http://www.unretouchedphoto.com A daily picture of my life in a thousand words . . . more or less. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:52:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a lifelong snoop.  I'm the kind of person who cranes to see into lit living rooms if I happen to be strolling outside at dusk and spy a house with open curtains.  I eavesdrop.  When I babysat as a teenager, I'd check out the medicine cabinet and open ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/03/10/memoirs-memoirs-memoirs-try-typing-that-five-times-fast/ Last summer, my husband and I decided to go to a movie.  I scanned the movie listing on my iPhone.  "The Hurt Locker has gotten really good reviews," I said. I really wanted to see it. "What's it about?" I read him the description and he declared he didn't want to see ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/03/08/the-wife-wins/ We own three cats.  Each one sports an oddity. Roy is a paranoid female shaped like a 10-pound deer, only gray, black and stripey.  She hates me and runs from me as if I'm Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" chasing her with an ax. Chestnut's back legs twist in slightly and she ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/03/05/hissing-and-snarling/ My lilacs have embryonic blossoms and emerging green leaves.  The daffodils are in bloom.  The crocuses have begun to fade.  The forsythia I planted last year is still alive.  The reddish leaves of the Bleeding Heart are unfolding.  Spring.  I love spring. But I am alarmed at how fast the seasons ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/03/01/time-marches-on/ I can't sleep. I've used to pride myself on my ability to sleep soundly.  I once slept through a hurricane in the Outer Banks.  The girls in my college dormitory never kept me awake.  My husband's snores never bothered me. And now?  I go to bed at 1:30 a.m., arrange myself carefully ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/02/25/i-have-lost-my-ability-to-sleep/ You would think that by a particular age (say, forty-five), you might have found your niche.  You'd have People, a circle of friends that would open and admit you without question and understand you without cross-examination.  You'd look into faces that would reflect your own age, your own story, your ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/02/24/uninvited/ Early Wednesday morning, a friend of mine had her first baby, a beautiful baby girl.  She opted for the surprise, so we didn't know until after the baby was born that it was a girl. So, I hurried down to buy baby girl clothes, lots of flowers and pink stripes and ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/02/19/product-review-johnsons-baby-products/ You may or may not know this about me, but I love "The View".  I remember watching it when it first aired.  My son (who turns 12 next week) was a baby and so I would be awake in the dark hours of the super early morning (like 3 a.m.) ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/02/19/i-watch-the-view-i-do/ Watching the Olympic games leads me to believe that I could totally land a triple toe loop.  I could glide around that short track without crashing into the cushioned walls.  But my real strength would be snowboarding the half-pipe.  How do I know?  I have snowboarding hair, that's how.  Plus, ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/02/18/seriously-move-along-i-am-boring/ Reading now:  Eat, Pray Love Listening to:  Television late-night Olympic coverage * Every night when I clock out from the website where I work, I think, "Oh, I should blog."  That is immediately followed by, "Oh, I'll blog tomorrow." And tomorrow?  No time.  I sleep.  I run errands.  I start working.  Split shifts kind ... http://www.unretouchedphoto.com/2010/02/16/mini-daffodils-and-linty-spoons/