Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa....
During a conversation I had with my Dad the other day, he expressed his disappointment that I haven't been blogging much. There was nothing I could do but hang my head in shame and promise to do better.
Part of the problem is that I have been goofing off way too much on Facebook (I'm Jen Lindner-Green if you want to "friend" me.) It's very different from blogging, but I get more feedback there and I keep hooking up with old friends so I just sort of gravitated off in that direction. I am ever so sorry. You guys deserve better. Do you still love me?
Another part of the problem is that Sage finally had that precancerous birthmark removed in a surgery that turned into a big gory mess (but I got to watch the procedure, which was most excellent!) The recovery has been a lot more stressful than it would normally be. The bad news: They expect a great deal of bleeding during scalp surgery, and while we like to see Sage exceed all expectations, we don't mean stuff like this. It really was pretty awful. The good news: She is 100% cancer free, and this surgery shouldn't need to be repeated. So, as soon as we get her healed up, she's done, duh duh done (think "Dragnet" for the tune to that) with this whole experience.
Other than that, all is good! Homeschooling is ripping right along, and we get to go to the County Coroner's Office in March. We were supposed to go last year, but we were still suffering from the Iowa Death Flu. So, YAY, we're taking the kids to the morgue (temporarily)!
Oh, yeah, and Twilight has taken over our lives. We loves us some Twilight. We are planning to move to Forks and buy a house next door to the Cullens. So, the stalking has taken up a bit of time, not to mention trying to hide from the Volturri and the werewolves...
Seriously, between taking different groups of kids, etc, I've seen the movie 5 times in the theater. Me, the grownup! I was thinking hard the other day, trying to remember the last time I'd seen a movie more than once or twice in the actual theater... Not counting movies I've watched while only wearing a bra and slip, can you guess what the last movie was that I saw 5 times in the theater? Click here for the answer! Were you right? Let me know in the comments.
Anyhoo, I'm here. I will be here more often, because it breaks my heart to disappoint my Dad. I love you, Dad!
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Part of the problem is that I have been goofing off way too much on Facebook (I'm Jen Lindner-Green if you want to "friend" me.) It's very different from blogging, but I get more feedback there and I keep hooking up with old friends so I just sort of gravitated off in that direction. I am ever so sorry. You guys deserve better. Do you still love me?
Another part of the problem is that Sage finally had that precancerous birthmark removed in a surgery that turned into a big gory mess (but I got to watch the procedure, which was most excellent!) The recovery has been a lot more stressful than it would normally be. The bad news: They expect a great deal of bleeding during scalp surgery, and while we like to see Sage exceed all expectations, we don't mean stuff like this. It really was pretty awful. The good news: She is 100% cancer free, and this surgery shouldn't need to be repeated. So, as soon as we get her healed up, she's done, duh duh done (think "Dragnet" for the tune to that) with this whole experience.
Other than that, all is good! Homeschooling is ripping right along, and we get to go to the County Coroner's Office in March. We were supposed to go last year, but we were still suffering from the Iowa Death Flu. So, YAY, we're taking the kids to the morgue (temporarily)!
Oh, yeah, and Twilight has taken over our lives. We loves us some Twilight. We are planning to move to Forks and buy a house next door to the Cullens. So, the stalking has taken up a bit of time, not to mention trying to hide from the Volturri and the werewolves...
Seriously, between taking different groups of kids, etc, I've seen the movie 5 times in the theater. Me, the grownup! I was thinking hard the other day, trying to remember the last time I'd seen a movie more than once or twice in the actual theater... Not counting movies I've watched while only wearing a bra and slip, can you guess what the last movie was that I saw 5 times in the theater? Click here for the answer! Were you right? Let me know in the comments.
Anyhoo, I'm here. I will be here more often, because it breaks my heart to disappoint my Dad. I love you, Dad!
Labels: facebook, homeschooling, kids, medical, Twilight
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Catching up
First of all, today is the Marine Corps Birthday. Happy Birthday!
Sage's head seems OK today, there was no bleeding or weird stuff over the weekend. Now we just settle in and wait for the results.
The kids and I watched Squirm, a 1976 horror film about man-eating earthworms. I'm trying to figure out how I can count that for school.
We went for a drive up in the mountains yesterday. It's dingdang cold up there! We were up over 10,000 ft for a while, and it might as well be January when you're that far up. I'll stick with town and wait a little longer for winter.
Don't forget to come find me on Facebook if you do that sort of thing: Jen Lindner-Green :-)
Look who I ran into this weekend!
It's not really Johnny Depp, but MAN he was good! He even had the swishy walk and the accent. I wanted to snatch him up and bring him home, you know, to play Monopoly with or something. I'm a good girl! And, more importantly, I'm an oooooold girl...
Happy Monday!
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Sage's head seems OK today, there was no bleeding or weird stuff over the weekend. Now we just settle in and wait for the results.
The kids and I watched Squirm, a 1976 horror film about man-eating earthworms. I'm trying to figure out how I can count that for school.
We went for a drive up in the mountains yesterday. It's dingdang cold up there! We were up over 10,000 ft for a while, and it might as well be January when you're that far up. I'll stick with town and wait a little longer for winter.
Don't forget to come find me on Facebook if you do that sort of thing: Jen Lindner-Green :-)
Look who I ran into this weekend!
It's not really Johnny Depp, but MAN he was good! He even had the swishy walk and the accent. I wanted to snatch him up and bring him home, you know, to play Monopoly with or something. I'm a good girl! And, more importantly, I'm an oooooold girl...
Happy Monday!
Labels: facebook, homeschooling, horror, medical, military
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
I am probably the last person in the free world to get onto Facebook, but I'm on there now! You can find me if you know my real name (which you should by now, it's Jen Lindner-Green.) If you're on there, come find me! Just tell me who you are because I may only know your blog name.
My very first friend over there is my awesome guy in London, Mark Tingley, whom I've known since the early 90s when he found me sleeping on a park bench on the Pearl Street Mall.
Then, somehow magically, it keeps finding people I know on there to catch up with. It's kind of spooky, actually. If they can sort out that I knew this particular person from across town or friend from 15 years ago, how come we can't find Osama bin Laden? I'm serious.
And, it's way less full of emo angst AND easier to sort out than myspace.
Don't worry, I'll still be around here as much as I can, but I'm having a blast finding folks I haven't seen in ages!
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My very first friend over there is my awesome guy in London, Mark Tingley, whom I've known since the early 90s when he found me sleeping on a park bench on the Pearl Street Mall.
Then, somehow magically, it keeps finding people I know on there to catch up with. It's kind of spooky, actually. If they can sort out that I knew this particular person from across town or friend from 15 years ago, how come we can't find Osama bin Laden? I'm serious.
And, it's way less full of emo angst AND easier to sort out than myspace.
Don't worry, I'll still be around here as much as I can, but I'm having a blast finding folks I haven't seen in ages!
Labels: behind the times, facebook
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