I've decided that I like all the Nerds flavors. Yes, I'm talking about eating the sugary candy, not about licking socially incompetent science students. I've always liked them, but never had much opportunity to try anything other than the usual grape and strawberry flavors. I'm not as hot on the "lemon-and-cherry" flavor, but it does the job if ( Read more... )

Got this from anjea, who found it at the quilting group on gardenweb.com and posted it to quilters. The story of my life.

A Recent StudyA recent study indicated that fabric gives off certain pheromones that actually hypnotize women and cause them to purchase unreasonable amounts. When stored in large quantities in enclosed spaces, the pheromones (in the ( Read more... )

The sewing machine is possessed ( Read more... )

*sigh ( Read more... )

Well I've been relatively quiet for the last few days, mostly because I've been really frustrated and I don't like complaining all the time, because I feel like it gets old really quick. So, in an effort to recap without dragging things through the mud, here are some of the things worth touching on from this week, in no particular order.

( This got long, so I'm putting it behind a cut. )

So it's been a while since I haven't been able to sleep for no reason. Last week I couldn't get to sleep but it was because I had tons of stuff bouncing around in my head that needed to get done and not be forgotten and I just remembered today that I still forgot to water Bob the Cactus before we left. I'll have to call Leah and ask her to fill ( Read more... )

So this might only be me and Rachel, but I was poking around on the official NaNo website on a quilting break just now and came across this link. Apparently lulu.com is offering a free, no-strings-attached copy of any NaNo winner's manuscript in paperback book form so long as you submit before January 16, 2007 ( Read more... )

So last night I couldn't sleep, so I got up and came out and cleaned. I did my filing (I hate filing), cleaned the living room and the kitchen, and edited a short paper for Matt before I decided I was probably tired enough to sleep ( Read more... )

Well I'm convinced that my recent procrastination has been because all through November I had NaNo hanging over my head and I think I'm beginning to realize that I do my best work under a very large, looming DEADLINE ( Read more... )

Well we've got a winter storm warning in the Denver Metro area this morning. There's already an inch and a half or two on the ground, and the forecast yesterday was saying we could get as much as 10 inches. Woohoo! That much would definitely stick around for a few days, which means that playing ultimate tomorrow will be a blast and we'll be ( Read more... )