My tattoo appointment starts in just over three hours, and I have no real idea how long it'll last (or cost). A few hours, probably ( Read more... )

--I just made one of my occasional attempts to figure out if Blackout is out in Russian yet, or if it has a release date. I found no signs of it, but since I don't speak a word of Russian, my technique is basically to pull up the Russian Deadline cover on Amazon.com and do an image search for it, then click links that look like they could be ( Read more... )

--I'm reluctant to complain about the heat, between the horrible winter we had and how gray/cool/drizzly so much of July was, but humidity is another story. The heat can stay, although dropping down a notch or two would be okay too. The humidity can GTFO. UGH. (I love summer, but arguably my least-favorite thing about it is how, unless there's ( Read more... )

--In just a couple weeks it'll be the two-year anniversary of the kittens coming to live with us. I can barely fathom it. Didn't they just get here? Weren't they only just wee kittens?

--The farm where we picked cherries a couple of weeks ago tweeted tonight that the peaches have just started. *_* When I asked, they said the peach season should ( Read more... )

(This entire post is about fruit. Scroll on by as needed/desired!)

As planned,
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As always, the time is flying by while I'm here. And as usual, I've spent most of the time going out for tasty food and seeing people and trying to get work done in and around those things ( Read more... )

Things that don't actually help un-bork a sleep cycle: accidental four-hour nap in the middle of the day. >.< I'm not even sure what brought it on; I don't think I felt more tired than usual beforehand, even given that it was our turn to have Pumpkin here this morning. (A playdate that ends with all three of us in hammocks out back is nothing to be ( Read more... )

Deadlines: all met. I have officially been doing nothing (well, kind of) that requires brain function since Thursday evening, and I would like to continue this delightful trend until I get back to the office on Wednesday. I think a translation should be hitting my inbox soon (I hope!), but even if it does, I am Not Working for a few days. Yes ( Read more... )

This month, Sundays seem to involve a bunch of our friends going off swimming or something and then winding up back at M&A's place for barbecue. In practice,
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I really am just forced to conclude that Nova Scotia isn't made for growing peaches. Our first peaches this year were brought in from Ontario, and they were amazing. (In some ways this is obvious if you've ever had an Ontario peach, but then there's the inevitable hazard of fruits picked early for transport etc. etc. etc.) Then we found them at the ( Read more... )