Revelry Reverie

On February 1st, I start my second sabbatical. It last three months (until May 1), and is an unbelievable perk of my job. It’s in 26 days, or 17 work days. It has certainly snuck up on me! I didn’t talk too much about my sabbatical last time I took one. I felt guilty having…

Roses are red,Tumblr is blue,I’m so happy,You’re 40 too. Happy birthday, Matt

A few weeks ago, I brought home a puppy. Everyone I’ve told has been a real wise ass about it and asked if it’s because I felt my life was too simple and smooth. Which is a pretty legit question! Puppies are a lot of work! But my little pup is lovely. She’s chill, needs…

At the very end of the week (Sunday), I’ll celebrate 11 years at Automattic. I checked internally, and it turns out that 3.78% of existing Automatticians started before me, and 96.22% started after me. I’m trying to think back to how I felt 11 years ago, and I think back then I was probably more…

One of our maple trees has been bored into by some insect, and there are a variety of other insects investigating the sap situation. In the bottom of the photo is an ordinary house fly (Musca domestica), but really what I’m interested in are the very large bee type things at the top of the…

Hormones are absolutely wild. Did you know that the first discovered hormone was secretin in 1902? I was born within that same century. (And, if we’re going to go on a rant about what else happened in that century, we could look to the fact that a woman wasn’t allowed to have a credit card…

Ever since Grant found out that Tim Hortons is named for a famous hockey player (named Tim Horton – that fact blew his mind), he wants to be a famous hockey player and have a coffee shop. He talks about it every now and then, and today he revealed more of his plans, perhaps because…

Family Fun Night led directly to Grant living his best life. He won the whistle by hitting a can hanging in a net that the little league had set up. It took him about 8 tries and waiting in line a total of probably 30 or 40 minutes really patiently in between tries. The smile…

Today Grant and I made a model of the solar system! He worked really hard on it and assembled (almost) all of it, and painted (almost) all of the planets! He was focused and determined, and he loves it. I’m so proud of him!

This Sunday past, I spent the day with Eleanor. I took her on a shopping trip for new clothes in Buffalo, to dinner, and to Zoomagination (which I think should be called izoomination, since it’s an Illumination event BUT NO ONE ASKED ME). On the ride up, I was driving and she was reading and…