As many of you know, I've been having massive issues with my right shoulder/arm/neck area since September. It's been getting better with good PT, but not anywhere near as quickly as I'd like. Recently, some of the symptoms started to move to my left hand ( Read more... )

Today is the natal day of my best friend & spouse, canyonwalker. Happy birthday!

It's also the natal day of his twin brother from another mother, prince_eric. Happy birthday, Eric!


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And their banana bread baking ways.

Especially when the banana bread is so delicious. I've already had way too much of it...


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BF & I broke down & tossed the 10yo grill yesterday. The heat sinks were history, and the started hadn't worked for years. But it was the medium-sized grill that could, and it gave us a lot of life.

We then built the new one, but didn't get a chance to test it out last night. Guess who's having steak for dinner tonight, though?

BF has been mentioning for a while that wine stem markers would be great. BF always threatens to buy some, I retaliate with the fact that I can make nicer ones cheaper... and we go in circles because I never end up making any ( Read more... )

It's sad. I just realized I haven't beaded (or posted about it) since 2008 ( Read more... )

I don't usually like this type of humor, but BF showed me these hawks and they are tres funny.

Me to BF:

"Why does it smell like farts in here?"
"Because it's Milpitas."

Unfortunately, that can be oh so true.

So that vacation I was supposed to have? I'm still waiting for it to happen ( Read more... )

BF's company has their holiday party every January, to coincide with the quarterly Sales Meeting. It was this past Friday, and this year's entertainment was to take us all to the Improv in downtown San Jose to see some comedian's ( Read more... )