tim tricked me into getting a table saw rather than a puppy. Then, this weekend he somehow how...

Read this entry flashdances There have been some minor changes around the old blog, with more potentially on the horizon (Oooh. Foreshadowing.) As I...

Read this entry i'm a very good driver You may not understand just how obsessive I am. I will check the location of my purse, or key, five...

Read this entry 100 things After two years, I finally got around to doing an about me thing-y. Turns out, it took me two years...

Read this entry why you are happy you don't live in our house Tim: Ew. Tim: I just picked something up, and I don't even want to know what it was. Suzie: Hmm....

Read this entry you don't come out of that closet until you've smoked every single last one of those cigarettes, young lady. My darling husband very earnestly bought me an additional fifteen pounds of cherries yesterday. Cherry season is drawing to a...

Read this entry life is just a bowl of cherries Honestly? The real reason I married Tim was he doesn't like Bing cherries. Unfathomable but true. Which means that every...

Read this entry camouflage creatures Even though our master bedroom was an ugly dorm-like mish mash of our combined furniture it was certainly livable. It...

Read this entry dear old golden rule days Even though we are colleagues, I am incapable of not having a father-daughter interaction with my boss. The director of...

Read this entry am i wrong? I know that I am not the only only who has ever tasted Pup-a-roni. Come on now, they smell exactly...

Read this entry walking away from the caulk This weekend was one of the most beautiful I can remember and therefore, of course, we spent it working inside....

Read this entry current gender count in casa suzie: two girls, FOUR boys Although I still don't see much out of my right eye, most of the rest of my life is back...

Read this entry sad but true Today I put the first coat of paint on the bedroom walls and did five loads of laundry, and therefore...

Read this entry yazzle dazzle! We have added a new family member, henceforth known as The Yaz. We found The Yaz at a shelter...

Read this entry if no one asks me to the dance i'll. just. die. I am still trying to pay back my partners who so generously covered my calls when I was sick, so...

Read this entry file under "small world" My father just called to tell me that while re-financing his home the broker casually mentioned that he had known...

Read this entry who took that doggie in the window? Remodeling task number 576 (Right after #575, "repeatedly call myself a dumbass for buying a home with excessive Southwestern wallpaper")...

Read this entry summertime, and the living is easy Summer is a time of great food happiness for the boy and I. Tim loves to grill. I love me...

Read this entry prisoner of azkaban tim So, I'm pretty sleepy this morning, as we went to bed very late last night. No, we weren't out partying...

Read this entry dif, schmiff This weekend we accidentally bought new bedroom furniture. We didn't wake up in a tub of ice sans a kidney...

Read this entry cat porn at my house

Read this entry the other side This past week I made it over the final two hurdles to returning to my life Before- rounding at the...

Read this entry permission to take a break, boss If there is ever thermonuclear war, the survivors will be the cockroaches and my porch planters. But regardless, I survived...

Read this entry that's the sound of the girl working on the chain gang You know that scene in movies, where a group of hapless prisoners in uniforms are miserably digging in the hot...

Read this entry thank ya, pardner The previous owner of our home was an older single man who apparently read quite a bit of Louis L'Armour....

Read this entry garden therapy I remain my own worst enemy. I manage to forget that my right eye remains essentially blind, and every time...

Read this entry monster in the monongahela! Stories like this are the reason I love living in Pittsburgh. There are giant monster catfish big as eight year...

Read this entry i'm packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes. just in case. These days, I'm a little like a Mrs. Potato Head that's been dropped on the ground. I am slowly but...

Read this entry heal thyself For the past few weeks I've been feeling like I'm trapped in skin that isn't mine. Being "sick" was hard,...

Read this entry therapy I know that I should be at the grocery store, but instead I'm still in my pajamas. Tim is out...

Read this entry me and my stupid protestant work ethic It's been a little tough on my pride, this whole back to work thing. I'm not used to having to...

Read this entry working for the weekend It is more than stupendous to be back at the office, but I am exhausted. Going from daytime television to...

Read this entry swarms of bees and other dangers So, I'm finally back at work and out of the house. After sitting in one place with my head down...

Read this entry marriage should be about me WINNING Not my day, apparently. The boy and I went off to the local PetSmart, where three different local shelters had...

Read this entry ikea bound That will teach us to do any spring cleaning. Like big dummies we just decided to clean downstairs, and for...

Read this entry we go together like peas and carrots The two months before the wedding were a little rough. We had to go to court, we had major plumbing...

Read this entry eyesore I'm a little down today. I woke up to an eye that was goopy and red, and the prospect of...

Read this entry public service announcement Take it back. This experience will make me a better doctor, because once I am back, no more Suzie Nice...

Read this entry beginning to see the light Looking through my right eye is like looking through a half full glass of water. The watery part is useless....

Read this entry love, honor and.... I think this is my favorite picture from the wedding. Mostly because it looks all schoompy and romantic, but...

Read this entry eye can't take much more My most recent doctor's appointment was more good news. I can finally put my head up. I still can't lay...

Read this entry back from the beach Well, we're home. I can't speak with any authority, because I have never been on a cruise, but I'm pretty...

Read this entry obligatory cheesy beach shot

Read this entry honeymoon! The worst part of the eye disaster was canceling the honeymoon. We were really looking forward to getting out...

Read this entry married In spite of ourselves We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow Against all odds Honey, we're the big door...

Read this entry or forever hold your peace It's easier being trapped at home with your head down when the "Princess Bride" is on the TV. So, getting...

Read this entry the countdown begins I spent yet another two hours of my life at the ophthalmologist today and the news is mostly good. Actually,...

Read this entry a postcard from hell I still have no vision in my right eye, and am still required to keep my head down all the...

Read this entry keeping it real Now, I've been all schoompy and sappy, and that's all fine and good. But just because I am crazy about...

Read this entry the eyes have it I finally had good news at the doctor's today. My retina is re-attached, and although I already have a cataract...

Read this entry a public thank-you Ten years ago my father gave me a ten place china setting as a college graduation gift. At thirty one...

Read this entry Update Part 2 She's swollen, nauseous, spatially disoriented, and in a fair amount of pain but Suzie's home now and all prognostic signs...

Read this entry everything is only somewhat satisfactual Unfortunately, my retina is not as fixed as I had hoped. So, tomorrow I am scheduled for a second surgery....

Read this entry everything is satisfactual The way I see it, I've been taking the last few months all wrong. Maybe what I have seen as...

Read this entry any insomniacs up for a sing-a-long with a shut-in? Actually, I feel pretty good. Today, well... today saw the resolution of a problem that had me pretty stressed out...

Read this entry fear me I'm a quick healer. My eye already looks a gazillion times better than when first poked with sharp things. Still,...

Read this entry i'm an eyesore A little free advice. Try to avoid having your eye poked with sharp sticks. It's true what they say: doctors...

Read this entry Update It was a long day but we're home now, and in one piece for the most part. Suzie's having some...

Read this entry the pirate bride 1) So, Tanya is the wisest girl out there- I soooo am knocking on wood whenever I make happy statements...

Read this entry the sunny side of the street Looking at the half-way full side of thinking has been a little difficult this past month or so. It's been...

Read this entry the butt of jokes What a week. I left my office on Saturday afternoon and gimped it on home. I spent the rest of...

Read this entry next? It's time I just accepted the fact that this is not my year. I walked out of my front door...

Read this entry she was afraid, she was petrified Yesterday was my niece's birthday. Somehow, she is nine years old. Where does the time go? Anyway, we got her...

Read this entry i hope that dress is stretchier than i remember See, although I'm feeling much MUCH better, I'm still not updating because I'm too busy eating. It's Lent, hoorah! Homemade...

Read this entry cue the plagues and pestilence True story. Today, I stood next to a man who was cutting a large hole in my ceiling. The once...

Read this entry welcoming back And the ones that can know you so well are the ones that can swallow you whole. I have a...

Read this entry still alive Good or bad, when under stress I play it close. I don't return messages, I don't answer the phone, and...

Read this entry when knowing it's going to be ok isn't any help at all I try to relax the muscles that have gone into permanent spasm in my back. I take a lot of...

Read this entry through good times and bad Hi you are doing a great deal.I wish you a succes to the future.Regards Pavel...

Read this entry the vegas awards Most Likely to have Security Called on Him: Ooh. Close one. I mean look at these troublemakers. But I am...

Read this entry home sweet home "You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go...

Read this entry the cheese(s) stands alone This is so an annual tradition, by the way. Most folks have abandoned us. They have, I don't know, jobs...

Read this entry the girls

Read this entry vegas, baby Just for the record, Krix took hardly any convincing to buy said hooker shoes. There are many pictures, but for...

Read this entry the crowd goes wild You hear that sound? It's my VACATION!! Woohoo! As of now I am off for one whole week. First stop......

Read this entry death of an american icon Local Forecast Thursday night : Snow, sleet or freezing rain early. Precipitation changing to freezing rain late. Low 28F. Winds...

Read this entry stupid, STUPID rodent "I'm glad I live in this luxurious burrow on the Knob and not in a dirty, smelly spider hole like...

Read this entry stupid rodent There was this big yellow round thing in the sky for a few hours yesterday. It looked sorta familiar... I...

