My first visit to Minnesota was in 1991 when I went on a bike tour with a crazy bunch of high school and college aged folks. It was a ten-day tour through the southeastern portion of the state. I barely made it into the Twin Cities, but from that moment, I was in love. Maybe [...]
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Over the river and through the woods
by Amy on 28. Jul, 2010 in Amy Weighs In, Food, My Every Day, The Kid
YoBaby is a YoMess
by Amy on 12. Jul, 2010 in My Every Day, The Kid
Sophie’s been fascinated by the refrigerator. See, Mom? She IS my child. I mean, can you blame her? A magic box filled with treats! And plastic containers! And bags of things that spill all over the floor! And best of all, yogurt!
Run For ShelterBox
by Amy on 09. Jul, 2010 in My Every Day
Having a blogger for a boyfriend has never been a requirement for me. Blogging might be a part of my life, but it was never a thing my boyfriend Scott and I shared. And that was, and is, totally cool with me. I have been doing this blogging thing for eleven years.
Hello, 130s! (and the kid turns one)
by Amy on 25. May, 2010 in Amy Weighs In, Be Well, My Every Day, The Kid
I’m a little giddy this morning. I stepped on the scale twice, because I couldn’t believe it was telling the truth. I’m not surprised as it’s been in the 90s here for a few days, which is very atypical of U.P. weather. We don’t have air conditioning, which means we get home, turn off the lights, keep the house closed and hunker down.
Keep riding, kid.
by Amy on 14. Apr, 2010 in My Every Day
Sunday we took our semi-regular trip to Walmart after church to pick up some essentials. I was waiting for Scott while he picked up some motor oil for the truck and noticed a couple asking a store employee about fitting their son for a two-wheeled bike. “Uh, I don’t work in this department,” he replied [...]
New baby in the house
by Amy on 01. Apr, 2010 in My Every Day
I’ve wanted to upgrade my DSLR for a long time. I felt I’d outgrown it. Not that I’m the greatest photographer on the planet or a pro by any means, but I felt limited. The photos looked great on the monitor but printed out less than stellar. It couldn’t keep up with sports photography. After trying to shoot a hockey game a few weeks ago and ending up with only two slightly usable photos, I knew it was time.
What HCR means to me
by Amy on 23. Mar, 2010 in My Every Day
It might make you grit your teeth and make smoke pour from your ears, but I am thrilled that health care reform passed. Let me tell you why. I’m one of those uninsured Americans everyone’s always talking about. And it hasn’t always been this way. My parents had health insurance, so I was always covered [...]
Old dog
by Amy on 25. Feb, 2010 in My Every Day
Three and a half years ago, I decided to get a dog. Well, actually I didn’t just get a dog, I got a puppy. I had a void in my life that I believed was shaped exactly like a ten week old Bichon Frise puppy. Scott thought it was a good idea, which was all [...]
Moving on outweighs the costs
by Amy on 19. Feb, 2010 in Food, My Every Day
Two weeks ago, I dropped my kitchen scale, one of my most valued tools in the kitchen, and it seems to be broken. At the time, I was in a terribly good mood, which is the only reason at the time it didn’t seem like such a big deal. “I’ll look at it,” Scott told [...]
The Importance of Getting Away
by Amy on 15. Feb, 2010 in My Every Day
Before Sophie was born all of the pregnancy magazines told me to take a babymoon, a word that I can’t even believe I just typed in a sentence. For me, it falls in that gag me with a spoon category, a really, really big scratchy, wooden, lame 80s reference spoon. If I hadn’t spent most [...]
Lost Career: Reward if Found
by Amy on 07. Feb, 2010 in My Every Day
Somewhere along the way, I lost my career. It wasn’t in as dramatic a fashion as say, a professional athlete suffering a career-ending injury that forces him to sell the Bentley and start selling life insurance or used cars. I had an accidental career, one I had stumbled into out of desperation yet one I [...]
Momspotting Meme
by Amy on 01. Feb, 2010 in My Every Day
For the past few months, I’ve been participating in BlogHer’s Family Connections citizen journalism project as a Momspotter. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen the #momspotting hashtags. Basically that means I tweet a few times a day about how I use technology in my day-to-day parenting life. What better way to start [...]
Cruel season
by Amy on 29. Jan, 2010 in My Every Day
Today is one of those days when the weather is so brutal you expect to hear reports on the news about people dying because of the cold. Normally this would just be par for the winter suckfest course up here, but last week we had unusually mild temperatures. It’s been so mild, the snowbanks all [...]
Everything but the kitchen sink
by Amy on 18. Jan, 2010 in My Every Day
When you have a baby, there is no “just picking up and going” anywhere. There’s stuff to be packed. Babies require accessories.
Turns out Mom was telling the truth
by Amy on 07. Jan, 2010 in My Every Day, The Kid
I am the eldest of four children; my brother and I are adopted from Korea. (My mother gave birth to my two sisters later.) She always told us that she “loved all of us the same,” regardless of whether we were her adopted or biological children. I mostly believed her. I didn’t think about the [...]
2010, the short list
by Amy on 05. Jan, 2010 in My Every Day
What can I say about 2009? I had a baby. What else needs to be said? Even though I haven’t said much, I’ve thought a lot about 2010 and how I’d like it to go. I’m not one for making a list of resolutions, but I do have some goals. So here they are, in [...]
Here’s to Better Health in 2010
by Amy on 31. Dec, 2009 in My Every Day
I’ve spent the last week enduring a sinus infection to top all sinus infections, including a throat that’s been so sore I can barely breathe and a head full of yellow gunk. Bad news? I’ve pretty much lost my sense of taste and smell, making food more of a chore than a pleasure. Good news? [...]
Pretty merry in spite of ourselves
by Amy on 24. Dec, 2009 in My Every Day
It turns out that you can have a pretty decent Christmas even if you… Come down with some sort of flu virus cold throat condition of death. It will hurt every time you try to talk, but cookies still taste pretty damned good. Leave for your holiday destination four hours later than the scheduled departure [...]
Dangerous Wands
by Amy on 21. Dec, 2009 in My Every Day
My brain shuts down for the last two weeks of the year, especially when I have to spend some of that time in the office. I’ve got nothing better than this today. Enjoy.
I think we’ll be okay
by Amy on 10. Dec, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
YOU’RE DOING IT ALL WRONG My almost seven month old infant does not sleep through the night. I have no idea if she should be by now. I’m sure this is something I could read in a book or one of those books of ads parenting magazines, but I’ve sworn off of the dumb things. [...]
Mama’s Little Helper
by Amy on 28. Nov, 2009 in My Every Day
It’s recently occurred to me that my life has turned into one where I have very little time to myself. Like, duh, right? Babies will do that to a person’s existence. For instance, the baby has been napping for 30 glorious minutes. In that time I’ve finished almost all of the breakfast dishes, gone through [...]
The Big Picture
by Amy on 20. Nov, 2009 in My Every Day
I was talking to a friend recently who mentioned that it appeared things were going really well with the baby. Being one of those long distance Internet friends, we see each other very rarely. And with all of the craziness that has happened in the past six months after the birth of my daughter, we [...]
Winning is more fun than diaper rash
by Amy on 18. Nov, 2009 in My Every Day
Believe me, it is. Check out my review of Aquaphor’s Advanced Therapy Healing Ointment/Gentle Body Wash and Shampoo and enter for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card plus a very lovely Aquaphor gift basket. Plus, check out the other reviews by fellow bloggers for even more chances to win. How sweet is [...]
