It’s Maria Bamford! As I’ve mentioned, I am a great big comedy nerd. And one of my most favorite comedians is Maria Bamford. Bear and I met her at MaxFunCon and got to eat lunch with her, and it was…
Maximum Fun was had
“Papa Jesse, the benevolent colonel of the nerd plantation.” – Marc Maron How do I even begin to explain this last weekend? I still feel all blissed out and dreamy about the whole thing. Thursday night we left the house…
One room down.
Because I am a maniac, I really hoped we could get completely moved in before we left on this long awaited little vacation. I thought it would just be so nice and tidy to come back after this trip to…
2010 Year of Pleasures #18
I wrote about how leaving my garden was hard for me, but this is making it a lot easier. My new backyard has the most gloriously flowering rose bushes lining the fence. Plus we have a patch of grass for…
The streak continues
Before I moved, my friend Stacey and I had a conversation about how my Craigslist karma was going to end by leaving San Diego. It’s true, Modesto is not exactly a bastion of midcentury interior design, but I was confident…
Presents for the Entourage
Wednesday was our last day with Atti’s therapists and it was awful. These women have been my support system for the last two years. Atti’s OT has been seeing him since he was 4 months old. The ladies from HOPE…
2010 Year of Pleasures #14
Reader Robyn in Australia sent me this picture the other day, and I just loved it. This is her little grandson feeding an orphaned kangaroo a special bread treat. I’ve heard from my Australian friends that kangaroos are really no…
Textured Canvas
In all my home improvement and decor projects, the one area I’ve been seriously neglecting is all my naked walls. I have some ideas for them, but they have been pushed down to the bottom of the priority list over…
Spring in San Diego
I finally got outside to do the garden maintenance I had been putting off, and once I pulled out all of the poppies that had sprouted from last year’s seeds, I found these little lettuce buds hiding underneath. These will…
2010 Year of Pleasures #12
I totally poached this little sculpture from my inlaw’s house. Well, I couldn’t bring myself to outright swipe it, so I really just wandered around their house for a day saying, “Wow, I sure do like this sculpture! It was…