Read this entry snow day!! It is dumping snow here, and my office in the boonies has literally been shut down. Not a single patient...

Read this entry red rum red rum Apparently the high carbon monoxide level in the house came from running the car in the garage to warm it...

Read this entry the outside is all inside now. why is that alarm still going off? The guest bathroom is in the midst of remodeling chaos, but I was quite confident that by the end of...

Read this entry why my boyfriend is hot Tim is tall. He brings me flowers. He makes the world's best martini. And all that is nice enough... but...

Read this entry sleepless with donuts My joy over sleeping was premature. As it turns out, I have to actively destroy things to sleep. It's starting...

Read this entry 2,4,6,8 this is how we sublimate sub…li…mate: To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity -...

Read this entry my first meme I don't normally do these. But it's amazing how much of my life I have spent with my nose in...

Read this entry back in the saddle again Talk about chain of events. I felt bad that Archie was sitting in the snow. So, we finally clean the...

Read this entry baby, it's cold outside Yesterday's grumpy lethargy is forgotten, and today we have actually been productive. It's almost too embarrassing to show, but our...

Read this entry vodka negates all cheese calories. no. really. After all the years we've known each other Tim chooses TONIGHT to mention that his father's favorite late night drinking...

Read this entry life in the fast lane I've been out of sorts all day, and I suspect my ongoing insomnia has a lot to do with it....

Read this entry vegas, baby. I remain insomniriffic. Bummer. And apparently lack of sleep makes me invent whole words, like insomniriffic. Don't throw things, but...

Read this entry insomnia plague "The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, Turned around backwards so the windshield shows. Every streetlight reveals the picture...

Read this entry sigh. here comes the bride. So, the boy and I have reached a mutually agreeable compromise. We're having a very small ceremony on Friday, and...

Read this entry and i just backed away from the cucumbers Living healthier isn't all it's cracked up to be. First it was skim milk and margarine, then soy-based "sausages', and...

Read this entry the pitcher picture I don't like the taste of beer. It's completely tragic. My whole adult life I have been excluded from the...

Read this entry the cheese stands alone I've known Alice for almost twenty years. Alice is my Voice of Reason, the one practical friend that we all...

Read this entry snow tales We live reluctantly in the 'burbs, and every morning the boy and I commute in two different directions. He fights...

Read this entry angel from montgomery There were a few bright spots among my many soul-sucking errands today. For one thing, I ran into my hair...

Read this entry i bet in hell you just wander around bridal shops Turns out Julie is right. The big poofy people are much MUCH scarier than lawyers. The whole lawyer visit...

Read this entry pray for me I can't decide which appointment I am dreading more today. It's probably the appointment with a lawyer. It just kills...

Read this entry mr. schoompy-pants The boy came home from work today with a bouquet of lillies and a stack of bridal magazines. Honestly, he's...

Read this entry the night in the big city Hope you all had a great new year's eve. We did....

Read this entry at last the holidays are almost over The year 2003 went out in a blaze of glory here in Pittsburgh, which has to be a good sign,...

Read this entry did i mention we have a camera phone now? and a cat? and vodka? Please. I beg you. Next year, for me- get the flu shot? That would be swell. I'm back at the...

Read this entry my new boyfriend is a cornbag I must confess. I have a new boyfriend. I can highly recommend his services to anyone with chronic neck or...

Read this entry dip says hi So, I got Tim a cell phone for Christmas. It was kind of a Christmas present to me as well,...

Read this entry is it scrumptiously crunchable? Do bad things really happen in threes? If so, I'm due for a third key disaster. Christmas Eve I was...

Read this entry my niece's christmas card from last year is too cute not to post this year

Read this entry happy christmas eve's eve 1) My sister braved the holiday madness at the grocery store tonight to buy mini sweet gherkins, because she knows...

Read this entry on love Tim is so excited that he wakes me up in the middle of the night to tell me we are...

Read this entry you're going to wear panties like an elf Thank you all so much for your congrats. I'm a little overwhelmed here still. I have some thoughts on diamonds...

Read this entry the news So, I'm not married. Or, heaven forbid, pregnant. I did however agree to marry that boy of mine this weekend....

Read this entry birthday boy Yesterday was Tim's birthday. He is a year older, and somehow manages to still be in his twenties, the...

Read this entry all the way home i'll be warm I'm officially an old lady. Not only do I drive a station wagon, but I love it. Love it, I...

Read this entry what would miss manners say? I'm honestly befuddled this year. Patients often bring flowers, candy or cookies to the office this time of year. But,...

Read this entry and hippopotamuses like me too I feel much better today. Yesterday was our office Christmas party and Taresa (one of the nurses) noticed that after...

Read this entry tra la la la la I'm not dead, but I'm beginning to wish I was. I finally was feeling better yesterday, and then around eight...

Read this entry snot alot It's completely unbelievable but I am sick. Again. I usually have an iron constitution, but this is day eight of...

Read this entry how i ruined christmas for everyone You know those stuffed animals that sing Christmas carols in reponse to a remote sensor? Let's say someone hung a...

Read this entry oops, there goes another rubber tree plant After last weekend's hat disaster I hit the needles again. And this time.......

Read this entry let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Hooray!! Talk about perfect timing- we had our first big snowfall last night. Unbelievably, I have no work obligations...

Read this entry like sands through the hourglass I struggled for months with the decision to buy a new car. As you may know, I have a new...

Read this entry stickin' to my dayjob I had a plan. A hat plan. I figured it was time to break out of scarves, and I was...

Read this entry sibling rivalry I killed my Mini yesterday. On purpose. It became depressed, or possessed and began randomly opening it's own windows and...

Read this entry the thanks part it's hardest to love the ordinary things, she said, but you get lots of opportunities to practice. -brian andreas To...

Read this entry monday I'm exhausted. And my much loved Betta, Barstow, died today after two years of making my office a happy place....

Read this entry mmmmmm. cheetos. Were you aware food ate while on call doesn't count?...

Read this entry purls of hope Twenty-two hours down and forty-two hours to go of call. It kills me to be trapped in the hospital today,...

Read this entry aqua-paws I was hijacked by anxiety today, and I didn't even see it coming. Not that it would have changed the...

Read this entry well healed As a concession to my aging feet I have finally given in. I work between twelve and thirteen hours on...

Read this entry what do you get when you cross a pit bull with a collie? It's been a day of good and bad news. I thought I was going to have to cover one of...

Read this entry girl's night

Read this entry martinis in t minus five and counting I've been a liitle down this week. I've been at work late, and then on call and then at work...

Read this entry ode to ohio I have a thing for historic hotels and an embarrassing large collection of travel books on my bookshelves. So, this...

Read this entry run, run, run away Everything they say about hospitals at the full moon is true, and I have been there since five am this...

Read this entry but this year, it's our year It turns out, the last time I actually felt healthy enough to venture to the pub was the last game...

Read this entry narrow escapes You would not believe the day I had. I just got home a full two hours later than normal after...

Read this entry happiness is... It's almost... almost worth working thirteen hours on my feet in heels. Because it feels just so darn good to...

Read this entry closely knit I've started to learn to knit, and I am shockingly bad at it. I figured I had to do something...

Read this entry they're coming to get you barbara I wish Tim wouldn't insist on watching Night of the Living Dead every year. It's scary, and I can't be...

Read this entry at least i won't be tempted to eat all the candy myself... Happy Halloween to all! I admit it, I'm a wait to the last minute girl when it comes to the...

Read this entry oh mel, kiss my grits I woke myself up snoring this afternoon. This was made extra tragic by the fact that I was asleep in...

Read this entry go suzie. it's your birthday. Actually, it's not my birthday. It was, however, my birthday last Wednesday. Sadly, I spent this past week about as...

Read this entry heal thyself, yeah, whatever. I was awake maybe five hours this weekend, and the rest of the weekend I slept on the couch. I...

Read this entry the family, it weeps We were all ready to drive to New Hampshire, so we could watch the series with my people instead of...

Read this entry holding my breath in the 'burgh My ever helpful host fixed my comments, so now my mother can woohoo her own self. Thanks, liz! And, hopefully...

Read this entry the family, it rejoices My mother just called to tell me my comments were down. I'm aware, but I don't know when or how...

Read this entry go red sox!! I cancelled my knitting class. I gave blood, in spite of my extreme fear of needles. I've done all I...

Read this entry I blame me. It's my fault the Red Sox lost last night. I had evening office hours and so I wasn't able to...

Read this entry happiness is... Have I mentioned that I firmly believe that rich people aren't neater than me, they just have better containers to...

Read this entry back from babylon I feel guilty about it, but I am not sure that it justifies my new-found love for paying for convenience....

Read this entry happy birthday Speaking of maudlin, there are some people who will never change. Some people will always see the worst side of...

Read this entry maudlin Pittsburgh is a football town, end of story. When I dragged myself into work on Tuesday, weary from Monday's night...

Read this entry take me out to the ballgame Tim unsuccessfully tried to play on my yankee roots to justify skipping dance class tonight. No dice, buddy. But after...

Read this entry oh good. now i get the tear-jerker channel. I rushed home from the hospital this afternoon to let the cable guy in. We've had problems with certain channels...