Momspotting
by Amy on 11. Nov, 2009 in My Every Day
Starting later this month, I’m going to be participating in a project on digital parenting, sponsored by BlogHer. For the record, I am not really a drone. I only play one on TV. But seriously, while I love shooting videos, there is a reason why I stay behind the camera. BEHIND THE CAMERA. Be sure [...]
Has it been too long since childbirth to blame this on hormones?
by Amy on 08. Nov, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
Okay, so I forgot Scott’s birthday. Sort of. It’s not like I didn’t know which date it was (Nov 8). It’s that I didn’t realize that day was TODAY. If only I had logged on to Facebook this morning. Those little birthday reminders? It would have told me, “Hey idiot, today happens to be the [...]
Adventures in Nursing: Taking my show on the road
by Amy on 06. Nov, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
My Medela has temporarily bit it. This is a huge inconvenience, being only five months and change into this whole breastfeeding the baby gig. The problem isn’t with the motor but with the faceplate. One of the nozzledoohickey things has cracked, making dual pumping impossible and single side pumping not a whole lot easier. Using [...]
Still Easier than childbirth
by Amy on 07. Oct, 2009 in My Every Day
TC Marathon 2007 was the last race I properly trained for. Scott and I trained religiously for the months leading up to the day. I was convinced it was the year I was going to set a PR and had my heart set on a 4:30 time. And then race day came and it was [...]
The hardest part is that first step
by Amy on 01. Oct, 2009 in My Every Day
When I picked Sophie up from daycare today, CDG wished us good luck this weekend. I know he was talking about the actual races on Sunday, but I was secretly thinking to myself that we needed more luck just getting out the door. On time. You know, so we wouldn’t be arriving in St. Paul [...]
I’ll be more specific next time
by Amy on 23. Sep, 2009 in My Every Day
Thanks to my little buddy for keeping me company while I laid in bed sick for my birthday today. I know I was vague on gift ideas, but really? Chills, fever, and aches? Are you kidding me?
One More Year
by Amy on 22. Sep, 2009 in My Every Day
Tomorrow I turn 34 years old. I’m doing “the birthday post” a day early, because life with a four month old baby is just too unpredictable. My mood swings from wanting to take on ridiculously grandiose jobs like repainting every wall in the house to just gathering enough strength to make it to the bed [...]
10=26.2
by Amy on 26. Aug, 2009 in My Every Day
So did I mention that I’m running a 10 mile race on October 4? Which, by my estimation, is what, less than six weeks away? Did I also mention that I went out for a three mile run yesterday that turned into more of a two mile run with a bunch of walking/running/gasping for air/cursing [...]
Things worth remembering
by Amy on 21. Aug, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
I am chock full of unrelated thoughts these days. PATIENCE, GRASSHOPPER Some nights Sophie sleeps seven hours straight. Yes, you heard me. SEVEN HOURS. But lately? Not so much. We’re pretty used to having to get up once, usually around 4AM for a feeding. And you know, that’s not too bad. I can live with [...]
Home again
by Amy on 20. Aug, 2009 in My Every Day
So I was having this dream the other night — a fantasy, really — where Sophia slept for the entire ride back home, all 9.5 hours of it. The reality was that two hours from home, she decided she was done with driving. All attempts to put her back into the car seat after we’d [...]
Time flies! (when you’re avoiding having to deal)
by Amy on 16. Aug, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
When I decided to make this trip to Detroit, I had a mostly defined return date in mind of about a week or so later. Eighteen days later, we’re still here. And while I’m really enjoying giving my parents the opportunity to spend some extended quality time with their granddaughter, I’ll admit I’m also being [...]
She makes [everything] better
by Amy on 11. Aug, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
We’ve barely had a minute to sit and breathe between all of the visits with friends and family. I haven’t even gotten any of the photos on Flickr, but soon. Hopefully, this will happen before she turns three. A lot of firsts on Sophia’s Tour of Detroit, including her first boat ride. Infant PFDs = [...]
Sophie hits the D
by Amy on 04. Aug, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
It’s been a long week. Thursday Sophie and I made a solo trek down to Detroit to introduce her to the rest of the family she hasn’t met. For those of you who don’t know, it’s essentially a 9.5 hr drive. Make that 10.5 with a baby.
Things I should be doing but I’m not
by Amy on 19. Jul, 2009 in My Every Day, The Kid
Right now, as Sophia is sleeping (after pooping after a three-day hiatus because wow, that can be EXHAUSTING), I should be catching some shut-eye, too. Especially since there is a good chance she’ll be wide awake at 2AM because she’s sleeping at 9:30PM. What am I doing? Getting in some rare all by myself computer [...]
Vacation Extravaganza, Day One
by Amy on 05. Jul, 2009 in My Every Day
I vowed I wouldn’t spend all week in front of the computer so let’s do the list thing! Our trip so far:
Work
by Amy on 02. Jul, 2009 in My Every Day
Hoping she’s finally asleep. Hard to work with one hand.
Poser
by Amy on 08. Jun, 2009 in My Every Day
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Ghost Town
by Amy on 20. Feb, 2009 in My Every Day
I am thrilled to be spending some time with my family, but honestly, I hate driving to Detroit. It’s not the amount of time spent in the car (TEN HOURS THIS TIME). We make several lengthy drives a year to and from St. Paul, and I love those trips. The difference? The two destinations are [...]
Weirder things have happened
by Amy on 06. Feb, 2009 in My Every Day
This morning on my walk into work I almost got run over by two horses pulling a wagon full of tiny children. While I was walking ON THE SIDEWALK. There would be a picture, but seeing that I have never been nor will I ever be a fan of horses — even the ones that [...]
How to ruin a perfectly good Saturday
by Amy on 31. Jan, 2009 in My Every Day
1. Hear doorbell ring. 2. Take too long deciding whether to answer it. 3. Put on bathrobe and go to door. 4. Realize it’s the mailman trying to deliver a signature required delivery. 5. Put on boots and chase mailtruck down the street. In the snow. Half naked. With neighbors and passing cars wondering what [...]
One day
by Amy on 19. Jan, 2009 in My Every Day
Today is going to be one of those days when I stick the earbuds in my ears and pray I can make it through the day. In my office, the hate speech regarding Obama had died down a bit since the election, but now with the inauguration approaching, here we go again.
Dressed for the weather
by Amy on 16. Jan, 2009 in My Every Day
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To Flip or Not to Flip?
by Amy on 16. Jan, 2009 in My Every Day
Aside from buying and paying way too fucking much for my iPhone back last Christmas, I haven’t bought much in terms of gadgets. Having said that, I don’t regret the iPhone purchase, because it’s been a complete lifesaver where my sanity is concerned, which isn’t saying much but whatever.
Overlook
by Amy on 07. Jan, 2009 in My Every Day
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Abby snuggling with Sammi
by Amy on 01. Jan, 2009 in My Every Day
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Flip!
by Amy on 31. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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Row 11
by Amy on 31. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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Vikings win!
by Amy on 28. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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Perched
by Amy on 28. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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Santa
by Amy on 28. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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What I look forward to in Superior, WI
by Amy on 27. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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Dessert and Barack
by Amy on 26. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
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Christmas 08
by Amy on 25. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
Vollwerth’s bacon Almond-crusted French toast FTW Walk
Officially on holiday
by Amy on 23. Dec, 2008 in My Every Day
Posting will be light for the rest of the week since we have no Internet access at the house. And because I will be glued to the sofa eating popcorn balls and other holiday treats. Have a great holiday, whatever you celebrate!
