Monthly Archives: June 2008

Update No Four and the Five

Friday again; construction update again; all work completed on Monday. Again. Arggh! At least the lower cabinets are set. Countertop measurements have been taken, and are set for installation on June 30. A project of this size could be completed in a week or two if you (and by you, I mean the contractors) were […]

Even without a kitchen, summer is pretty good

Weeks like this make me aware of how lucky San Franciscans are. Do they really have weather this perfect year ’round? Wednesday was another in a string of idyllic days. I read two more chapters in my book (while drinking a green iced tea), and my buddy and I took a leisurely afternoon bike ride. […]

Serendipity due to power outage

What a treat Tuesday was! First, the perfect weather. (I know that some Chicagoans found it cold. They are misguided.) I went for a long-ish run in the morning, and listened to another new Coldplay song, “Lost”. Love it, and it’s now stuck in my head. Later in the morning, surprise, surprise, my husband showed […]

Giddy with Anticipation

There are many summer mornings where I am awake far too early. (And by that I mean, there is no newspaper yet to read, and everyone else is asleep.) Often, I wait for the “thump” on the driveway by opening the laptop and surfing the web. Some of my favorite discoveries occur during my quiet […]

Weekend wrap and a new blog to share

I am giddy with anticipation for this week’s weather forecast. Sunny and 70s all week. Hello, outdoors. If nothing else, I will finish a few more chapters of my latest book while sitting on the patio …. The weekend was busy with ten-year-old sports on Saturday (baseball win 14-13; soccer win 2-1). The soccer game […]