Must remember to acquire:

• Sifter
• Pastry brush
• Scrapey cutty thing like the one Dad made for me, which I stupidly left in Tallahassee when I moved
• Brioche molds
• Apron

Eddie slept with me last night! Progress!

(For those of you who are new to the FriendBots, Eddie is my feral cat and not some guy I've been trying to get into bed.)

Yesterday I went Christmas shopping for myself. I bought a new DVD burner; a printer/copier/scanner; Borat, Stand By Me, seasons one and two of House, and season four of Monk; two ( Read more... )

I've been feeling seasick on the bus home lately. Carsick? Bus-sick? Whatever we want to call it, I've been feeling it. Ugh. I had a bit of that sometime earlier this year, too. I have no idea why it's happening, because I don't often have motion sickness and I haven't been doing anything on the bus lately that I don't always do. Very, very ( Read more... )

The trista: *Sits at desk during lunch, reading LiveJournal and drinking Vat o' Soda*
Coworker T: Okay, wench, I'm going out for lunch.
The trista: *Chokes on Vat o' Soda*
Coworker T: You okay? Great. Back in an hour.
The trista: *Shows remarkable laughing-and-choking-simultaneously-and-silently skillz"
I'm going Christmas shopping tonight. I have just a few ( Read more... )

I am so unbelievably sleepy today. I didn't sleep at all well last night, and 4:45 got here very, very early this morning. So the forecast for today is mostly Pollyanna with a 30% chance of scattered Little Miss CrankyPants storms.
My boots are absolutely beautiful. Oh, how I love them. They are gorgeous, and they go well with most of my ( Read more... )

• I am beginning to wonder if I am having problems with my circulation. I. Am. Freezing. My mouse hand is especially cold because it is, well, on my mouse. My other hand is under my desk and is therefore warmer.
  
• One of my coworkers, T, just walked in and dropped a roll of stamps onto my desk. Our supervisor, P, told me to ask T if he'd pick them ( Read more... )