First Week as an Arlington..ite?

After a dozen people showed up Sunday, June 1, to help with move in, leaving us with a house full of boxes, most of which now live in the basement, I decided I was NOT going to leave the house until it was organized and box-free. And then I decided that was just a stupid [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Change, Days to Remember, Journal, Photo of the DayPosted on June 13th, 2008

Hello, Boston!

I’m blogging from our new place in Arlington, MA. We’re just outside Boston — specifically, we are 3 houses down from the bus that brings you to the terminus of the red line of Boston’s subway, which brings you anywhere IN Boston. It’s quite a change from the sleepy suburb of McLeansville, NC, where a [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Change, Huge very big things, Journal, Photo of the DayPosted on June 3rd, 2008

Our Footprint

I’ve been using up a lot of spare brain cycles on wanting to find ways to reduce my family’s use of resources and our footprint on this earth. We’re most likely heading into a recession, both as a family (ha ha) and as a nation, so I figure some serious forethought will go a long [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Change, JournalPosted on April 19th, 2008