Posts Tagged: m.j. pullen

Closing out Closing Day

posted on 09/28/2010

Quick blog tonight – first, I just really want to say “thanks” to everyone for the good vibes, phone calls, texts, etc. It’s been a long but satisfying day. And we have a house! And a condo! And four days to move!! The closing went relatively smoothly today, at least compared to how badly things […]

A Little Too Much Getting it Right

posted on 09/27/2010

I’ve blogged before about my (selective) perfectionism, and how it can sometimes hold me back from getting things done. Needing to get things juuuuust right can really be paralyzing sometimes, because all the work it takes to do something perfectly can seem really overwhelming at the beginning of the task. Please don’t get the wrong […]

The Unfinished Business of Peas and Eggplant

posted on 09/26/2010

In the process of packing today, I pulled some things out of a junk drawer I hadn’t thought about in a while: six little blue and green ceramic vegetables. Two pea pods, two string beans and two eggplants. Anyone who has been in our house knows that I often have things stashed in unexpected places, […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #3 (Inspiration)

posted on 09/24/2010

At this point in the weight loss cycle, I’ve been through denial, more or less hit bottom (or top, if you’re looking at a graph of pounds) and started the rebound. One or two small successes generally get me on the road and then that warm, fuzzy inspired feeling takes hold. This is the jazzed […]

Art and Reality

posted on 09/23/2010

A couple of weeks ago, there was quite a bit of hubbub in the literary world around Jonathan Franzen being crowned the ‘Great American Novelist’ by Time magazine, as well as being given two impossible-to-get New York Times book reviews before his new book Freedom even hit the shelves. There has been sort of a […]

Looking for a New Familiar

posted on 09/22/2010

Moving day is (hopefully) just a few days a way, and I am scuttling around like… like a scuttle-bug, trying to make all the various pieces of the process fit together: preparing for closing, repairs in both places, packing, etc. Some days are like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, and other days are like putting […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #2 (Sad, Sad Realization)

posted on 09/20/2010

After the epic battle (or at least, slightly elevated conversation) between my Ego and Superego, the denial stage of weight loss grinds to an unhappy halt. No longer can I ignore the upward creeping of the scale, and the rationalizations begin to wear so thin that I can see through them clear to the nearest […]

Sunday Night’s Alright for Writin’

posted on 09/20/2010

Well, it’s been a busy and exhausting but fulfilling weekend. I really enjoyed Yom Kippur services this year, not to mention our family’s now-traditional Italian feast before the fast began with Kol Nidre Friday night. And sometime before the headache kicked in, I did notice (with surprise that shouldn’t be surprising, because it’s what I […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #1 (Denial)

posted on 09/17/2010

Today’s blog is inspired by the fact that — as of this morning — I am 11 pounds down since the beginning of summer and only 6.5 to go before I hit my pre-pregnancy weight. Anyway, it got me thinking about how many times I’ve ridden the weight loss roller coaster over the last 20+ […]

The Random Answer

posted on 09/17/2010

I had sort of a nonstop, stressful day today, one that left very little space for contemplation and creativity. We’re in the process of preparing to move, closing on a new home in a couple of weeks and getting our current space ready to rent out to someone else; and today was one of those […]