Thanksgiving Part Deux
by Amy on 28. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
Last night we stuffed ourselves with Thanksgiving food and went to bed. This morning, er, afternoon, I got out of bed and ate more Thanksgiving good. And pie, since I didn’t have any (room for any) on Thursday night. That seems especially pathetic when I see it in print.
Fighting fire with strongly scented body lotion
by Amy on 26. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
I have always had a keen sense of smell, but lately it seems to be magnified exponentially to the zillionth power. Sorry, I don’t know if that even makes sense; I was an English major in college. If you haven’t put on deodorant this morning, just walk by my desk, and I will know. I [...]
Here for the holidays
by Amy on 21. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
This year, my immediate family isn’t really doing the Christmas gift thing. I told this to Scott tonight after we returned some birthday gifts to one of the local stores. Walking through the aisles, I looked at all of the sundry items that I wouldn’t have to think about buying, or wonder if they fit [...]
Why I can’t concentrate today
by Amy on 20. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
I’m supposed to be writing a short article for work and my brain just is incapable of writing anything good lately, especially when I’ve been supplied with crap. I’m distracted, tired, hungry, have a headache, and just want to go home. I’m still thinking about the disturbing dreams I had this morning.
This never would have happened had the bed not been so warm
by Amy on 13. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
My brain seems to have taken a vacation without giving me prior notice. Normally, I wouldn’t mind. After all, how freeing it can be to not have to, well, think about things. Unfortunately, this affects my adventures in the kitchen, leading me to burn $3 Mrs. Smith cherry pies that I bought on impulse tonight, [...]
I’ll take the odd over the new
by Amy on 11. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
I miss our slightly odd Apostolic neighbors. Sure, there were the occasional strange gatherings of hundreds of people on their front lawn, and the dog who would routinely come into our yard to take a dump. But they were quiet. They didn’t rev snowmobiles at 11PM at night and then ride them back and forth [...]
Hope
by Amy on 06. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
Tuesday night I went to bed around 12:30AM a very happy camper. Happy because my candidate won. Happy because for once, I felt truly invested in the election, that the words “Yes We Can” really meant something. I’ve never felt part of a campaign before, and it felt good. It felt even better that millions [...]
Vote!
by Amy on 04. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
Voting in the U.P. is vastly different than voting in Detroit. When I lived in the Detroit metro area, I could easily count on waiting in line for at least an hour before getting anywhere near a ballot. But before I even got in the door, I could also count on being harassed by last [...]
Oops
by Amy on 03. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
Someone alerted me that my individual post pages aren’t working, including comments. Evidently I did a sloppy upgrade the other day. I will try to fix it. Thanks for your patience.
Random thoughts
by Amy on 01. Nov, 2008 in My Every Day
I’ve always found writing therapeutic. I don’t do nearly as much of it as I used to or should. Even though I’ve had a public presence online for almost ten years, every time I hit the Publish button there is a part of me that cringes. I think I’ve kept from having an anxiety attack [...]
Need a break
by Amy on 28. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
I have to leave you to your own devices for a few days. I will return soon. After all, it’s only a week until Election Day, so I am sure I’ll have something to say before then. Don’t miss me too much.
S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y Night
by Amy on 25. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
Weekends are precious now that I’m working every day. The days no longer run together. I know precisely what day it is and how many days, hours, and minutes are left until I can leave the office, walk to my car and drive away from prison for TWO ENTIRE DAYS. There is no better feeling [...]
Wasilla = “Real” America?
by Amy on 22. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
I have to say that I’m a little surprised to find out that all this time I was living in a big city, I was a fake American. I move out to the boondocks and whamo! I’m a Real American? Sarah Palin, my dear, in “real America” we don’t have Saks or Neiman Marcus. We [...]
Make it stop
by Amy on 20. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
I think my body’s pissed off at me. I’m sick. That’s right, I got over one illness that tortured me from the waist down and now wish someone would just slice the top half of my body off to save me the trouble. I fully expected to get this, with all of the other people [...]
Worth Reading
by Amy on 19. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
I made this weekend an official No Election Coverage Day. I don’t think I can hear another word about this election or consider the possibility that after all this is said and done America will vote for McCain based solely on their fears that people like Barack Obama are not only good for this country [...]
How I remember you
by Amy on 15. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
My great grandmother died this morning at 5:30AM. She had been living in a Florida nursing home for the past few years and was just about to go into hospice care, but never got there. She was 96 years old. Of all the great-grandchildren, I probably knew the most of her. I was very young [...]
John Cleese on Sarah Palin
by Amy on 14. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
We watched a Nixon documentary on PBS last night. Nixon was before my time and I must admit I didn’t know a whole lot about him other than Watergate. But what was frightening was the similarities between his presidential campaigns and the current campaign. And it turns out Republicans have been doing this fear mongering [...]
A measure of things
by Amy on 13. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
I guess I’m in recovery mode. The physical aspect of recovery seems to be moving along nicely. Still battling a slightly sore right hamstring, but I’m feeling much better. I even skated an entire hockey rental last night, the only real problem being that I am out of shape. It’s nice to know I can [...]
“Oh, are we not doing the talent portion?”
by Amy on 10. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
Favorite line: “I believe marriage should be a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers.” Sorry, having trouble embedding video. Enjoy.
No longer a woman
by Amy on 09. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
Dating someone with an ex with children can be interesting. Granted, we’re not going out for tea and cookies, but since there are children involved, our paths do cross from time to time. It’s not that we’re not perfectly polite to each other, and to be honest, I can’t think of a single thing that [...]
26.2? Uff da!
by Amy on 07. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
While the distance stays the same, which for you reading at home, is 26.2 miles, no race is identical. There are so many variables: the weather, how much you’ve trained, your state of mind, that burrito you ate the night before. In the four years or so that I’ve been doing this marathon thing, I’ve [...]
Patience
by Amy on 06. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
I’m sick as a person with a stomach bug of some sort who ran a marathon. I’ll update tomorrow, when I can sit upright without feeling like someone’s roller skating through my intestinal tract.
We’re living in a bad Disney movie
by Amy on 02. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Rescue
by Amy on 02. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
As of last night my parents’ one dog household became a two dog household. And it’s all because of this little guy. “Peetie,” as he is currently being called (though that will hopefully change, fingers crossed), is a Maltese Shih-Tzu mix, a Mal-shi, as I hear they are called, though I think Shit-ese is a [...]
Busy
by Amy on 01. Oct, 2008 in My Every Day
We’ve got a massive proposal due tonight by COB. Massive? By golly, I did use the word to describe it. Also massive will be my headache by the end of the day, after sifting through the massive amount of documents on my desk that are not agreeing with each other. What will not be massive [...]
(Computer) Free Time
by Amy on 29. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
So you know how when you have a job that requires you to work at a computer all day, it sometimes makes you not want to spend your non-working hours sitting on the computer? I swear, I work for a week and miss out on so much. I’ve fallen way behind on my daily blog [...]
“Katie, I’d like to use one of my lifelines.”
by Amy on 28. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
POEHLER AS COURIC: “On foreign policy, I want to give you one more chance to explain your claim that you have foreign policy experience based on Alaska’s proximity to Russia. What did you mean by that?” FEY AS PALIN: “Well, Alaska and Russia are only separated by a narrow maritime border. (using her hands to [...]
