For anyone who might have been wondering, bugspray really does work to get nail polish out of clothing. Corwin dropped a bottle of nail polish in the store a few weeks back, and when it broke it splattered all over the leg of one of my two good pairs of jeans. I also have a t-shirt that has been hanging out in my "to be worked on" pile for ( Read more... )

( Whining...skip this if you don't want to hear it )

Apologies for not having updated the lyrics meme with the answers and who guessed what just yet; I intended to do that last night, but found myself in the throes of utter exhaustion and ended up doing absolutely nothing useful with my evening. Instead, I sat in the comfy chair with my feet up and read from Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: ( Read more... )

Stayed home from work yesterday due to acid reflux stuff keeping me awake all night again Tuesday night ( Read more... )

The only thing I really dislike about owning a house is the property taxes. Yes, I paid them tonight. Ow, that hurt ( Read more... )

So Andrew and I are wondering if we will end up having to go to work tomorrow. No closings have been announced as of yet, but weather.com is showing it getting to 32 around midnight tonight and staying there all day tomorrow. And there is a 70% chance of precipitation (sleet and freezing rain, mainly) starting in the wee hours of the morning and ( Read more... )

The university was closed this morning for good reason ( Read more... )

Bad: I had to get up this morning to to go work. AND I have to work a full 5 days this week (and 'til 6:00 on Friday, to boot). Yes, I know this is a whine, but when the last two weeks have been 3.5- and 3-day weeks respectively, reverting to 5 is a pain!
Good: I made it to work safely this morning.
Bad: I nearly didn't make it to work safely. As ( Read more... )

Fortunately, I have several drops to drink, a whole travel-mug-full even ( Read more... )

No work for me today. Do you know how frustrating it is to TRY to go to work and not be able to get there ( Read more... )