Most popular posts of 2006
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pegkerr, but supplemented with updates on the topics involved:
January 23rd, My love for Aldi, which got 17 comments.
I still love Aldi. I still shop there most (though not all) weeks. And it's still damn cheap.
January 30th, A meme in which I try to demonstrate how unusual my taste in music/books/kitchen gadgets is but the 18 comments demonstrate to me that they're really pretty pedestrian.
Reading through the comments revealed that my old Carleton friend Mec Scharding had dropped by to offer "nearly free" copies of Gatorr: The Fighting Rabbit on DVD to anyone who was a cast member. If you were in Gatorr and want it on DVD, go back to that page for Mec's e-mail. Er, if you weren't in Gatorr and want a DVD of a movie where an inflatable raft passes as a "special effect," for some reason, my guess is that the markup for non-cast-members is pretty negligible. If you knowmalachitefer or dtm or lilsonna, it could make for good blackmail material.
April 30th, Kiera is living up to the "terrible twos" label. 18 comments.
You know what's hilarious is that just before I wrote this entry (this one, the "Most Popular Posts" one) I had commented onlilisonna's journal that two-year-olds get a bad rap and both my children were GREAT at two and it was at THREE that they drove me up a wall. As an additional update, I will note that Kiera is now three (and a half) and driving me completely crazy on a regular basis.
May 2nd, Molly is reading, yay!, 27 comments.
Molly continues to read, yay! Also, the idea I had of creating bookmark cups has been a smashing success, and gave me an excellent use for the reams of political literature that arrived at our house through the summer and fall. (It was all made of this heavy, glossy paper, which makes excellent bookmarks.)
May 14th, a discussion of utopic societies in science fiction, particularly ones where the author thinks the society is utopic but you're horrified by the thought of living there. 34 comments.
I read Jo Walton's Farthing a few months back, which is a dystopia in which the author knows damn well she's writing a dystopia, but the protagonist doesn't really accept the extent to which she is living in a dystopia until near the end. It's a fabulous, horrifying book, and appallingly plausible.
June 22nd, American Girl Dolls, Polly Pockets, Class, and Privilege. 29 comments.
In the comments, someone suggested that Molly save up for an American Girls doll if she wants one. I said there was no way -- these dolls cost $80 and she gets $1 a week. I am officially eating my words: she has been saving since August and is almost there.
June 30th, The relative olden days, and privations like rotary-dial phones. 19 comments.
Molly asked me today about outhouses, after using a Port-A-Pot. I told her that her grandmother (my mother) lived in a house with an outhouse and no running water when she was Molly's age. Molly was appropriately impressed.
August 21st, I asked for book recommendations for Molly and got 61 comments.
Some books that were suggested on this thread that Molly has since read and enjoyed: the Bobbsey Twins (my mother gave her the first six Bobbsey Twins books for her birthday); The Wizard of Oz; Pippi Longstocking; The Babysitter's Club series; and Trixie Belden, of which she read a large stack in the last two weeks while school has been out.
November 1st, I sparked controversy by saying that I was going to vote against the Transportation Amendment and the Instant Runoff ballot proposal. 42 comments.
The Transportation Amendment and the Instant Runoff initiative passed without my help.
November 6th, I requested that people talk me into voting for Mike Hatch. 25 comments.
Mike Hatch failed to win election even with my help. We did, however, get a fully Democratic state legislature, and a Democratic Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Auditor. Tim Pawlenty is basically the only Republican left. I wonder if he'll resign to campaign when he gets picked as a running mate, or if he'll keep his job in case he loses?
November 16th, Oh crap, Molly is reading books by Bible thumpers. 32 comments.
Molly asked for more Twelve Candles Club books on a later library trip. She checked out a bunch but has only finished one; the rest are sitting around half-finished while she reads Trixie Belden.
December 22nd, Muslims are cool, dammit, especially immigrant Muslims, and Virgil Goode can go to hell. 19 comments.
I think this post might have gotten more responses if I hadn't put it up right before Christmas.
pegkerr, but supplemented with updates on the topics involved:January 23rd, My love for Aldi, which got 17 comments.
I still love Aldi. I still shop there most (though not all) weeks. And it's still damn cheap.
January 30th, A meme in which I try to demonstrate how unusual my taste in music/books/kitchen gadgets is but the 18 comments demonstrate to me that they're really pretty pedestrian.
Reading through the comments revealed that my old Carleton friend Mec Scharding had dropped by to offer "nearly free" copies of Gatorr: The Fighting Rabbit on DVD to anyone who was a cast member. If you were in Gatorr and want it on DVD, go back to that page for Mec's e-mail. Er, if you weren't in Gatorr and want a DVD of a movie where an inflatable raft passes as a "special effect," for some reason, my guess is that the markup for non-cast-members is pretty negligible. If you know
malachitefer or dtm or lilsonna, it could make for good blackmail material.April 30th, Kiera is living up to the "terrible twos" label. 18 comments.