Thanks, but no thanks
by Amy on 26. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
I’ve never had my own office in the workplace, so when they gave me a fairly large corner cubicle, I didn’t complain. Little did I know that I’d be subject to listen to graduate students come by on a nonstop basis, some of them to do nothing but kiss advisor ass for long periods of [...]
DOWN
by Amy on 24. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
Written earlier today: THE WEBSITE IS DOWN, so I can’t seem to update anything. People have asked how it’s going, and it’s going mostly fine, if you don’t count my body in complete rebellion over having to wake up earlier than I have been required to for the past fourteen months, and how it’s all [...]
My birthday wish
by Amy on 23. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
…is to not post to this blog today. So I won’t. Though I guess I just did. Oh well. You know what I mean.
32, I Loved You Not
by Amy on 22. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
Today while I was waiting to renew my license and tabs at Secretary of State, it occurred to me how awesome it is to have the privilege of shelling out large sums of money during your birthday month. I’m thinking that it would be far better to have to renew these items at a different [...]
Free SWAG
by Amy on 18. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
Free Stuff We All Get (in the mail), a brief history. When you’re born: Diaper samples When you’re a kid: Toys in the bottom of the Apple Jacks box When you hit puberty: Feminine hygiene products (if you’re a girl, anyway) When you go to college: Condoms (at least my campus did) When you get [...]
Back In the Saddle
by Amy on 17. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
So I’m starting a new job tomorrow. You could say I’m a little nervous. I’ve been essentially unemployed since August 07 when the government contract I was working under shrunk. There was always a certainty that the work would eventually end. When I took the position, I figured I’d get a year out of the [...]
Thanks, but no thanks
by Amy on 15. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
Got a minute? You should check out the graph at the Washington Post, comparing McCain and Obama’s tax cut plans. I keep hearing how “Obama’s gonna raise taxes,” mostly from people I know who are just repeating words they’ve heard on the radio, or TV, or from the latest McCain political ad. And I look [...]
Consider Me Convinced (and Shredded)
by Amy on 12. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
Tomorrow is scheduled to be a long run day, as in take some water and a few Luna blocks, start running in one direction for a few hours and then turn around and hopefully make it home. With that in mind, I didn’t want to do a huge run this afternoon. I’ve been reading about [...]
Remembering
by Amy on 11. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
I was sitting at my desk at work. What I was doing, I can’t remember for sure, but I’m sure I was sitting at the computer. My boss had just strolled in around 9AM, which is when all of the real work began at that place anyway. A few minutes after he had settled in [...]
Pre-season
by Amy on 10. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
It took an embarrassing amount of days, but I finally dragged my ass out of the house and went on a training run tonight (and I use the term training rather loosely). Running up and down gravel roads, I had a spectacular view of the Traprock Valley, a sight I often take for granted because [...]
A Case of the Mondays
by Amy on 09. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
I know it’s Tuesday but it sure feels like Monday. The Vikings lost to the Packers last night in a penalty-ridden, boring snoozefest. I now understand that being a Vikings fan is not unlike being a Lions fan. I kept checking the sidelines for Matt Millen. After waiting for five long months for a check [...]
Double Standard, Anyone?
by Amy on 04. Sep, 2008 in My Every Day
I know Jon Armstrong has posted this on his site, but just in case you haven’t seen it, I must post it here as well (I missed The Daily Show/Colbert Report last night). We’ve been watching MSNBC coverage of both conventions, even though the speeches last night had me ripping my hair out, we’re trying [...]
Catching up
by Amy on 02. Sep, 2008 in Home & Style, My Every Day
I have so much catching up to do, on this site, and in LIFE IN GENERAL. I’ve been fairly pleased with my return to running, even though I missed the long run I planned on doing this weekend. Before you send angry email, I am completely aware that trying to play “catch up” on marathon [...]
Not a product endorsement
by Amy on 27. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
I know I’ve been absent blog-wise for a few days. Playing catch-up is a bitch, even if they’re only 50 word blurbs about people you know. I am running out of people and I’m not even halfway through. This may be where I start making up people. I did want to drop in and give [...]
Empty
by Amy on 19. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
Ten years ago, I thought I was pregnant. I was late, I was afraid, and I took a test. I was dating the man who would later be my ex-husband, and in no way was I prepared for, nor did I desire, to have his children. It was a feeling that never left, even in [...]
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The Four Horsemen Are Not Far Behind
by Amy on 17. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
This week’s Signs Of The Apocalypse: I wore a bathing suit in public on three separate occasions IN ONE WEEK. As far as I know, no one was struck down and blinded by the sight. Yes, even I am putting on ill-fitting swimwear and scampering about in broad daylight, trying to enjoy every last drop [...]
Where I’m (Coming) From
by Amy on 13. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
Someone please explain to me why it is that people — and by this I mean White People, mostly — feel the inexplicable urge to ask personal questions to people they don’t know, those people being mostly of the Not White variety. Take yesterday at the grocery store, for example. I’m rolling my way through [...]
Bribery
by Amy on 11. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
I told myself if I dragged my ass out for a run, I could pick up a Wii game at the video store (rental). So that is what I did: ran the about 1.5 miles to the store, picked out Mario Kart (and the wheel) and ran home. And I made it, with a few [...]
Paralysis
by Amy on 11. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
Today sucks. I try to stay away from the blog when I’m down, because I’ve wanted to spare any of the few readers that stop here, to not expose them to Me, The Dark Edition, the one who whines and cries every once in awhile, who sometimes can’t get past all of the little things [...]
Green Bay Packers Management’s Message to Packer Fans Everywhere
by Amy on 07. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
We’ve made our decision: we’ve given up on winning. Better hope you can still unload a bunch of those #4 jerseys on faithful fans, because there’s no way you’re getting top price for an Aaron Rodgers jersey.
Stardust
by Amy on 06. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
Back when I was wandering aimlessly through college and unsure of what I wanted to do (I think I had seven or eight major changes at LEAST), I decided to take a break and try trade school, broadcast school to be specific. It was an eight month program, and while I thought I might like [...]
Under the Cherry Tree
by Amy on 02. Aug, 2008 in My Every Day
The house next door has been vacant for over a year. Our lawn whacking neighbor took a job out of state, and with the exception of a neighborhood kid coming over to cut the grass every other week, it’s been empty. There’s a cherry tree in the backyard near our property line. Scott also has [...]
Remember The Booge
by Amy on 30. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I took this photo in 2005. The Booge died yesterday, at the old age of 19. Also, The Booge was not my cat, but he belonged to two dear friends of mine. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. However, Pat and Lorrie appreciate the kind comments everyone has left here.
Don’t Fear the Face Plant
by Amy on 30. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I have grown up around water my entire life. My family comes from a long line of fishermen, boaters, waterskiers, and the like. Both sides of the family have spent many a summer at a cottage near or on a lake. When I was a kid, I passed boating safety class and had a license [...]
Connecting the dots
by Amy on 28. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005. Thanks to Gowtham for the link, as I had not seen this. Lately, inspiration, in any form, is a good thing.
Grammar, the English major’s aphrodisiac
by Amy on 25. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I have to agree with Miss Moose on this post: proper grammar is totally HOT. <sap>I could go on about how all of my failed relationships have mostly involved men who had poor writing skills, but that’s depressing. I will just say that the current boy has an firm hold on the English language, and [...]
