When I started this lj, Max wanted me to call it The Coupon Diaries, because I am a top-notch consumer, and your worst nightmare if you are en evil business or incompetent employee ( Read more... )

1. IE was annoying me today, so I downloaded Firefox. I am trying this "tab" thing and it is freaking me out. I am an obsessive right-click and "Open link in new window" person. My sysadmin at work will try to reboot my system or load new software and be freaked by the number of windows I have open ( Read more... )

For fall-out from the $1394 vacuum-cleaner incident, and for comments from a former Kirby professional, refer to the comments to my previous entry.

I'm not an early adopter. My change style is iterative, evolutionary, progressive. I don't make giant leaps forward. My husband is far, far worseIn late 2002, I was getting my "official" degree (I ( Read more... )

In 2001ish, Ethan and I were at the tourist trap that is Universal City Walk*, and we came across a 2-foot tall Godzilla doll at the Wound & Wound Toy Co. It was less than $8! We HAD to own it ( Read more... )

So, this morning, I started on the Master Cleanser fast. It's a 10 day diet of lemondade made with organic maple syrup. I heard about it from Beth, and it is also widely touted by David Blaine and Robin Quivers. (As I write this, I realize that "because David Blaine did it" is NOT a good reason to undertake anything, so let's just say I want to ( Read more... )

We've had some scruffling noises in the attic, so Ethan went out and bought some mouse traps. When he was installing them, I called out to inform him that peanut butter works better than cheese as bait. He hopped down the ladder and informed me that, nope, he had used an Albertson's Chewy Low Fat S'Mores Granola Bar. He was eating the remaining ( Read more... )

Madeleine, just for you is a tuba + Britney Spears = awesome.

More reasons to hate my husband.  The military is performing little war games which are interrupting our lives and commute times.

Tonight, E went to the gym-rat gym and I went to the indoor pool to hang out with my genertions-older instructor who is absolutely fabulous.  I left water ( Read more... )

My husband is hilarious. His favorite people in the world are me, Madeleine, my friend Amanda, and our co-worker Claudia. He loves us because he can make fun of us. Seriously, he is jollier than ever around Madeleine because she is such a blonde goof and provides so much fodder for him ( Read more... )

My throat hurts wicked bad. I am sad. I woke up around 1:30 AM because it hurt so bad. I have a head-cold thingy. In the middle of the night, I said something to E in a whiny pathetic voice, and he said something about how we'd get a new vacuum cleaner soon. Wtf?? It would be more hilarious to sleep-talk to E if I wasn't in such pain.

1. Why, oh why, don't I own In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy? I just read an interview with Boone in American Heritage, and how did I miss the 50's pop crooner covering Guns N Roses, Ozzy, Zepplin, Depp Purple, Metallica, and more? Plus, this was like his best-selling album of the 1990's. I will be getting this. And Madeleine will be ( Read more... )