The kids are back home, which is really nice. I missed them while they were at my mom's. My mom, too, has joined the knitting bandwagon, though at the age of 70 most people won't assign the same trend score to her knitting, I suppose. My sister showed her how to make ponchos, and now she's churning them out by the bushel. So the girls want her ( Read more... )

Happy birthday beanqueen!!! Love to you! Mwah!


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Won't be going to the CNY parade this year. It makes me sound like a moron, but I forgot that I have a midterm on Monday, and Sunday is the only day my group can get together and study. Actually, I knew the whole time that I had one on Jan 30, I just didn't realise it was coming up so soon. However, Ana made a lantern in school, and Sera's class ( Read more... )

I know I really shouldn't be surprised, but damn I'm embarrassed. And angry, duh, but right now mostly embarrassed. I'm hoping we get a chance to return to the polls as soon as possible, that's for sure.

So, the naan experiment. The process was way more fun and easy than I expected. I used this recipe, and the end result was- meh. It was, as I mentioned, a very stiff dough, and it turned out like a very good grilled pizza crust, but it didn't have that flaky tenderness I associate with restaurant style naan. To be honest, my knowledge of south ( Read more... )

Our tree is still up. When we got it, I was telling my friends at school that now that we made the transition to a fake one, we could leave it up all year round. Pretty lights! Then my friend Liz says, yeah and decorate it with different themes! She thought I would take that as a joke! Hahahaha ( Read more... )

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1. What time did you get up this morning?

Alarm rang at 6:51, 4 snooze hits, then we actually got out of bed at 7:22. Yes, those are exact times.

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Paul, who is normally much, much, MUCH more organised than I am, borrowed a couple of books on my card the last library trip. No biggie, I do it all the time with him. But, he lost one and now I have a late fee on my file for The Complete Idiot's Guide To Time ManagementOK, I've lost books on his card before, but they were random paperbacks, not ( Read more... )

Despite my bitching, it has been a nice holiday for the most part. Before we left we did Scienceworld and the aquarium with the kids. There were lots of shows and things at both places, allowing dh and I to seat the kids, then retreat back to an out of the way bench to talk about our Guild Wars builds.

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