List, Shmist
by Amy on 24. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
According to this list, the Top Female Blogger is Michelle M@lkin. Excuse me, that was me throwing up in my mouth and hitting myself over the head for actually clicking on her site once, thereby upping her traffic count. I was surprised not to find other bloggers (other than the deserving Dooce) on this list. [...]
Dropping weight
by Amy on 23. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
As I was cleaning today, I came across something that made me laugh, something I’ve saved since that shitty year known as The Year I Got Divorced. It was an email from a friend who had some advice for me, and this is what he wrote:
When one is diving and you want to get to the surface, you slowly release your weights so you can do a steady rise without getting the bends. Figure out what weights you want to drop and rise steadily. When I was a lifeguard, one summer I had to rescue eight people who were drowning. One guy I literally had to punch in the gut when he grabbed on to me trying to take me down with him.
Sometimes three is all you need
by Amy on 22. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I am trying to focus on the positive tonight, because if I don’t, I feel like I will explode. First off, thank you to the mystery dog who ate my bluetooth headset tonight. That would be the $120 bluetooth headset that I used with my iPhone. The ONLY bluetooth headset I’ve ever had that actually [...]
I’ll have a year to gear up for the social anxiety attacks
by Amy on 21. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I have made a commitment to attend BlogHer or SXSW in 2009. I’ll admit I was getting a little depressed over missing BlogHer this weekend, which is stupid, since I hadn’t really seriously considered going until I heard about it a few weeks ago. Because I’m not a member of the powerblogosphere, I figured these [...]
Stranger things have happened
by Amy on 17. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I am finding it humorous that all of WeatherBug’s (app for iPhone) Weather Cams for my area (closest is Hubbell, MI where the airport is) aren’t even close to us. Hell, they’re not even in Michigan. Wal-Mart must be out of web cams. No wonder the rest of the world thinks we’re prehistoric up here. [...]
It’s nights like these when I realize I have little patience and should probably have my tubes tied
by Amy on 15. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I dislike losing the first game of church softball playoffs. For the record, I played two innings, went 1-1 and got four mosquito bites. I dislike washing dishes. Every day. By myself. I dislike mowing the lawn, raking leaves, pulling weeds. It makes my allergies crazy. I’d rather scrub toilets. I dislike the National League, [...]
Haims, Hens, Hams and Health Insurance
by Amy on 13. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Sorry, I can’t stop giggling. I’ve just discovered that Scott Baio is 46… and pregnant, and The Two Coreys have their own TV series? I’m suddenly flashing back to junior high years and Teen Beat and Tiger Beat magazines, the full color Corey Haim posters I’d plaster on the bulletin board in my wall (we [...]
iFail 2.0
by Amy on 11. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Please don’t tell Scott I tried to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 today (at approximately 10AM). After encountering all of the errors that every other bloody iPhone upgrader has also experienced, I’m looking at a very shiny emergency only phone. Scott’s advice would have been to wait until the bazillion other users had upgraded/ruined/stomped on their [...]
Blogging mulligan
by Amy on 06. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Spent the day soaking up sun by the water with friends, skiing and eating. Watching the Boston/NY game. No better way to end a wonderful evening. will resume tomorrow!
Grandma’s
by Amy on 25. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
I owe a marathon update. About five months ago, I was under the influence of some heavy drugs and thought it might be fun to sign up for a summer marathon. We even bought shirts to tell people that we were in training. How cute. We did next to no training, and not a single [...]
‘Twas the night before pushing our bodies to the limits and hoping not to die in the process
by Amy on 20. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
Tomorrow, I shall think back to this moment and remember what it felt like to be able to walk up and down stairs. In 24 hours I hope to be sitting in an outdoor cafe eating a giant slice of pizza or some other food that does not require much utensil work, though my hands [...]
My calendar just opened up
by Amy on 17. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
Hi New/Former Owner, Your lips say, “I’ll call you in a few weeks when it picks up here and we get going,” but your sign in the window advertising for bartenders/waitresses tells me what you really mean is fuck you. So I’m officially unemployed. Again. Nice.
My apologies for the state of things around here
by Amy on 17. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
I haven’t blogged regularly aside from the 50×365 posts, but not because there’s not anything going on. It’s because reading about the state of my affairs right now may result in bumming you out. Well, at least it does for me. Here’s a recap of the recent weeks. I gave up my apartment and moved [...]
The story of my life
by Amy on 16. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
I had a great idea on a redesign today and spent a few hours trying to code it. I got frustrated and gave up for now, so all you have is a new header graphic. I know it’s not centered, but I’m too tired to care or try to fix it. Let’s just pretend I [...]
Missing pieces
by Amy on 07. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
I’m fairly certain Apple has some type of device inside of their products that causes them to fail when you are within ten miles of one of their stores. My iPhone froze up something fierce this morning, minutes after we pulled into town. Also, posting may be light for the next few days. I managed [...]
Mosaic
by Amy on 04. Jun, 2008 in My Every Day
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Cat’s out of the bag; I’m not a local.
by Amy on 24. May, 2008 in My Every Day
It was a slow Saturday night. I was chatting with a customer when they walked in. She plopped down at the bar. Her male companion said, “We need two Shandies.” “Tell him you’re from the Eastern U.P.” she said to me, winking. I played along, not sure what she was talking about. “Sure,” I said. [...]
Play ball
by Amy on 22. May, 2008 in My Every Day
Tonight is one of those times when I am going in with a positive attitude — half full glasses all around! — because grad league softball season is beginning. I normally look forward to this, but we’re under new management this year, have some new faces on the team, one of whose I cannot see [...]
She’s sure to need doggie therapy after this
by Amy on 21. May, 2008 in My Every Day
My grandmother fancied herself a barber. She gave my uncle many bad home haircuts involving a Flowbee and a Tupperware bowl. I would rather you drop turds in my coffee than tell me that I’m starting to take after my grandmother. Love her as I may, there are plenty of traits (which I will not [...]
Professional courtesy
by Amy on 19. May, 2008 in My Every Day
It’s nights like Saturday night when I am reminded that sometimes, people are unhappy with their lives. Often, they will find a way to make you responsible for their unhappiness, even when it has nothing to do with you.
It’s so hard to say goodbye
by Amy on 12. May, 2008 in My Every Day
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This Little Piggy
by Amy on 07. May, 2008 in My Every Day
Time for embarrassing confession. I sometimes pick at my toenails. Friday night I had a disturbing dream. I was pulling at an annoying hangnail when I noticed that there was a gaping hole between the edge of my big toenail and the skin. I was able to pry the entire toenail back from my toe, [...]
Weaknesses
by Amy on 05. May, 2008 in My Every Day
GIVE HER A BEER AND YOU’RE IN THE CLEAR Brian, my manager and fellow hockey rental bud at The Bar, has learned to ask me questions when I am slightly tipsy. Questions like, will you pick up one of [waitress'] shifts this week? And when I agree, more questions like, will you pick up Monday, [...]
Broken
by Amy on 01. May, 2008 in My Every Day
Old Viking Gal is sitting in the vacuum/sewing machine repair shop, unrepaired, and waiting to be picked up. The estimate I got for repairs was $100, which is about $60 more than I was hoping to put spend. It’s not that I am not sentimental about her, the machine my grandmother used for many years. [...]
Don’t Underestimate the Fat Man
by Amy on 30. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
John Daly, physical specimen Sorry, couldn’t embed. Thanks, MSN.
How I’m Doing
by Amy on 29. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
I met Brian in high school and have kept in touch since graduation. He’s a little better at it than I am. He also reads this blog (Hi, Brian!). Every so often I will get a very thoughtful email from him. The kind that I know was an investment of time and thought, not just [...]
