tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988292024-03-12T23:43:12.875-07:00A bit of fluff (with pretentions)Straucht fra' the coo since 2001.Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.comBlogger678125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-82896937064235711822013-06-17T14:10:00.003-07:002013-06-17T14:10:47.538-07:00Liebe Schwester
My sister Eve died on Saturday after a year of living with increasingly
debilitating illness from stomach cancer. She was 42 years old. My
parents were with her. Words cannot express my sadness at her life being
cut short like this. Thanks to the kindness of my cousin & Matt's
coworkers, who all donated airmiles, we are able to fly at short notice
to be there for the funeral, and to Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-11734626460996812782013-06-11T12:35:00.001-07:002013-06-11T13:12:30.243-07:00Flopsy, or Peter?
This is a pretty common scene when I get home from work these days. After the months-long excavation and repair of the sprinkler system Matt got all the leaks patched, I figured out the timing system, and we got the grass seed in place in early January. It has taken off fairly well, there's a lot of clover in there too, but regular mowing is allowing the grass to take hold more. The rabbits Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-76766189152818846652012-11-08T13:22:00.000-08:002012-11-08T13:22:12.625-08:00Plotting improvementsA long weekend is on the way, and the past two weekends have been busy with socializing and activities so I am plotting household improvements. There may be rain, so Matt might not be able to make further progress on exposing the sprinkler system to inspect the pipes for leaks. I think its time for more painting. So far only the kitchen, entryway and one small accent wall in the living room have Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-59696091981695197212012-11-07T15:17:00.000-08:002012-11-07T15:17:43.290-08:00Whew.A happy result for the election last night! Plus record-breaking numbers of women in senate.
On a lighter note, I got buzzed by a hummingbird this morning as I left for work. I heard a familiar bzzzzzzzzt of little wings as it zoomed over from our neighbor's tree to investigate a hummingbird-attractant plant I added to our front patio over the weekend, but stopped and hovered a little behind Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-46530984396358288592012-11-06T17:57:00.001-08:002012-11-06T17:57:07.460-08:00Bad Romance: Women's SuffrageThis very well-done parody/tribute to a Lady Gaga song and video is one of the reasons I make sure to vote whenever I can. I learned about the women's suffrage movement in school, at an all girls school that was founded four years before British women were granted limited voting rights (married women only, and only local elections). Full voting rights for women in the UK did not come until 1928. Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-91152762450826255802012-11-05T17:45:00.000-08:002012-11-06T17:46:05.301-08:00Resorting to the promptsIt only took me 4 days to run out of things to say. NaBloPoMo prompts to the rescue!
What are your thoughts about tomorrow's election in the United States?
My thoughts on tomorrow's election are that I really bloody well hope that Barack Obama is re-elected. The current Republican stances on many things frankly terrify me. Especially as a woman of childbearing age. They would have me dieRosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-72994110001215488352012-11-04T12:00:00.000-08:002012-11-05T15:08:02.374-08:00Color/ColourSaturday morning I participated in the Color Run San Diego, a 5k event where volunteers bombard the runners (and walkers) with brightly coloured cornstarch at every 1km marker. Simple, a little odd, but very fun. We started off looking like this:
And an hour later (we were strolling the route pretty slowly). We looked like this:
A the blue station, Matt and I both grabbed some colour andRosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-90026552733465981172012-11-03T14:28:00.000-07:002012-11-05T10:35:02.107-08:00Search terms that bring you to my door
Given that this is "all time" search terms it's clear that not many people arrive here through Google searches. Moving into our house seems to have boosted my Google traffic as three of the top ten searches relate to the theme of "ranch style house". Perhaps I should turn this into a home-renovation blog. Considering current budget and time constraints it would be a very slow and seldom-updatedRosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-48385959851505705292012-11-02T14:16:00.000-07:002012-11-02T14:16:47.071-07:00Day of the DeadYesterday ended with a panic attack. Frozen in my seat, weeping, eventually finding the breath to ask Mr Riveter to help me find the anti-anxiety medicine I'm to take (ideally) before it gets to that point. Sometimes it sneaks up. There is a lot of pressure in parts of my life. We bought a house in February that is needing more work than we expected, my parents and sister are all living together Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-5837553929219143052012-11-01T11:23:00.002-07:002012-11-02T14:29:58.405-07:00HalloweenyOn Halloween night I got home last night after dark. My husband had lit a wood fire in the fireplace, the porch light was on to attract trick-or-treaters, a basket of fun-sized sweeties was set by the door and we shared a meal of tomato soup and cheese on toast while waiting for the hoards of adorable children in costumes to arrive and demand their sugary tribute.
The first callers were the fourRosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-20477070509210506922012-10-26T16:03:00.002-07:002012-10-29T15:53:09.352-07:00NaBloPoMoI'm thinking about it. Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-48678740615216852092012-06-10T20:55:00.001-07:002012-06-10T20:55:16.484-07:00Marking TimeMy sister starts chemotherapy tomorrow for advanced stomach cancer. My parents are there with her, I'm 6,000 miles away. We are all terrified.
