tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84002292009-03-02T02:25:49.561-05:00Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.comBlogger689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-13799343228422760512008-12-30T09:16:00.003-05:002008-12-30T09:26:04.251-05:00

Todd and I have really been recycling like crazy this year, and it is amazing how much we have reduced the amount of crap in the trash. I get absolutely giddy when I fill up my composting bin and take it out and dump it on the pile. I know. Glamorous and exciting life I lead here.It is also amazing how annoyed i am starting to get with packaging that can't be recycled. The packaging on Christmas

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-81112471776100667352008-12-28T11:46:00.005-05:002008-12-28T12:01:15.412-05:00

Okay, so since i have started running, a number of people who don't run have asked me about how I got started, how hard it is, and a few have even expressed interest in trying it. More often, though, people seem interested, but when i tell them "you could totally do this!" they say, "No, i could never run 13 miles, or 6 miles, or 3 miles." Some of them say they could never run a mile.I

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-63173103221679085882008-12-25T16:44:00.006-05:002008-12-25T16:56:51.752-05:00

Okay, not ever. It wasn't as good as the Christmas I got the real Xavier Roberts doll, or the Barbie Dream House, or the Breyer Horse Stable. But it was the best one as an adult since a few years ago when I got Frye harness boots and my Ipod Nano.Replacement Ipod for the one i killed and Rock Band! Woot! And if Santa brings it, it doesn't cost anything!Is it bad that I keep wanting to push my son

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-36107192928258851842008-12-20T15:57:00.001-05:002008-12-20T18:07:22.497-05:00

I have always been fascinated by the way that people lived, survived, ate, and lived in the past. Maybe it was too much Little House, but i have always been amazed at the things that people knew how to do. Baking, and sewing, candlemaking, fire banking, farming and building things with their hands.. . these have always been things that interested me in a way. I often think of how far removed I

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-33070127078582823862008-12-19T11:15:00.008-05:002008-12-19T21:28:03.272-05:00

Unless you are a grandparent, Aunt, Uncle, or someone else with a deep attachment to the girl, you can just stop reading now. The pageant went off without a hitch, so there are no tantrums, crying jags, meltdowns or otherwise entertaining portions of the video. Just a bunch of little kids shaking bells and singing.Just posting it for Todd and the family, since none of them could make it. (Yes, I

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-60301364080331497002008-12-18T17:53:00.003-05:002008-12-18T19:32:29.598-05:00

I have none.I know that Domino's is all about bossing my uterus around, but damn! I love watching my delivery via the online Pizza Tracker.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-42925889370806191702008-12-18T08:45:00.002-05:002008-12-18T08:53:17.748-05:00

There is no sweeter sound than the sound of one's child and husband singing "Jingle Bells" together. I keep on thinking we should cancel the whole Christmas season, what with all the extra work it creates, but I don't really mean it. Christmas has not been this magical for me since the horror of finding out about Santa.That is a lie. There was no one moment when the Santa jig was up - it was more

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-42440920964898127912008-12-15T13:32:00.002-05:002008-12-15T13:42:21.730-05:00

I will be sad, when she learns to say her "Rs." Right now, they are all "W." Rollie is Wally. Road is woad. Red is wed. Tiller is tirrer - When people ask her her name, it sounds like she is saying "Terror." Cracks us up.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-34133349058982473882008-12-11T11:18:00.003-05:002008-12-11T13:44:29.786-05:00

Ah, the mystery of why Atlanta has no thriving downtown or Midtown. . . my latest musings on the subject are up on Metroblogging Atlanta.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-32922409287637875122008-12-10T23:10:00.004-05:002008-12-11T08:48:50.015-05:00

Your result for Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test...Linguistic16% Logical, 14% Spatial, 59% Linguistic, 37% Intrapersonal, 18% Interpersonal, 20% Musical, 53% Bodily-Kinesthetic and 18% Naturalistic! "Verbal-linguistic intelligence has to do with words, spoken or written. People with verbal-linguistic intelligence display a facility with words and languages. They

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-23813421263148405062008-12-10T22:00:00.003-05:002008-12-10T22:05:14.519-05:00

Twilight Puppet Movie Summary!Via my fave book blog, Baby Got Books.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-62300309388027079702008-12-10T08:52:00.003-05:002008-12-10T08:54:08.356-05:00

So, a friend asked what I was reading lately, and i couldn't really think of anything that blew me away. So, what are you reading right now? What have you read lately that blew you away?

