Category: My life

Last weekend, we went out to Columbus to visit my brother and his family. Okay, actually I wanted to see the Sherlock exhibit at COSI. It was fun. The story is, Sherlock is busy and needs your help solving a case. You get see the scene of the crime and then use "cutting-edge 19th century techniques of forensic science" to try to solve the mystery. You guys know I'm a sucker for anything Holmes-ish. We checked out the Arts Festival for a while and then went to dinner at Akai Hana. Eating sushi has been on my bucket list for a while, and since David is not a fan and Amber won't eat fish period, my brother was my best bet for help with crossing it off. He and I split a "party boat" and I was pleasantly surprised, most everything was yummy. Definitely something I'll have again, except the salmon roe, that was nasty.  ...

David and I went on a married couple's retreat with nine other couples from our church. The theme was Staying in Love and it was a good couple of days. I thought I'd share a few pictures. Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads....

I have a bucket list of things I want to do, but I've never made a "Not Gonna Do It" list. Here goes. I may add to it as time goes by. I'm not gonna feel guilty about not baking desserts for activities at church or school - store-bought is fine. Ditto with covered dishes. I'm not gonna buy things from every kid who is fundraising for some activity or other. I'm not gonna work in the concession stand at the football games. I don't want to and there are plenty of other parents. I'm not gonna complain about the stupid little things that get on my nerves at work anymore. It's not worth my energy. I'm not gonna put impossible things on my list. I'm not gonna avoid fried foods. I like them. And pasta and bread. I'm not gonna prioritize housework over exercise. I'm not gonna eat grapefruit or grape leaves or puffer fish. I'm not gonna drink tea. I don't like it, even if it is...

I am not a numbers person. I do not have dyscalculia, which is a kind of numbers dyslexia, that Mich posted about today over at Sick B*tch, and her post is certainly worth reading. I do sympathize with her, though. My mother and brother are both CPAs, my husband deals with numbers and calculations all day. They seem to think better in numbers and equations than I do. They're even more likely to win those stupid how many M&Ms are in the jar contests than I am. I'm not going to say I can't do math, because I can. I just have to work at it. Amber's taking algebra this year, getting As by the way, and will be in geometry next year and I'll be able to keep up, but it'll be the third time I've learned the subjects. The first was when I went through school. The second time was when my husband went back to community college. I have to relearn...