Read this entry baby, it's cold outside Well, the boys just called from Clarion. They are as intoxicated as expected and apparently currently listening to Slayer and...

Read this entry you know i made him promise not to let anyone pee in my sleeping bags before he left It is the Autumn Leaf Festival in Clarion, PA and Tim has left the building. I know such a festival...

Read this entry he found a kangaroo that followed him home and now it is his No, really. Is Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla too obscure for a Halloween costume?...

Read this entry hold for the last time then slip away quietly Oh. My. God. hp has kidnapped my adolescence. "Pictures of You" should invoke sobbing, sullen girls wearing black. Not photo...

Read this entry how you doin? I spent a very unpleasant three hours getting my Mini inspected this afternoon. Archie is already a year old, and...

Read this entry and the other is gold Somehow I have found myself in a point of my life that the term "old friend" describes people I have...

Read this entry the perils of technology The cats have figured out how to change our answering machine message by jumping on the machine. I wouldn't mind...

Read this entry algorithm for suzie So, we're sitting eating lunch and I am a little hopped up on the first diet Pepsi I've had in...

Read this entry burning up with your love I gave up all vices this week to help cure a tough case of heartburn. As a physician I of...

Read this entry me aching toes Yet another weekend spent working on the house, but this one was at least satisfying. The living room is finally...

Read this entry would you like biscuit, cornbread or hushpuppies with that? It's been almost ten full years since the last time I waited tables, and I still sometimes have dreams that...

Read this entry bottom of the heap I'm claustraphobic. Which is a real challenge around my house, seeing as I share my space with three cats and...

Read this entry you're the one that's crazy The eighties have been haunting me the past day or so. First, Highlander. Then I find this stash of pictures...

Read this entry true confessions Next month I will be thirty-one years old. And before tonight, I never saw the Highlander. Sad, but true. All...

Read this entry letting go I'm still here. I haven't quit my job, or even seriously considered it. On Thursday I came home from our...

Read this entry driving down the road with the sunroof open on the most beautiful day of the year Last week I had a crisis of faith. I'm not sure I want to be a doctor anymore. I feel...

Read this entry first the corn. what next, frozen burritos? You may have predicted we would be impractical last night, and indeed we were. That made two nights in a...

Read this entry if it's not scottish it's... not wearing a dumb hat We don't compromise well. Yesterday we both had goals. I wanted to go to the art fair at Mellon...

Read this entry the curse of girls Every morning on my drive to work there are people who I see every day. One of my favorites was...

Read this entry a bad day He was fifty-two and he didn't want to die. He refused to take the pain medicine I tried to give...

Read this entry home on the bayou Three whole weekend days later the swamp (marsh?) spare bedroom is not quite complete, but we're almost there. My stain...

Read this entry it's not so easy being green Brilliant idea number one: Decorate the spare bedroom like the swamp from the opening scene of the Muppet Movie. Lots...

Read this entry the lovers, the dreamers and me We're back on the remodeling trail. Cheyenne can confirm the hideous-unless-you-are-an-eleven-year-old-boy nature of our guest bedroom. So we're redoing it...

Read this entry write this one down kids I'm on call and have a... feeling of doom. Maybe it's just the past two days have been pretty shitty....

Read this entry i so met jill sobule and you didn't

Read this entry i'm just even here in happy town The boy and I are venturing out of the 'burbs tonight. Normally I wouldn't on a school night, but it's...

Read this entry horse-hockey You couldn't tell if you looked out my window right this second, but it was rainy day here in western...

Read this entry slightly great I try not to obsess on my anxiety. For one thing, it's boring, and for another it certainly doesn't...

Read this entry my new do is a don't I know Mr. P pretty well. As a matter of fact, I know his wife, and his wife's twin sister...

Read this entry too much month at the end of our money Ah the joys of being a new homeowner. We're broke. Clearly broke is a relative term, because we've paid our...

Read this entry heeeresssssssss.... Miss Joelle sent me about the coolest present ever today. It involves the first man I ever had a crush...

Read this entry you are what you are Last night at the concert it was bandied about that John Prine is the greatest singer/ songwriter of all time....

Read this entry carson street goblin It's a good thing I had my camera when we were driving through the South Side of Pittsburgh the other...

Read this entry just wonderin' how i'd ever live without you by my side So, somehow I managed to drink a bottle of Pinot Grigio before seven. I blame Tim. There is no...

Read this entry don't say boone's farm. i'd have to leave the house. and put on a bra. I have never been so thankful for a day off. I'm STILL in my pajamas and it's five pm. There's...

Read this entry the low road When I had to put my dog to sleep, I distinctly remember my friend Rebeccah leaning over to my sister...

Read this entry stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood Sigh. Cheyenne has left the building. We'll miss her muchly. Pittsburgh was just too exciting for her I suppose. Those...

Read this entry you have an elevated psa, and whatcha wearin? The worst part about the partner being out of the office isn't being twice as busy or the extra hours,...

Read this entry afternoon delight When was the last time you were at the grocery store in the mid-afternoon on a weekday? I couldn't tell...

Read this entry back from brownsville My day started at four am yesterday and didn't end until after two am, when we finally conceded defeat to...

Read this entry we aim to please In happier news, Cheyenne is here. Girl is getting some quick re-ed-u-ca-tion on the land of mullets. She was trapped...

Read this entry riding the wave My grandfather went downstairs for what I assured the family was a relatively minor procedure. He aspirated and respiratory arrested...

Read this entry gently out to sea I've tried but I can't picture my grandfather in hospital robes. Or with a NG tube in his nose, or...

Read this entry crying takes the bad out of it So it's been one of those days. One of the days you feel like a wet dishrag at the end...

Read this entry a theoretical question... Let's say you knew a girl who was constantly asking her boy to wear safety goggles when using power tools....

Read this entry the new phonebooks are here! I am not ashamed how excited I get when the local adult school brochure arrives. See, I live in a...

Read this entry space vs. suzie There's a terribly useless space next to our fireplace that offends me with its useless-ness. Said space is 32 1/2...

Read this entry goals There were many big plans this weekend, so why is nothing done yet? One word. Ikea. Every time we go...

Read this entry pie in the sky Last night I was thinking about karma. I sat here on the couch eating key lime pie and wondered what...

Read this entry love me some wednesday nights The boy is at "band practice" (which I'm still convinced is code for "hanging out with the guys at Hooters")....

Read this entry poi pondering Bad weekend, and that's all I have to say about that. We have so many home improvement projects planned that...

Read this entry wishful packages I left the hospital at almost exactly nine pm tonight, about fourteen hours after I first got there. I was...

Read this entry but isn't that a job for the head nurse? My computer connection at home has been down for a few days. It's just as well. I've been so busy...

Read this entry tgif I am so already in my pajamas....

Read this entry what channel is lifetime again? Wait. Help. Can TNN just become "the first network for men"? It's causing chaos at my already chaotic house. Tim...

Read this entry whys Why is bing cherry season so short? Why didn't anybody tell me magnets don't stick to a stainless steel fridge?...

Read this entry speechless There are no words to describe the pain of unpacking. So I have no words today....

Read this entry waiting for signs I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream...

Read this entry muncie's little helper My cat is on valium. No really. I wish I was joking. The poor creature has lived with me for...

Read this entry the devil is a crafty one So, fostering cats is one thing. But being tricked into volunteering at a booth is quite another. I used to...

Read this entry post traumatic fridge disorder Still alive here, just completely overwhelmed. Work has been keeping me so busy I haven't had time to unpack, and...

Read this entry we live Oh. My. God. It has been the worst weekend of my life. But. We are moved. Completely. And we have...

Read this entry broadband back, but at what price? Hey look! I'm still alive, despite my dire predictions. All of the heavy items have been moved, but there is...

Read this entry there is no cure acute move-itis Tim tells me the time has come to pack the computer. If you don't hear from me in the next...

Read this entry moving towards the light... Generally it's hard for me to get too enthusiatic about Tuesdays. Tuesdays mean twelve hours of office, and by the...

Read this entry more trim please Oh, now I remember what it is that I hate more than painting trim. Packing....

Read this entry and i might stop christopher lowell as well. i blame him for my current pain. If I had a time machine I suppose I would do something like get rid of Hitler. Or whatever. But...

Read this entry day of rest Everybody has their breaking point, and as it happens mine is refrigerators. Yesterday I lost a patient, painted the foyer...

Read this entry plastered alone on a wednesday night You would think if you were a boy who had band practice on Wednesday nights you would warn your overly...

Read this entry fatigue sets in There are only so many hours in the day and it's beginning to take its toll. I work eight to...

Read this entry advice from mrs. 5-in-1 The last of the wallpaper is gone. From now on, whenever someone moves I vow to give them a 5-in-1...

Read this entry in which i pay men for service Yeah, yeah. We've been so focused on our remodelling-painting-caulking-shopping-woohoo-we're-homeowners! kick that I managed to over look the fact that we...

Read this entry do donkeys caulk? Why would you use brick as a backsplash? Why? Did I mention I live in western Pennsylvania, with nary...

