June 30, 2008

Today was my last day of work and I just finished sending my last email....hooray!! All projects are now wrapped up. I have one more report to button up for a separate client, and hopefully there won't be too many revisions to the draft I sent - I find out tomorrow. Now I have two days to devote to prepping for the packers and loaders who come on Thursday morning. I can't imagine if I had to pack up everything as well - there is already so much to do aside from the actual packing. We have a giant to-do list written out on a piece of flip chart paper hanging on a wall in our apartment! Coordinating with movers involves a lot more pre-planning than just moving everything yourself...not that I want to do U-Haul again, but I'm just sayin'. There are some benefits to having all your crap with you. Like not having to hang out on an air mattress and plastic lawn chairs for three days.

A lovely brunch at Green Pastures last weekend...with a couple of ladies and gentlemen I will miss very much. I didn't need to eat for the rest of the day!

June 27, 2008

Some good news in my feminist mailbox today:

Montana Anti-Abortion Ballot Initiative Fails

"A proposed ballot initiative to amend the Montana state constitution to define a fertilized egg as a person failed to qualify for the state's 2008 November ballot. Supporters of the initiative failed to gather even half of the required 44,000 signatures required to qualify the measure...."

I am very fond of Montana - my dad grew up on a farm outside of Missoula, we spent summers there when I was growing up, I went to college there, and my parents retired there - and I have kept one eye on the state over the last few years as it has shown signs of moving from red to blue. They have a democratic governor, a new democratic senator in organic farmer Jon Tester (who helped give the democrats their slight majority in the senate in 2006). And this most recent sign - not having enough support to allow an oppressive godbag amendment get on the ballot! My dad said Montana used to be a hard-core Democratic state a few decades ago when the mining industry was really strong and unions had a big presence. It will be interesting to see what shade of red Montana ends up being after November.

June 12, 2008

Here is my new abode in Boston! I have the whole bottom floor of the house, complete with a working wood-burning fireplace, built-in window seats, and a three-season enclosed porch (you can see it off to the right). And it has a giant driveway and a yard, two things in short supply up there.

The Charles River bike trail is within walking distance, which goes along the Charles into downtown Boston. I think the kitties will be very happy here.

June 5, 2008

Here's my dad's 1935 Ford V-8 that he restored. This sat in my grandmother's garage for about 50 years and had rats living in the upholstery before he started restoring it. Pretty sweet ride!!
P.S. That's a friend of my dad's in the passenger seat - not my dad.

June 2, 2008

I am an aunt for the second time! Caleb Paxson was born May 28th to my best friend and her husband in Anchorage. Everyone is doing well!