My throat/nose/cough are still killing me. The shop went out for excellent authentic Mexican food at Las Cazuelas (in Philly) yesterday, and I had lovely delusions of all that bright citrus and cilantro vitamin C punching whatever this is in the nose, but it doesn't seem to have worked out quite that way ( Read more... )

So, a little while ago we finally sold "my" house, the one I bought with advice and input from the Ladies' Champion but technically on my own back in 1999. We've been in the "new" house for over two years now, renting the other to a friend of ours who used to live across the street; he got himself in a reasonable position to buy, so all that is now ( Read more... )

I have an iPhone ( Read more... )

And now, the first of the "Stuff I bought at Birka" reviews!

The Heavy-Duty Hand Cream from ladypeyton's Still Room is very effective. I've had little red lines on my hands where the skin's been cracking for weeks now, and nothing I used was doing a darn thing, but that cream really seems to be helping. Plus it smells good -- a little incense-y and a little ( Read more... )

From a quiz posted by katnboots:
"If woodwindy had a superpower, what would it be? SHAWM..."

Damn straight! Hee. My usual mid-January quiet time/mental hibernation/slump seems to have kicked in a little early this year, so please forgive me if I haven't responded to things you've expected me to -- but I have to admit that line and baronadhemar's Goth Pancake both made me laugh ( Read more... )