Read this entry i've been having an affair with the 5-in-1. don't tell the caulk, it wouldn't understand. We're still remodeling daily. Things have progressed from mere paint to manual labor, and let me tell you, I'm developing...

Read this entry just like trading spaces. except with more profanity. and caulk. Almost the whole first floor is done, and I call Uncle. Tomorrow is officially Don't Touch Paint Day, so mark...

Read this entry i never thought i could get tired of caulk What we have learned thus far: Lowe's sucks your pocketbook. Ikea sucks your soul....

Read this entry how i learned to love caulk Listen, I can't update... the only thing happening is really boring house stuff. And also, after twelve hours of working...

Read this entry it looks so much easier on the discovery channel Don't get me wrong, being a homeowner is still great. Painting, however, sucks. Don't worry, I refuse to let fatigue...

Read this entry the aftermath So, buying a house was somewhat like graduating from medical school. I thought about and worked for it for so...

Read this entry and... We have keys. We are homeowners. I have lots more to say, but first we have to go, um, christen...

Read this entry the sounds of silence There's currently a U-Haul parked at our proposed new residence, which bodes well. Even more exciting is today's adoption of...

Read this entry how soon is now Hey look! My DSL has returned to functioning status. How lovely. Things here are very wacky. We may or may...

Read this entry otherwise, i'm forced to resort to vodka shots again... Our head nurse just let me poke her with needle and remove a half dozen skin tags. Minor destruction with...

Read this entry tick tock My home internet is down. The money we need to close with was wired this morning but has not yet...

Read this entry the end of the world as i know it If you knew Tim in all his supremely calm glory, you'd understand just how ominous it is that even he...

Read this entry i can't drive 55 So, the nice non-ticket giving cop also gave me the heads-up that he or his brethen will be in the...

Read this entry i've been had Waaa-ait a minute here. How come I just figured this house buying thing out? You save all your money. You...

Read this entry no really. i am having a very bad day. The only good thing is, I apparently made the decision to go blonde right in the nick of time. At...

Read this entry wasted prayer These weeks that I round at the hospital are physically and emotionally tough. For one thing the hospital, my house...

Read this entry i call time out I deliberately walked away from my To-Do list this weekend in anticipation of a upcoming month of stress. The new...

Read this entry kittens of the world, unite. Doris and her kittens have wrought so much havoc in the house that last night they were banished to...

Read this entry ch-ch-ch-changes So, I guess I lost my focus here. Really, there hasn't been too much happening that hasn't fallen into one...

Read this entry you'll poke your eyes out True story: I once had a splinter in the bottom of my foot for months. I was waiting for it...

Read this entry and then, there were three Judy stopped by this afternoon to pick up the new kittens for their first vet visit. Unfortunately, I turns out...

Read this entry happy monday I know I've mentioned it before, but really- I only get sick on weekends. Heavens forbid I enjoy a day...

Read this entry danger kitty The other kittens are cute too. Moki is a very shy but very sweet little girl, and Wembley is the...

Read this entry fear the gobo

Read this entry down at fraggle rock There's good news and bad news. The good news is Jackson had a trip to the vet today where he...

Read this entry beware greeks bearing oaths In spite of predicted rain it was an unbelievably gorgeous day here. We were all inching towards the door at...

Read this entry that's mr. jackson. if you're nasty. I started fostering kittens for CatSense after finding and unsuccessfully trying to save an abandoned kitten I had named Enzo....

Read this entry kickboxing, you ever heard of kickboxing? sport of the future? I really was joking about turning to the hooch, but I wasn't joking about the need to get really angry....

Read this entry public service announcement Oh. And if someone *cough*JON*cough* has been sending me emails to my home account, I should give you the heads...

Read this entry permission I've mentioned before I don't drink when I'm sad or anxious; and trust me there are impressive genetic reasons for...

Read this entry weekend of love I had no idea how much I needed this weekend. There's been the house stress, of course. But there's been...

Read this entry but they'll laugh at you in jackson, and i'll be dancin' on a pony keg The pajama plan was officially ditched, but it's OK. We have just returned from a little adventure that involved...

Read this entry hopefully there are no hufflelumps! I'm a bad person. Everytime I hear a certain patient prononce the word "wheezes" as "weasles" I giggle. I am...

Read this entry exhale No, I'm OK. Somehow after thirty years I finally managed to teach a man this simple trick: Don't tell me...

Read this entry home early from the pub I'm too depressed to drink. This has to be a bad sign....

Read this entry how soon is now? The problem is, I don't know how to talk about this anymore without being 1) irritating or 2) just pathetic....

Read this entry no. you don't have anthrax. I floss every day, but Tim has never seen me in the act. And I still lock the bathroom door....

Read this entry a life long dream fufilled You may or may not have noticed that I have been working/ on call a fair bit lately. Given my...

Read this entry with extra easter cheese sauce, please I just got home from the hospital after the residents asked me to come in for a (non-ham!) related emergency....

Read this entry porkophobia I have a pair of drawstring khakis that look and feel like pajama bottoms. They are somewhat unprofessional in appearance,...

Read this entry feel my pain I couldn't sleep last night over worry that this year, like every year, a well-intentioned sweet little lady would...

Read this entry scrap metal time So, I'm on call tonight, and just got home. I mentioned that there were a few other stressors floating about...

Read this entry hope Have I mentioned spring is my favorite season? When I left evening office tonight it was still light, and unbelievably...

Read this entry very loud zen As you are probably aware, my little Mini is a British car, but has a lot of German internal organs,...

Read this entry finding my happy place "Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the...

Read this entry update Still no word, except for a phone call from the realtor saying there is still no word. And, a second...

Read this entry hand in glove You'd think that having insight into somatization would help, but it doesn't. Everyday I see people in office with headaches...

Read this entry frozen happiness The appraiser won't have her report ready until Monday- coincidentally the last day we can legally break our contract the...

Read this entry although purple could work for me... Being a small town doctor has it's disadvantages. Earlier this week I had to call the wife of a patient...

Read this entry the gift of sleep I came home from evening office last night to a message on my answering machine from the appraiser. She wants...

Read this entry closer to home Our new (potential) home passed inspection sans difficulty today. We're spending obscene amounts of time talking about moldings and cabinets....

Read this entry mudslide therapy I'm still alive, just spending a lot of time at work and home improvement stores gazing dreamily at paint swatches....

Read this entry a sigh of relief You may recall my bank is in Texas, and I am here in western PA. This recently lead to the...

Read this entry i am the warrior bang bang Turns out, I'm in serious danger of getting kicked out of yoga because my current stress level requires some level...

Read this entry come on sweetie, it's not worse than judging a boy pageant... Alrighty. Forty-five minutes on hold and I have a new loan officer with a direct number and a honest and...

Read this entry now i'm worried i'm a bad worrier I couldn't actually tell it was spring when I was scraping snow off my car windows this morning, but once...

Read this entry somne, quies rerum I usually fall asleep the minute I lay down. I'm good at sleeping. But I haven't slept in a week,...

Read this entry here he is, mr. shs I rarely play the doctor card. My experience has been the girl card is much more effective in every case,...

Read this entry this sunday sponsored by seven and seven So let's catch up, shall we? As of five hours ago, the boy and I have officially entered into the...

Read this entry tap tap tap You may or may not have noticed I have been having technical difficulties. KD seems to have fixed all (thanks)....

Read this entry test post helloooooooo...

Read this entry i'm just a girl in the world Tim lobbied extensively for us to combine households. I was against it. I was very hesitant to let another man...

Read this entry death and taxes It's been an eventful few days. First, I had my taxes done on Monday. And although I have a lot...

Read this entry one dilly bar from nirvana Thank goodness-a weekend with an happy (almost over, woohoo!) ending. Our foster cat, Prudence found a home when I was...

Read this entry regrets, i have a few Can you believe that after spending three straight days at the hospital I was not on the Peds floor even...

Read this entry we all scream for ice cream I left the hospital after ten on Friday and Saturday nights. Today I left my house before five in the...

Read this entry Hey lah dee dah I'm alive....

Read this entry afterthought On a lighter note, does any one else remember when Dairy Queen used to have soft serve pistachio ice cream...

Read this entry movin' right along Sorry I missed wishing all a happy Saint Patrick's day. I have not a speck of Irish blood, but I...

Read this entry curse of the irish I hate to drive at baseline, and for personal and professional reasons refuse to drive if I have had even...

Read this entry still in my jammies at noon, hurrah! Yes, I'm still alive, but I've been healthier. I slept until after nine this morning, a luxury that has been...

Read this entry snot funny I'm actually rather proud of myself for managing to get ill during the work week. Sure, hacking up a lung...

Read this entry what the doctor ordered after burning the soup Heck with the soup and juice thing. Hot tea. Honey. Touch 'o the Jameson's. Warm blankets. Rest. Trust me....

Read this entry suffer no hangnail Last night I worried at a spot of the sole of my right foot until it bled. Before I started...

Read this entry looks like i picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue I like to picture my immune system looking like one of those old Jack LaLanne ads, because it's burly muscles...

Read this entry finally made it here My first food concession to aging was not really my fault. When I first moved to Pittsburgh I found that...

Read this entry reconsidering meatless mondays Now I realize that every other entry here is about my pierogy obsession. But really, I can't help it. I...

