http://www.jareba.com/blog life together (a friends & family update blog) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:04:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As of today, I could start teaching in my classroom.  Well, actually, two kids would be sitting at a table instead of desks, but other than that, the room's ready to go!  It's a thing of beauty to turn the summer chaos into September order.  We'll see what happens when ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/136 I figured out the heel thing and it's clever and beautiful!  These are going to be awesome socks! I am now up to running 15 minutes at a stretch!  Hey!  That's a big deal! :) Kyna was in town so we had dinner (Thai food outside in perfect weather) with her and ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/135 I bought beautiful yarn in Leavenworth.  Yarn is my new souvenir.  Now I can buy yarn in a locale, then think of the trip while knitting with it and whenever I wear what I knit.  Way better than a t-shirt. The yarn is beautiful shades of light purple and yellow and ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/134 Yesterday I woke up to a phone call from an overly perky Sprint employee who MISPRONOUNCED OUR LAST NAME!  I have never had that happen.   Most of you who read this blog know our last name and know that it: Is very common Follows the rules of standard English phonetics (no silent ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/133 Is how I feel today.  It's almost 3, I haven't gone for my run/walk (up to walk 2 minutes, run 5!), showered, or done much of anything.  I wrote a nice long post about our anniversary and the like yesterday, but the Interweb ate it.  Blah.  I'd better go fix ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/132 (You know, the song in So I Married an Ax Murderer?) We had a wonderful anniversary week.  The celebration started with a trip to Wild Ginger (Miranda and my parents know how to say it properly :)) on our actual anniversary (which was about two weeks ago, crazy!) and culminated in ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/131 I've had household projects in the back of my mind pretty much since last August, and as of today, I've finished almost all of them!  This week's list of things accomplished: Organize the bathroom closet Clean bathroom Alphabetize CDs (yes, I'm that nerdy) Weed out closet and dresser Take stuff to Goodwill Clean out and wash ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/130 Hola!  I am here in Yakima with my new niece!  She is absolutely beautiful!  Kiersten does a whole lot of sleeping (in short spurts), eating, and ... getting rid of what she's eaten.  She also seems to be taking well to the subliminal hints I'm dropping about being her favorite ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/129 I am officially done with the school year tomorrow!  We have a two hour day (during which I will do a dance from High School Musical with other teachers--should be rather entertaining), then time to grade like a crazy person and go to a party!  Whee! I'm choosing not to focus ... http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/128 For those of you going to Spokane for Mary's wedding, what are your plans? When are you arriving? Where are you staying? Are we planning any non-wedding party people get togethers? I'm so excited to see y'alls as much as possible! http://www.jareba.com/blog/archives/127