You know what's hilarious is that just before I wrote this entry (this one, the "Most Popular Posts" one) I had commented on
lilisonna's journal that two-year-olds get a bad rap and both my children were GREAT at two and it was at THREE that they drove me up a wall. As an additional update, I will note that Kiera is now three (and a half) and driving me completely crazy on a regular basis. May 2nd, Molly is reading, yay!, 27 comments.
Molly continues to read, yay! Also, the idea I had of creating bookmark cups has been a smashing success, and gave me an excellent use for the reams of political literature that arrived at our house through the summer and fall. (It was all made of this heavy, glossy paper, which makes excellent bookmarks.)
May 14th, a discussion of utopic societies in science fiction, particularly ones where the author thinks the society is utopic but you're horrified by the thought of living there. 34 comments.
I read Jo Walton's Farthing a few months back, which is a dystopia in which the author knows damn well she's writing a dystopia, but the protagonist doesn't really accept the extent to which she is living in a dystopia until near the end. It's a fabulous, horrifying book, and appallingly plausible.
June 22nd, American Girl Dolls, Polly Pockets, Class, and Privilege. 29 comments.
In the comments, someone suggested that Molly save up for an American Girls doll if she wants one. I said there was no way -- these dolls cost $80 and she gets $1 a week. I am officially eating my words: she has been saving since August and is almost there.
June 30th, The relative olden days, and privations like rotary-dial phones. 19 comments.
Molly asked me today about outhouses, after using a Port-A-Pot. I told her that her grandmother (my mother) lived in a house with an outhouse and no running water when she was Molly's age. Molly was appropriately impressed.
August 21st, I asked for book recommendations for Molly and got 61 comments.
Some books that were suggested on this thread that Molly has since read and enjoyed: the Bobbsey Twins (my mother gave her the first six Bobbsey Twins books for her birthday); The Wizard of Oz; Pippi Longstocking; The Babysitter's Club series; and Trixie Belden, of which she read a large stack in the last two weeks while school has been out.
November 1st, I sparked controversy by saying that I was going to vote against the Transportation Amendment and the Instant Runoff ballot proposal. 42 comments.
The Transportation Amendment and the Instant Runoff initiative passed without my help.
November 6th, I requested that people talk me into voting for Mike Hatch. 25 comments.
Mike Hatch failed to win election even with my help. We did, however, get a fully Democratic state legislature, and a Democratic Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Auditor. Tim Pawlenty is basically the only Republican left. I wonder if he'll resign to campaign when he gets picked as a running mate, or if he'll keep his job in case he loses?
November 16th, Oh crap, Molly is reading books by Bible thumpers. 32 comments.
Molly asked for more Twelve Candles Club books on a later library trip. She checked out a bunch but has only finished one; the rest are sitting around half-finished while she reads Trixie Belden.
December 22nd, Muslims are cool, dammit, especially immigrant Muslims, and Virgil Goode can go to hell. 19 comments.
I think this post might have gotten more responses if I hadn't put it up right before Christmas.
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Date: 2007-01-07 10:48 pm (UTC)If she wants a horse, she needs to save up money to board it, too; we don't have space for a horse in our backyard.
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Date: 2007-01-08 02:26 am (UTC)Laters
Kristen
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Date: 2007-01-08 02:43 pm (UTC)My girls LOVE their American Girl dolls. Fiona, to my surprise, is just as interested at 13 as Delia is at 10. Their grandparents give them clothes for the dolls at Christmas and on their birthdays, which keeps their interest high. We also get the American Girl magazine.
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Date: 2007-01-08 04:17 pm (UTC)Her second favorite girl is Kit.
She's not even remotely interested in Molly.
Terrible Twos and Threes
Date: 2007-01-09 12:27 am (UTC)Rob
Re: Terrible Twos and Threes
Date: 2007-01-09 12:46 am (UTC)Kiera followed much more their schedule. My post about her being a Terrible Two was written at almost exactly 2 1/2. She's now 3 1/2 and has taken a strong swing in the "more difficult" direction. (Clinginess, whining, tantrums at the drop of a hat, and -- most recently -- the exciting new discovery that she can push her sister's buttons and get Molly to put on a show. I came downstairs on one of the last days of vacation to find Molly throwing a fit because Kiera had sat right next to her on the rug and was, every few seconds, poking her with paper clip. When I came in to see what on earth was inspiring the banshee shrieks, Kiera looked up at me with a totally delighted "look what I can do, isn't this cool?" grin.)
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Date: 2007-01-10 04:51 am (UTC)On the plus side, I was inspired to google for that dubious movie title, and it led me to discover things like Ann Zawistowski's blog, which has been full of mostly happy news over the last several months, so that almost evens things up. Especially since I didn't actually do anything foolish like go and watch Gatorr.