Random Life Tip of the Day: (Also shared on Facebook.) Open a new ream of paper by whacking it on the ground ( Read more... )

I've missed you guys! I'm sad to have been out of touch for so long. I'm trying to read through back entries to catch up with everyone, and it seems like I've missed a lot going on in your lives. Sorry I've been wrapped up in my own scene over here for a few weeks.

Ian got a job!Ian started his new job Monday, working in QA for a financial ( Read more... )

This is the first morning in weeks, literally, that I woke up feeling like myself. Not to make you uncomfortable with TMI, but I have to wonder if this is hormones-related -- or it could be anything, really, including just plain coincidence, or in no way medical and just attributed to having a good weekend... or halvsies like a good weekend wherein ( Read more... )

First, in case you missed this link I posted on Facebook, drop what you're doing and go watch this YouTube video. Safe for all environments save that you will certainly laugh out loud and attract attention to yourself ( Read more... )

I kicked some walking ass yesterday! (What?) 2.83 miles for the day! There was a time when that would've been normal for a single day for me. Alas, no longer. I've become so ordinarily sedentary that if I beat 1.5 miles total in a day, I take some sense of accomplishment from that. In just a few weeks since the start of the year, I've begun to ( Read more... )

Ian and I are pretty well decided to on taking a 4-month lease extension on our apartment until October 24. That will be an extra $200/month from what we're paying now. That's a lot, but not nearly as bad the highway robbery of the near $400 more to go month-to-month. We don't have to decide on the precise extension until our lease ends on June 24 ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been silent in the past couple of weeks. Recall that I made a post mentioning that LiveJournal was no longer emailing comments to me? In an attempt to fix this, I decided to change the address I associate with LiveJournal. Unfortunately, among the LJ emails that weren't getting to me was the validation email sent to my new address. After ( Read more... )

Hello, three-day weekend! I'm glad for the rest, such as it is since we continue to overbook ourselves. Work has been very busy for me since the layoffs a few weeks ago. I'm glad for the opportunities since I like to be busy, I hope it means increased job security for me, and it also represents the opportunity for me to become involved in more ( Read more... )

You may recall that there was a meme going around on Facebook recently about "paying it forward" with handmade gifts this year. For my part with that meme, I put the word out and asked if there's anyone out there who'd like to wear something that I knit. I feel that I almost always have more energy to knit than I have knowledge of volunteers to ( Read more... )

One of my most important New Year's Resolutions this year is the simple directive, "Look for opportunities to help people." Even in just the few first weeks, I am both humbled and truly amazed at how frequently and easily I find these opportunities when I look for them. Some of them have been amazingly easy: Friend is involved in a mentoring ( Read more... )