I have decided to come to terms with the fact that I don't sleep through the night much anymore. I am not sure if this is a age-related thing, but it seems to be getting quite chronic. I fall asleep, sleep for about two to three hours, wake up for two to three hours and then generally fall back asleep. I am mostly getting a solid six to eight hours ( Read more... )

I like to remake old things rather than buying new (insert joke about my second marriage here) to save money and to keep junk out of landfill.  My newest project is to create a storage bench for the end of our bed. This ugly little footstool should provide me with a lot of the elements I will need. I can salvage the legs, crossbraces and hinges. ( Read more... )

If it weren't for insomnia and plane trips I would never see a sunrise. I guess there is something good in everything!

All weekend I worked crazy hours to help cover for an ill coworker. So far this winter everyone at the bakery has lost a few days from the plague, except me. So far my immune system has remained robust against the onslaught of craptasticly rotten weather and interactions with my flu-zombie coworkers. I don't know if I can weather yet another winter ( Read more... )

I did not expect to be picking apples first thing this morning but...

During the night, my lovely hybrid apple tree "broke". One of the branches, very heavy with fruit, split right off the tree. I am quite sad as it a beautiful and unusual tree. It contains branches from four different varieties a apple and so produces both yellow and red apples. ( Read more... )

Wow, it has been a long time since I wrote anything here ( Read more... )

Today my plan had been to go to the event, but I have opted instead for the more grown up option of painting my laundry room. I tore it apart just before my vacation and it has been barely usable since. As the weekend is the only time I get a large chunk of time to devote to large projects, today is the day. With luck, I can get two coats of paint ( Read more... )

This year again I am enjoying the bliss of being married to a Jewish man at Christmas. Having one entire side of the family that I don't have to buy gifts for or arrange holiday visits with, really takes a lot of the stress out of the season. We still put up lights and decorate a tree, because these are traditions I grew up with and I enjoy them, ( Read more... )

The last month has been seen much of my non-Weight Watchers time being devoted to making coronets. I have made 6 in the last few weeks. While it is amusing work for the most part, coronets are also enormously labor intensive! The two which took the most time were a pair of ex-Territorial Baron coronets. Unlike here, the MIddle Kingdom ( Read more... )

I have a day of (mostly) trollishness ahead of me today and I am looking forward to it. I have lots of Pennsic prep to do and it will be nice to really  concentrate on that. I also took a bit of time to clear off some of my desk. It ha gone from  "a disaster" to "messy". I am good with that ( Read more... )