I'm supposed to be working on my thesis database, but I'd rather be doing anything but. It's not that I mind the research, because that's interesting. It's the data entry into Access that's dragging me down. I know it's the best way to keep everything straight, because otherwise, I'll never remember what belongs where, but still... I'd rather ( Read more... )

I was at a Christmas party last night that included a gift exchange. It wasn't really a white elephant exchange; the gifts were mostly nice, useable things (a picture frame, a set of mixing bowls, a Starbucks mug, a bottle of wine, a gigantic chocolate bar, etc). This wasn't the "wrap a roll of duct tape and can of Spam" kind of gift exchange, ( Read more... )

I have two stories to tell today ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again...

The A/C in our apartment is set up kind of strangely. We can't have both the A/C and the heat at the same time.

Well, of course, you silly girl; who would want the air conditioning and the heat on together?Okay, no one. But what I mean is, because our system is set up in this weird, funky way, we have to get a ( Read more... )

Let's see how long this solution to my bathroom storage issue lasts.

In other words, how many nights until it comes crashing down in the middle of the night and scares the bejeebers out of me?

( So, now I've purchased four 'solutions' and returned three. How many more to go? )

So, when I came back from Calgary, one of the things that I really needed was some sort of holder for my hair dryer and straightener, since, with this new haircut, I actually use those two particular appliances and wanted them stored somewhere slightly more accessible than the very back, bottom corner of my bathroom cabinet ( Read more... )

Wow--a week since I posted? I guess so. It's been a fairly uneventfully eventful week, in the way that transitions often are ( Read more... )