January 2010
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Tonight
A crazy snowstorm came between me and my best lady and prevented us from completing the first half of the current Old Chicago mini beer tour called (no joke) “I Love Beer.” I think we can all agree that weather preventing me from spending quality time with Carly, free t-shirts and beer is an utter travesty.
With the change of plans, I had dinner at my favorite local Mexican joint...
“In 1960, we spent 18% of our income on food and 5% on healthcare nationally,...”
– Stats given during Michael Pollan’s Oprah appearance
Food, Inc. should be required viewing for every single American.
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“I hate cynicism… It’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t...”
– Conan O’Brien
The best.
Nothing beats coming home for lunch after learning some really awesome news (details to follow), crawling into bed with the boyfriend who is fast asleep after a long night at work, waking him up to tell him the really awesome news, watching him groggily smile as he reaches for my hand and murmurs that he’s proud of me.
Also: his bed head.
Mac & Cheese
From A California Girl in the Kitchen: Budget-Friendly Mac & Cheese
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“I’m not sure what’s harder to believe- Jake didn’t kiss a girl till the 11th...”
– Chris Harrison’s blog is the only good thing about The Bachelor this season.
AND YET I AM STILL WATCHING.
I am way too invested in finding out whether or...
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“To leave without even one of them was not an option.”
– Ali McMutrie on leaving Haiti with the children from BRESMA.
Read this without crying. I dare you.
These girls are my heroes.
A Pretty Significant Update
It is with tears in my eyes and a heart full of hope that I bring you the incredible news that Alexander is now safely in Pittsburgh, PA along with the other children from the BRESMA orphanage who have adoptive parents in the US.
Ross and Jean are headed to Pittsburgh and should be bringing Alex home to Wichita in a few days. This is… incredible.
To everyone who followed along and kept...
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I wrote a lil' something for Brazen Careerist on... →
You know you do it too.
“There are so many needs in this world, and so much suffering - why criticize...”
– A commenter on the BRESMA opinion piece on CNN.com in response to a negative comment.
I could not agree more.
WatchAbove: Ross & Jean’s interview on Anderson Cooper 360.
The message, from all of us who have spent the past three days frantically trying to MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, is this:
The government, including the US State Department, is working to save children who were orphans before the quake. We are all so grateful for their action, but we need them to hurry. We need their efforts to include...
Ross & Jean's story is now the featured story on... →
“Because of the earthquake, and the interruption in the adoption process, Haskell said, he and his wife realize “our adoption may never happen.”
“We realize Alex may never live in this house.”
But right now there is something more important, he said: “We are his parents, and we want him to live.”
Read more: Wichita Eagle
WatchAbove: video of the BRESMA orphanage, Ali, Jamie and the kids (including Alexander! He’s the adorable little boy in the blue shirt) is now available thanks to the incredible work of CNN.
Ross and Jean were also interviewed live on Anderson Cooper 360 tonight. If you can, try to catch an encore performance. There was a part of me that was like “oh my God, my boss is on CNN!” A...
Media coverage of the BRESMA orphanage in Haiti:
CNN
ABC News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wichita’s KAKE news (focused on Ross, Jean & Alex)
Wichita’s KCWH news (ditto)
Jean’s blog post on verb [ICT]
Keep praying. Keep hoping.
I am.
HUGE UPDATE via the Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
Supporters of two Ben Avon sisters running an orphanage in Haiti secured permission to bring 150 Haitian children to Pittsburgh, former...
Conversations with my [now former] boss #427
Me: I think I'm going to cry now. I'm going to sit here and squeeze out a tear.
[Former] Boss: Please do. And place it in a cup on my desk. I believe it strengthens my chi to drink the tears of my coworkers.
“You have been told that real life is not like college and you have been...”
– Meryl Streep (via nancysun & elizabethanne)
I just realized that I am filming my, ahem,...
And I have not officially figured out what I am going to make (though it looks like pizza due to logistics), practiced the timing (four minutes is VERY SHORT), or decided what I am going to wear (obviously crucial).
This seems problematic.
[meet] Haiti →
We were lucky to get Dr. Jean C. Griffith to write about her experience in Haiti for verb [ICT] today.
It’s an inside look at Port-au-Prince, the BRESMA orphanage and the beautiful people who have been calling it home.
Have Kleenex handy.
And if you can help, please do.
Follow #BRESMA on Twitter for frequent updates.
Retweet, reblog and be noisy. We’re internet people. We can make...
An update on the BRESMA orphanage in Haiti →
Prayers, hope and help still desperately needed.
I Need Your Help.
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post yesterday about my boss (and friend), his wife and the little boy they are in the process of adopting from Haiti.
Since then, Ross has been able to get in touch with the incredible young women who run BRESMA, the orphanage where Alex lives.
The good news: they are all alive. The bad news: the ground is still shaking, they are living in the driveway...
shanelife asked: Is Lady Gaga this generation's Madonna?
Anonymous asked: What makes you feel alive?
Haiti.
My boss, Ross, and his wife are in the painfully long process of adopting a little boy named Alex from Haiti. Specifically from Port-Au-Prince. He lives in an orphanage run by two incredibly strong American women who have given everything to help the children in their care.
Ross has taken three trips to Haiti in the past year to visit Alex. He’s brought back pictures and told countless...
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by lindsayrobertson via soupsoup
YES.
I'm having some sort of early mid-life crisis
Symptoms:
Asking myself repeatedly what I am doing with my life.
Questioning everything and everyone.
Insomnia for the first time ever.
Lack of motivation.
Mini-anxiety attacks.
Random crying.
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The only thing that makes me happy right now is cooking. I have no explanation for this other than it’s methodical and soothing in its certainty. If I mix together these ingredients, I...
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Bison Chili
Bison Chili - A California Girl in the Kitchen
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“Everyone knows that Gretchen dated that old sick guy who bought her lots of...”
– Gawker on The Real Housewives of Orange County
Slade Smiley is my television nemesis.