Today it is still rainy and gloomy but thankfully we aren't getting snow like some of my friends journeytoernie are getting.

Peter's lacrosse game was cancelled because of standing water on the fields. I am sad about it because they only have three or four games during the whole season. Mostly it is practices to learn the game and then I guess next year they ( Read more... )

happened this past week while away for work.  I went to the Public Library Association Conference. It was hands down, the best library conference I've been too.  So many great workshops, the vendors were great and I saw loads of fun people.  Before we went my boss sat me down and gave me a pep talk about networking so while we were there I ( Read more... )

I am leafing through The Pioneer Woman's new cookbook: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier.  Here's what annoys me so far:

1.  There is a recipe for Tangy Tomato Brisket.  In her introduction she mentions that in some circles it is called "Passover Brisket" Not if you use her recipe that calls for bottled chili sauce or ketchup and dry ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've done a daybook and yes, it is Thursday and I was looking around for a different format but can't find one that I like right now so maybe we'll skip the daybook and just do bullets

Today is an amazingly gorgeous day outside.  68* at lunchtime.  I could take weather like this all year long. The sun is shining and the air ( Read more... )

Which is always a good thing.  Except when I have to work Saturday but that is not this week so I am happy it is Friday.  Also happy because I had lunch with a good friend at a new place, Bombay Grill.  It was an Indian buffet.  We felt so badly, we were the only people in the restaurant but the food was good!  Dal, Alo Gobi, fresh hot Naan and ( Read more... )

Happy 2012!  I started the new year with a trip to the Emergency Room.  I slammed my finger (Left index) into the car door, tried to dull the pain with an obscene amount of vodka and had an alcohol fueled anxiety attack.  Bet your NYE wasn't that exciting.  One good thing about going to the er was that we found out my finger wasn't broken and they ( Read more... )

Today if you looked outside my window you would see a slightly gray day.  We can't complain though because the weekend was beautiful and unseasonably warm. We were outside yesterday with no jackets!

I am reading - finished books 64 and 65 for the year.  Sherrilyn Kenyon's The Guardian and Beverly Lewis' The Judgement.  Two completely different ( Read more... )