Read this entry tragedy strikes There was an ice storm today, and the local high school cancelled classes. This is very unfortunate, as it means...

Read this entry end of the pity party Taresa is right in her comment, of course. I have the world's greatest job. She's one of the nurses from...

Read this entry self indulgent, move along A week ago my family had to ban me from using the word "failure"....

Read this entry are there classifieds for this sort of thing? Do you ever have those nights when you miss the window of sleep? Where you're exhausted but you just can't...

Read this entry the cure for what ails you One of my favorite patients is in the hospital right now. I've mentioned her before. In the past she has...

Read this entry how to make a good vegetarian go bad 1) Move from the southwest to Pittsburgh, PA. 2) Start residency. Work at least ninety hours a week. 3) Begin...

Read this entry return to the open road We took advantage of the lack of snow this weekend and put almost six hundred miles on the Mini. It's...

Read this entry polkabration The truth is, February is always a rather unpleasant month ëround these parts. Between the flu and Seasonal Affective Disorder...

Read this entry the aftermath I'm mostly recovered today. I was so tense be the end of yesterday that it felt like every muscle in...

Read this entry and, oh yeah. Can I mention I take that unwanted pregnancy personally? This young girl already has a toddler. I have...

Read this entry is it a full moon? You know of course that all of those medical dramas on television are horseshit. Most days are filled with normal...

Read this entry hurrah for presents Presents! Not one, but two of my residents brought me presents today. And nothing makes me happier than presents. The...

Read this entry threading the needle Sigh. Not a MILF in sight at the class. It was just me, Tim, fifteen plump housewives and an old...

Read this entry have i mentioned that i'm not above telling fibs to get what i want? Apparently Tim has been taking a fair amount of slack because I have talked him into taking yoga classes with...

Read this entry not having a very relaxing day off over here I have now officially had my first bad experience as a foster cat home. I just had two of the...

Read this entry confessions of a lactaholic For the second weekend in a row circumstances and weather conspired to keep my sister from visiting, which is very...

Read this entry baskin robbins narrowly averts disaster Wow. Know you've had a had a bad day when the sight of people sitting at "your spot" at the...

Read this entry looking at the cup half full. of beer. Last night was about the worst call night I have ever had. And I left my house an hour early...

Read this entry it's cute until we wake up without toes Speaking of cats, the big stack of them are the 100th submission to the Blogs & Pets Project. They are...

Read this entry blood letting Oy. Flu season, enough said. Things are nutty at work, and tonight I sit here at the hospital on call...

Read this entry confession We don't watch a lot of TV around these parts, but I must confess to an embarrassing love of made...

Read this entry nostalgia We met up with my medical school roommate the same night we flew into Phoenix. I didn't have my...

Read this entry sigh. No really. Tim is sick. He's febrile and achy and his eyes look all blood shot. But he made a...

Read this entry when in rome I have been carefully hoarding a bag of hand-made pierogies in my freezer. Yes, I miss Ace pear cider and...

Read this entry welcome home I was really counting on that snow to keep my morning at work easy. No snow, and so I had...

Read this entry why i love him The boy insists on bringing me home two dozen roses even though he knows my anti-Valentine's sentiments and we agreed...

Read this entry undercover You'd have to live here to really understand how cool my new sweatshirt is. My first sin in this town...

Read this entry yes, i know what today is. I hate Valentine's Day. I hate invented holidays in general. Father's Day. Guys named Bob Day. But Valentine's Day is...

Read this entry mental note If you've been wandering around the sunny Southwest it's best not to be too chipper on your first day back...

Read this entry and lastly.. Just a few more pictures- My friends Joe and Jess. We were neighbors in college. Jessica is the kindest person...

Read this entry vegas part deux Mikey's photoblog is a much funnier and better organized account from Vegas- Go check it out!...

Read this entry sunset It's good to be home. The bristles on my travel toothbrush are too soft and I'm not sure that...

Read this entry lucy, i'm home The road trip is over, and we are home in snowy, freezing Pittsburgh. I have a few more pictures, and...

Read this entry reset complete We decided to take advantage of the bargain Vegas weekday rooms and take a vacation from our vacation. We spent...

Read this entry what happens in vegas stays in vegas Yesterday we did Vegas right. We started the mayhem around noon. At four in the morning we dragged our butts...

Read this entry in which we drive hours out of our way to see... snow? We left San Francisco on Friday. We planned to meet up with the San Francisco contingent in Las Vegas,...

Read this entry update We've been away from internet access for a few days, and much has happened! We woke up early on Thursday...

Read this entry i'm leaving my... liver in san francisco We're in San Francisco, and there are drinking games afoot. More later, promise....

Read this entry speechless Big Sur can't be described with words. I won't even try. Obligatory self portrait of happiness....

Read this entry SLO ride We're those tourists. You know, the ones who put their hands in the prints in Hollywood and scream and...

Read this entry radio free suzie Good news. I escaped from the Apple store unsold. (It was close for a minute there.) The battery quest remains...

Read this entry on the road again Alright, we are headed out into the world, and possibly away from internet access. The laptop needs a backup battery,...

Read this entry and did i mention, i'm a big cheeseball?

Read this entry next stop hollywood I am somewhat conflicted about being on vacation in the southwest instead of flying back to New Hampshire. My grandmother's...

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Read this entry rest Yesterday was a day of personal, as well as national, loss. When arrived in Phoenix there was a message on...

Read this entry farewell Every space crew has a MD on board. I always liked to imagine that one day I would overcome my...

Read this entry hospital part four Suzie: Where is Mr. B? Nurse1: He's not in his room? Suzie: Nope. Nurse2: Oh. I just saw him putting...

Read this entry procrastination I suppose I should be, well, packing. Being that I'm headed on vacation tomorrow afternoon. And have to be at...

Read this entry hospital part three I am lucky to be a family physician. My day includes endings and beginnings. My favorite visits are well child...

Read this entry hospital part two Today I said goodbye to a ninety-one year old woman and wrote the order that would prevent IVs, and tubes,...

Read this entry hospital part one Next time you are in a hospital look at the elevator buttons. You may notice that the only one that...

Read this entry wear flowers in your hair Thanks for all the song suggestions. I am working on the CDs now, and have spent the last few hours...

Read this entry moving right along To add to the pre-vacation suspense I am rounding at the hospital this week. I get up two hours earlier,...

Read this entry i've got no strings to tie me down The best purchase I made this year was snow tires. No question. But quickly moving to number two in this...

Read this entry don't scoff, i know people who know people So, I don't get much of this Blogwhore thing, but I am willing to join in if it helps Ciscley,...

Read this entry one is silver, the other gold The best part of the upcoming trip? Seeing old friends, like the lovely Alice. She's had my back for almost...

Read this entry king of the road The sun broke through the clouds today for almost three hours. The skies were (get this) blue. I kid you...

Read this entry voices carry We were at the Margaret Cho show this Saturday night, and had a pretty good time once I got past...

Read this entry sober on superbowl sunday I know it's un-American, but I didn't watch much of the Superbowl. Instead I alternated between naps, working on tomorrow's...

Read this entry Do you have your Do you have your button yet?...

Read this entry the little hearts doodled on my prescription pad i can't justify at all, though I'm been subject to some abuse because I have lately started wearing nylons to the office. Now, it is true...

Read this entry take the skinheads bowling Have I mentioned that Jilly is my source for all things Pittsburgh? I need some help out here in the...

Read this entry bathtime One of the most frequent discussions in my house concerns post-shower behavior. Me? Wet, wild and free. I get out,...

Read this entry sliding doors, or "the danger of having the day off and watching too much daytime tv and thinking unproductive thoughts" If my life was a science fiction novel I could point to three or four major decisions that I would...

Read this entry in which i attempt to join the s.b.g.s. It was a relaxing weekend, with much pajama-wearing, hummus and stuffed grape leaves-eating, and vacation planning goodness. And, oh yeah,...

Read this entry recovery You may notice I have deleted some of the slew of "I'm about to crack" posts from earlier today. They...

Read this entry so much for friday My windshield wipers fell apart on the way to work. Thirteen miles of snow and salt, much unpleasantness. I tried...

Read this entry doing the happy it's friday dance It's been a rough couple of days at work. It tends to happen this way- all of the hards parts,...

Read this entry i fart in your general direction My sister and I were talking on the phone tonight, and in the course of our conversation I called her...

Read this entry i'm just looking for off color jokes about giving me a jump My Mini, Archie, behaves in the snow rather like I imagine one of those proper British butlers with shiny shoes...

Read this entry here they come just in time It occurred to me while writing the lovey dovey stuff that I've met a lot of bloggers in person. Is...

Read this entry love fest '03 I don't normally participate in these sorts of things but this is just too darn nice to resist. I had...

Read this entry and then? i'll have to clean the floor anyway. Look, I've got a pretty high gross-out threshold, but hair balls are a sure-fire puke inducer. Which is why, when...

Read this entry the easy way Tim and I are officially signed up for hatha yoga classes in February. How does one get a man...

Read this entry eyebrow envy I'm finding it difficult to write this morning, because I just spent the last ten minutes blinding myself with...

