Archive for July, 2007

thirty-eight, and a pride of lions

Tomorrow I will be thirty-eight years old. Which, funny enough, seems younger than thirty-seven. I think it is because thirty-seven is a prime number and just so … sharp [thirty-eight is so much rounder — it has three prime factors]. And this last year gone by has been so much better […]

Posted by Marie on July 28th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

makin’ sadza

I’m sitting in my kitchen making sadza, and it’s a very pleasant feeling. The venison meat in its soup is simmering (making a very nice thick soup), the rape (muriwo) is cut very thinly and waiting to be fried, and the sadza water is waiting to be boiled. And my “Over and Over” […]

Posted by Marie on July 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

two years gone by

My group from El Salvador, we started in June 2005, is finishing their two years this month. We lost a number of us to attrition (myself included), and I think I heard someone say that some are extending another year. They are all on the new myspace (i.e. facebook), and keeping in touch […]

Posted by Marie on July 24th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

everything fits in the fit

Have I mentioned how much I love my fit? It fits everywhere, and everything fits in it. My niece Savannah thinks it’s cute because it’s kind of like a teenage daughter-size to her mom’s Honda van. I was enumerating all of the things I could fit in the fit to my family, such as:
- ten […]

Posted by Marie on July 23rd, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

fiber, glorious fiber

Some friends at work have become obsessed with fiber. Apparently you need more than 35 grams of fiber per day (according to various recommended daily allowances). This is hard to do unless you work at it. I’m now working at it and it is one of my repetitive topics of conversation, and even bought this […]

Posted by Marie on July 19th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

the ddr competition

So last Christmas, my twelve-year-old niece got DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) for Christmas. We played all day on Christmas day. Then my mom got my other twelve-year-old niece a copy for her birthday in January - I was up there for that birthday celebration, and played all day with her as well. She also got […]

Posted by Marie on July 10th, 2007 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

ann rutledge

When I was in Washington DC a few weeks ago for a big conference for my work, we arranged a tour with one of our customers. They are the big national library, with all kinds of treasures of Americana. As the higher-ups were arranging the tour, the lady from the library asked our lady if […]

Posted by Marie on July 9th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

huh. look at that.

Some people have stumbled upon my blog looking for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWiznP0siQ.
I wonder why it’s funny.

Posted by Marie on July 5th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

taking over the roads

I’m up in Wisconsin for the fourth (and the weekend), hanging with the family. The nieces and nephews are all of age where they can propel themselves on their own with their bikes, and it is beautiful outside, so we bike a lot. When we do (we are fifteen) we take over the roads in […]