it can't be good when the homework puts you to sleep in a fetal position

russ told me he was going to study and i turned around to work on my computer. after not hearing anything for a bit, i looked around to check on him and saw him curled up in a ball around his textbook.

we're in what russ calls the "wednesday" of the fall semester, but it does seem to be all rushing by so fast.

root balls anyone?

weight of tree with root ball = (weight of normal tree) + (R x B)
where R = circumference of the roots and where B = "how much dirt can we pack in this burlap sack uncle billy?"

let's just say i'm a little scraped up and hope that the sap comes out of my hair.

new dishrack

so, our old dishrack finally crapped out on us this weekend and with no viable option for drying dishes, we set out to find something that would really work for us. this is what we ended up with. it does work really well and although the price tag was a bit of a pain (49.99), nothing else was big enough and sturdy enough to tempt us.

plus, this one actually has a drain plate that goes right into the sink, so we don't have a nasty dish towel under the rack anymore. muuuuuuch better.

in other news, we've been welcoming the slightly cooler temps lately and i've been updating my list of things i need/want from texas. russ has been up to his eyeballs in homework and projects and papers and i've been painting things green (christmas preparation) for weeks.

i've been feeling a little better about the friend thing, and i'm really feeling like there is a reason we are in this city, even for the short span of 2 years. we've already been challenged so much and i know we're going to grow a lot through this experience.

anyhow, that's pretty much it. i wanted to update, but i'm feeling a bit sleepy after eating lunch, so this was the short version.
:) sam

words that start to get close to what i feel

"Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away." -George Eliot

It is such a rare thing to find those people with whom we truly feel safe. So rare, in fact, that I can count the people that have been in my life in such a capacity on one hand. I married one. I've known others since junior high, college and some I've met since then. What's really funny to me is that most of the time, these people are ones that I wouldn't normally have thought would become such a haven for me when I met them. Some are young, some are older, and most all of them have very different personalities from myself. That "judging a book by its cover" saying...I think it might be true.

I miss them. I miss having the laughs, the tender, vulnerable moments, the honesty. I become such a fortress when left to my own devices...

I hope to be with all or some of them again soon.
I love you all,
sam

there is a river in your heart, what dreams issue forth on those melancholy waves!

there are new drawings on my flickr page!! i'm very excited about them, so go see them! (the title of this post is that of the drawing)

ten things i cannot live without (i should say, 'would rather not live without', but you get the idea)
1. black tea with milk and toast with jam for breakfast
2. koh-i-noor sepia pens
3. fabric shears (seriously, they make life so much better! if you sew, you know what i mean!)
4. marc jacobs grass perfume (can make me smell clean when i'm not)
5. method kitchen spray
6. my laptop
7. sage & citrus candle from yankee candles
8. pride & prejudice dvd (the a&e version)
9. prescription sunglasses
10. cloth grocery bags

and no i'm not so shallow as to not put my husband and friends on my list, but it was more a list of things....

anyhow, happy monday everyone!
sam