Read this entry purified I hope nobody was too worried about me or my impurities. I have just returned from the spa, and am...

Read this entry assimilation I found a yellow sweater! Go me. Here I am, at work, surrounded by Steeler fans and blending. Well, sort...

Read this entry here we go. steelers. here we go. I've broken my own rules in the past, but as a rule I am against theme dressing in general. For...

Read this entry preventing plop-age Speaking of the cool kids. The real reason I was face-masking last night was my upcoming weekend plans. I am...

Read this entry guilty pleasures What?? Blue skies in Pittsburgh? The heck you say. Ah, but it's true. It was a lovely day here in...

Read this entry are there even any film photographers on the internet? The organization I foster for is having a rather cute Valentine's Day contest. They are putting together a 2004 calendar...

Read this entry i used to cry. but now i hold my head up high. Most doctors I know have wives. Wives rock. My partner has one, and she stays home and cooks and makes...

Read this entry can't get that one on netflix Alright, today- by FAR my favorite statement by a patient, maybe even more than the viagra guy, was an eighty-one...

Read this entry grumpy public service announcement OK, I must need chocolate. I can't hear some old coot tell me about his "prostRate problems" even one more...

Read this entry feel the love I dated a comic book fan for five years. No, really, he was cute and smart and a nice guy,...

Read this entry crossroads I always pictured myself working in someplace like Howard Brown, or specializing in adolescent medicine, and here I find myself...

Read this entry cats under glass As mentioned the two new fosters are painfully shy. They were overwhelmed and terrified on arrival, so when they arrived...

Read this entry confession Today was a busy day, but a satisfying one. I saw nothing but sick people. It sounds awful, but after...

Read this entry when in rome I get blank looks of astonishment from my Pennsylvania peers when I try to explain that I have never...

Read this entry welcome to 2003 In my defense, by the time I resorted to calling my sister this morning it was at least two hours...

Read this entry my baby sister is 28 today! Another year gone already? Hopefully on my drive home today I will come up with a better list of resolutions...

Read this entry breaking the law The two new foster cats I have are very shy, and I am beginning to worry they won't rehabilitate. I...

Read this entry how to get in a better mood 1) Have all normal conversation shouting at the top of your lungs. 2) Rocky Balboa impersonation. 3) Worry excessively that...

Read this entry grinch day 2 It is rare that I am in a true and prolonged bad mood and I wear it like an itchy...

Read this entry captured by the grinch After tomorrow I will be done rounding at the hospital for a month or so. Thank goodness. I have succumbed...

Read this entry emily explains christmas

Read this entry christmas eve eve I'm still junior faculty, which means for the second year on a row I am rounding at the hospital over...

Read this entry survival of the fittest Uncle Bobby: So, what do you do for a living? Tim: I'm a graphic designer. Uncle Bobby: Oh. Uncle...

Read this entry over the river and through the woods It seems every one of my patients has a Slovak or Italian last name and none of them to can...

Read this entry northern exposure Everyone was at work this morning, so I guess we didn't win the lottery. Sigh. I suppose I have to...

Read this entry insight Tim and I are still driving each other cars. His SUV is having some occasional but ongoing work done by...

Read this entry traitors Apparently, if our office hits the power ball tonight I am the only sucker who is showing up tomorrow morning...

Read this entry mortal city I think I have a special kind of hearing tonight I hear the neighbors upstairs I hear my heart beating...

Read this entry arboreus gianticus My point is- if you have been tree shopping with me three years in a row you should know I...

Read this entry file under whine Today I have: worked on my day off, slammed my hand in the car door, attempted to rearrange my schedule...

Read this entry urban and mysterious Last night technology let me down. All my fancy-smancy elastic accessories left me in the lurch, and I was forced...

Read this entry mind the gap I can't keep a secret and I can't lie. It's really awful, especially as social graces demand a certain capacity...

Read this entry birthday greetings Today it is my lovely and gracious host's birthday! Happy Birthday KD !!...

Read this entry the little things in life Ooh. Ice storm this morning- makes walking to the car tough, but makes me happy. This is because I get...

Read this entry photo exchange time!! My Photo Exchange partner and I have our photos up!! Aren't hers lovely? Give Alison's pictures below a looksey, and...

Read this entry clear the streets A few weeks ago I was stuck trying to get up a hill in the snow. At least three SUVs...

Read this entry waiting to exhale My life feels unfair right now. I feel guilty for being happy. For the past few months I've been holding...

Read this entry the two faces of suzie There was a temporary halt to kitten fostering during the boy invasion. Today I picked up two new kittens. No...

Read this entry a recently refrigerated kitten takes her revenge on the toliet paper

Read this entry faith in my fellow man Listen, Steve Madden boots are boots in name only. Cute? Yes. Practical? Notsomuch. Once I realized just what I was...

Read this entry reach out and touch faith I wore a lot of black in the eighties. Yeah, well- I still do, but now my music tastes aren't...

Read this entry driving in a winter wonderland You may have seen the latest winter storm on the news. Getting to work was a challenge this morning....

Read this entry hamster runs back up and running I came home from evening office last night to empty driveway. I thought someone had stolen the Mini- but lo!...

Read this entry i just wear a lot of orange and drive to work fast Today is the first day of Buck Season here in western PA. This may not mean much to you, wherever...

Read this entry world AIDS day The first patient I ever had on my first day as a "real doctor" knew all about me. He knew...

Read this entry crossing "procreation" of to do list There are a lot of boy items in my house, have I mentioned? And adding to the state of joy...

Read this entry i've got twenty three more years of practice than her Poor Emily. Somehow my poor niece got saddled with every single one of my personality flaws. High on the list...

Read this entry and rolling rock for all ìDietary indiscretionî is one of the few doctor words I like. So much nicer than ìpigged out and got sickî,...

Read this entry i'm thankful for my family

Read this entry today i'm thankful i work in a small town My Service Engine light has been going on and off, and I swear I hear the damn car giggling. My...

Read this entry revenge of the reliable sedan Suzie: What a beautiful winter wonderland morning! And the roads are great! Saturn: Shut up. Nobody is going to believe...

Read this entry the view out my window this morning

Read this entry sex for salt Apparently there is only one salt truck in all of western PA- a major disadvantage to working evening office hours...

Read this entry avoid any games with jill matrix and the blonde Did you notice I didn't say anything about the play-Cranium-instead-of-pool rematch? Well, it's because it in spite of their gorgeous...

Read this entry having a boy around the house isn't all bad Grumble, grumble. The onslaught of boy belongings has (hopefully) temporarily evicted my car from the garage. However, when I went...

Read this entry i have to climb a beanstalk to get in the front door All of a sudden I'm dwarfed in my own house. My new six foot four roommate has brought a new...

Read this entry my issue with the swedes I am the only person who has a love/hate relationship with Ikea? I have already made a run in anticipation...

Read this entry as long as no one moves the nail clippers, i might make it through Chaos reigns here at Casa Suzie. In a little over fourteen hours I will no longer be the sole ruler...

Read this entry wish the mini came with four wheel drive... It's officially snowing here in the 'burgh. The above is a bad picture of very cold cows on my...

Read this entry coming soon All systems are go for the holiday film exchange. Check out my partner's site, and stay tuned!...

Read this entry rematch! i demand a rematch! I'm a terrible authority figure. One of my roles as faculty is to be an advisor to residents. We're supposed...

Read this entry tales from the trenches I've basically been at the hospital every waking hour since last Friday afternoon. Somehow even Sunday was crazy. Sunday. In...

Read this entry teaspoon of sugar It's hard not to take Angry personally. Angry sits across from me in a very small room and hates me...

Read this entry you think it's funny but it's snot I should be campaigning, but I'm laying low and nursing a bad back. After twelve hours on my feet yesterday...

Read this entry my favorite veteran's day poem When I was young and bold and strong, Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong! My plume on high,...

Read this entry arachnophobia Unlike most, my college degree comes in handy on an almost daily basis. While my peers were getting more practical...

Read this entry wiser and a little hungover I got carded the night before my thirtieth birthday, and not even a second glance since then. Sometimes I hopefully...

Read this entry upcoming plans Isn't the holiday film exchange a good idea? I'm looking forward to it....

Read this entry well, let's just get this over with... If you saw me talking to bartenders last night, you may have thought we were just out for our traditional...

Read this entry you want more in 2004? If you haven't heard yet, wKen and I are running for president in 2004. I suggest contributing now, as we...

Read this entry better late than never So, a little while back, my hero jhames posted the lyrics to the happy happy joy joy song. My guru...

Read this entry the aftermath Not much political talk around these parts, have you noticed? It's not that I'm apolitical. Historically, I'm very much the...

Read this entry a purely hypothetical question Say you live in a cold western Pennsylvania town and you set your kitchen on fire. How do you suppose...

Read this entry i did it all for the monet After much hydration, I think I can face the pictures from last night's party. I should know better than to...

Read this entry two quick thoughts before tonight's party 1) Betcha didn't know I'm the Martha Stewart of jello shots. 2) I'm quite sure going to a party dressed...

Read this entry my deer phobia is keeping me from self-actualization I am grateful for my half hour commute in the mornings. It helps me to focus on the day ahead,...

