The husband put away the last of the holiday decorations this morning. I finished off all but two of the comics in my "to read pile" from the past several weeks. He baked banana chocolate chip muffins yesterday, and is making me a carrot cake at the moment. So the weekend has been a good, productive one of catching up on things. With the cold ( Read more... )

Did that rare thing and started a knitting project today. Another scarf, Breckenridge by Jared Flood, using their now retired Parka color in the Arbor line. The pattern is simple, but it took a couple of rows to get it down pat. This one is for the husband, and who knows when it'll be done. Given my track record, some time next year. Not that we ( Read more... )

For a while now I have enjoyed saying "Happy Christmas," a la the English, versus the American "Merry Christmas". It tends to throw people off a bit, and I do so like to keep people on their toes. Been a while since someone tried to correct me (and yes, it's happened). But whatever. Happy Christmas ( Read more... )

I did the annual wrapping of all the Xmas presents for the husband this afternoon, while monitoring work email for an audit thing I needed from the big boss. Got the wrapping done, and even made two of them fancy with actual tied ribbon, which is a Xmas miracle because I am the worst person at wrapping presents. I have no patience for the process, ( Read more... )

Been doing a bunch of my required continuing education coursework today, as well as catching up on my to-do list for work, now that our Congresscritters finally bothered to do the most basic aspects of their job last night and passed an appropriation for the fiscal year we're a third of the way done with already. Not that I'm jaded or bitter or ( Read more... )

Good run this morning. A little more on the layering, as it was around the freezing mark when I ran, plus wool socks versus my normal ones. Had to dig out the ear covers (hidden, smartly, in a zipped up jacket pocket). As usual, I'm thoroughly warmed up by mile 2, but the running jacket I wore did not have pockets, so I left he gloves and ear ( Read more... )

Tonight will likely be the first freeze of the season here at the new townhouse, which makes me glad I shut off the outside water this past weekend (all three - garage, rear, and roof deck). Thankfully the water company put on, and the previous owners left on, instructions on what to do in the fall and the spring to prepare the things for the ( Read more... )

The Small Gubm'nt Agency emailed to say, "hey, you passed your background check, so we can negotiate a start date for you now!" This amused me to no end that there was any worry that I'd pass a basic "get in the door" background check, as I've had a [reacted] level clearance since like 2009. ;) But hey. They even made me come down and do the ( Read more... )