i am: present and accounted for
listening to: rain pattering on the windows
drinking: british blend tea

• I made an incredible pot roast earlier in the week and now have some incredible BBQ made from the leftovers simmering on the stove.
• It's raining right now, and supposed to continue doing so until tomorrow evening when, if the weather forecast ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: the air conditioner cranking
drinking: british blend tea
haven't updated in awhile; haven't had much to say. i'm just plodding through my days, still working on the manuscript transcriptions, goofing around with graphics when i should be working on the manuscript transcriptions, reading, tending yog, ( Read more... )

i am: at a bit of a loss
listening to: a jet flying by
drinking: nothing at the moment
i finished and uploaded my redesign yesterday. one of the best things about completing this project (yet again) is sending the search engine to spider the site and then receiving mail saying it's done, because the report tells me how many pages i have uploaded. it ( Read more... )

i am: making a hit and run entry
listening to: a truck backing up somewhere
drinking: coffee (uh-oh)
just a quick note to say thanks to those of you who commented on my "guess who's coming to dinner?" entry and i have responses to those comments but it will have to wait another few days because i can't stop coding now. no breaks. none. (uh, except ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: big band music playing on the tv in the other room
drinking: raspberry cranberry juice
is there anything more sublime on a cold, windy, rainy day than french toast made with oatnut bread and a dash of cinnamon, drenched in warm maple syrup? i thought i'd found heaven on a plate this afternoon when i ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: the sound my keyboard makes when i'm typing on it
drinking: raspberry cranberry juice

( cut for vast depths of mundanity )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: pc hum in a minor
drinking: peach cranberry juice
so, i've been coding merrily along and practically spraining my arm by attempting to pat myself on the back for the progress i've made with my site redesign over the past week. yesterday i was especially pleased with myself because i'd finished the last ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: yog romping and chomping her squeaky
drinking: raspberry/white cranberry juice

i hate IE with a passion previously reserved for mixed vegetables in cream sauce.
on a positive note, i think i may have found a USB wireless adapter that will work with my elderly laptop, so after a trip to bestbuy on ( Read more... )

i am: restless
listening to: the dryer churning
drinking: coffee (i'll pay for that later)

i have managed to procrastinate the entire day away. go me. instead of getting straight to work this morning and flying through my coding, i have:

• played scrabble
• watched last night's episode of ugly betty online
• goofed around with apophysis
• washed yog's bedding
• ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: a jet overhead - i wonder where they're going
drinking: yorkshire tea

i saw "the prestige" ( the trailer's behind here )