tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61071819918499495192024-03-05T14:07:51.887-06:00notes from the music box stepslife, love, and politicsnotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.comBlogger422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-58522788125917956832020-12-02T11:01:00.004-06:002020-12-02T11:01:46.145-06:00Politicizing the PandemicMy colleagues may be speaking for the very loud minority in St. Louis County that has simply had enough of the pandemic and want the freedom to live like we aren't in the middle of a global pandemic. But I'm speaking for the majority of St. Louis Countians when I say that we feel better with public health officials issuing orders that keep us safe and ensure that our healthcare notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-78444761218558790722020-10-20T11:06:00.003-05:002020-10-20T11:06:45.735-05:00accepting what I can't changeOur last Council meeting lasted 16 hours over 6 days. We received an unprecedented number of public comments (over 2,200, when our prior record was probably 400-ish) in response to a debate all across the state and country: who should be in charge of this pandemic.In my view, which is the minority on the Council though the majority of St. Louis County, our County Executive, Dr. Page, and notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-16188404612562783682020-10-18T12:37:00.002-05:002020-10-18T12:37:13.681-05:00common sense gun ordinanceAnn Givens from The Trace gave me a ring a few weeks ago after finding an abc news article from February-ish about the gun ordinance the St. Louis County Council passed just before Covid hit. We had a few really great conversations about that particular piece of legislation, what it does and doesn't do, and why it's so important to me that we do more.Here's her story, https://notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-74475516538403105342020-10-08T17:21:00.002-05:002020-10-09T12:12:19.406-05:00leading in the age of covidI have been a member of the St. Louis County Council for a little over a year. In my first year as a public servant, our county, nation, and every country around the world has been hit with a crisis no one alive has ever dealt with. In every facet of my life, from mom to global professional and Councilwoman to human being, I have been stretched beyond my abilities on a daily basis.Andnotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-45745376422127468372020-09-28T13:33:00.002-05:002020-09-28T13:33:41.699-05:00legislating in the twilight zoneI couldn't write about last week until this week because there's been so much to process. Beginning with a rescheduled Council meeting (WTF!?) and ending the week with the news that our governor and his wife have COVID. Yes, a rescheduled Council meeting. Following 20 minutes of a silent webex meeting, our director came on the line to advise us that the meeting would have notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-30601220973478531352020-09-17T08:23:00.000-05:002020-09-17T08:23:00.825-05:00hypocrisy by ordinanceThis week in County politics, the youth sports crowd is on the offensive, the municipalities find a path to CARES Act money, one of my friends and allies has turned coat, and I find election season vitriol carrying on. For me (and many others), the biggest issue is an ordinance proposal on the agenda that would limit the County Executive's power in future pandemics. For starters,notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-57212266634885319322020-09-14T10:40:00.003-05:002020-09-14T10:41:42.384-05:00back home on the music box stepsI started this blog during a transformational time in my life. I was on the heels of a marriage ending, the beginning of a hobby in politics, and learning to live on my own amidst the magic of the Music Box Steps. Since that transformation, I've moved to two different time zones, married again, birthed two babies, divorced again, and somehow managed to build a successful notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-14465707627499112482013-02-03T17:08:00.004-06:002013-02-03T17:08:49.448-06:00the evolution of dogmiss scarlet was the love of my life...just a few short years ago. her antics tickled me pink, her sweet but sassy little attitude melted my heart, and the way she could brighten my day with a little bat of those baby browns more than made up for how much of a pain in the ass she is. she was the baby of the house, until the human baby came in and stole her thunder.
for the first weeknotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-63698306355894554942013-01-27T09:43:00.001-06:002013-01-27T09:45:50.645-06:00head in sandand about the environment.
this is something else i just don't get. even if you think climate change is a hoax (and really? really?), why are you so opposed to cleaning up dirty air, requiring industries to keep paint and oil out of our drinking water and crops, and limiting the amount of crap we all put into landfills? why?
why is the only dude in my neighborhood that doesn't use notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-17682415062095887402013-01-23T22:02:00.002-06:002013-02-03T16:45:01.681-06:00the hearing[benghazi was] "the worst tragedy since 9/11". wow, what color is the sky in rand paul's world?
does he get the newspaper at his house? or own a television, or computer? i guess no one ever told him about the wars that've been killing americans for 12 years, newtown, connecticut, or the hostages killed in algeria this week.
i've never quite been able to wrap my mind notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-16430647849161056672013-01-21T15:09:00.002-06:002013-01-21T15:13:05.861-06:00guns and rulesi don't get the whole guns thing. at all.
i don't care if you have guns. have all the guns you want. shoot every deer and pheasant between here and mt. rushmore for all i care. have two guns. five. ten even. i. do. not. care. but tell me why it is that a background check bears any resemblance to an infringement of your constitutional rights.  notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-32603582211523847912013-01-05T20:41:00.001-06:002013-01-05T20:42:12.862-06:00the light of my lifebut i wanted a baby, and not just any baby, but the baby i got. she's exactly who i've dreamed of having in my life. my beautiful, sweet, little buddy. i get to show her the world and teach her about life, and then watch her go off and live her own. i love life with her. and i wouldn't trade it in for anything.
~knotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-76674649863691948982013-01-05T11:25:00.002-06:002013-01-05T20:36:00.549-06:00frost's disappointmentit never even occurred to me to make a resolution this new year. sure, there are things i'd like to do differently (eating a bit healthier (not that i'm a terribly unhealthy eater, but i could use a few more fruits and veggies), being a bit more patient with my husband (it's really hard to live with a child in an adult-sized body), working out a little more, and writing a lot more), but notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-91092000743649573632012-12-14T20:32:00.000-06:002012-12-14T20:32:15.777-06:00it defies mindall day i have wept. in waves of course, but i have wept all day. i cannot even begin to wrap my mind around what the parents are going through right now...just 10 days shy of every kid's favorite eve of the year.
or those other kids. that entire community. everyone gearing up to celebrate the holidays in grand fashion...a spirit stopped dead in its tracks by an inconceivable notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-56620592257728520612012-09-07T20:35:00.000-05:002012-09-07T20:35:06.990-05:00believingfour years ago, i lived on this blog during the dog days of two very long obama campaings. from texas to indiana to south dakota, mt. rushmore and yellowstone, terra naomi on constant repeat for nearly 3,000 miles...and in california for the final stretch and the astounding victory. every word, every emotion, every captured moment lives somewhere in these notes from the music box notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-71195946527236475272012-08-03T14:35:00.001-05:002012-08-03T14:35:26.224-05:00recessing losersdear congress: i hate your fucking guts. i hope every last one of your stinking asses gets fired this november.
best regards,
~knotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-16971187837657235862012-08-01T16:43:00.002-05:002012-08-01T16:43:32.184-05:00the chikin debaclei really do feel guilty about eating gay-hating-chicken, but it's so flippin' delicious i just can't resist.
i'm sorry.
~knotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-54412974505337561442012-07-13T21:23:00.001-05:002012-07-13T21:23:42.030-05:00preposterous chutzpahso, i'm pissed now. 33 times the house of ill repute has pushed through a bill they damn well know has absolutely no chance of getting anywhere. this same mother fucking congress that, after firing up millions of bat-shit voters, went on and on and on about how they were going to focus everything on jobs, jobs, jobs. and since those clowns have taken over the circus, the economynotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-47679797540447821072012-07-12T14:13:00.000-05:002012-07-12T14:13:04.078-05:00the shitshow on the hilldoes anyone else remember john boehner crying about how his house of representatives was going to focus on getting america back to work? "jobs, jobs, jobs, it's all we should be focusing on. not this frivolous nonsense our democratic colleagues have been working on the past two years". (i paraphrase). what a bunch of bullshit.
how many times has boner's precious house voted to notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-63935694359265169302012-07-05T13:16:00.002-05:002012-07-05T13:16:22.790-05:00onward to jeansbebe came 12 weeks ago today. in the past 12 weeks, i've lost 40-ish pounds (the last 3-5 are hanging on for dear life as the scale moves to and from my goal). i even started doing measurements in addition to the weight checks because, now that i'm working out again, i have to consider that muscle weighs more than fat. i'm out of maternity clothes and back into my regular notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-75540099082908590872012-06-22T11:41:00.000-05:002012-06-22T11:41:10.016-05:00back to workso, i'm going back to work a week from monday (it's the perfect time to go back because the 4th of july holiday is on wednesday and it'll be pretty peachy to have a day off right in the middle of the week). not that i'm the kinda girl you'd ever think would want to stay home full time, but it's kind of amazing just how forward to work i'm looking.
don't get me wrong. i am nuts about notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-84155231227693252742012-06-15T13:36:00.002-05:002012-06-22T11:46:55.466-05:00the mohawkyeah, my baby has a mohawk...i feel very strongly that anyone capable of looking good in a mohawk owes it to the world to wear it proudly. and bella does.
if you don't like it, get your own baby and give her boring hair.
~knotes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-34614784387146832502012-06-13T16:49:00.001-05:002012-06-13T16:51:40.332-05:00getting back to meit has occurred to me, more often than not, that i really should be blogging about this whole mommy thing. on top of that, there's an election coming up. i should have lots to say about a lot. and i will. for now, i'm just here to dip my foot back in the water...
today has been a break day. bella is at baby school, and i've been trying to get caught up on a few things.¬es from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-57532811022472334432012-03-30T18:35:00.005-05:002012-03-30T18:57:15.766-05:00the wild and winding roadholy crap! i haven't been on here in almost three months! i've thought lots about it, even came close to logging in a time or two, but there's so much to say, it's like...where to start...so i don't even bother.i'm having a baby in a couple of weeks, feeling pretty good about it, feeling pretty good generally, and today i got this photo:.wow. it says a lot. about how happy i am. about how notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107181991849949519.post-39023988925572287612012-01-06T22:21:00.003-06:002012-01-06T22:33:21.824-06:00decisionsnot so long ago, the gravity of my decisions amounted to red vs. white, taxi or metro, bourbon or irish, drive or walk, spain or the czech republic. not so long ago that i can count the months backwards on a hand, or maybe two. hubby and i've been talking about life insurance since well before we got married. we have a mortgage, expectations about a life with both our salaries, travel plans. notes from the music box stepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13988020371370112158noreply@blogger.com0