I have been trudging along with work and sleeping when ever possible because I am working till all hours on the computer most nights. I think on Saturday night I slept for nearly 11 hours. Very unusual. Some times I would sleep normal 6ish hours if I was lucky, then maybe a nap. But this weekend I did both ( Read more... )

And in the wake of our department having manitory time off. Some people come into work only to find they now do not have the hours on their schedule.

I saw this article about saving money I wanted to be sure to have it somewhere accessable in the near future. Each of the tips sound reasonable. I would love to be able to have extra money to have in ( Read more... )

The first was the Mad Hatter - a found hat while sorting through yard sale stuff and and a croched vest from my grandmother when I was a kid. With just a few other things in the closet became The Hatter ( Read more... )

I went to the yahoo main page and saw this article and here is some more info on the 1920's cell phone woman.

I have a love for the calavera and found this website through facebook. I have a plastic bin full of fabric to create a calavera quilt. By now it is likely to fit my king size bed. On there last visit my stepmother offered to help me peice it together if we come out for a trip. So road trip me, the family, my pattern and that bin of fabric. Get rid ( Read more... )

In breif my husband was having heart problems went to the hospital and is out now. Safe and sound. 
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Tuesday is our third anniversary. I tell people how long it has been some teeter on wow that is a long time while others lean towards the you barely have known one another. I usually don't go on to tell them that we had a whirl wind romance and are truly happy and in love ( Read more... )

We are revisiting the dinner from the holidays and making London Broil for the family dinner tonight. My father and step mom are in town for the weekend. The kiddo has an orchestra concert Monday night so they will be here for that too.
So along with the meat and salad from our previous dinner foray we will add potato gratin to the mix. Picked up ( Read more... )

So dinner tonight is reliant on what is in the cupboard and freezer. We have plenty of chicken so we are doing a version of pan friend chicken  although our chicken is boneless chicken breasts along with a modification of this creamed spinach recipe to use a cheese soup instead of the white sauce. I will certainly add more cheese to it in lue of ( Read more... )

I have been working on a baby blanket off and on since the olympics - the night of the hockey start. It is for the best man at our wedding his wife and their upcoming baby boy. I went with a safe color choice yellow. I figured a GIANT skein of yarn would get me through. it did not. After fiddling and procrstinating I ended up ripping it apart and ( Read more... )