I am living in limbo, waiting to hear more news. Hoping for good news after a month of bad to worse, hoping for an easy and effective course of chemo. Hoping for another year. Or five. Twenty would be even nicer.Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-5378382777478936612012-04-27T09:15:00.001-07:002012-04-27T09:16:43.590-07:00Déjà vuI have been using Google Documents a lot recently. We use it at work, and it reminded me what a handy tool it is. I've started creating the agenda for our Fellowship's Social Action Committee meetings as a Google Doc and now I don't have to remember where I left that slip of paper last month, I can just grab it from my email account and re-edit for the new month. This morning I was going through Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-41573057873178120392012-04-23T10:06:00.002-07:002012-04-23T12:42:32.882-07:00Object PermanenceOur bed is positioned in the corner of the room with the foot against the wall so that we can have our dresser and reading lamps at the head of the bed and maximize the remaining floor space. An added bonus is the ability to lounge in bed and look straight out the window at the trees in the back garden. It means I have to clamber over Mr Riveter to get in and out of bed, since we're rather Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-67159680637370479232012-03-05T08:28:00.000-08:002012-03-05T08:30:36.867-08:00Adventures in homeownership.Yesterday was the hottest day so far since we moved in, it was a little over 90ºF and the house stayed under 70ºF, even with a window open, and coming and going to the hot garage. This bodes well for the days over 100ºF in the summer!
We tried to hook our dishwasher up over the weekend, but after 3 trips to Home Depot we finally managed to find a long enough hose, but not the right valve. The Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-74963033607804999542012-03-02T16:59:00.000-08:002012-03-02T16:59:44.311-08:00Happy FridayI got the job! Clinical research project coordinator on a study related to Alzheimer's Disease. I'll be working in an office building very close to my old lab, so I can even meet my old workmates for a beer after work.Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-43816371830254488532012-02-24T11:00:00.001-08:002012-02-24T11:57:50.898-08:00Yellow house on the hillMoving day was two weeks ago, and if moving house wasn't excitement enough I have also had two job interviews and started a temporary position (one month of full time work at the very end of a contract). They contacted me with an email that arrived just after the movers departed, and I felt very accomplished to have moved house and lined up work all before 11am. Around noon on the same day I got Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-13253879669305240522012-02-06T10:22:00.001-08:002012-02-06T10:22:52.614-08:00AmbitiousMovers are scheduled to arrive first thing on Thursday, which means everything has to be in a box by the end of Wednesday.
I think it was a little ambitious to think I could prepare to move inside two weeks while recovering from bronchitis.Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-25345396330244098312012-01-23T00:14:00.000-08:002012-01-23T00:16:43.433-08:00Escrow
es·crow [n. es-kroh, ih-skroh; v. ih-skroh, es-kroh]
1. noun: a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
2. verb (used with object): to place in escrow: The home seller agrees to escrow the sum of $1000 with his attorney.
3. Idiom: in escrow, in Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-81230682005316734562011-12-31T21:49:00.000-08:002011-12-31T21:49:58.201-08:002011 RetrospectiveUnfortunately, I think the best word to describe my year is "fugue". Looking back on the retrospective post for 2010 I feel as though 2011 barely happened. Most of the year is a blur. I'm still unemployed, struggling with chronic migraines and depression.
1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?
Danced in a real "American Tribal Style" group: follow-the-leader-style Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-50537957606872331232011-09-09T11:46:00.000-07:002011-09-09T11:46:58.310-07:00Lights out across the countyYesterday afternoon around 4pm my power went out. It's not unusual for a transformer to blow on our street on a hot day when every home is running it's air conditioning, but this was far more than that. All of San Diego county, parts of Orange County to the North, parts of Baja Mexico to the south, and parts of Arizona all lost power. 1.4 million households were without power, and it sounds like Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-6527558424850704722011-06-08T20:55:00.001-07:002011-06-08T20:58:47.168-07:00April 7th, 2011.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } photo.jpg, originally uploaded by Rosemary Grace. On April 7th, my Grandmother Sue died. It was not completely unexpected. She was in the hospital recovering from a fall and the removal of a benign mass in her intestines. Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-82610706741312457892011-03-29T14:32:00.000-07:002011-03-29T14:37:02.896-07:00Wordle - the past 12 months.In San Diego State University colours. I think I'll see how my thesis translates to a wordle as well.Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-20490761531315982512011-03-12T10:31:00.001-08:002011-03-12T10:31:06.500-08:00Ladybug, ladybug.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } photo.JPG, originally uploaded by Rosemary Grace. This is a Schacht Ladybug spinning wheel. It is mine. I put it together last night and spun & plied a sample skein in about half the time it would have taken me with a Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098829.post-1090538807067139142011-02-24T16:38:00.000-08:002011-02-24T16:49:43.474-08:00The Fat OneI first found body acceptance/fat acceptance blogs and writers through diet blogs, like Diet Girl. It was '03 or '04 and I was looking for healthy eating / exercise ideas that didn't make me want to stab my own eyeballs out or smash everything in sight (and then eat it). I wrote the bulk of this post in 2004. I kept meaning to come back to it and finish it, but never have.This week I started Rosemary Riveterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.com2