I don't know who reads Flylady's mailing list, but if you do, did you see the email Flylady sent out 2 days ago, about "dancing" as a Payroll SHE (SHE = Sidetracked Home Executive)? Often the emails to Flylady don't really apply to my life. Her default audience is stay-at-home moms. This post came from a lady with a full time job outside the home ( Read more... )

I've been reading a lot of blogs on "simple living" or "unplugging," etc. Most of them step way back from modern living, too far back for me. I'm not going to get rid of every single piece of tech. What defines "tech" anyway? Do the lights count?  One thing I'm trying to do, though, is focus on whether or not I'm enjoying the activity in question ( Read more... )

Last night I made taco salad, which is pretty easy. Ground beef, onion, garlic, cumin, chili powder, a bit of tabasco, some water. Brown the meat, put on lettuce, add cheese/salsa/sour cream. This gave us time to work out a meal plan for the next week or so plus time to go to Trader Joe's and do the bulk of the shopping. We spent $87, didn't buy a ( Read more... )

So much has happened since my last posting in early May. Obviously, I haven't had a lot of time for blogging. Facebook status updates have been about all I've done. We went on an awesome cruise for our 10th anniversary back in June. The whole time I was joking that I wouldn't have a job when I got back. No more jokes! It didn't happen when I got ( Read more... )

Today I had the chance to go to a new-to-me store in Bristol, PA called Ye Olde Cross Stitchery. It's small and tight, but wow, I have never seen so many models in one place! The owner (presumably) says she stitches 99% of the models herself and constantly changes them out. I'm kinda amazed at seeing that many finished designs! Also, it took me a ( Read more... )

So, it's official. I have diabetes.

This means that I need to make a commitment to low carb eating and excercising.

Lunch & dinner are easy enough: Meat + 2 veggies instead of one veggie and a starch. A lot of our fall back meals are pasta-based, though, and I'm not quite sure what to do about that. Dreamfields pasta is better for that, but that ( Read more... )

I've realized that I'm extremely project-oriented when working. Thankfully, I'm in the right job for that. I convert one manual to xml, proofread it, etc, send it off to QA and then the prime contractor and then I start the next. The problem? No reward/acknowledgment. I hate to admit it, but it kinda stinks to be told, "Ok, that's nice. Here's the ( Read more... )

Wow, I didn't post much this past year at all, did I? It's been pretty busy, though. I had forgotten how much time full time work takes up. Also, I felt a lot of my posts turned into whine-fests this year, and I'm kinda sad to see that. So much good happened this year, too - we bought a house, I celebrated a full year of employment for the first ( Read more... )

I'm contemplating something that horrifies my husband. I'm considering whether we really need 2 computers (plus the server, plus the laptop, and we each have smartphones and he usually has a smartphone and laptop from work...).  I know, I know, we're geeks. But we're increasingly just not on the computer. We now have a Wii, and Jon's been playing ( Read more... )

So, I made the mistake of stepping into the PetCo while they had an adoption day going on. Oh, who am I kidding? I was hoping they did. Anyway, they mostly had kittens (apparently they do their best to get kittens adopted as fast as possible before they grow up into older cats no one wants), so I told the lady I was interested in adult cats that ( Read more... )