Everydaystranger

English gardening is renowned. Seriously. Not only do they have the big gardens, like Kew Gardens, but they have 100,000 gardening shows with the likes of that guy with the name and her who never wears a bra (and I’m not a prude or anything, but DAMN. Consider strapping those puppies, babe, [...]

It was well worth walking the dog for!
Angus.

“I dreamt that we were at a water park and one of the slides we went down went at 4G!”
“That’s impossible, Helen. You can’t have a downward force of 4G.”
“You can in my water park.”
My cow clock goes off.
“I love that clock,” he says sarcastically.
“I know! I love it too!” I squeal.
We lay [...]

There are a lot of times I wish I could reach out to you and tell you that I just believe. I just believe. I don’t know why, and I can’t explain how, but I believe in you. You’ve been through so much, and there is so far still to go, and [...]

This morning started with giddy excitement. I carried up coffee to a beaming Angus. I whipped out a mound of gifts from me, his kids, and my Dad, stepmother, and step-grandma. He grinned as he opened his cards. The phone and Skype have been ringing off the hook as wishes come [...]

Some days are days where everything makes sense-the sun comes up just like you need it to. The coffee is hot but not too hot. Your phone is quiet and the dog’s tail thumps on the floor behind you and your favorite TV show is all saved up to watch.
These days, the days [...]

I’m super tired and barely functioning. I’m home now, and Angus has left to take his two extremely tired kids to their final flight home. I’ll crawl back on the couch and pass out in a sec, but first an update.
You know how I’m one of those high-powered, super-sonic worriers when it comes [...]

It’s truly been an amazing week. I’d be hard to enunciate why, exactly, but I somehow feel some kind of new horizon has been opened up. Maybe it’s turning 33 (because that’s such a banner year, of course.) Or maybe it’s many things.
Having my dad and stepmother here was absolutely phenomenal. [...]

A long time ago, I was one seriously jealous chick.
Really.
I remember being eaten up with jealousy and envy. The 7 Deadly Sins had nothing on me. My insides got eaten up with hideous jealousy, to the point where I was a control freak.
The biggest point I remember being jealous was with Kim-I was [...]

This post might not make much sense, but I’m currently a jumble of emotions, thoughts, and memories. So maybe it’s more for me than anyone else but I need to disconnect the brain and hands for a bit and let some things out.
My dad and stepmother just left and the house is sadly quiet [...]

I only have a moment, so here goes:
Seymour arrived with great fanfare late Friday (read: me jumping up and down in the pouring rain with glee.)
Seymour is a fabulous wooden outdoor table and chairs, complete with comfy cushions (not seen in this photo as they arrived later.)

I absolutely love it. I thought Angus outdid [...]

30 April 2007
Calmly Putting My Mask On Before Helping Others
Just got home after a full-day meeting in London.
I managed to speak to the lab, who finally had my results at about 1:00 pm (which they didn’t have when I rang them at 10 am. Not like I’m persistent or anything.)
Our Lemonhead is just fine.
We [...]