Autumn

The Little Things

This morning I made coffee in my grandmother's old percolator.  I say old, but she always kept things like they were new.  I treasure every little thing that I have of hers: old dish towels, dishes, a cheap little cake slicer, a nautical ash tray; all the little things she cherished and never knew I would, too.

 

Today I am grateful that:

• I mixed Kona and Ethopia.  Dark, bold, earthy, sweet. 
• I miss my grandmother sometimes.  I wish she could have met John.  I am grateful she knew Kristina.
• John and I played "which hand" yesterday.  He's holding up both fists and examining them now.  Yesterday, he held them up for me to see.  I decided to pick a hand.  He'd put it down as if to say, "nope, pick another."  I would and he'd put both back up for me to try again.  I think we recorded it to video.
• Kristina made dinner last night with cookies for desert.  This allowed me to continue working and watch John.  I still have so much to catch up on my work.
• Getting help with my web server from a guy in Hungary that I've never even met.  The world is so incredibly flat.  That's Kristina's observation and she is right.
• WFH
• Breakfast is waiting for me

H.H.

On 12/12/07, Michelle Jones <MLJones@midwestiso.org> wrote:

Hee-hee, every morning I giggle thinking about Office Space because we have "The Kevin's" and all refer to them as "The Kevin's" on this call every morning.

 

Have a great day!

 

Michelle Jones

Quality Assurance Analyst, CM-QA Group

Midwest ISO

Desk:  317.249.5870

Cell:  317.752.0316 

mljones@midwestiso.org

 

--
Chris Beckworth

Three Months Today

Again too much time has passed since my last glog. I could make excuses, but having an old friend in town made me realize that part of the reason I've not glogged is that life is so damn good I feel I may not need to appreciate this. After serious ramblings about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, it seems all the more important to continue glogging.

Reasons to continue glogging:

• Keep writing skills fresh. I am increasingly using the vocabulary of a politician (7th grade level) rather than of a college graduate.
• Keep the appreciation train rolling. I've work to do to move to the Esteem level so it's time to start filling in the gaps.
• Stay ambitious and motivated. Complacency is a killer.
• My new iPhone.

I am grateful for:

• John's hole being healed... that was awesome even though it was 6 weeks ago.
• Kristina making it to 3 months of breastfeeding. What an astonishing, incredible, fantastic achievement.
• John being such a happy baby - all credit to Kristina.
• John making it 3 months
• Having a great friend in Michelle and the prospect of a lifelong relationship between our families.
• Showers
• All the firsts
• Figuring out how to mod_rewrite my .htaccess file for myfamily.org
• Changing my 'screenname' to rappin' reggie
• Helping a new friend find herself
• having so many friends with whom to share ideas (ok - 3, but that's a lot in my book).
• Christmas
• Crostini di Polenta con funghi in salsa di vino bianco e burro. Buon appetito
• Vino, vino, vino

H.H.