Well, the world hasn't come to an end, so I guess I'm on track with my previous plans to spend the weekend baking. I'm still trying to figure out who's getting what and when...brownies for J and Mb. They'll probably both be getting theirs on Monday. I may take the C's a bundt cake---their "do" is Monday evening---I stocked up on flour and whatnot, ( Read more... )

GK got back from Savannah around 8, and we ended up staying awake til 3 AM cleaning. The results are nothing less than astonishing. Not quite "Having Martha Stewart to tea" level awesome, but if she weren't flying out this afternoon, it would be there by Monday for sure! I'm psyched ( Read more... )

Things got messy, literally, when we went over to NJ's after the Chinese buffet. Now, I make no bones about being a terrible housekeeper; I own it. But I could *hear* Kat rolling over in her grave as I looked around what used to be her house. It was filthy---and it takes A LOT to gross me out ( Read more... )

I spent a good chunk of Tuesday and some of Wednesday working on my bedroom, aka, looking for my glasses. I was sure they were next to my bed; they weren't. On the other hand, the east and west sides of my bed are MUCH improved. Found my denim skirt, hooray, and my dad's little magnifying glass---very helpful for reading expiration dates on ( Read more... )

Pounds gained while house-sitting: 7 (Less than I feared; this is why I do not trust digital scales ( Read more... )

I feel a nice sense of accomplishment (and a certain amount of horror): I cleaned out my car this afternoon. It is now possible for someone to ride in the passenger seat, novel idea. The weather, though sunny, was tolerable. I didn't have sweat running down my face, I wasn't staggering from incipient heatstroke---it was warm, not hot. Thank you, ( Read more... )

Today has been full. I spent about five hours collecting cans (and picking up a bit around the edges). There's going to be a metric assload of stuff going to the curb on Monday! Which is good, albeit frazzling, as when one bag tipped over in the driveway and a bunch of cans slid under my car. Ended up with two bags in the trunk, three in the ( Read more... )

Today I've gotten two big flex-bags of trash out to the cans for Friday's pick-up. Also a half-dozen or so cardboard boxes that were serving no purpose. (Left over from Aldi's trips, before I started taking my own bags.) It's an improvement ( Read more... )

Today has been around 90F. Nevertheless, I have sustained efforts in my office and am pleased to report that I am now able to open two of the three windows in here, which renders it a fair bit less juicy. (I can stand most heat as long as there's good air movement ( Read more... )

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. What am I going to do? Well, Disney World is right out. I can't afford that shit, even if it's a "mere" 50 miles away. At the moment, my checking account balance is entirely to the right of the decimal, I have a like amount in my wallet, and payday isn't til Friday (and I need to be damn stingy with ( Read more... )