On 2/26, I ordered our favorite coffee from Just Coffee in Madison, WI. We order from them about every three weeks or so, as the House of Cats and Klutzy Women share 5lbs of coffee we get ( Read more... )

Well, shockingly enough, around 2.30pm on Friday, the skies cleared, the sun came out, the birds were singing, and squirrels pelted us with detritus from the trees. Yes, the weather actually smiled on our birthday celebrations ( Read more... )

Today is perfect weather day. It's all dark and gloomy, but warm! It reminds me of days in both HCM City and Seattle that I loved.

Fashion I do not understand: t-shirt and a wooly scarf tied around the neck. For real, I have seen many many women wearing this outfit all summer, and the point is... ?

Mens who are older than My Awesome Dad can just ( Read more... )

Ach, so I didn't get the job for which I interviewed last week. The client wants everyone who works there to have a college degree -- yeah, and so did Amazon, right down to the people working the warehouse when they started.

Meh.
Mr I Give Good Phone contacted me with a reasonable excuse the other day, and invited me out for a big neighborhood- ( Read more... )

I think I just mailed an open pack of cigarettes to myself.

seriouspenguin, the two final boxes of crap are on their way to you. And I may be able to get the mis-addressed one sorted this afternoon; I'd do it now, but they're about to break for lunch and nap time at the post office. I hope I can get it fixed, because that's the box with all the handbags and a ( Read more... )

The Bad: Yep. Definitely sick. Some stupid sinus thing. Sore throat. Hell.

I was going to hop on a plane this afternoon and go to Phu Quoc Island, I had it all planned out. BUT I forgot that this week and next, everyone's getting out of town for the holiday. So no hotel rooms are available in Phu Quoc.

Crap.

The Good: Packages from starfishchick! With ( Read more... )

EEEEE! Another package in the mail. No bears in this one, but I have been told that bears will follow soonish.

Last weekend, I got a lovely package from dimitra, which contained two books I've been wanting to devour for ages and ages. I'm in the first third of Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise at the moment and cannot recommend it highly enough ( Read more... )

It's amazing how some mornings just the sight of my first cup of coffee can ward off an incipient headache ( Read more... )

So yesterday I got a package in the post from pisica and perditathecat! pisica sent lovely little gifties to me including Wooooooooooo! Candy corn! Sorry, I saw the candy corn, which I haven't seen since I've been here, and blanked out on everything else ( Read more... )

Oh! Surprise in the mail from the lovely pisica! Thank you for some new books, what a great surprise that was today. And no, I have not read either of them, nor have I read anything by either author before. Good call ( Read more... )