Book Review: The Vast Fields of Ordinary

The Vast Fields of Ordinary, by Nick Burd Oh, I so wanted to like this book. I really really did. For one thing, no one wants to feel like they never like anything, and lately books I like seem to be few and far between. And I loved the title and so I went into [...]

Awesome Times One Million

Seriously, I’m going to have to stop traveling because all of this crazy shit always happens while I’m gone! When we went to the Dominican Republic, Saddam Hussein was captured and we didn’t find out until we were back in the United States.  When we went to Ensenada for my best friends wedding, Britney Spears [...]

Saucy

Remember all those lovely tomatoes? Sally sent me an email telling me that she had linked to me on her all tomato blog (best idea ever) and even though I still haven’t written back to her because I suck at returning email and have been spending all my time fretting over important things like growing [...]

Book Review: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Hmmmm. So, let’s see.  Nice cover?  Check.  Sassy female protagonist?  Check.  Interesting and funny opening chapter? Check. And yet, I don’t know.  There was just something missing from this book. It’s the story of 12 year old Calpurnia Tate, or Callie Vee, as everyone calls her, growing [...]

Sacramento Sidewalk

Like Watching Paint Dry

Holy house projects, batman. The fireplace is DONE. DONE DONE DONE! And the enormous gross laminate tv stand from Walmart has been moved out of the living room and into the garage.  We’ve been to Ikea TWICE in one weekend.  And Mr. E I have had about four hundred fights in which I yelled “orange [...]

Unsupervised.

So before I tell this story, I must first detail for you Mr. E’s love of the useless junk being sold at your average every day American garage sale. Now, don’t get me wrong.  I am a big big fan of garage sales.  Just last weekend I scored a garage sale table, a huge box [...]

From Such Small Things

I’d be writing more, but I’m busy picking tomatoes. This picture is the haul from ONE DAY. I’m sure glad I spent all that time worrying about not having enough tomatoes. Luckily I am now spending all my time worrying that our tomatoes will all peak at once and by next week we won’t have [...]