Today, morthael cleaned the laundry room, cleaned and reorganized the kitchen, and tidied the yard and the porches in preparation for tomorrow. He also ran a couple of errands related to sale business, and bought ginger vodka for me (which I am leisurely enjoying right now ( Read more... )

We cleaned out the shed this afternoon ( Read more... )

I was going to make a post about how I learned this weekend that I have 47 hats, but it turned out that I miscounted and I actually have 38 hats. (And a quarter of those were added just in the past year ( Read more... )

We spent the first day of 2010 working our butts off, and got an astonishing amount accomplished despite not getting started on it until about 3 p.m. I'm exhausted but feeling very productive. I'd like to continue this feeling ( Read more... )

The past several days have been largely devoted to beating back the entropy that has been taking over our home. I've been bad about a lot of organizational things, particularly with regards to my wardrobe. I've been letting laundry sit for too long, both that which needs to be done and that which is clean. ( Have this photo as an example )

Friday we made a quick stop at IKEA and then went to the Fair and had a very enjoyable time even beyond meeting famous crab fishermen: lots of animals to observe and touch, produce displays, fascinating crafts and collections, wine tasting (really!), trashy food, and the endless parade of human behavior, as well as an unexpected encounter with domichan. ( Read more... )

Here's what was in my camera. I'm sure you're thrilled.

( Pets during the heat wave )

This afternoon we went to the Crown Hill Value Village, where we found everything we didn't find yesterday, some additional shirts for both of us, and a near-mint set of the Nightmare Before Christmas "Storybook" ornaments, which we're calling an early birthday present for the fanboy. It's really nice to have all of that out of the way ( Read more... )

We have found the new best cat toy ever ( Read more... )

(There are only a few of you who will fully get the following ( Read more... )