avocado82010-08-05T17:19:39Zregaling the web with tales of whoatag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1Movable TypeCopyright (c) 2010, LoriMmmmm, Peachy2010-08-05T17:19:39Z2010-08-05T17:12:02Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25202010-08-05T17:12:02Z I've been enjoying this breakfast smoothie so much (and so often) lately that I thought I'd share it with everyone while it's still peach season....Lorilori@avocado8.comfood
I've been enjoying this breakfast smoothie so much (and so often) lately that I thought I'd share it with everyone while it's still peach season....
iWhat?2010-08-21T12:26:52Z2010-05-19T04:39:34Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25182010-05-19T04:39:34Z At dinner tonight, the Beaner says, "You know, Apple's making a lot of 'i' products now."...Lorilori@avocado8.comparenthood
At dinner tonight, the Beaner says, "You know, Apple's making a lot of 'i' products now."...
Quiet as A...2010-08-21T12:29:11Z2010-04-30T20:55:41Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25172010-04-30T20:55:41Z Due to a schedule change with our nanny, Al and I are now responsible for picking the Beaner up from school on the days when he gets out at noon. We split duties, each taking a different day....Lorilori@avocado8.comparenthood
Due to a schedule change with our nanny, Al and I are now responsible for picking the Beaner up from school on the days when he gets out at noon. We split duties, each taking a different day....
Agile in Action2010-04-30T03:27:01Z2010-03-17T00:54:11Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25162010-03-17T00:54:11Z Recently I started a new Flickr set called Scrum in Practice, and I've been using it to collect photos of my team (and others at CIM) practicing, as the name suggests, Scrum....Lorilori@avocado8.comwork
Recently I started a new Flickr set called Scrum in Practice, and I've been using it to collect photos of my team (and others at CIM) practicing, as the name suggests, Scrum....
Invalidity2010-04-27T19:04:11Z2010-03-15T04:46:51Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25152010-03-15T04:46:51Z Tonight Al asked me to order something online for him from Brookstone. I found the site relatively easy to navigate, and I even successfully found something extra we needed to get up to the $100 minimum for free shipping. Then this happened:...Lorilori@avocado8.comme, me, me
Tonight Al asked me to order something online for him from Brookstone. I found the site relatively easy to navigate, and I even successfully found something extra we needed to get up to the $100 minimum for free shipping. Then this happened:...
The Moral of the Story2010-02-19T17:32:10Z2010-01-17T15:18:52Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25142010-01-17T15:18:52Z At breakfast the other morning, the Beaner held up a book with an orange cover (yes, we allow books and magazines at the table, though I sweep them away if I notice he's not eating) and announced, "Mom, it just occurred to me what Green Eggs and Ham is about."...Lorilori@avocado8.comparenthood
At breakfast the other morning, the Beaner held up a book with an orange cover (yes, we allow books and magazines at the table, though I sweep them away if I notice he's not eating) and announced, "Mom, it just occurred to me what Green Eggs and Ham is about."...
Bad Blogger, Great Kid2010-02-20T14:29:32Z2010-01-14T01:55:46Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25132010-01-14T01:55:46Z OK, so obviously I fell off the NaBloPoMo wagon. I found that I just didn't have enough material to write about every day—at least at length. I have things on my mind, but that doesn't mean I want to sit down and expound upon them anymore, apparently....Lorilori@avocado8.comparenthood
OK, so obviously I fell off the NaBloPoMo wagon. I found that I just didn't have enough material to write about every day—at least at length. I have things on my mind, but that doesn't mean I want to sit down and expound upon them anymore, apparently....
Damn Hackers2010-02-09T15:12:20Z2010-01-07T04:22:18Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25122010-01-07T04:22:18Z Instead of blogging about the connection between work and Richie Cunningham tonight, as I had planned to do, I spent the past couple hours cleaning up even more crap files left on my site by hackers. (I cleaned up a ton more the other night.)...Lorilori@avocado8.comtechnically speaking
Instead of blogging about the connection between work and Richie Cunningham tonight, as I had planned to do, I spent the past couple hours cleaning up even more crap files left on my site by hackers. (I cleaned up a ton more the other night.)...
