Today has been an extremely productive day, thanks in great part to soteltie, who came over this afternoon and was my cheerleader/fabulous company during a marathon cooking fest ( Read more... )

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Hot stone & aromatherapy massages relax me so much that I actually fell asleep in the middle of my massage yesterday.  It's the first time I've ever had a hot stone massage, which I think is probably what did it.  Regardless, I left the spa feeling relaxed nearly to the point of paralysis.  I'll definitely be getting me one of those again SOON.

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And eat

And eat

And eat!

( warning: pie-intensive! )

I've just upgraded my parking.  I'll no longer be parking around the corner in the parking garage (which due to the length of my building and the other building in the way is actually about a 8-10 minute walk away when I'm carrying stuff).  Instead, I'll be in the front surface lot.  I may switch back in the wintertime, since it was really nice not ( Read more... )

I am totally ready to throw myself at
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My teenaged cat sitter has quit *again* so that she can move to FL *again*. This saves me from having to fire her, which had been on my agenda for today since she hasn't been following the explicit instructions I'd given her about texting me after she'd been in. This means I have 2 weeks in which to find another. *sigh*, but also yay ( Read more... )

I would like to report that there have been two sunny days IN A ROW here in Michigan so far this week.  I believe that tomorrow's also forecast to be sunny, but even if it's not, I've had the two sunny days in a row that I've seriously been craving, so my weather outlook is improving.  :-)  Shockingly, the Lowell weather forecast makes it look as ( Read more... )

 
May Day is clearly a laid-back kind of event.  Well, unless you're a fighter, since it's Baronial Champs for light & heavy lists.  Since laid-back was what I needed, this was good.  A number of data points:

Signage?  What signage?  I found the building completely by accident.  Thank Dog I'd written the name of the building down or I'd still be ( Read more... )