2008 in Posts
January
I contemplated fresh starts.
I experimented with a a new departure in flavorings. (My famous chicken tortilla chai soup recipe. Mm mm bleck.)
Then it was time to Journey North again!
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February
I finished crocheting a sweater, almost. (Never did put the buttons on. Rilla won’t wear it, anyway. No ladybugs on it.)
We had bad days and good ones.
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March
I sang out loud in the grocery store.
John Stilgoe knocked my socks off and got me contemplating how Way Leads on to Way and how Every Face I Look at Seems Beautiful.
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April
In a word: Barcelona! Barcelona! Barcelona!
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May
I contemplated my Mother’s Days and celebrated 14 years with That Cute Boy.
I got very wordy about houseplants. Twice.
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June
Scott battled a fearsome beast in our laundry room. I read about the epic fight on IM.
I explained my Doctor Roster.
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July
My big girls went to Colorado for a week.
We were happy to get them back again.
Then we ditched them for the San Diego Comic-Con. (Scott had to: it’s his job. Me? I tagged along for the photo ops.)
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August
We started the 100 Species Challenge. (And though we’ve not kept up the blogging-it part, we’ve done really well with the species ID part! I think we’re in the 60s now.)
I had a little hospital adventure.
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September
I made curtains! (I didn’t say I made them well.)
We kept on learning new stuff about our sweet Wonderboy.
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October
I celebrated the San Diego autumn and small happinesses. And more autumn, and more happinesses. (About that sourdough starter, though? Epic fail.)
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November
My parents came to visit, and we enjoyed a fabulous week of exploring SoCal with the big girls.
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December
‘Twas a month of Twittered moments, and birthdays, and sewing, and books, and Advent moments both magical and mucky.
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And now it’s 2009, and we’re about to make another fresh start.
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Dear Blog, Forgive Me
Penny in VT says:
and thank you for sharing them all here…
We, your faithful, love you.
Good luck – I’m voting for a boy born on January 5, if there’s a pool…
🙂
On January 1, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Mary says:
I’ll take a boy on January 8th…to be named “Elvis” or “Chip”
On January 1, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Anna says:
I was just thinking about your hospital trip this week. Something about daily minerals for pregnant women.
I can’t wait to meet this new little one of yours! May the arrival be safe and peaceful.
On January 1, 2009 at 1:40 pm
mamacrow says:
golly, hasn’t 9mnths flown?!
masses and masses of luck, love and prayers; hope all goes well – before, during and after, and that the after pains are bareable xxxx
On January 1, 2009 at 3:49 pm
fiddler says:
Wishing you the best, and patiently waiting for news of a babe in arms. Thanks for sharing your favorite parts of 2008 with us!
Warm thoughts sent your way,
Christina in MA
On January 2, 2009 at 5:44 pm