Can I sniff the pit stains on your blouse?
by Amy on 28. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
Do I Creep You Out | Funny Jokes at JibJab This was a nice distraction amidst paying bills this morning. And I have always loved this song; it’s even creepier with the animation.
Serenity Now
by Amy on 26. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
Scott is sick and unhappy with that chest/throat/head/nose crap that’s going around. I spent the morning grocery shopping and thoughtfully cooking breakfast, so that for once, every other week, The Kid could have something that didn’t come frozen, full of sugar and sodium, or out of a fast food container, since this is what he [...]
A lie I will not fully regret until tomorrow night at 8PM
by Amy on 24. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
Things were winding up at The Bar last Friday night. Open Mic guy was playing his last song to a slowly diminishing crowd. I was glad to see it. I was tired of dealing with drunk people and wanted to go home. “Do you know any Rascal Flatts songs?” Tipsy Girl at the end of [...]
Taking One for the Team and Life in the Shittorium
by Amy on 22. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
I got a text message on my phone last night. B wanted me to give him a call at the restaurant. “Hey, are you busy tomorrow night?” I knew what he was going to ask. However, I let him squirm for a little while before spitting it out, because it’s fun. “Do you think, um, [...]
Deep Hockey Analysis
by Amy on 19. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
While watching the Avs (boo) and Wild game, Ryan Smith scores on a bad defensive breakdown. “Is that the ugly guy?” “Yeah, that’s the guy who looks like the bartender from Deep Space Nine.”
Good night
by Amy on 19. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
It’s 1AM and I should be in bed. But I can’t sleep. Maybe it’s the two pints of Guinness I drank before coming home after my shift at The Bar. For The Bar, it was a pretty good night tip-wise. This is a good thing, because lately, Saturdays have totally Sucked with a capital S. [...]
Weighing In
by Amy on 18. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
When I stepped on the scale this morning, it read 140 lbs. And I can’t believe I just told you that. That might not seem like a lot for the average person, but I’m way shorter than the average person. The average American woman is reportedly a size 12 (or 14; it seems the number [...]
BRUSSELS!
by Amy on 11. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
It was slow last night, the kind of slow where you look for things to clean that haven’t been cleaned since there was a Democrat in office. For fun. It wasn’t until about 9pm that my first customers walked in. They seemed like an ordinary middle-aged couple. They picked two stools at the center of [...]
Buzzy
by Amy on 10. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
I spy Buzzy walking in the front door and have his Miller Lite bottle waiting for him by the time he sits down at the end of the bar, the same seat he uses every time he visits. “Hey gorgeous, how you doin’?” “I’m fine,” I say. “Whatcha up to lately?” “Oh, not much,” he [...]
A good night
by Amy on 05. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
I’d like to think it was the flyers for “Come see the only Hot, Exotic Asian bartender in the U.P.,” but it turns out that the 30 people who showed up on a bus last night were on a pub crawl. It also did not hurt that we had live music/open mic night. It’s been [...]
Bag lady
by Amy on 01. Apr, 2008 in My Every Day
It’s April Fool’s Day. No one played any pranks on me, so I have nothing really interesting to blog about. I found a few new blogs today, this being one of them. I haven’t posted a “what’s in your bag” post for a long time, so I dumped my bag out on the kitchen table [...]
If the choice is bartending or the Jaws of Life, I choose bartending.
by Amy on 31. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
The other day, while lamenting the still-no-day-job situation, I caught myself wondering how things would have been had I not left [job I had for almost six years to take work from home job for twice the dough but now sitting here jobless]. I then slapped myself for having the slightest thought that things would [...]
Here’s a tip: Get a second job
by Amy on 27. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
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Old Viking Gal
by Amy on 25. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: center; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } She belonged to my grandmother. I picked her up on my recent trip to Detroit. My aunt took the old gal in and got her tuned up. So we’ve been spending [...]
It’s possible we watch too much TV (Or House, MD)
by Amy on 23. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
“Even if the pain goes away, shouldn’t they figure out why [his sister-in-law] keeps having it?” “I need to tell my brother that they need House.” “Seriously, after watching that show, I don’t trust regular doctors anymore.” “From now on I want TV actors to meet all of my medical needs as well as run [...]
Jesus rose from the dead and then laced up his skates
by Amy on 21. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
While it is true that I own goalie gear (using some borrowed skates), have done it a dozen times in rentals, and occasionally come up with some seemingly impressive glove saves (thank you, twenty five years of softball), I am absolutely not a goalie. It turns out this fact is not enough of a deterrent [...]
And the little guy wins
by Amy on 20. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
So you go and turn the wheel a little too soon and end up separating the left bumper and headlight from your car. I guess I spaced out for a second while leaving the rink on Tuesday night. Front end of car, meet steel beam. Nice to meet you. Turns out steel beats plastic every [...]
Wishing I was in Austin
by Amy on 07. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
I know the masthead is kind of ugly, but I’m crabby and cold. Most of my friends, heros, and acquaintances are in Austin for SXSW, complaining about the weather. It’s still warmer there than it is here. I would love to be complaining about such frigid temps. Every year SXSW comes along, and after it’s [...]
Headed south
by Amy on 04. Mar, 2008 in My Every Day
Lots of nothing going on. Where do I begin? We spent the weekend in Detroit with my family while I played in a tournament. Lost all three games, but we were totally outclassed in the last two. Saturday night it was evident we were NOT going to be championship game-bound, but the team had a [...]
Losing
by Amy on 27. Feb, 2008 in My Every Day
On any given day, I cannot dwell too long on the current employment situation, lest I am driven to either The Bottle or The Nearest Cliff To Jump From. But what really makes me hysterical is finding out that the jobs I’ve applied for (and some that I’ve not because they’re union jobs and um, [...]
3 MI at 3°F
by Amy on 20. Feb, 2008 in My Every Day
It was our first training run for Grandma’s and despite my offering Scott a way out, we went out and got it done. Three miles is hardly something to write home about, at least most of the time. Our marathon training started this week, and today was the first day of real running. I’ve been [...]
Northern hospitality
by Amy on 11. Feb, 2008 in My Every Day
If only I could control the weather. Pat’s been held up in “a place that begins with M” for two days. He is supposed to be on the flight that lands in about 40 minutes. His luggage was supposed to arrive on the earlier flight. I suppose if he doesn’t make it, I could hang [...]
Sally/Susie/Stella
by Amy on 09. Feb, 2008 in My Every Day
We’ll see if the name sticks. If so, we can thank Sandra for the suggestion. Which now means she’ll have to be the godmother. She’ll like that.
Working it out through the winter
by Amy on 06. Feb, 2008 in My Every Day
So, I made it to the gym two days in a row. Being a former gym nazi, even I am amazed at my sheer disdain for working out indoors these days. I’m the girl who used to spend hours at the gym, who did a minimum of an hour of cardio and at least 45 [...]
The blog formerly known as inwonoh
by Amy on 06. Feb, 2008 in My Every Day
Is it starting to get annoying yet? Update your bookmarks! I’m slowly going through content, since I couldn’t figure out a way to control my WordPress export. This led to hours playing around in the tables, hoping I didn’t screw anything up. Hopefully the new name makes more sense in terms of what I want [...]
