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Archive for January, 2007

We came home last night from the warmth of the News-Leader to discover that we have power again! We still don’t have the Internet (I think the outage fried our modem) but lights, a stove and everything else that power brings is enough for me. Mike’s predicting a baby boomlet in Springfield hospitals nine months [...]

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Urban camping

It’s about 45 degrees inside my apartment right now. We have hot water but the power has been out since Friday night because of the ice storm that hit. Mike and I have temporarily taken refuge at the News-Leader where there is power, heat, TVs, microwaves, ice, Internet and -a surprise to me- showers! City [...]

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I had a long, long day (12 hrs, lunch at the desk) at work today. I had to do my Sunday page twice because it used the same photo as last year. At least I know I have good taste in photos.
So last weekend Mike and I hung out with some friends and went to [...]

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Saluting the New Year

To celebrate the New Year and my last night on the life-sucking copy desk, I spent two hours saluting the divine at the New Year’s Day yoga mala. I’ll admit it sounds a little wierd but it was really a great way to greet 2007. They opened up a loft downtown and had musicians with an [...]

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Christmas is over

Marshmallow shooters  
We took down all the Christmas decorations this weekend, but I just got around to uploading some of the photos to flickr. It’s nice to have the house in order again and I realized next year that we’re going to have to add a second box of Christmas decorations.
I really liked the shooters Mom [...]

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Human Standard Time

It’s now just after midnight on New Year’s Day (OK, officially it’s Jan. 2) and Mo is finishing up her final nightside shift as I type this. Starting tomorrow, we will both be on HST (Human Standard Time). We have been waiting soooo long for this. Just like we’ve waited for seemingly everything else. And [...]

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