two ruby posts in one day? when you see this video, you'll understand why you needed another dose of ruby tonight:
Sunday, April 27, 2014
a ruby a day
I haven't had a lazy Sunday at home in a while. This afternoon: knitting a new critter now, yoga later. I've missed lazy Sundays, and clearly so has Ruby. Love this girl.
Monday, April 21, 2014
breaking news alert
i love this.
i love that the winner was an american (yay america!), but i love even more that he is an immigrant. how appropriate - to be reminded that one can be american and be an immigrant, when the accused bombers, too, were american and immigrants.
i love that the winner was an american (yay america!), but i love even more that he is an immigrant. how appropriate - to be reminded that one can be american and be an immigrant, when the accused bombers, too, were american and immigrants.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
what i'm listening to right now
i bought sara bareilles' new album, and it is every bit as awesome as i'd hoped it would be. i love this song - "chasing the sun":
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
10 year duke reunion!
duke was as gorgeous as ever. we felt old, but not too old. we laughed a LOT. we drank an appropriate amount. we ate burritos at 2:30am. we got a noise complaint at the hotel. we reminisced. we made new memories. i am so so lucky to have these friends, to have attended this school.
and i came home to this, which isn't half bad either.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
what i'm listening to right now
where "right now" = "in an airport waiting for my flight home from duke reunion weekend and grading papers even though i really don't want to."
"sex on fire," by kings of leon:
"sex on fire," by kings of leon:
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
a ruby a day
ruby supervises me while i make dinner - from a location that is close enough to the action for her liking but not close enough to get yelled at. good kitty.
Monday, April 7, 2014
a photo a day
last night i made a carrot cake for a coworker's birthday, and this is what the pan looked like after our party/staff meeting today. no sight could make a baker happier! it was an awesome recipe and the cake turned out really moist and the frosting the perfect amount of sweet (i used less sugar than was called for, which was a good move). baking success!
Sunday, April 6, 2014
march: 4, 5, 6, & 7
2014 started out as a slow year in books, but i picked up my pace this month! in march i read:
me before you, by jojo moyes (thomas gave me this book for christmas, and i really liked it. the basic premise is that a woman gets hired as the personal assistant for a young man who is a paraplegic. it's one of those books where both of the main characters are changed by their interactions with one another, but the book is well written and not nearly as cheesy as i just made it sound. it was a quick and interesting read and i'd recommend it! would be perfect for spring break or a long weekend without work.)
what the dog saw, by malcolm gladwell (okay, so i listened to this audiobook in the car, but i'm counting it because this is my blog and you can't stop me. people! this book is awesome. it's a bunch of essays that gladwell wrote for the new yorker over the years, so the topics are varied and all quite interesting and well-researched, as all of gladwell's stuff is. my friend jenny LOVES audiobooks, but i haven't had great experiences with them in the past because i don't concentrate well enough on them (while driving) to follow plot lines in fiction books. but! turns out non-fiction is the perfect thing to listen to while driving. i'm midway through another non-fiction audiobook, and loving it, too. i think i have been converted.)
the maid's version, by daniel woodrell (mama bought this for me for christmas, and it was another great book this month. the author wrote winter's bone (which became a pre-hunger games jennifer lawrence movie), and this too is a story about the ozark mountains. his writing style is really different from most of what i read - sort of faulkner-esque, in that you don't exactly know what he's writing about for a while - but as the story came together it was fascinating. i definitely want to re-read this book at some point, because i imagine the beginning of the story will be more meaningful now that i understand where it's going, but either way, this was a good read.)
the ocean at the end of the lane, by neil gaiman (womp womp. it was my month to pick books for my book club - when it is "your" month, you pick 5 or so books and the rest of the members vote on which book to read, and this book won. i had never read any neil gaiman before and, um, i didn't really like this. i read on amazon.com that this book started out as a short story, and i think it should have stayed that way. there some some magical realism - not my favorite - and the book just wasn't what i was expecting in general. i read it, but i wouldn't necessary recommend this to anyone. neil gaiman seems like a cool author if you are slightly nerdy, though, so i wanted to like this. it just didn't happen. sorry to let you down, book club.)
me before you, by jojo moyes (thomas gave me this book for christmas, and i really liked it. the basic premise is that a woman gets hired as the personal assistant for a young man who is a paraplegic. it's one of those books where both of the main characters are changed by their interactions with one another, but the book is well written and not nearly as cheesy as i just made it sound. it was a quick and interesting read and i'd recommend it! would be perfect for spring break or a long weekend without work.)
what the dog saw, by malcolm gladwell (okay, so i listened to this audiobook in the car, but i'm counting it because this is my blog and you can't stop me. people! this book is awesome. it's a bunch of essays that gladwell wrote for the new yorker over the years, so the topics are varied and all quite interesting and well-researched, as all of gladwell's stuff is. my friend jenny LOVES audiobooks, but i haven't had great experiences with them in the past because i don't concentrate well enough on them (while driving) to follow plot lines in fiction books. but! turns out non-fiction is the perfect thing to listen to while driving. i'm midway through another non-fiction audiobook, and loving it, too. i think i have been converted.)
