Holy cow! I don't think I shared our announcement on here! Most people here follow me on Facebook now, which is why I post most of my thoughts over there. (Plus, I don't have many thoughts, so the brief updates are all that I seem to need ( Read more... )

Gemma and I are looking to buy our first house. We got what we could together, did a fair amount of research into the technical aspects of process, and set out on the journey by selecting our financing and real estate assistance ( Read more... )

I have incredibly simple tastes ( Read more... )

Gemma and I are tired from our unintended adventure last night ( Read more... )

Two months ago tomorrow, I started eating healthier and exercising. In that time, I've lost 19 pounds. As of yesterday, my BMI is below 30, and I'm officially no longer obese ... Just overweight.

( The rest of the boring weight loss stuff follows. )

Why in the world are people even considering giving money to a woman who is obviously mentally ill, for her illness? (The news radio I was listening to earlier today said it was Oprah who was approaching the girl, not that the girl had agents who were contemplating approaching Oprah. I'm a little less on-edge with this version ( Read more... )

We are, of course, fine. It wasn't really about our safety or even the safety of our "stuff". We were only worried about a possible evacuation since they kept revising them closer and closer to us. The fire itself was never going to make it through the entire city to get to us ( Read more... )

First, I want to assure everybody that we will be safe. We're lucky in that this all happened the evening after the big earthquake drill we had, and Gemma and I had just re-discussed our emergency plans. PLUS, it will never get that far anyway ( Read more... )

So here are some pictures I promised from earlier. First is Gemma's "costume". She wanted to be festive as we were walking out of the CVS yesterday evening, so she picked this up for $2.


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My office is great this morning. The IT department has been sectioned off behind black plastic curtains, and we've replaced the fluorescents with black lights. (I'm in my black spidey/venom hoodie ... It's awesome ( Read more... )