Home from work, doctor appointments, blood tests, having to get some advice done on why my mobile phone isn't working properly. Just plain tired ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Saturday, was a pretty mundane kind of day.

Fortunately, the weather here in Ottawa on Saturday was more comfortable, with a temperature in the 270C range, far better than the 32+ temperatures we were having for the latter part of the week ( Read more... )

For those of you who remember this post, my lament about not being able to get the perfect boiled egg, I have an update for you. :)

While at GenCon Indy, one of my friends, lena_of_fargo, pleasantly surprised me with an egg timer device. You take the oval-shaped device, put it in the water with the egg that you're boiling, and when the change in colour is ( Read more... )

I like cooking, but I have this one peeve.

Why is it that while I can cook trout amandine and all sorts of other foods, including steak, properly and think of myself as a decent cook, I can't for the life of me boil an egg *just right*???

And please, no cracks about the timing of it all and that stuff. (Yes, the puns were deliberate!)

This morning, I went out shopping in search of some vegetables for tonight, as I'm making a stir fry. I also figured that I would check and see if I could find some canned vegetable soup. Got the shock of my life ( Read more... )

The weekend was pretty mundane in a lot of ways, but geeky for the most part.

Friday night, the gaming group played a roleplaying game, All For One. You can read about that in this journal entrySaturday was a pretty good day, for the most part. Did a minor bit of grocery shopping bright and early, as I needed to pick up some celery and a few ( Read more... )

Today was one of those weird days where things just...happen ( Read more... )

Had a pretty good Mother's Day yesterday for the most part ( Read more... )