the maid's version, by daniel woodrell (mama bought this for me for christmas, and it was another great book this month. the author wrote winter's bone (which became a pre-hunger games jennifer lawrence movie), and this too is a story about the ozark mountains. his writing style is really different from most of what i read - sort of faulkner-esque, in that you don't exactly know what he's writing about for a while - but as the story came together it was fascinating. i definitely want to re-read this book at some point, because i imagine the beginning of the story will be more meaningful now that i understand where it's going, but either way, this was a good read.)
the ocean at the end of the lane, by neil gaiman (womp womp. it was my month to pick books for my book club - when it is "your" month, you pick 5 or so books and the rest of the members vote on which book to read, and this book won. i had never read any neil gaiman before and, um, i didn't really like this. i read on amazon.com that this book started out as a short story, and i think it should have stayed that way. there some some magical realism - not my favorite - and the book just wasn't what i was expecting in general. i read it, but i wouldn't necessary recommend this to anyone. neil gaiman seems like a cool author if you are slightly nerdy, though, so i wanted to like this. it just didn't happen. sorry to let you down, book club.)
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
a ruby a day
While trying to find a new hiding spot for treats in my small apartment, I might have gotten a little too ambitious. Never fear: nothing can stop a Ruby on a mission.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
i've started to do this thing - which the vet tech recommended a long time ago, actually - which is designed to alleviate boredom for ruby and has the added bonus of entertaining me. the game: i hide four treats around the apartment and wait for ruby to happen upon them and get excited. or at least that's how it worked on the first day. now ruby goes hunting for them! there are only a handful of good hiding locations in my apartment - on the stairs up to the loft, on top of the refrigerator, on various window sills. she just found one treat that i hid a few minutes ago and now is ON THE PROWL to all the usual hiding spots in the apartment to see if more treats are there. it's pretty adorable.
cats: not smart enough to know you are hiding the treats, but smart enough to find them later.
insert obligatory cute ruby photo here.
("those papers you graded? they're mine now.")
cats: not smart enough to know you are hiding the treats, but smart enough to find them later.
insert obligatory cute ruby photo here.
("those papers you graded? they're mine now.")
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
what i'm listening to right now
people, coming back from spring break hit me like a ton of bricks. monday was a teacher workday, but anyone who works in schools knows that it was jam packed with meetings. i had research papers to finish grading, a week of lesson planning to finalize, some things that had to be done in preparation for AP exams (i am the AP coordinator for my school, which is a scary job because if i forget to do something and we have problems on exam day it is a VERY VERY BAD THING), and we started meeting with rising 9th grade families this week to plan their kid's schedule for next year. eek! on monday i was drowning, but i'm back on top (for now). and this song is a good one for calming myself down.
"i choose you," by sara bareilles:
what a fantastic voice. i thought i had more of her music, but i only own a couple songs. i'm about to correct that on itunes!
"i choose you," by sara bareilles:
what a fantastic voice. i thought i had more of her music, but i only own a couple songs. i'm about to correct that on itunes!
Friday, March 21, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
30 vegetables update
30 vegetables challenge is on a temporary hiatus while i am a little sick (i feel okay, just not great, so don't you worry too much about me). i am eating relatively boring foods, but i did get one new veggie in:
day #16: dinner was half an amy's frozen pizza (my favorite frozen pizza brand - the crust is un-cardboard-like, which one cannot say about all frozen pizzas) with mushrooms, red peppers, and 23. artichokes on it.
also: while waiting for a doctor's appointment today, i discovered this game - 2048 - which is very fun and totally additive. you should be playing it! like, NOW.
day #16: dinner was half an amy's frozen pizza (my favorite frozen pizza brand - the crust is un-cardboard-like, which one cannot say about all frozen pizzas) with mushrooms, red peppers, and 23. artichokes on it.
also: while waiting for a doctor's appointment today, i discovered this game - 2048 - which is very fun and totally additive. you should be playing it! like, NOW.
Monday, March 17, 2014
a ruby a day
remember back in december when ruby learned how to open cabinet doors? well a couple weeks ago she learned how to open the cabinet doors above the kitchen counter, too…because i was hiding her treats in there and ruby will stop at nothing to get a treat. i was initially putting the treats on the bottom shelf, but when she learned how to open the cabinet door (and thus eat those treats), i moved them up a shelf. tonight ruby took her exploring for treats to a new level.
needless to say, the treats have been moved into the pantry, where there is a door that shuts. if she starts to open actual doors we will be in real trouble.
(seriously folks: this video is proof that i have the cutest and smartest kitty everrrrrr.)
needless to say, the treats have been moved into the pantry, where there is a door that shuts. if she starts to open actual doors we will be in real trouble.
(seriously folks: this video is proof that i have the cutest and smartest kitty everrrrrr.)
Sunday, March 16, 2014
what i'm listening to right now
this was going to be a post where i told you that i'm listening to "let it go," by idina menzel on youtube a lot…but then it won the oscar for best song and now everybody knows how awesome it is. and the songwriter became an EGOT winner!* so instead, i will give you this version from the jimmy fallon show (but you should listen to the original version first if you haven't heard it yet!):
*which makes me think of tracy jordan EGOTing on 30 rock and thus makes me giggle...
*which makes me think of tracy jordan EGOTing on 30 rock and thus makes me giggle...
Saturday, March 15, 2014
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