She Who Shall Not Be Named
by Amy on 30. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
I never thought naming a pet would be so hard. A lot of names have been tossed around, but none seem to stick. I can only imagine what it’s like to name a baby human. We’re trying to find a two syllable name that doesn’t sound like a command, like “stay” or “no” or “stop [...]
Playing
by Amy on 29. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
Playing from inwonoh on Vimeo. And yes, the Christmas tree is still up. It’s coming down this week.
I gave in
by Amy on 24. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
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Team Hoyt
by Amy on 18. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
Team Hoyt – Dick and Rick Hoyt I challenge you not to turn to complete mush. Thought I’d read about them in Rick Reilly’s column, this is the first time I’ve seen any video. I don’t think it’s necessary to have completed any of the athletic events that they’ve done in order to appreciate the [...]
It’s a disease
by Amy on 18. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
There is probably something wrong with me. Yup, I’m signed up. Registration was over halfway filled after being open one day. I knew it was, as Scott says, a “shit or get off the pot” situation. Worst case scenario here is that I can’t find a place to stay that weekend, I can’t go, and [...]
Snapping back to a reality that only has one little shit of a dog in it
by Amy on 09. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
I got an nice yet unexpected e-mail from the couple who owns Newman’s parents. Turns out they’re having their last litter and have three female pups available. They wanted to give notice to all of the folks who have adopted dogs in the past from them. Kind of like being a Macy’s credit card holder [...]
No headphones for you!
by Amy on 08. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
From this month’s issue of Runner’s World: In 2006, USA Track & Field banned the use of headphones during its sanctioned races, a rule few races have enforced. Until now. Officials from Minneapolis’ Twin Cities Marathon (Oct. 7) scanned finishers’ photos — any runner in heaadphones was disqualified from the 2007 event and will be [...]
Cough drops, turds, it’s all good
by Amy on 06. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
I’ve been sick in bed with the flu since around 6AM this morning, leaving the bedroom only for emptying the contents of my bowels in a manner that I would not wish upon anyone, and to let the dog out to pee. At first I chalked the unhappiness up to a few days of eating [...]
Same crap, different year
by Amy on 04. Jan, 2008 in My Every Day
I’m not exactly starting this year off with a bang, still being unemployed and bored. I considered making some resolutions this year, but they were the same as they always were. The same ones that I never keep, so is there any point in trying? Write every day, exercise more, eat less and better, be [...]
Just can’t let go of this blog
by Amy on 21. Dec, 2007 in My Every Day
Sorry for the silence. As seems to be the case with a lot of the blogs I read, other things have taken priority over blogging. Lack of time, lack of interest, and maybe just nothing really noteworthy going on. Being unemployed is starting to really be a drag, and I’m not really sure how all [...]
Road trip weekend
by Amy on 16. Nov, 2007 in My Every Day
I haven’t posted much about the season. Though our record is 1-4-1, we’ve made some major improvements since the first day on the ice. We’ll be playing in the College Club Division at All-American Tournament in Blaine, MN, this weekend. Though it’s a long drive and the games are short (15 min. periods running time, [...]
Holy crap, an update
by Amy on 06. Nov, 2007 in My Every Day
I feel I owe an update, even though I hate ones that start out with “this is why I’ve been absent from the blogosphere.” Hockey has begun, leaving me little time free on the weekends. The time I do have is spent recovering from playing. We’ve started the season 1-3 but we ended the last [...]
RTFM
by Amy on 15. Sep, 2007 in My Every Day
A friend gave us the first three episodes of “The IT Crowd” and we watched them last night. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. I do love Roy’s t-shirt and must get one for Scott. I can’t figure out if they ship to the US, though. Damned French.
Why, weekend, why?
by Amy on 04. Sep, 2007 in My Every Day
I’ve been kicking ass on the weekday runs, even on the somewhat longer Wednesday run, which has been 9 miles for the past two weeks. Tonight we ran our new favorite 5 mile loop, mostly on dirt roads with some rolling hills, with an uphill for the final mile into town. When we first ran [...]
Paul Graham on Stuff
by Amy on 01. Sep, 2007 in My Every Day
This is excellent, and seems timely for me, as I scan the room and see shit piled up everywhere. When I moved from Detroit, all of my essential possessions fit in my little SUV. If I were to move now, with all of my “stuff,” I would have to rent a U-Haul. And not the [...]
Relief
by Amy on 28. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
I’m really hoping the interviewers were not distracted by the ginormous zit on the side of my face, which I so very carefully tried to cover with my hair. I can honestly say that this interview went better than possibly any other interview I have ever had, except for one of my recent ones where [...]
Feeling memey
by Amy on 22. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston [...]
POS
by Amy on 21. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
My second powerbook adapter just bit the dust. Well, it almost started the bed on fire. So I had to order a new one, and the blessed shipping cost more than the adapter. I really want a new Macbook Pro, but I don’t want to torch this one. Not yet. Big news is a job [...]
Fat finger update
by Amy on 17. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
Our internet connection has been jacked for two days. I’ll write as long as I can stand punching Treo keys with my fat fingers. Have to go pick up the BF’s son in St. Paul, which means a weekend trip to The Big City, which is cool. I need a vacation from all of this [...]
Rolling, rolling, rolling
by Amy on 11. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
I have a tendency to roll my ankles outward when I run at times. I credit the fact that typically the initial ouch fading after a few minutes to what I think are some pretty damn strong ankles. Nowadays kids strap on braces and tape but when I was a kid and played sports? Hell [...]
Starting Over
by Amy on 09. Aug, 2007 in Home & Style, My Every Day
When I started this sweater, I joked that it was The Laid Off Sweater. I thought it would be a good gauge of how long I stayed jobless. I received my copy of IK on Monday and was casting on before going to bed. My only real obligations for the next two days were running, [...]
by Amy on 03. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
It’s Day Three of being between jobs and I’m already going nuts. Newman is barking at everything and nothing. I’m not sure if it’s the heat or what. It doesn’t help that Tobie is also stirring at every little sound (because she’s a big chickenshit), which then sets off Newman. I figured a road trip [...]
Bears and new beginnings
by Amy on 01. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
I started the first official day of being in between jobs by getting up at 5AM to run 7 miles with the BF. There was some comfort knowing that there were no rules to abide by, no conference calls to join, no reports to run by a certain time of day. We picked a route [...]
Oh no!
by Amy on 01. Aug, 2007 in My Every Day
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The heat makes you do strange things
by Amy on 31. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
I’m typing this from the back deck, sitting in a camping chair with my feet dangling in the kiddie pool, which has just been refilled with water that evidently, has been tapped directly out of Lake Superior. Which, by the way, is why my entire body is not submerged in the kiddie pool. I should [...]
Heel hitches
by Amy on 30. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
I guess when you’re training for a marathon, you have to expect that there will be aches and pain. I’ve tolerated sore knees, hips, ankles, necks, backs, and numb fingers. This time around I’ve got a new nemesis: heel pain. It started up about three weeks ago, when softball season was at its peak and [...]
Gary Tunstall at the DT
by Amy on 27. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Buzzed
by Amy on 23. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
A friend gave me a motion sickness patch to try, the kind that goes behind your ear. I get really carsick when we travel, so I thought I’d try it out. I put it on yesterday around 1PM. Drove all day/night/early morning with it on, seemed to be fine. Got in at 5AM this morning [...]
Tobie’s in Hinckley
by Amy on 22. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Caramel pecan goodness within
by Amy on 22. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Overheard: the road trip edition
by Amy on 22. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
“C’mon, fucking eco-wagon, move yer ass!!!”
