After several weeks of worrying, then 2 very long days of intense manual labor, we finally have a new roof ( Read more... )

The prednisone was making me morose and tired, so I started drinking lots of coffee at home this week. I even bought a MR. COFFEE grinder from Meijer, so I could enjoy the stuff Cass gave me at my wedding shower ( Read more... )

New Job ( Read more... )

No 'roid rage yet, but my poison ivy is already clearing up. I also had no allergic reactions all day, since the whole point of the prednisone is to suppress the allergic response to poison ivy ( Read more... )

I've had poison ivy for about 3 weeks now and it's just kept getting worse. Most of this week has been spent fantasizing about cutting my arms off ( Read more... )

I found a box of toothpicks in the house today. Just about every time I see a toothpick, it reminds me of this Looney Toons cartoon I saw when I was little. Two gophers are trying to track down all the trees that've been stolen from their forest, and they come upon a factory that's making toothpicks. A line of big logs goes into the factory, and ( Read more... )

Honeymoon Photos!

No password required. Wedding pictures should be done on Monday the 20th.

I took my sister's dog Bear out for a walk this morning. We went to the end of the block and back, and he was actually dragging me most of the way. He's already doing a lot better than he was yesterday, but it's clear that he hates his plastic head cone thing. It has to stay on until they take the drainage tube out of his leg in 4 days, and it' ( Read more... )

My sister and I were walking her 2 dogs yesterday down the sidewalk next to Quarterline Hill. Bear and Cub were both on chest harnesses with leashes ( Read more... )

Speaking of nerdy hiking gear stuff -

I own an MSR SuperFly, a really tiny and lightweight hiking stove. It looks very similar to another MSR stove, the PocketRocket.


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