Category Archives: cars
Whining on Board
Dear people on the internet, Why do you take such offense against these little yellow Baby on Board stickers that hang in car windows? I mean, I kind of get it. I used to be one of you. I assumed … Continue reading
Filed under "Other people", cars, Children, Memoir, Nature, Not awesome
Chasing Cars
Yesterday, when I left for work, a man came out of an apartment opposite me and crossed to a car two spaces away from mine. I paid attention to him because I was mentally calculating a) whether I would be … Continue reading
Filed under "Other people", cars, Exercise, Sports
A Dashed-Off Motorcycle Rant
Today I saw a motorcycle zoom all the way up a line of traffic waiting at a stop light, cut into the left turn lane (which was actually in the process of turning), weave to the inside of the lane, … Continue reading
Filed under "Other people", Being a girl, cars, Nonfiction, Not awesome
Setting a routine
We’ve been in our new place for a week now. I can now say comfortably that I do not think we made the worst mistake ever moving out of our apartment. (That was a very real fear a couple times … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, Being a girl, cars, Dreams, Drew, Exercise, Food, Home improvements, Memoir, Self improvement
The Family That Does Roadside Maintenance Together…
I left work about 20 minutes early today. I had reached a natural stopping point in my workload, and I thought, What a lovely, productive Monday it’s been. Drew was waiting at home with sandwiches for dinner, and Erin was … Continue reading
Filed under "Other people", cars, Drew, Family, Memoir, Not awesome
Golden Gate Bridge pictures
On our way home from Labor Day dinner with my family in Santa Rosa…we stopped to check out the Golden Gate Bridge from high up. Everyone else had had the same idea, so we had to pass the first two … Continue reading
Riding in cars with boys (in other cars)
Last night, while driving home from Redding, Megan and I found ourselves tearing down the freeway at 70 mph, somewhere near Benicia, around 11:00pm. A car pulled up next to us and honked, and when Megan looked over, the driver … Continue reading
Filed under Being a girl, cars, Friends, Love
July 24th, 2009
I had planned on doing some kind of celebration on our 2-year anniversary of Moving Back To California. But then that day totally passed me by, somehow. (It was July 24th, btw.) Last year, for our 1-year anniversary of Moving … Continue reading
Filed under Beginnings, cars, Dreams, Endings, Sentiment
This Perfect Sunday
Do you want to know what your brake pads are NOT supposed to look like? Behold: Ever since I had to stop rather suddenly one day last week, my left front brake had been making a grinding sound. It stressed … Continue reading
Filed under cars
Attitude of gratitude
This morning before work, I drive down to Redwood City to pick up sub paperwork and the forms to take to my 9:00 am fingerprinting appointment. So I get to the school, park, go inside the office for, like, 8 … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Being a girl, cars, Family, Religion
