http://www.katieallisongranju.com I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:28:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en E. and his 6 year old cousin, M. on our front porch http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/04/boys-of-summer/ I have tried really hard to keep my Honda minivan - now just over a year old - cleaner than my previous vehicles. Jon helps alot, and I've been more careful about letting the kids eat/drink in the car. But last week I broke my rule and let E. have a milkshake ... http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/04/patchouli-plus-rancid-milk/ "No, not for baby!" http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/04/our-family-motto-of-late/ Adrienne blogged this week about her decision to keep her "maiden" (hilarious way we put that) name when she married. Of course, with a cool last name like "Martini," who wouldn't want to keep it? I toyed with keeping my maiden name when I first married in 1990 ("Allison"), but my ... http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/03/whats-in-a-name-2/ I have always wanted to make the rule that no shoes are to be worn in my house. I've tired off and on - with limited success - to insist that the children follow this rule. But I've always felt very uncomfortable suggesting that adults remove their shoes before coming ... http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/02/shoeless/ I had a funny experence today. I met someone for the first time at a meeting today - someone I'd heard a lot about over the years. She had also read some of my writing and heard about me from here and there, but we had never met in person. At the ... http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/02/whats-expected/ The baby cousins are really growing! http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/02/video-the-baby-cousins/ I'm not much into cartoons, but here's a concept I could get behind: Primary Wave, the publisher that owns most of the Hall & Oates catalog is shopping around a cartoon called "J-Stache" in which John's upper-lip hair is used as a weapon to fell such evil stache-wearing villains as Tom ... http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/02/maybe-he-could-battle-tom-sellecks-chest-hair/ Emergency Music: You'll be the Death of Us All, Honey Not only does this record shimmer and sizzle (excellent qualities for summer pop listening), you can download the whole dang thing FOR FREE. http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/02/currently-digging/ He has her balanced - rather precariously - at work. But at least she's sleeping!!! http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/01/a-new-definition-of-work-family-balance/ C. has been the best sleeper among my four children. She generally nurses quickly once or twice a night, rolls over and goes right back to sleep. Suddenly, however, she is on a nurse-o-rama all night long. And occasionally she lets me know - I can just tell - that ... http://www.katieallisongranju.com/2008/07/01/sleep-whats-that/