I was going to post here to comment about the fact that my userpic is now so out of date that it isn't even funny. I mean, literally, it has gone past "so old it's funny" and is now just "so outdated it's irrelevant." God. In 2004 Bush got elected again. That's how long ago that pic is from. What the absolute fuck. Those 17 years in between are ( Read more... )

Me, while cooking dinner: I either lost my phone at Trader Joe's, or else it's in the car. But I can't call it, because I killed it at Trader Joe's ( Read more... )

I was going to go on about this, but I think the email I sent just now covers it. Only addition: Seriously? Does this rental agency only handle properties owned by slumlords? Let's see... random cabinets are hung backwards, the bathroom doesn't vent (the only ventilation is a window over the bathtub, so you can't have it open when anyone's actually ( Read more... )

Well, we are all moved in to our new home, even though we are not all moved out of the old one. Movers came yesterday and took all our stuff, which took FOUR HOURS!, and then we moved the cats. Brian yelled at us for the entire 6-minute car ride, with Sparky echoing him in her little high-pitched cheerleader voice every time he stopped for breath. ( Read more... )

I know. I too remember the huge hassle involved in getting an iPhone in the first place. I wanted it SO BAD. And only two years later, I am already talking about getting a different phone?! Not even a new iPhone ( Read more... )

As a mega-nerd, I love Robert's Rules of Order. But mostly, I love them not because they give me lots of interesting details to learn and geek out about, but because the more I learn about them and use them, the more I see how functional meetings become when we use them right ( Read more... )

1. CLEANING ( Read more... )

1. CLEANING ( Read more... )

Every time I go on a trip, I come back with visions for how much cleaner and neater our house needs to be. This time it's coupled with a higher household income, resulting in....

THE WHOLE-HOUSE MAKEOVER

Here are the projects I came up with so far:

1. CLEANING
   
   We have the EcoMetro guide, which is full of eco-friendly coupons for local businesses ( Read more... )

• 13:42 Animal communicator says that Crindy is alive and well w/a family near the Bakery Lofts by our house and we should flyer more
  along Adeline. #
• 13:54 Annie: (pulling out a bag of cashews) "Aw, nuts." Me: (rolling my eyes) Annie: "Wait till we have a farm and I'm always going, 'Hay!!'" #
• 13:55 (Now I'm reading my tweet to her and she's ( Read more... )