Mike, I wore my Detroit colors
by Amy on 21. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Twins vs. Los Angeles Californian Angels of Anaheim
by Amy on 21. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Yooper spoiler
by Amy on 20. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Post-game refreshment
by Amy on 17. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Erect in Defiance of God’s Will!
by Amy on 16. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
Erect in Defiance of God’s Will! I know I don’t watch much TV these days (Scott doesn’t have cable) but good god, this is hilarious.
My brother
by Amy on 05. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Next career: pirate. Or slacker.
by Amy on 04. Jul, 2007 in My Every Day
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Plans
by Amy on 27. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
It seems that as soon as I verbalize plans, moments later they change. For the past month and a half I have been planning to go work in Baghdad for a six-week stint. This training was going to insure that I remained employed until spring and possibly longer. I wasn’t thrilled about the destination but [...]
Sunset over Hancock, MI
by Amy on 27. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Walking out of the DT tonight, the sunset was gorgeous. It’s one of the reasons I love living here. It’s a different kind of beauty. I wish I could explain it. [...]
Breezy
by Amy on 20. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
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by Amy on 16. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
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Eve of the Chain Drive
by Amy on 15. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Chain Drive race is tomorrow morning. I picked up my race packet tonight. A local woman was riding the 32 mile course last week, hit a boulder and cracked some vertebrae. [...]
Out for a walk
by Amy on 12. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
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Whee!
by Amy on 12. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
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Nice shirt
by Amy on 07. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
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Misunderestimated
by Amy on 05. Jun, 2007 in My Every Day
For reasons unknown I had it in my head that today’s run had to be 5 miles. I did my 3 miles yesterday, but underestimating the loop, I ended up logging about 4.5, which left me feeling completely drained. How out of shape am I? Anyway, for that reason I was just dreading getting out [...]
Skinny tires
by Amy on 03. May, 2007 in My Every Day
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LB
by Amy on 30. Apr, 2007 in My Every Day
We were watching the news after a riveting episode of The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman. I walked into the kitchen to get something to drink and heard Scott yell out, “Leg burn!” Immediately, I thought of Peter, aka Leg Burn. Of course, he will never be Peter again. Only Leg Burn.
Last rental
by Amy on 27. Apr, 2007 in My Every Day
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Inaugural ride
by Amy on 16. Apr, 2007 in My Every Day
I am very pleased to report that I did a 21 mile bike ride today, and while my ass and every other body part are screaming in soreness, I did not experience hand numbness at all. In either hand. (It was approximately this time last year when I was undergoing the tests to get ready [...]
Me in goal
by Amy on 11. Apr, 2007 in My Every Day
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Not spring yet
by Amy on 10. Mar, 2007 in My Every Day
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } It’s in the 30s today and everyone thinks it’s spring already. This is life in the Keweenaw.
My boys
by Amy on 07. Mar, 2007 in My Every Day
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Adolescent Target fun
by Amy on 04. Mar, 2007 in My Every Day
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } We don’t have Target in the Keweenaw. I will admit that I miss it, but it sure makes going there, when I do find one, an event. I think this one [...]
Famous on Moosejaw
by Amy on 19. Feb, 2007 in My Every Day
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Kramer
by Amy on 16. Feb, 2007 in My Every Day
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The vet just diagnosed Kramer, the family dog, with diabetes. They’re going to try to get him on an insulin schedule and monitor him over the next week. Poor muley.
That’s cold, even for Calumet
by Amy on 04. Feb, 2007 in My Every Day
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Cold Sesame Noodles
by Amy on 30. Jan, 2007 in My Every Day
Found this link on Melissa’s site. If this wasn’t so bad for you (tons o peanut butter), I could eat this every day. Perhaps fat-free peanut butter…
2006 Holiday Recap
by Amy on 03. Jan, 2007 in My Every Day
It was a great time spent with all of our family and some of our friends. Sure, U of M blew it big time and I came back to find out that I might have three months tops left on my contract, but why dwell on the negative? While cleaning The Abyss (aka Scott’s room) [...]
Let there be peace on earth
by Amy on 30. Dec, 2006 in My Every Day
We’ve been shopping nonstop since arriving in St. Paul. Rosedale Mall, downtown St. Paul (I love Grand Avenue), you name it. Tomorrow I take Scott to his first ever professional football game over at the Dome (Vikings are playing the Rams). The other thing we’ve been doing nonstop? Eating. Pat baked for two days straight [...]
Merry Christmas Eve
by Amy on 24. Dec, 2006 in My Every Day
Newman’s been having a blast this Christmas, if a fun time includes following Kramer around everywhere and humping him at every possible opportunity. Ah, good holiday times. The family thing each Christmas Eve includes packing everyone into the car and heading off to church in the evening. In years past, it’s always been tied in [...]
Duluth Road Trip
by Amy on 17. Dec, 2006 in My Every Day
Living in the U.P. must be making me paranoid. Saturday night after our game in Duluth, I stayed locked up in my hotel room instead of going out for food. Granted, we weren’t staying in the greatest part of downtown Duluth, but it’s not Detroit, people. It did seem however, that Duluth, like Hancock, seems [...]
Hockey
by Amy on 11. Dec, 2006 in My Every Day
Ah, it was a busy weekend. U of MN was in town to play Tech, so we grabbed tickets for Friday night’s game. Yeah, we got spanked, but it’s still fun to see the No. 1 WCHA team play in your arena. Our seats were at center ice in the first row, right up against [...]
Saying goodbye
by Amy on 05. Dec, 2006 in My Every Day
As my sister would say, I miss Grandma Seely. Funerals are hard. I had been to one earlier this year and thought I was prepared for my grandmother’s. I wasn’t. As much as I do not like open casket scenarios, I needed to see her today. I was worried that seeing her in the state [...]
Thank you, Stout
by Amy on 02. Dec, 2006 in My Every Day
Wow, I know mapquest sucks, but my trip, which was estimated to take about six hours, took five. This is also taking into account that the roads were snowy and shitty until I got behind the Cheddar Curtain. I’m not exactly complaining, as the extra time to unwind has been nice. Free wi-fi at the [...]
Note to self #73
by Amy on 20. Nov, 2006 in My Every Day
That scene in A Christmas Story when the kid gets triple-dog-dared to stick his tongue to the metal pole and it gets stuck isn’t so funny when you accidentally freeze your fingertips to the frosty metal in the back of the (ancient) fridge while you’re trying to clean it. OUCH.
All-American 2006
by Amy on 20. Nov, 2006 in My Every Day
We rolled in around 3AM this morning from a weekend out in St. Paul. My hockey team played in this tournament at this mega sportsplex and took a somewhat respectable 4th place, losing to Iowa State in the consolation game. It came down to the last minute of play, with a bad bounce in front [...]
Open Letter to Copper Country’s Drivers
by Amy on 14. Nov, 2006 in My Every Day
Dear Fellow Motorist (and specifically in this case) Guy who was driving in front of me tonight on US-41 going north toward Calumet, If there’s one thing I haven’t gotten used to up here, it’s the insane amount of seemingly oblivious people who think driving drunk isn’t a big deal. Sure, Houghton County is fairly [...]
Firsts
by Amy on 12. Nov, 2006 in My Every Day
I’ve had a lot of “firsts” since I’ve moved up here to the U.P. I saw my first opera here shortly after arriving. Pretty hilarious that I had to move up to the sticks to get culture, ha. I made some strides in the relationship area of my life. One day when I’m not so [...]
