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So I think my husband and I have been together too long, because we think alike way too often ^.^; We both got each other the same Valentine's Day gift, a blu-ray disc of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and each of us used the same thought process to decide on it. So we exchanged gifts, laughed for a bit, then popped one of the two dvd's into ( Read more... )

They say that this second wave of snow dumped another 7 inches. I don't know where this snow was dumped, because it seems that my area only got about 3 inches. Which is good, I'm not asking for more snow. I'm just wondering where it all wentI'm back to work after three--that's right, THREE--consecutive snow days. It was a weird time, being ( Read more... )

CLOTHES UPDATE: I discovered, while going through my wardrobe last night, that one of my khaki vests that I bought for work clothes a couple of weeks ago matches the Steampunk Blazer perfectly! (Yes, I spent last night playing dress-up with my new clothes, and going through my closets and finding what matched...) It's not a very Lady Buttress-y ( Read more... )

Awesome Library Find o' the Week:

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, 1906: a facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary, by Edith Holden. Exactly what it says, it's a hardbound, full-color facsimile of a diary that an Englishwoman kept throughout the year of 1906. The diary is separated by month, and each month starts with a ( Read more... )