January went quite well. A good start to the year ( Read more... )

Just a general Livejournal-is-my-diary sort of update ( Read more... )

I know everyone is probably tired of hearing about it by now, but I still am just flabbergasted by the grocery stores in these parts ( Read more... )

Last week I visited my parents in Asheville (actually north of Asheville) for the first time. It's so NICE up there! I never want to go home when I go to the mountains. We had a very low-key Christmas. Basically no one has any money for presents, and it's kind of nice that no one has any money all at once because it takes the pressure of everyone ( Read more... )

I remember, when I worked at Chamberlin's, I used to cook marvelous and complicated things all the time, and I thought "when I quit working at Chamberlin's I will make even MORE marvelous and complicated things ( Read more... )

An update on Tacy: After my last post, I mustered the courage to make an appointment to have her declawed. Then I freaked out. I started wondering if maybe putting her down was more humane than declawing her at this point. It's not like it would solve the original problem that was causing her pain to begin with. But then, putting down a cat that is ( Read more... )

I don't use the old LJ much anymore. I still check it every day, though. I love the LJ community, but with limited blogging time, I have taken to Blogspot for my professional blogging home. It's so easy to add picture and links and stuff like that, but I hate that you don't have comment threads! I wish I could just combine the best parts of all ( Read more... )

Don't worry. I have the 1960 Christmas issue of good housekeeping here. You're going to be just fine ( Read more... )

I said last week I would talk about different salads, but I decided that instead I would just mention the salads I'm eating on this journal periodically. Yes, try to control your enthusiasm. Salads ( Read more... )

A couple of months ago, I stayed with my parents for a few days to visit. My mom has been increasingly moving toward a raw diet. At the time I visited, my parents were both eating almost totally raw food, and I wondered if I would go crazy in three days ( Read more... )