I had lunch today with frozenrhino, purplesquirrel, and people whose LiveJournal names I don't know because I was silly and forgot to ask. So. Much. Fun. Favorite quote from lunch: We were talking about the Republican National Convention taking place in St Paul, and it was mentioned that people in the area are renting their houses to attendees for a squillion bucks a ( Read more... )

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OMG I rock the shepherd's pie. I made a bunch on Saturday and baked it in several small bowls so I could freeze most of it in single servings. Comfort food at the touch of a microwave button! And not just any comfort food, either. This batch is awesome. It's not often I get all preeny over my mad cooking skillz, but I'm beyond thrilled about ( Read more... )

Holy migraine, Batman! Ugh. It's actually quite mild, as far as migraines go, but still. DO NOT WANT. Caffeine therapy has not yet worked. I wonder if nap therapy would? I'm fairly certain the Imitrex would do the trick, but of course I have no idea where it is. I'm betting laundry therapy is not going to do much to help, but alas, that's ( Read more... )

I had a decent weekend. A decent weekend for someone in full-on snothead mode, anyway. I came home on Friday and parked my carcass on the couch with a book until the migraine became unbearable, and then I went to bed for a few hours. It was far less awful when I woke up, so back to the couch I went and there I stayed until about 2:00 with my ( Read more... )

My snot content is still rather alarming. In fact, there is more snot than there is snot-containing vessel (which I believe other people simply call a head), and I am most distressed by this. I have dragged my carcass into the office, however, and am doing my best to wade through my inbox and my voice mail while refraining from breathing on my ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning three minutes before the alarm went off. I got out of bed with a relatively good attitude about being awake earlier than I had to be, checked weather.com so I'd know what to wear, and started my day. I bounced into the living room and fed Linus and Crazy Eddie, and my enthusiasm seemed to surprised them. I definitely got ( Read more... )

I had a migraine Friday, and it was bad enough that I stayed home. I slept most of the day, and still felt tired when I finally got up at 6:30-ish that night. Ugh. A day in bed sounds wonderful when I'm feeling well, but when I have a migraine I'm in too much pain to appreciate it. It's so not fair ( Read more... )

• The State Fair was fantabulous. Oh dear god, fried cheese curds. Why does the South not have fried cheese curds? The whole world needs fried cheese curds. I am convinced that they are the secret to world peace. Also, hotdish on a stick is awesome. And there was milk on tap! And roasted corn on the cob! And I got to pet two horselets and a ( Read more... )

I want to write all about what a wonderful weekend I had, but it sounds do dull written out. I did laundry and got it over with before noon yesterday. I spent hours curled up on the couch, mostly under a cat, reading an incredible book. I watched DVDs. I made onion dip and grilled cheese sandwiches. I went to the Pizza Luce Uptown Block Party ( Read more... )