Some people have lawn and garden: mowing the lawn, trimming the bushes, planting new flowers, etc. etc. I have a LibraryThing account. I'm always tweaking things, adding more information, changing stuff around, reorganizing ( Read more... )

You know what I don't do much anymore? Tell you people (the few that are left reading this) about my day ( Read more... )

Because I've been kind of making note of these sorts of things. It's the kind of thing one does when unemployed, I guess. And no, this isn't meant to be a complete list, it's just a list of the brands I felt important enough to remember.

( To be amended as needed. )

IKEA sells plant pots. Sure. They also sell potted plants. Okay. But they do not sell soil. Huh ( Read more... )

A collection of random things that happened or came across my mind recently. This post will not be exciting.

Yesterday heehaw_tng and I went to IKEA to pick up a few things. Even though it did not turn into a crazy shopping spree, it still cost me a chunk of change and was the largest amount I've spent on home goods/furnishings since we were there with corneredangel. ( Read more... )

Bought two pairs of jeans on Saturday. There are two reasons I buy jeans; either a pair has become unsuitable for work (tears or excessive fading) or unsuitable for wearing at all (usually, crotch-holes). There's a whole hierarchy to it. I hate pre-faded or pre-torn jeans because they defeat the purpose to buying new jeans for me. I am ( Read more... )

Bought one of those digital TV converters today. Not that I particularly wanted or needed one, it's just that I had a Department of Commerce coupon that expired today ( Read more... )

Consider it an off-site post of sorts, I guess, I'd love to embed the map but LJ doesn't want to play nice:

Where we went on Saturday, with short ramblingsI'm a bit too lazy to go pulling out the camera, you'll just have to take my word for it that there was stuff ( Read more... )

In case you thought I wasn't doing anything with my life ( Read more... )

I am not short. I am, by most standards, of average height. But for some annoying reason, the Gap Company's (Old Navy, The Gap, Banana Republic) "Regular" pants are always too long for me. So I tried buying the short length one day, and voilà, a perfect fit ( Read more... )