A Wandering Eyre

Penelope Trunk wrote a great post on why women are not as concerned with “taking time off” to have kids as some people think. I am not expecting “time off” from anything. Raising kids is a full-time job. I do not agree with everything Penelope Trunk has to say on her blog, but much of [...]

(picture inclusion with a nod towards Helene Blowers) This post has been a long time coming. If all works out accordingly, this post will be published directly after or right before I hand the interested parties my letter of resignation from the University of Houston Libraries where I have worked for three and a half [...]

Karen Schneider, who has always given me great advice, is sharing some of her wisdom about being “famous.” Timely, the post is, being just before Midwinter, when we will all scurry around trying to meet old friends and new ones in chilly Philly. I really enjoyed the post and was reminded of all the people, [...]

Mr. Rochester and I have set up a family blog, Defying Genetics, for our friends and family who live too far away to hear and see frequent updates about our growing clan. I wanted a place to put more family type things and I thought I should separate that space from this one. Follow along [...]

A mundane update about me, because really, it is all about me, you know. I had a fun weekend filled with tree trimming and house light hanging. Mr. Rochester could really care less about either, but I adore them so that he perches on the ladder while I hand him gutter clips and the next [...]

At the request of KGS, here is a list of what I am thankful for this year. My growing faith and some important lessons I have learned. Mr. Rochester, the best husband anyone could ask for. Last night, he gave me a big hug and told me he missed me the last couple days. Mondays [...]

All of the principles have been told and I think it is time to tell the Interwebs. In a flight of fancy with a dash of what-the-heck-were-we-thinking, Mr. Rochester and I are expanding the Rochester household. We should have a bundle of Human Beta somewhere around the end of April. I think it will end [...]

I spent a weekend in Milwaukee before the Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium. I have an Aunt and an Uncle who live there and I see them so seldom that I had to take the opportunity to visit. Milwaukee is a beautiful city and in the summer it really is at its finest. I had [...]

IMG_3766 Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre. The cruise was great. Amazingly, after four days, I was very tired of all the eating, but the drinking was still fun. There are lots of fruity drinks on my flickr page now. I have condensed my trip into the following top five: Top Five Cruise Memories real wonderful [...]

Arg, Matey! The Rochesters will be sailing the high seas on our way to a couple stops in Mexico this week. It is my first cruise and I am looking forward to all the things I have heard about, like the food and the swim up bar. Mr. R and I are going with his [...]