Deep sigh of relief. A weekend off! It's been a tough couple of weeks at work, but I'm looking forward to my boss coming back from vacation on Tuesday. And the week after that my new co-worker starts ( Read more... )

I just spent 45 minutes writing a post and accidently deleted it all on one keystroke. Whatever. That's my signal to go to bed. I'll try again tomorrow.

Today has been a great day. I slept in, made a kale-grape-mango-smoothie for breakfast and later met janeausten for lunch. I always enjoy getting to spend time with her! Afterwards, I went to Half-Price Books and browsed leisurely for over an hour, finding all kinds of cool stuff, then hemming and hawing about what to buy. I left with a Pilates DVD led by ( Read more... )

I tried to make cake pops last night -- those cute confections-on-a-stick that are featured in so magazines and food blogs these days -- but alas, they did not come out. Dan even helped, by buying cake mix and baking the cake while I was at work, which was really sweet. I think it is something that we could do with a bit of practice though. It was ( Read more... )

Is anyone else thinking of the CNN special from a year ago predicting the day a hurricane knocks out the fuel refineries in Texas and the results are catastrophic for the entire country? Cause I am.

Regardless of what awaits me at work tomorrow, today is a good day. It's a cleaning/laundry/cooking/reading day. Two loads of laundry started, bathroom cleaned, dishes done and I'll head to the laundromat in a little bit to do the big items. Also need to re-pot some of the pepper plants and the tomato plants. I'm so excited, as we actually have ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed ( Read more... )

Last night Dan and I went shopping for groceries. We walk into the store and get a cart, start walking through the produce section and I'm thinking out loud about what we need to get: "Bread, cheese, tea..." Dan pulls something out of his pocket and says "Let me check my list". His list consists of a 2008 Milwaukee Brewers game schedule, and he ( Read more... )

Portrait of an INFP - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving ( Read more... )

I love my husband lots but he snores so loudly! I'm debating whether or not I should just bunk down on the couch tonight...I can hear him in the other room :)

Yesterday I went to the library and one of the books I checked-out is called Classics for
Pleasure by Michael Dirda. Well, I started reading it and quickly decided that I wanted my own copy ( Read more... )