coffee? check ( Read more... )

saturday mornings, i love you so much. i am sitting here in my socially inappropriate pyjamas, drinking a homemade latte, and looking out to see that the ground is covered with snow. it was coming down pretty heavy there for a while, but now there are just a few random flakes left to fall. i really wish we had our Christmas decorations here ( Read more... )

good morning! i have an entire Sunday set before me with nothing planned. i don't have to spend 2 hours on a packed highway, i don't have to visit with family (not a horrendous obligation but you know what i mean), i don't have to clean the bathroom or go to work or wear pants that aren't expandable. I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ( Read more... )

i have just finished up my work-friendly version of a holiday feast: a vanilla snowflake chai and a cranberry granola bar. it does not really compare to heathertea's feast of multiple pies, but it will suffice for now ( Read more... )

(my subject heading should be sung to the tune of paula coles' "where have all the cowboys gone". just so you know ( Read more... )

another weekend gone by, another two days closer to death. how is that for some optimism on a monday morning ( Read more... )

i am a follower, not a leader. in the same vein as snoopturtle and vikarious, i present to you: my weekend plans ( Read more... )

i am eating leftover vegan corn chowder for lunch, that i had originally made last night for dinner. it is from my new cookbook, Vegan with a Vengeance, which i love with a vengeance! (lame). my parents got it for me for My Birthday That Has Now, Finally, Ended. anyway, it contains two jalapeno peppers in it. i cut them up and then washed my ( Read more... )

overall, it was a very fun weekend. my birthday party was a success. i think trinity899 captured most of the highlights on camera (and the lowlights, too. let's just say she took A LOT of pictures because she was A LOT drunk) i scored some amazing gifts, including a much-need umbrella and an AWESOME LARGE STARBUCKS TRAVEL MUG from mel that she had ( Read more... )

it is that time of the week when i can't even muster up the energy to find something productive to do, when even the Internet bores me, when even the promise of cinnamon buns in the staffroom can't get me off my office chair. this means it is time for a list of good things! things i like, things i am excited about, things that make the ( Read more... )