January 2008
95 posts
Kate : Courting good karma for the next year by... →
Kate : Not spending naptime in the basement for... →
December 2007
77 posts
Kate : Hanging out at the sculpture park with... →
Kate : thinking about job performance as it... →
Kate : Driving home w/ Nirvana's Bleach making my... →
Kate : just finished some serious house... →
Sentencing →
Today I noticed that Ruby is speaking more and more in full sentences. It seems like she made a leap recently from simple verbs and verb/object pairs to completing her sentences with pronouns and articles.
We control the comfort food →
Ruby has had a bad cold for the last week (now on the mend), and it made me realize something heartening.
As parents, we worry about our children’s nutrition. Are they getting enough vitamins today? Did he eat enough protein this week? Will she develop healthy eating habits or turn easily to junk food when she’s older? Obviously, there’s no way to stop your child from downing burgers and soda as...
Baby Gives The Evil Eye →
Every time the baby does it, I laugh out loud. Can’t help it!
Highest Elevations in Seattle →
Check out these lists: the five highest points in Seattle (one is near my house), and the twenty steepest streets in Seattle (skip the table and click the link at the bottom to see a map).
Kate : Settling in for a night of playing cards... →
Kate : Internet access broken at in-laws' house!... →
Kate : Heading up to Canada for Christmas with... →
Kate : Kraft Mac 'n cheese as a side dish for... →
Kate : miserably wrestling with iDVD. →
Kate : my DVD burner crapped out at a critical... →
Kate : looking forward to soccer team reunion... →
“Couching” and other verbs →
Ruby’s language development has really been zipping along this month. Her grammar seems to be better day by day. She understands and uses pronouns and possessives and is starting to experiment with verb tenses.
At first, of course, it was just the infinitive: (to) sit, (to) play, (to) eat. Occasionally she would repeat (and seem to understand) a past tense word we said. Now, though, she’s...
Kate : Next year we'll try to send Christmas... →
Kate : I'm sick today, on a day when I can't... →
Kate : My grandmother had never had bruschetta... →
Kate : switching back and forth rapidly between... →
Alice & Ruby Piano Duet →
Alice & Ruby Piano Duet from Kate on Vimeo. Cast: Kate
Kate : wondering how Ruby is doing in Canada with... →
Kate : nose to the grindstone. →
Kate : We got second place (at trivia) with only... →
Kate : Steve just had the most brilliant software... →
Kate : Kate's Pub in Wallingford is practically a... →
Kate : am now considering hitting a third trivia... →
Kate : happily wrapping gifts. I secretly enjoy... →
Kate : Freshly dyed green hair gets a lot of... →
Kate : Feeling for the ops folks @ Twitter as... →
Kate : I heart Tim & Gypsy,. →
A brief note on Facebook →
It seems that everyone is suddenly saying that Facebook is done. Whether they’re mad about Beacon, or just annoyed by all the zombie requests, the honeymoon is definitely over. Like everyone, I find I’m checking my news feed less frequently (not every day, but still several times a week).
There’s one point that I haven’t seen anyone make, and that’s that this is a normal phase that people go...
Kate : looking forward to tonight's Christmas... →
Kate : I love weekends, even though I'm not... →
Kate : awed at the swankiness of Kerry's condo. →
Kate : Getting ready for Christmas party number... →
Kate : wondering about the people who follow me... →
Kate : Ultimate was fun and exhausting. Glad I... →
Kate : Even I had given up on the Friday Miracle... →
Kate : off to the play gym, followed by Ultimate... →
We need a new bank. Any recommendations?
I’ve had it with First Tech Credit Union. Overall, I’ve always enjoyed their ease-of-use: everything can be done online except check depositing. However, their attitude toward the “primary” and “secondary” signer on an account has always irritated me. As the “secondary” signer, my name is often not even on things, and I worry what it is doing to my...
Kate is off to the zoo! →
Kate is finally got the mac mini to be a music... →
Kate is make that an evening of decorating the... →
Kate is almost time for an evening of decorating... →
Kate is today I have done nothing but a crossword... →
Kate is It's snowing! →