Read this entry it's all tricks for me this year 1) Couples who dress the same. 2) Putting stuffed animals on that back ledge of your car. (Creepy.) 3) Wearing...

Read this entry no more monkeys jumping on the bed All that stuff I said about kittens being a lot of work, blah blah blah- that was all a big...

Read this entry it's the great pumpkin Historically, Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. This year is different. As I have previously alluded, the anniversary of...

Read this entry kitten karma You think you're tired of hearing me talk about the vet? I'm even more tired of being at the vet....

Read this entry i'm on hold with blue cross as we speak... Last week as a whole took some recovering from. Don't worry, I'm recovered. I spent the weekend stacking up the...

Read this entry perfect strangers I held him close for only a short time, but after he was gone, I'd see his smile on the...

Read this entry a cry for help Am I the only obsessive fare-watching traveler who has noticed how cheap the fares to Europe of suddenly become? The...

Read this entry the name game It seems I've spent about as much time at the vet in the past few months as I've spent at...

Read this entry i sound like a hallmark commericial, but the picture of the bird speculum is worth getting through this entry- trust me First off, I don't think hanging these signs all over the hospital was very professional, do you? I couldn't open...

Read this entry i even got carded For the last night of being twenty-nine I went out on the town, hung out with younger men, and did...

Read this entry mulitple minis in motion It's been a terribly productive day. In a few minutes, people are stopping by to adopt the two new...

Read this entry festivities I have been admiring this artist for quite some time, Now? I have my very own. Is it the coolest...

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Read this entry hey, where have i been? 1. Dealing with cats. Being a foster cat parent is hard work. There are two new ones (current count- six)....

Read this entry in which I negate my shedding of earthly possessions in a fit of rampant consumerism Yes, the finks sold my 2002 yellow Mini Cooper. But, today? They sold me a blue 2003 model. It is...

Read this entry consolation prize Still more unmarked birthday gifts. Now they are getting down to business. Fibercon tablets, Bingo games, Epsom salts, Oil of...

Read this entry a day with family After we all had breakfast this morning my sister realized that my recent urge to purge acted to her advantage....

Read this entry the morning after The family is headed over as I type this. A large, greasy breakfast is on order to cure the...

Read this entry supporting my kitten habit Those finks sold my Mini to someone else. But don't worry, I think it's all going to work out. That's...

Read this entry mini-less Another day, and this time two wrapped presents on my desk. Same paper, and still no one is fessing up!...

Read this entry advice to the dating set Tonight at the pub I watched a woman walk by a man. When they passed he grabbed her hand and...

Read this entry i know, i should have such "problems" every day... So, when I get to work this morning there is a present on my desk. Wrapped in birthday paper....

Read this entry i might as well hang out at the airport Shh. Don't tell anyone, but I have finally joined the blogrolling cult. But I'm still not getting a palm pilot....

Read this entry reality check My office looked like a rummage sale this afternoon. I brought in the bags of clothes for the rest of...

Read this entry for my glitter buddy Happy Birthday!...

Read this entry stuff-less I had a terribly successful day. Five large black trashbags of clothes left my closet, followed by boxes of trash...

Read this entry the quandry of the good towel I moved in with Jim my sophomore year of college. We were both nineteen and money was tight. For Christmas...

Read this entry feng shui I am downsizing. I have set myself the rather unrealistic goal of reducing my "stuff" by fifty percent. That means...

Read this entry this is what i do for a living I saw a 64 year old man today who requested Viagra because (and yes, this is an exact quote) "I...

Read this entry all's well that ends well The conference? Awful. Role playing, and that's all I'll say. But unbelievably, the woman who sat across from me at...

Read this entry sleepless in pittsburgh Doctors make me nervous. It wasn't as bad when I was a student, or even a resident. Then, I could...

Read this entry and oh heck, i'll even throw in a cute little girl to the sickening kitten display Another blatant kitten picture, but hey, it's been slow around here. And October is finally here! Halloween! Changing leaves!...

Read this entry why i'm smiling this morning If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more...

Read this entry not much of a rebuttal to "crazy cat lady" is it?

Read this entry invasion part II I am living the life. Working stove, good night sleep on a real mattress, who knew life could be...

Read this entry at least i'm a pain-free nag OK, OK. Yes. I'm turning 30 in less than a month. I'm not thrilled but I have refused to believe...

Read this entry happy sigh Does anything beat the sound of rain from an open window all night?...

Read this entry all's well that ends well Five minutes before she was scheduled to show up I turned on the stove on a whim. It worked. Sometimes,...

Read this entry therapy I took a few hours off work to get this stove thing dealt with. But, actually I just gave myself...

Read this entry i know summer is over because... It has been days since I have seen a poison ivy rash and weeks since a bee sting. The school...

Read this entry dwindling kittens In an unexpected turn of events, the people who came by the house today to look at Doyle, went home...

Read this entry have i seen too much porn? you know it occurs to me, if my landlord is at my house... and the electrician shows up to fix...

Read this entry the zen of landlords The bad news is, my stove is not working again. The even worse news is this means continued conflicts with...

Read this entry it's been at least three years since i've had chocolate milk too I'm down to just three kittens. I must confess to pushing Morgan and Logan on the nice young couple who...

Read this entry disco inferno I've said it before- I love my job. The office's rural location is one of the things I like...

Read this entry shameless seamus

Read this entry and then there were five A little free advice to start. If you are any sort of lawyer and wish to send me an advertisement,...

Read this entry cat wrestling I'm very sleepy after staying up to the wee hours of the morning fighting with Power Point. Again. As predicted,...

Read this entry invasion Thanks so much for everyone's great kitten name suggestions! They're here. I'm on call, finishing up a lecture and......

Read this entry stay tuned for excessive kitten pictures! The good news is: tomorrow I am getting SIX kittens that I will be fostering until they find homes. They...

Read this entry being here, now Well, I took the weekend off to try to get back on track after vacation. I was mostly successful. At...

Read this entry the rain in spain   Ah. Vacation. So, jetlag- mostly still kicking my butt. I'm back to work tomorrow, and it has been...

Read this entry home sweet home It wasn't all bad of course. Some parts of the trip were grand. We did choose to push up our...

Read this entry we put the "pain" in spain I lived in Tucson, AZ for four years. They were good years, but the city itself was never right for...

Read this entry leaving on a jet plane Well, bags (finally) packed and all systems are go. I don't know if I'll have computer access in Spain but...

Read this entry this time it's just me and rick steves I never can decide if I love travel or travel books more. My bookshelves are full of museum and city...

Read this entry thank goodness today is my last day of work I was late this morning because I was trying to apply liquid eyeliner in away that would make me resemble...

Read this entry le besarÈ para una cerveza Today I learned a valuable life lesson that I pass on to you free of charge. Try to avoid the...

Read this entry day of rest After office yesterday I drove home feeling great. I was so grateful to be done for the weekend that...

Read this entry one less cavity, one more painful childhood memory A few months ago I made a full grown man pass out my just mentioning he needed bloodwork. The nurse...

Read this entry toast for all my friends! Oh my. Here I thought I was having a terrible week- but look at this. I won!! I am an...

Read this entry i am four of the seven dwarves That's Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey and Doc. There is much call badness tonight. I just got home from spending four straight...

Read this entry mom, why does that lady smell like tuna? I can't seem to get caught up this month. I am behind on sleep and emails and phone calls and...

Read this entry some days i am a cheesy long distance commercial I had a Moment of Truth driving home form the airport last night. Moments of Truth are rare and far...

Read this entry are you a model? I'm too tired to sum up. For now: 1) My favorite picture from Vegas. The camera loves this guy. And...

Read this entry love me tender There was a long line outside of the Aladdin, so an Elvis impersonator about to miss his flight and I...

Read this entry hold that plane! I drove home from work today in a sleepy haze, but have managed to throw a staggering amount of clothes...

Read this entry goals Karma Repair Kit:Items 1-4 by Richard Brautigan Get enough food to eat, and eat it. Find a place to sleep...

Read this entry all the pie I am officially a cat foster home. I met with the woman who runs the organization this afternoon, and...

Read this entry the kindness of strangers Money can't buy happiness, but it can pay for an electrician to come out to your house and fix your...

Read this entry siegfried and suzie Now. Don't get me wrong. I love my job. And I loooove being able to take call from home. But...

Read this entry may i use your phone? I have been unintentionally maintaining radio silence. I'm on call this weekend, and things have been a little nutty. In...

Read this entry breathe in pink, breathe out blue The good news is I got a new stove today. The bad news is, it doesn't work. DOESN"T WORK!! I...

Read this entry afternoon food for thought I was catching up on my journal reads this afternoon and came on this article. "Extrapolating a 1996 study of...

Read this entry the path not chosen It is sometimes hard at the end of a tiring evening office not to contemplate my life choices. If I...

Read this entry excuse the hokey accent, i'm a weary girl I'm all tuckered out after a hard night of cat wrastlin'. Take a very strong long haired eighteen pound...

Read this entry the end of a funk 'Cause when you live in a world Well it gets in to who you thought you'd be And now...

Read this entry rock on, ohio Between my work schedule and home events this week has tired me out. I'm ready to get out of town...

