The end of the week. NADWcon is next week, and Holy Hanna but it can't come soon enough. Friends. The Farmers Market. The Concourse Hotel. State Street, with its coffee shops and cool restaurants. It's going to take a 20-mule team to drag me home ( Read more... )

Out on the deck. The rain predicted for the weekend has yet to materialize, and may hold off until tomorrow. Yesterday grew cloudy and a little cool, but today has been lovely--sunny, 70s, light breeze. I'm spending as much time outside as possible ( Read more... )

Sunday's goat cheese salsa spread on bread rounds and broiled = delicious mini pizzas. Had them with a green salad ( Read more... )

It's been a few days since I posted. Nothing much to say. It hasn't rained for the last few days, which is a goodness. Today was sunny, but cool.

Here's something cool, courtesy of Amy Sheldon: Sea urchins use their entire body as an eye.Tonight was take-a-break night. Caught the first two eps of the new Dr Who. My fave parts? The scary search ( Read more... )

The day's promised thunderstorms arrived a couple of hours ago. It's raining hard, and we didn't need it. The dog towels that I laundered on Sunday have already been washed again, and the kitchen and dining room floor look like absolute crap ( Read more... )

Temps reached over 80F today, which is a bit much for early April. I ran the A/C, yes I did--the pups were spread out on any cool bare floor they could find, and I needed to use the oven, so. A/C ( Read more... )

Taking tomorrow off--another working weekend. Needed to fill the cookie jar, so I baked a batch of my favorite Ina Garten Oatmeal cookies. This time, though, I cut back a little on the pecans and raisins and added a cup of chocolate chips. House smells great ( Read more... )

So Runaway King is currently stretched out next to me on the couch, snoring softly, the top of his head pressed against my leg. Gaby, meanwhile, lies at my feet--if I need to get up for any reason, I will need to play Furniture Twister to keep from stepping on her ( Read more... )

Another day off tomorrow, which means that today is technically my Friday. Except that I will be working tomorrow anyway, just on my own stuff ( Read more... )

Looks as though the storm that the weatherfolk were talking about a few days ago will not materialize, a fact for which I am most grateful. It continues cold, however. No warm up until the weekend, but it will bring rain with it.

Time to do the day job thing...