A few days ago, in the middle of a frigid cold spell, the week before Thanksgiving, and the day before the monthly Star Trek Club meeting, Muse Watson's "check engine" light came on for the first time since I bought him. UGH! He is such a cranky old car sometimes. I'd actually felt responsible for getting him a new battery and an oil change before ( Read more... )

Our clocks fell back an hour last weekend, which means that now, it's already starting to get dark when I get off work. And when I get off work late, which has been happening Too Often lately, it's already as dark as midnight. So. Depressing. I'm still loving the fall foliage (I had to make a delivery to one of our client's houses yesterday, who ( Read more... )

For no real reason, here are a few snippets of recent conversations between two crazy old cat-ladies:

Sara: "Do you know how to make gifs? I want to make some gifs of Tovah and Mayim."
Me: "Yes, that's just what the internet needs -- more cat gifs."

Sara: [watching The Waltons pilot episode -- don't ask why, but we've started watching that show ( Read more... )

Tonight was the last night of Hanukkah until 5775. I haven't posted in a while because it's been a busy week. What have I been up to ( Read more... )

In case you didn't know that I worked for a printing company, right now my hands are dry from always handling paper (and from the winter weather) and covered with ink smears and a few paper cuts. I also seem to always have 3-5 bruises on my legs from constantly bumping into the shelves and machines. (Some stuff in the office is poorly placed, but ( Read more... )

I made my once-a-year trek into Target yesterday (okay, I'm exaggerating - but not much) and hallelujah, I'm finally done with my Christmas shopping! My only reservation is that my gift for Mom seems kinda... cheap, but she's never been an easy person to buy for. Adam and Sara at least don't ask for the same stuff for nearly every birthday and ( Read more... )

I don't think I've ever been so happy to have a Shabbat service over with as I was last night! I still can't quite believe that I actually conducted a decent service as lay leader at my temple. I wasn't planning on posting anything about it, but it was kinda a "Shehekianu" moment for me, so here are some notes ( Read more... )

The new girl at work, the one I complained about in my last entry, is gone for good. I practically jumped for joy when my manager told me she was leaving. Words can't say how creepy she was or how uncomfortable she made me. She followed me around, told me all her personal business and asked me about mine (I never answered), and told other employees ( Read more... )