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-11897789254526909372008-12-08T11:52:00.004-05:002008-12-08T11:55:17.907-05:00

My rad gift Todd brought me back from Winter Park!Misfits gloves! Freakin' awesome.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-42983340456359819832008-12-06T00:04:00.009-05:002008-12-06T09:45:29.894-05:00

In case you miss us a little, in your Fat Tire stupor. . . things have been a little like this: But mostly like this: We miss you, too.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-40697863527032511552008-12-01T10:33:00.003-05:002008-12-01T10:44:11.688-05:00

I put my half-marathon race report up on Metroblogging Atlanta. Not sure what to do with myself, now that i have no noveling and no race to train for. . . Todd would say that I have plenty of laundry to do.I prefer bon-bons and Oprah.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-69335300047591766562008-11-30T21:33:00.002-05:002008-11-30T21:38:45.543-05:00

I ran my first half-marathon on Thanksgiving. I wrote a novel. Not bad* for November. . . .*I still haven't finished my Christmas shopping. Okay, i haven't even started my Christmas shopping, unless you count snowglobes from the Dollar Tree. Also, my novel is complete crap and it is non-fiction crap, at that.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-90621053986182451432008-11-30T10:17:00.003-05:002008-11-30T10:24:36.490-05:00

I know i have been missing in action during most of November. I attribute this to a)NanoWriMO b)Half-marathon training and c) family sickness.So, i have about 2000 words left on NaNo today. I finished the half on Thursday. This may not seem like much until you drive to Chamblee Marta station (the approximate starting line) and then drive down Ptree Industrial until it turns into Peachtree, and

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-70219246004935584972008-11-24T20:22:00.002-05:002008-11-24T20:26:19.895-05:00

My latest Metroblogging Atlanta post is up as of today. Check it out and give me all your sage advice on running the Thanksgiving Half Marathon. Because I am a little nervous. I admit it.Although the calories I can conceivably take in afterwards without guilt do give me a little courage. Three words: "Mama's Mashed Potatoes."And as an update: Nano is going well, although I am going to be driving

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-27033933147672183792008-11-22T09:37:00.002-05:002008-11-22T09:52:37.547-05:00

I live vicariously through my daughter's hair. Yes, you heard me right.I have long bemoaned the curse of the curl, that never allows me to have bangs or cute bobs, or even a decent Dorothy Hamill growing up. But now i have a Tiller! A straight-haired, sharp-cut banged Tiller! In the bob that I wanted in 6th grade. (Instead I ended up with what some still refer to as "The ET.")I give you Tiller (

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-79287816706936549302008-11-21T15:45:00.003-05:002008-11-21T15:51:17.023-05:00

Well, I fell off the wagon a few days this week, but find that when I sit down to write, I am pretty damn fast at cranking this stuff out. I am at 32475, i think. Plenty of time left to meet my goal, and I honestly think this is going to go over 50,000 words.I am so glad that i started this. It has given me a confidence that I have not had before.And now I am going to go out and have fun tonight

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-11149964009858373962008-11-19T19:17:00.004-05:002008-11-20T08:29:11.187-05:00

This morning, I heard Todd and Rollie talking about one of Rollie's paintings from school. We get about three per week. They are . . . interesting. I didn't hear the whole conversation, but Todd came in with eyebrows raised, looking a little speechless, then asked if I had overheard what they were discussing."Rollie, come in here and show Mama your painting from school," Todd said, staring at me

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-31867281818595092452008-11-19T17:47:00.003-05:002008-11-19T18:00:01.240-05:00

I have written before about my love for the song This Must Be the Place, by Talking Heads, and about how cool it was that Arcade Fire covered the song live. So, last night, we came in from dinner out, and I had to do the dishes from lunch (Domestic Diva, don't'cha know?) and so i turned on the radio. I usually listen to 88.5 or 92.9 FM or a CD while in the kitchen, but for some reason, i didn't

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-10933219860585467302008-11-18T08:08:00.001-05:002008-11-18T08:10:09.123-05:00

Overheard at my house this morning:"Ni hao, Tiller.""Ni hao, Daddy."I'm pretty sure that my Dad would consider that either gay or communist, but i am not sure which one.

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-29805867055857462902008-11-17T15:44:00.003-05:002008-11-17T15:46:43.910-05:00

I hope my daughter never loses the nerve and desire to stand up on a bench in the playground and sing and dance her little guts out. At what point did we lose that?

Dogwood Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400229.post-51334462359792925962008-11-15T08:52:00.003-05:002008-11-15T08:55:31.355-05:00

Auburn and Georgia disappointed me so wholly this season that I don't even feel any animosity towards my husband this morning.That's no fun.

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