This long holiday weekend was quite the mixed bag. As I've mentioned previously, our dear friend YMF is staying with us for awhile. This means that on the weekends, his son A is also staying with us. Now, A is an exceptionally good little boy of seven or eight -- but even exceptionally good little children are still children, especially in an ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, I guess I was meant to be spammy today.

Very Important e-mail message from The Boss of Me:
From: The Boss of Me
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Zoje George
Subject: More very important work related stuff ( Read more... )

Last weekend, the Sicilian and I bought a new vacuum. It's not that our old vacuum was bad, but it was a canister vac and despite the large amount of bare floor we have, it was worse than a workout to try and pull up the cat hair from our area rugs and mats. Seriously, we -- rather I since vacuuming is my chore, would have to run the hose over the ( Read more... )

A sure sign of spring here in the NorthWest is the sudden appearance of the cherry and apple blossoms. My street in particular exploded with a profusion of the pink and white blooms. One day you're walking under black, somber branches, and overnight they come out with their dainty, sweet blossoms. The petals start falling off almost immediately, so ( Read more... )

1. Call florist and send flowers to "random couple" waiting in line to get married in San Francisco. With love, from Seattle.

And this is beautiful.

Edited to add this link, just for brandnewgun Some Couples Saying 'I Don't'

A few years ago, well, about 10 or 15 actually, I decided that I enjoyed the comfort of my bed too much to stint on quality. Sheets had to have at least a 350 thread count, pillows (and there had to be quite a few) had to be comfy and head cradling, and there had to be plenty of blankets that were larger than the size required by the actual bed ( Read more... )