Fat Money
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008It’s the first day of a brand new year, and all over the country, people are getting a start on their New Year’s resolutions. Many are likely tackling one or both of the twin bogeys of modern American life: Lose Weight and Get Out of Debt. The more I deal with both of them in [...]
White-ish Christmas!
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007It’s been such a happy Christmas season, starting with the NY trip and giving ourselves freedom from gift-giving pressure, to our Chicken Carolers (of whom, darn it, I didn’t think to take a picture) and our Zombie Yulesters, to four mellow days at home together, eating, drinking, and making merry; it’s all been wonderful. And [...]
The Power of Lists
Monday, December 10th, 2007I’m on record as being an enormous fan of making, keeping, and working from lists. It harnesses my OCD tendencies in a positive way, takes away the stress of tracking the multitudinous details of daily life, and gives me a nice little shot of dopamine when I check off an item. Yet little did I [...]
New York, Day 2
Sunday, December 9th, 2007Day 2 kicked off with brunch for the whole group in the hotel restaurant. Judging from the hearty appetites and lively conversation, it seemed all had enjoyed a good night’s sleep. Over eggs and French press coffee, we got into a very interesting discussion about politics and economics–contravening the rules of polite conversation, perhaps, but [...]
New York, Day 1
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Our trip to New York last weekend was just about the most perfect vacation we’ve ever had. We stayed at a posh hotel, ate fabulous food, got in a wee bit of shopping (some of us more than others), and just generally had a fantastic time. We were there to surprise Aviva for her birthday, [...]
Feel Free…
Friday, October 5th, 2007..to envy me for the delicious weekend I’m heading into! Ingredients: Anne of Green Gables (1985) on DVD Mapp & Lucia (Series 1) on DVD Ang Lee’s Sense & Sensibility free on the On Demand channel 3 boxes of Halloween decorations to put around 2 knitting projects that I really need to make progress on [...]
Psst…
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007It’s Wednesday, October 3rd. Do you know where you’ll be four weeks from today?
Amazing!
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007It’s been an action-packed weekend! I’ve reached a new pinnacle of tired-but-happy, and a new understanding of the word “amazing”. Friday night we went to a Jonathan Coulton show, and had a terrific time. He had a great opening band, Paul and Storm, whom we enjoyed just about as much as we did JoCo himself. [...]
School Days
Monday, September 17th, 2007Ah, Fall. Season of new beginnings, of pristine notebooks and sharpened pencils. I know we’re supposed to feel freshly reborn in Spring, but for me, it’s Fall: seventeen years of new outfits, new supplies, and new classrooms has oriented me so that I’m at my most optimistic when the leaves start changing. I loved school, [...]
Nightmare Evolution
Friday, September 14th, 2007I don’t have the recurrent nightmare about showing up naked to a public event; I don’t know what fear it represents, but I’m not susceptible to it. Ramona’s had the naked dream on my behalf a few times (“OMG, why is Kaizerin standing there without her pants on?!”), whatever that may say about her fears [...]
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