Read this entry a plan for the future First off, this has me tickled to death. Thanks guys!! Secondly, this is a much more eloquent discussion of weight...

Read this entry the next day The one belief that has maintained me in my life and work is that all people are basically good. Everyone's...

Read this entry he's gone. I feel like an idiot for sitting and sobbing by the box of a three week old kitten who lived...

Read this entry oh enzo I can't get him to wake up for his next feeding. He's still breathing but he looks really bad....

Read this entry it's been a very long day Work has been crazy nuttiness this week. My office is usually staffed by two full time and one half time...

Read this entry i always want the bad news first I can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan blah blah blah, but spiders make me...

Read this entry a hungry pair Two weeks ago the other doctor in my office turned to me at lunchtime at asked if I ate at...

Read this entry creature feature For a creature that isn't supposed to make it, Enzo is very noisy. And active. And strong. And hungry....

Read this entry whiskers on kittens Obviously, I decided to take a few days break from this thing. I have a long standing theory about...

Read this entry the death of a yankee Working in rural western Pennsylvania has taught me a lot. After a year in the boonies outside of Pittsburgh I...

Read this entry i respect a man who responds to pitiful pleading I am trying to funk with some degree of grace. To me, this means not using my current state of...

Read this entry updates Car update: My Mini Cooper is still in the factory, but the dealer has assured me (I may or may...

Read this entry i'm putting myself in time-out I was an Army brat and a child of divorce. The longest I have ever lived in one house was...

Read this entry yeah, point this Hello, and welcome to my bad attitude. I have engaged in mortal battle with Microsoft Office and have emerged beaten,...

Read this entry just what is the point of this power? I just love my site's design. I think it's lovely. I mostly bring this up because I have absolutely nothing...

Read this entry but how much for the big hairy guy? A few words of advice, my friend. If you are thinking about getting a puppy, but then feel guilty about...

Read this entry puppy love By the way, I looked trËs ÈlÈgant yesterday. That is, I looked all swank until a patient showed up with...

Read this entry ne me fachez pas In order to prevent a full blown funk I have decided that today is French day. I have put on...

Read this entry i'm riding through the estrogen badlands on a horse named pms I'm out of practice. As a rule I am firmly against menstruation and therefore refuse to participate. I'm a doctor....

Read this entry jerks. One of the main reasons I have been avoiding the whole "about me" thing is the marital status question. That...

Read this entry waiter, what's a fly doing in my soup? This has always been my favorite doctor joke: Patient: It only hurts when I go like this... Doctor: Then don't...

Read this entry the last car entry, for at least .. 3, 4 days. promise. My talk of cars and turning thirty is boring, even to me. I'm not sure why this upcoming birthday is...

Read this entry i'm just not daisy duke So, I spent my day looking at cars. Classic car shows are relatively easy to locate on a beautiful weekend...

Read this entry change in plans The scoop: I was planning on buying a new car, but after seeing the shockingly low trade-in value of my...

Read this entry my weekend plans are made Joy and happiness. Phil Donahue is back on television. I love Phil Donahue. Love, as in screaming-weeping-teenage-girl-outside-of-the-Beatle's-hotel-room-love. Love love. I...

Read this entry i may be out of a job if this rule is enforced... I ate an entire piece of triple chocolate mousse cake this afternoon before I realized that my last patient of...

Read this entry suburban neglect I don't know the name of the man who lives two condos down from me. I've called him "Suburban Man"...

Read this entry what's in a name? My father's mother's name was Velma, but she went by the nick-name of Suzie. I don't know how she came...

Read this entry what i do on my day off My weekend plans were a little siderailed by the Saturday badness, which means I have been tearing about the house...

Read this entry lolita, fifteen years later I finally have taken a picture to submit to the mirror project. This is the only good thing that came...

Read this entry mexican wrestlers Jill Sobule is amazing in concert. The Ims and I saw her last night at the Club CafÈ. I...

Read this entry in which tim gets points for effort I love Lent. To me, Lent means homemade perogies. I had never even heard of them until I moved to...

Read this entry just like heaven Why didn't I figure this out before? This is great! I now have a mac-friendly gnutella interface, a cable modem...

Read this entry no ticks, no tocks I am full of health and God's cake and the heat has broke and Jill Sobule is in town tomorrow...

Read this entry mmmm... cake If you live on the west coast, maybe you should take this moment to appreciate your supermarkets. I suspect that...

Read this entry run-on to health I feel much better today....

Read this entry penance for my sins I once needed stitches above my eye after an improbable chin lift accident. My only real memory of the event...

Read this entry i'm so tired i could dye Forgive me if I'm typing a wee bit tired this morning. I was up very late dying Sara's hair. We...

Read this entry i've been framed Does spending thirty times the original price to frame a three dollar Document poster make it fine art? Jeez, I...

Read this entry teen angst Both the blue martinis (which I am calling a Blue Kim for now) and the rematch were successful. Cranium...

Read this entry worries I have a spectacular talent for getting sick on holidays. Maybe I'm too busy to get sick on other days,...

Read this entry battle of the sexes If aliens of unclear gender were to land on the planet tomorrow, I would invite them to play board...

Read this entry my own wig in a box I was that irritating girl in 1988 who couldn't hear the difference between my old cassette player and your new...

Read this entry welcome to my world Last Tuesday night in my evening office I saw a visibly anxious mother with her daughter. Her daughter had a...

Read this entry the end of an era? I share my last name with a fairly well known investment group. (This doesn't mean I am a member of...

Read this entry what disney didn't tell me I'd like to point out that, as of today, I have never struck another living creature with my car. And...

Read this entry pomp and circumstances When I was a kid I used to daydream about how great it would be when I was grown-up. I...

Read this entry that spoon full of sugar You must believe me, I am not a grumpy person at baseline. Honestly, recent entries aside, I am generally...

Read this entry i just need to make it until 7am tomorrow Gah. Today was One of Those Days. And unfortunately, it's not quite over yet, because I'm on call tonight. Most...

Read this entry morning daydreams When I was in medical school I used to dream of running away from home. I had years to perfect...

Read this entry saab story I think that my approach to electronic equipment was irreparably damaged when I was a teenager. I had a job...

Read this entry hair-raising tale My sister and niece came over for a popcorn and m&m movie fest yesterday. Well, that, and they are having...

Read this entry identity crisis I was planning on spending my free afternoon working on an "about me" page. But it's not only difficult, it's...

Read this entry there's something clogging my drain... In case you feel bad that he has to sleep in the sink, I'd like to point out that...

Read this entry back on the pub path It's all good. Don't you worry. I was worried, but that's none of your concern. I was just about...

Read this entry move along folks, nothing to see here For those of you old enough to remember those kooky cameras we actually used to put film in... I...

Read this entry confessions of a secret chick flick watcher: It seems that last post was a teensy bit grumpier than I intended. I didn't mean it that way. I'm...

Read this entry putting my anxiety into perspective... Actually, compared to most doctors I'm actually not that bad. Really. I had a friend in medical school who read...

Read this entry ugly bug ball My anxiety and I have come to a truce over the years. We have agreed to disagree. I think I'm...

Read this entry tuesday night supermarket musings 1) Is there a "Creepy Guy's Guide to Picking up Chicks" guide somewhere? Does it have a chapter titled "Nice...

Read this entry sleepy monkey Like the big dork I acknowledge myself to be, I went to work this morning in my new French shoes...

Read this entry knock knock, reality calling... It seems the French have something against my digital camera. Unbelievably, the man who sold me the wrong AC...

Read this entry a brand new day It is amazing how a long bath, a little pampering with new Lush products, a delivery man with soup and...

Read this entry I'm home... am…biv…a…lence (m-bv-lns) n. 1. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, object,...

Read this entry 'til you see the whites of their eyes... I feel like a reverse Paul Revere... The Ims are coming! The Ims are coming! I pick Kim and Tim...

Read this entry big ben says hi! It DOES occur to me that I sound a teeny bit giddy in my previous entry. Well- yes, I...

Read this entry i'm not leaving... Paris. I love Paris. I am having the time of my life. I wish I could be deep, but... I...

Read this entry Bonjour! There is much to say, but let me sum up for now. I have arrived safely in Paris, with Rachel....

Read this entry au revoir... bags packed- check internationally appropriate eyebrow pluckage- check calling card approved for international use- check pick up sleepy drugs in...

Read this entry leaving for an emergency trip to victoria's secret I assume I am not that different from most girls in that I pack saucy undergarments for trips. I am...

Read this entry sedan-tastic I was running a little behind this morning, so when I walked into room four I apologized for being late....

Read this entry WASP? No. Tonight was what one could call a taco night extravaganza. The Ims and I were attendance (as always) but...

Read this entry my life as granola.. I know the phrase "college was the best years of my life" is trite, and involves nostalgia tinted glasses. But...

Read this entry c'est quelle distance a la frontiere? Pretty neat trick, getting the Thursday afternoon before your vacation off, isn't it? Just take my word for it, I...

Read this entry Thoughts on the new digs 1) Moving here from diaryland feels a bit like the first days of high school. Remember how you had just...

Read this entry New Digs... To make a long story short, kd said I needed comments, and poof! Here we are. I am lucky enough...

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