1. WTMD will be broadcasting the Inaugural kick-off concert this Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (It's also being shown on HBO, but I don't have HBO.) 89.7 FM in the Baltimore area, streaming audio from their website or use their iPhone app elsewhere ( Read more... )

This morning I went to put my sandwich in the fridge and to get a cup of ice for my every-morning Cherry Coke Zero, and I was surprised and pleased to notice there was already a pot of decaf coffee made. So early! That almost never happens! How funny, it was already half-gone too, someone must have been very eager to ( Read more... )

And the people mostly went with what my main instinct was anyway. So thank you for your participation in yesterday's poll, and you will be (possibly) pleased to know that the stand mixer will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine ( Read more... )

Department of You Thought They Were Already Dead, Admit It:

Edmund Hillary passes away, age 88 ( Read more... )

A cat tree update ( Read more... )

1. It's my dad's birthday today! YAY! *throws confetti* He and my mom and my sister-in-law are up in NYC taking in the Rockettes' Christmas show. I'll call later and leave a doofy message on their answering machine ( Read more... )

Update, in bullet points:

* Book club last night was awesome. Looking forward to the next book (Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything), and to the holiday party in two weeks ( Read more... )

Item! Cat trapping was only partially successful this morning, but Little Dude did get trapped and will be neutered tomorrow at the low-cost clinic. Hopefully we can get the other guy another time, but the lady waited out there with the drop trap for two hours this morning and no sign of him. Having her come out and drop trap is MUCH easier - I ( Read more... )

This morning's bagel: plain, with "fresh garden veggie" cream cheese.

This morning's donut: white frosted with chocolate stripes. (All the chocolate frosted ones were filled donuts. Can you imagine the audacityThis morning's humorous moment: we were warned via email earlier this week that a Big Important Potential Client was going to be onsite ( Read more... )

Kitchen sink status: Fixed! Works good and proper, like a sink should! And the plumbers even ran the dishwasher for me! (Admittedly they had to do this to make sure it wasn't still screwing up the neighbor's sink, but still ( Read more... )