Good Day, Few Words2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2010-01-06T01:37:53Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25112010-01-06T01:37:53Z Even though nothing spectacularly good happened (in fact, a few things went wrong on the deployment front at work), today felt like a good day. I walked home happy. I got two giant and soothing hugs from the Beaner. I ate a lovely arugula salad and drank a pineapple-banana-Korean pear smoothie for dinner. I finished off some work e-mails, placed a drugstore.com order, uploaded a few photos from the Princeton trip, and now I'm calling it a night. That's...Lorilori@avocado8.comme, me, me
Even though nothing spectacularly good happened (in fact, a few things went wrong on the deployment front at work), today felt like a good day. I walked home happy. I got two giant and soothing hugs from the Beaner. I ate a lovely arugula salad and drank a pineapple-banana-Korean pear smoothie for dinner. I finished off some work e-mails, placed a drugstore.com order, uploaded a few photos from the Princeton trip, and now I'm calling it a night. That's...
A Lesson in Refactoring2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2010-01-05T00:34:25Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25102010-01-05T00:34:25Z Shawna gave the Beaner an enormous marble run as a combined birthday/Christmas gift, and I finally got to see it in action the other day. It took up the whole play table, involved two conveyor belts, and had innumerable tubes, chutes, flaps, lights, and whistles. Very cool....Lorilori@avocado8.comparenthood
Shawna gave the Beaner an enormous marble run as a combined birthday/Christmas gift, and I finally got to see it in action the other day. It took up the whole play table, involved two conveyor belts, and had innumerable tubes, chutes, flaps, lights, and whistles. Very cool....
The Glow2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2010-01-04T01:44:17Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25092010-01-04T01:44:17Z Still have a glow from a lovely weekend in Princeton... or maybe it's the cold-mulled wine I've been drinking for the past couple hours. Hard to tell. It could also be the cheery feeling that reading A Frog in the Bog to the Beaner gives me, and the happy memory of buying that book in Pittsburgh this time two years ago....Lorilori@avocado8.comfood
Still have a glow from a lovely weekend in Princeton... or maybe it's the cold-mulled wine I've been drinking for the past couple hours. Hard to tell. It could also be the cheery feeling that reading A Frog in the Bog to the Beaner gives me, and the happy memory of buying that book in Pittsburgh this time two years ago....
Show Excitement or Emotion2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2010-01-03T01:12:46Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25082010-01-03T01:12:46Z Enjoyed a lovely, if bitterly cold, day in Princeton with Al and the Beaner. We spent the morning exploring and photographing the Princeton University campus (photos to follow; I shot a few with the 10D and a couple with the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim), then warmed up with tea and apple cider at Starbucks....Lorilori@avocado8.comtravel
Enjoyed a lovely, if bitterly cold, day in Princeton with Al and the Beaner. We spent the morning exploring and photographing the Princeton University campus (photos to follow; I shot a few with the 10D and a couple with the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim), then warmed up with tea and apple cider at Starbucks....
Janus2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2010-01-01T15:30:23Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2010:/blog//1.25072010-01-01T15:30:23Z Wow, it's hard to believe that we're 10 years away from Y2K now... and yet somehow I'm not sure that a century really gets rolling until about 20 years in. Perhaps because it's so awkward to refer to the 00s and the 10s? Much easier to point to the 20s, 30s, etc. (Speaking of which, I wonder if the 20s will be "roaring" this time around?)...Lorilori@avocado8.comphotography
Wow, it's hard to believe that we're 10 years away from Y2K now... and yet somehow I'm not sure that a century really gets rolling until about 20 years in. Perhaps because it's so awkward to refer to the 00s and the 10s? Much easier to point to the 20s, 30s, etc. (Speaking of which, I wonder if the 20s will be "roaring" this time around?)...
Short-Term Resolutions2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2009-12-31T01:16:06Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2009:/blog//1.25062009-12-31T01:16:06Z It's not quite New Year's yet, but I already have a couple resolutions that I want to make. One is to spend the three days that I have off this weekend taking photos. It's been too long since I've just walked around, looking for the beauty in everyday things. And the women at the Walgreens photo counter are starting to miss me and my negatives only + CD orders, too....Lorilori@avocado8.comphotography
It's not quite New Year's yet, but I already have a couple resolutions that I want to make. One is to spend the three days that I have off this weekend taking photos. It's been too long since I've just walked around, looking for the beauty in everyday things. And the women at the Walgreens photo counter are starting to miss me and my negatives only + CD orders, too....
It's Automatic2010-01-17T15:16:43Z2009-12-23T01:52:50Ztag:www.avocado8.com,2009:/blog//1.25042009-12-23T01:52:50Z The Beaner's been talking a lot lately about getting a little sister. (He projects with his Mickey and Minnie dolls; Mickey—or the Beaner—is the big brother, and Minnie is the little sister.)...Lorilori@avocado8.comparenthood
The Beaner's been talking a lot lately about getting a little sister. (He projects with his Mickey and Minnie dolls; Mickey—or the Beaner—is the big brother, and Minnie is the little sister.)...