It has now been 11 days since I had my LASIK surgery and I’m happy to report that I A) survived and B) I have 20/15 vision. WOO HOO. I was a whole lotta nervous for nothing. I took two .5 mg of Valium and they sat me down under this machine (obviously the laser) [...] [...more]
… you come down with a stomach virus. Lil B awoke me at 3 a.m. crying with a weird cough. As I rolled out of bed and walked into him room there was this stench of grossness. Poor little guy couldn’t keep anything down. After a few hours, he just sorta snapped out of it and [...] [...more]
Hmmm, it’s been a few weeks. My goal is to post at least twice a week but since being back from Austin from SXSW Interactive I’ve been faced with the following: • Re-sleep training my child • WORK WORK WORK • Volunteer stuff for the Family Access Network • Pre-school hunting • Getting the house [...] [...more]
I’ve been getting educated in the ways of social media at SXSW (spring break for geeks). My brain is soaking it all in and I feel as if I’m with my own kind — geeks from all over the world. In public, I would not walk around with my lanyard full of flair but when [...] [...more]
Even though my son is not two for 2.5 months, we have officially entered the “terrific twos” stage as I’m coining it (trying to be positive folks). I’m pretty sure he’s not getting the greatest nap at daycare anymore because he’s just cranky butt tired when he gets home. He’s hungry but we’ve officially also [...] [...more]
A few years ago, I used give my friend Shawn a ton of crap for “using her baby as an excuse to flake.” She knew I was kidding just a little. To make matters more complicated, Shawn’s husband was relocated and they moved to Salem. I’ve missed seeing Shawn (and even Sarah, now a toddler) [...] [...more]
It’s amazing how fast Lil B is picking up on everything we do and say. For example, he mastered high-five, like last year but he’s moved onto fist bump! The Republicans in our family will be SO proud! He also has mastered thank you, please, bath and choo choo. He says a ton of stuff [...] [...more]
You read that right. After two weeks of thinking about even mentioning it on my blog, I’ve decided to let my friend Ethan’s words speak for me. Though I can not take credit for getting Ethan into Wilco, I can take credit for persuading him into seeing them live this summer when we went to Jacksonville. I [...] [...more]
When I was in the third grade, my dad brought me roses to school on Valentine’s Day. I was walking across the street with my class, going to morning mass and he did it in front of my friends. At the time, I was really embarrassed but looking back, it was one of the sweetest moments [...] [...more]
As I rule, I generally don’t talk about my job but I got to be part of a really cool social media campaign we launched today encouraging Central Oregon to wear red and raise awareness of heart disease in women. I spent all day Friday shooting a video of our employees wearing red and dancing [...] [...more]
