: I'm going to go eat some cereal so I don't get confused.
(what exactly is this??)
(what exactly is this??)
Current Mood: eating cereal
Larissa
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June 27th, 2009
June 22nd, 2009
: from the early morning cute boy file
Me: (Mack and i are watching Bill Nye the science guy and a wooly mammoth skeleton is on)
"Macky do you want to go see skeletons of extinct animals sometime?"
Macky: "yes mama. but (holds his nose) are they weally, WEALLY stinky?"
Tags: macky
Me: (Mack and i are watching Bill Nye the science guy and a wooly mammoth skeleton is on)
"Macky do you want to go see skeletons of extinct animals sometime?"
Macky: "yes mama. but (holds his nose) are they weally, WEALLY stinky?"
Current Mood: 
amused
amusedJune 18th, 2009
: and now for something completely different...
Hey Friends,
I know I have a small assembly of geeks here on my lj, and I am asking this in a variety of places... super casually, I am asking friends who participate in the open source development community if they'll answer a few questions for me. If you have submitted code or patches or otherwise participated in open source as a contributor, and you're not opposed to answering a few questions, leave me a message with a way to reach you....
thanks!
Hey Friends,
I know I have a small assembly of geeks here on my lj, and I am asking this in a variety of places... super casually, I am asking friends who participate in the open source development community if they'll answer a few questions for me. If you have submitted code or patches or otherwise participated in open source as a contributor, and you're not opposed to answering a few questions, leave me a message with a way to reach you....
thanks!
May 16th, 2009
: 3 years is not an aount of time
That diminishes my memory of you. The sound of your fiddle, your face full of light, holding the Goddess inside you more easily than I felt I ever could. How much you taught me, and how much I still miss you.
I'll never forget you Leigh Ann.
That diminishes my memory of you. The sound of your fiddle, your face full of light, holding the Goddess inside you more easily than I felt I ever could. How much you taught me, and how much I still miss you.
I'll never forget you Leigh Ann.
Current Mood: 
thoughtful
thoughtfulMay 10th, 2009
: how many years have I posted this?
And, despite the sea change, I must post it again.
by Julia Ward Howe
Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil
At the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God -
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.
And, despite the sea change, I must post it again.
by Julia Ward Howe
Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil
At the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God -
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.
Current Mood: Maternal
May 8th, 2009
: ha ha ha
So we knew that my dad has the genes for celiac (he was tested) but then my mom was also tested, and they BOTH have them.
Ha ha funny.
So we knew that my dad has the genes for celiac (he was tested) but then my mom was also tested, and they BOTH have them.
Ha ha funny.
May 7th, 2009
May 5th, 2009
: TMI, but educational.
Yesterday I ate gluten, by accident, and then I just... I don't know what, was on autopilot, and ate two gluten crackers at a gathering before I realized what I'd done.
OK so maybe I don't have celiac.
Maybe.
But, having been off it a couple of weeks, my body sure does hate gluten. In a sending me to spend much time in the bathroom sort of way.
woog.
Yesterday I ate gluten, by accident, and then I just... I don't know what, was on autopilot, and ate two gluten crackers at a gathering before I realized what I'd done.
OK so maybe I don't have celiac.
Maybe.
But, having been off it a couple of weeks, my body sure does hate gluten. In a sending me to spend much time in the bathroom sort of way.
woog.
May 3rd, 2009
May 2nd, 2009
: giant hippie plant sale, and a new filter or two
I went to the members only early hour of the UCSC Farm plant sale - in the fog and drizzle, and it was PACKED, and so fun. I got good stuff. fancy heirloom versions of: basil, poppies, summer squash, several tomatoes, red russian kale, sunflowers, including a 6 pack of "sunzilla", sweet peppers. will complement what we already have, nicely. I didnt get beans, or peas, or pumpkins, cos those seem to have done well from seed.
in other news I am getting serious about my health (losing weight, exercise, addressing various health issues I have and have been semi-ignoring) and will be making a filter where I can blather about that endlessly. If you want to hear about it, tell me. If you don't, you're totally spared.
I went to the members only early hour of the UCSC Farm plant sale - in the fog and drizzle, and it was PACKED, and so fun. I got good stuff. fancy heirloom versions of: basil, poppies, summer squash, several tomatoes, red russian kale, sunflowers, including a 6 pack of "sunzilla", sweet peppers. will complement what we already have, nicely. I didnt get beans, or peas, or pumpkins, cos those seem to have done well from seed.
in other news I am getting serious about my health (losing weight, exercise, addressing various health issues I have and have been semi-ignoring) and will be making a filter where I can blather about that endlessly. If you want to hear about it, tell me. If you don't, you're totally spared.
Current Mood: energetic
energeticApril 28th, 2009
: huh.
My biopsy for celiac was negative.
good, right?
well... I am not sure. I think it can't be bad, except, its... weird. I mean I had more of less positive (very specific) bloodwork, and my kid has it, and my sister has it, and its highly genetic. So... wtf? But I guess good! We'll still be gluten free at home, but maybe I don't have to tote my lunch everywhere I go. We'll see -- I will make a followup appointment.
