TheMom made it here in one piece, although she came down with a miserable cold on Saturday while visiting my older sister in Illinois. Yesterday we took her to the made in oregon store and other various shopping places. She bought me a camera bag as my birthday present. Then last night we took her read more

my mom will be arriving in town tonight from maine so theboy and i have been so scattered with trying to get everything ready and me getting work done so i can take three days off from work and classes…anyway… on friday, i was in the office of deeds and records [where they hand out read more

Time for the Friday Random Ten, the trapped in city deeds hell edition. It don’t mean a thing [if it ain’t got that swing] – ella fitzgeraldreturn to sender – elvis3×5 – john mayerbohemian polka – weird alwhat you need – inxsi heard it through the grapevine – marvin gayefingertips [13] – they might be read more

I kept forgetting to blog this, so I’m doing it now while I still remember. Friday morning TheBoy dropped me off for my eweb-adventure, pulling up to the front entrance of the eugene water and electric board headquarters. As we were pulling in, a young guy [my age–early 20’s] was getting into his car next read more

here’s the promised photo of the guy hauling out the plastic pool furniture in his slicker. you might be able to tell from the texture of the pool how hard it was raining.

i have lived in my apartment for almost a year [i moved in on the 19th last year]. This morning TheBoy and I were remarking on how full the pool is because we’ve gotten a large amount of rain recently. the pool is not open yet. when i moved in last year the pool was read more

my boss is fantastic, like a second mom to me, so I invited her to my bowling birthday shindig and her response to the evite was as follows: “Bowling does for geeks what golf does for management types. Bowling presents these advantages: .. Not physically demanding, so staring at a computer screen all day is read more

i missed my friday random ten because of a misadventure at the eugene water and electric board [luckily it had nothing to do with my electric bill, just a class assignment]. saturday we stopped at baskett slough on our way to the casino to meet theboy’s family for a mother’s day buffet celebration. baskett slough read more

it pours…and my patio overflows…i got a new camera last weekend (a kodak ls753) and so my fool self went out in the rain to take photos (after i moved anything that the rain might ruin!} i got to watch my gutters overflow almost the whole length of the patio–guess i’ll be telling the apartment read more

You Are 29 Years Old    29   Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view – and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You read more

The day I was born the number one song was Bette Davis Eyes by Kim CarnesThe day I turned 18 it was Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin…*sighs* music has become such crap… [via this day in music]

Today is FRIDAY! I’m going to see Bill Cosby with theboy and his mom tonight. So, here’s the osu mom’s weekend edition of the random ten: Laughable – Cowboy MouthEscape from the Planet – They Might be GiantsYours and Mine – Fountains of WayneDon’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – Glenn MillerLothlorien – Fellowship of read more