I love fall. Love love love. Right now we're at that perfect point where the days are still delightfully warm but the nights are refreshingly chilly. It's not quite time for the leaves to turn, but getting close. The cat's taken to sleeping on my legs at night, sunrise puts on quite a show during the morning commute, and evenings are perfect for ( Read more... )

Just tired. Made a whirlwind trip to see family last weekend, including some cousins I hadn't seen in two or three years. Kids grow up so fast! Also, while I sneezed through most of Eastern/Central Washington, the Cascade Mountains didn't trigger my hay fever at all. Come to that, neither did the Keweenaw Peninsula. The lesson here is probably: ( Read more... )

Got a FragranceNet.com treasure trove today. Did you know 2.5oz of perfume is a LOT? It really is. The Escale a Portofino bottle is slightly too large to fit comfortably in my hand, and definitely too large to travel with! Glad I have a few extra mini atomizers. Am looking forward to being able to spritz the stuff with abandon, because it's delish ( Read more... )

Yay, happy shiny Moon landing anniversary! Humans should totally go back. Or maybe to Mars. Or build a moon base from which to go to Mars... yeah, that! (Do you know how many NASAs we could fund out of the Defense budget? I can't be bothered to look it up, but it's a LOT.)

( cut for spoiler-ish Doctor Who fangirl mumblings )

Cut because it got long...
( Job, books, red shoes, moss, and Waldesruhe )

Okay, so the Yule Inquisition is up over at Black Phoenix. And I have no money. End of story, yeah? Except the way these things work is that you have to write a creative "plea" to get the choice you want. I was ogling the "Christmas Yet To Come" set (because, c'mon, it is so me, even if I already have a handful of incense-and-woods scents). And ( Read more... )

Was going to celebrate National Homemade Bread Day by baking bread. Have no yeast nor any brown sugar.
Was going to make cookies. Have no electric mixer and no powdered sugar for frosting. Realized I should not be eating cookies anyway.
Am currently creaming butter and sugar with a fork. Very slowly. :P At least this cookie recipe calls for the dough ( Read more... )

Um, what? My freezer has a light... is this not typical? (And thank goodness it does - I have about a kabillion bags of frozen veg in there, and still grab edamame when I wanted green beans sometimes. :P)

Got my big decant circle order from BPAL today, and finished decanting already. Ended up inadvertently "testing" everything... you try ( Read more... )

So the Yule limited edition scents went up this morning at Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs. I am SO jazzed. There are a baker's dozen of these that I quite want to try, but of course I can't afford that by any means. So... I signed up to run a decant circle! Past experience tells me that one bottle fills 6 to 6.5 sample vials, but the decant price caps ( Read more... )

I think the vice-presidential debate was something of a draw. Palin exceeded expectations significantly (not hard to do!), and Biden didn't make any obvious gaffes. I think he could have hit her a little harder on some of her assertions, but at least he didn't come off as a bully. All in all, I doubt tonight changed anyone's mind. Very proud of ( Read more... )