Confusing. Its been a confusing day. Work things are also confusing. Life is confusing.
My biopsy for celiac was negative.
good, right?
well... I am not sure. I think it can't be bad, except, its... weird. I mean I had more of less positive (very specific) bloodwork, and my kid has it, and my sister has it, and its highly genetic. So... wtf? But I guess good! We'll still be gluten free at home, but maybe I don't have to tote my lunch everywhere I go. We'll see -- I will make a followup appointment.
Confusing. Its been a confusing day. Work things are also confusing. Life is confusing.
: snails.
the snails are easting my garden alive. and they're like, extra big snails! GROSS! what do i do? has to be relatively non-toxic, because not only do chemicals freak my shit, but the preschooler and the cats are in the garden all the time and i dont want to poison them.
help!!!
i'm already doing saucers of cheap nasty beer. its helping, but not nearly enough.
the snails are easting my garden alive. and they're like, extra big snails! GROSS! what do i do? has to be relatively non-toxic, because not only do chemicals freak my shit, but the preschooler and the cats are in the garden all the time and i dont want to poison them.
help!!!
i'm already doing saucers of cheap nasty beer. its helping, but not nearly enough.
April 25th, 2009
: I need a good book
I'm having a mopey afternoon/evening - after a lovely morning at the beach, I really have no excuse, just the house is trashed even after a lot of work, yard is too, 3 yo is SUCH a whirling dervish of chaos and 7 yo threw 86 tantrums to go to the boardwalk today.
OK my real point - what are you reading? I need a good book.
I'm having a mopey afternoon/evening - after a lovely morning at the beach, I really have no excuse, just the house is trashed even after a lot of work, yard is too, 3 yo is SUCH a whirling dervish of chaos and 7 yo threw 86 tantrums to go to the boardwalk today.
OK my real point - what are you reading? I need a good book.
Current Mood: 
blah
blahApril 24th, 2009
: yes!
My work meeting went well this morning and I got high praise from important people.
I had my other thing this afternoon and it also went well. Will know more next week.
Then I made gluten free french rolls and Mordecai says "hey! these are like normal bread!"
YES!!!! 3 for 3!!!!
My work meeting went well this morning and I got high praise from important people.
I had my other thing this afternoon and it also went well. Will know more next week.
Then I made gluten free french rolls and Mordecai says "hey! these are like normal bread!"
YES!!!! 3 for 3!!!!
April 23rd, 2009
April 20th, 2009
: i am is made of fun now
I had my endoscopy today. and somehow i was totally sane for hours after but now, about 4 hours post drugs (versed and fentanyl) i am totally loopy. So I'm laughing my ass off at facebook quizzes. Cause I'm a giant geek like that.
I had my endoscopy today. and somehow i was totally sane for hours after but now, about 4 hours post drugs (versed and fentanyl) i am totally loopy. So I'm laughing my ass off at facebook quizzes. Cause I'm a giant geek like that.
Current Mood: 
silly
sillyApril 15th, 2009
: Writer's Block: Looking Back
The first one seems to be a stub:
I have a blog, it's at http://www.xanga.com/roshismomma
I want to be able to read friends private entries, and I want to be able to comment. So that's what this is for. :) I suppose I might use it for other things, if I decide to...
xo
RM
(I havent updated Xanga in about uh, 6 years)
The first "real" entry:
"all I can think of to tell you is that you should remember when you serve the toddler frozen asparagus for dinner, that the strings in the diaper in the am are NOT WORMS and not to panic.
OK.
There ya go."
So. Not much has actually changed.
Tags: first post, lj birthday, reminiscing, writer's block
The first one seems to be a stub:
I have a blog, it's at http://www.xanga.com/roshismomma
I want to be able to read friends private entries, and I want to be able to comment. So that's what this is for. :) I suppose I might use it for other things, if I decide to...
xo
RM
(I havent updated Xanga in about uh, 6 years)
The first "real" entry:
"all I can think of to tell you is that you should remember when you serve the toddler frozen asparagus for dinner, that the strings in the diaper in the am are NOT WORMS and not to panic.
OK.
There ya go."
So. Not much has actually changed.
Tags: first post, lj birthday, reminiscing, writer's block
April 13th, 2009
: no more myths
This is awesome. If you've met one person with autism you've... met one person with autism.
Tags: autism awareness month
This is awesome. If you've met one person with autism you've... met one person with autism.
Tags: autism awareness month
March 31st, 2009
: hmm.
Reading flylady again. She wants me to make my bed every day in April. i wonder, if I just do that, and don't actively try to make any other big house-related changes, what will happen?
Lets see.
Tags: flylady, made_up_bed_april
Reading flylady again. She wants me to make my bed every day in April. i wonder, if I just do that, and don't actively try to make any other big house-related changes, what will happen?
Lets see.
Tags: flylady, made_up_bed_april
March 19th, 2009
: ack