A recipe for a certain Roasted Beet soup can be found here! :) (Note: You can comment here, or there if you have a blogspot account).

So this chest cold from last week is still kicking my arse. I've been pretty wiped after work. And this morning when my alarm went off my brain said "Who is calling me this early in the morning?" It took at ( Read more... )

Holy crap ( Read more... )

Note to self: Do NOT drink a frappuccino at 6:30pm while meeting with your dissertation advisor ( Read more... )

First, family. An extraordinary thing happened yesterday. I was having a delightful evening out at Zum Schneider and when I came home and checked the post, my father and stepmother sent me a check. A healthy check. I opened the envelope when my companion was in the loo, and I started crying I was so moved. When I rang my stepmother later that ( Read more... )

In the put a fire under one's own arse dept. I emailed one of my dissertation committee members to set up a discussion meeting.

I also popped by my Uni to take out some books I requested from the library.

While I was there, I chatted with the admin for our dept. and she asked me "Do you want me to put your name in yellow?"Apparently, students ( Read more... )

So I took the day off work yesterday to get some things done. I slept late, went to University, and got some fresh air. Not bad, all told ( Read more... )

Do forgive if this entry is a bit tl;dr ( Read more... )

Ok, people, I need your help this week! The first two items in my pick-up, I have no idea about them. Anyone? Anyone?Thanks to a little help from my flist and my amazing powers of google-fu, I discovered that alache is the Spanish word for 'spurred anoda." It's used in soups and stews, and for medicinal purposes. Reading about it didn't make it ( Read more... )

I am considering using a theory of citizenship for my dissertation. Does anyone on my F-list have recommendations for readings?

Well, today was . . . interesting. I barely made it out the door for my continuing stomach ache and other ailments. But made it I did, and now I can go home and sleep ( Read more... )