cranky pixels » portland http://www.crankypixels.com for best results, add coffee Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:36:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 summerlovely http://www.crankypixels.com/2010/summerlovely/ http://www.crankypixels.com/2010/summerlovely/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:10:32 +0000 jessica http://www.crankypixels.com/2010/07/summerlovely/ Today:

  • Beignets from Violetta
  • Mallhopping with the kid, who insisted on getting a plush Koopa Troopa (he’s been on a Super Mario kick)
  • Ice cream using the gift certificate I won in the Metro Parent drawing
  • Dangling our feet in the fountain at Director Park

It was a pretty good day.

]]> http://www.crankypixels.com/2010/summerlovely/feed/ 0 too hot http://www.crankypixels.com/2009/too-hot-2/ http://www.crankypixels.com/2009/too-hot-2/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:22:10 +0000 jessica http://www.cranky-mama.com/2009/08/too-hot-2/ Yesterday Ellison said we needed to “blow on the outside.”

Yeah, there’s been a heat wave in Portland.


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Today’s flurries aren’t even really sticking, but I have the shades open so I can watch the snow fall. I tried to interest Happy Fun Baby (“Look! Snow!”) but, surprisingly, he cares very little about something he can barely see or understand. Just wait until there’s enough on the ground for snowballs, that’s all I have to say.

Actually, the little one is feeling pretty punk. He woke up every hour or so last night wailing like the world was ending, arching his back and kicking, only somewhat mollified by the usual panacea of nursing. This morning he fell asleep sitting up in the comfy chair, but every time his head tilted back he’d choke a little and wake himself up. Poor Boo. I moved him to the futon and he’s curled up there now, sound asleep, with a look of displeasure on his face.

My diagnosis is a cold, which is probably exacerbated by the fact that he’s teething like a mofo. During our Santa Cruz trip he was regularly soaking through his shirts with drool, and when we got home he got serious about the biting business, going to town on his various teething implements. The odd thing is I can’t for the life of me figure out which tooth is coming through. I suspect molars. I dread molars. It can’t be time for molars yet, can it? (Note: denial. Baby cannot be turning a year old in two weeks. Is impossible. Next question.)

The snow is barely even coming down now, and all the flakes I photographed have melted. It’s okay. I’m still feeling wintry.

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