Chocolatespoon: Emily’s Musings

A former colleague sent me a note about a site that’s giving people Valentine’s Day ideas that are way better than the standard candies or flowers options. Things like donations and volunteering and other alternatives to the typical Hallmark fare (their goal is to have people give “good” instead of “goods”) There’s info about it [...]

for beating Mom and me in Scrabulous…. rematch? (and I had been on such a nice winning streak the last few games!)

My friends at work bought Clara a wonderful “Sleep Sheep” off of our registry — its a super soft stuffed animal sheep that plays the soothing sounds of heart beats, rain, ocean and whale (the idea of a sheep making whale sounds got quite a laugh). Unfortunately our sound box stopped working almost immediately. I [...]

This is Brian, Emily’s brother… got a call from California.  Emily is in labor, has been all day.  We will update as things progress.

We were ignoring the news all weekend while we were off having fun (photos coming soon) and I didn’t notice the giant crib recall that just happened.  We do have the Simplicity Crib N Changer Combo but I believe we have model 8995 (they’ve recalled  8994 and 8996 among others).  Of course I’ll double check [...]

I just learned that yesterday – Sept 13 – was International Chocolate Day!  We definitely should celebrate that more…

I’ve had a continuing battle with my headlights since I bought my car.  The former owner did something screwy to them like force in ones of the wrong size, and they haven’t been the same since.  S replaced them but on one side the casing or something was damaged and so the bulb was just [...]

First, I have the most amazing husband in the world (but I already knew that) Second, if you get a flat tire, don’t sit there with your headlights on with the engine not running or in addition to being stuck there with a flat tire, you may also have a dead battery. (it seemed like [...]

February 2, 2007, is National Wear Red Day, a day when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness.