Crazy times... closing on the house tomorrow???

Lots going on! Katie passed nursing school and I am so proud of her!

Daniel and Cayla just had their offer on a house accepted, so congrats to them!

And Katie and I are also looking to buy a house! We are hoping to put an offer on one soon and we are going to look at it together tomorrow morning. Wish us luck!

More to come later

So I am working on a reading list - a massive reading list. It is truly daunting to look at. But I just knocked one off the other night, having finished The Great Gatsby. My next endeavour is The Canterbury Tales since I never really read it in my undergrad, due to varied circumstances. I feel it is important to get a good grasp on this work and am ( Read more... )

I saw Skinny Puppy on Sunday and it was good quite good. I am glad that I have finally seen them live now. It's been about five or six years since I missed their show just after they reformed. And I have never seen a live performance quite like theirs, definitely a mixture of hallucinogenic and horror aesthetics. Also, I knew most of the songs they ( Read more... )

I feel proud of myself for not being a lazy bum because I went jogging instead. I have been noticing my weight (and waist-line) going up in recent months so I am determined to do something about it. My stupid job is making me fatter by sitting on my butt for 8 hours straight. When I was a student and working part-time I was much skinnier because I ( Read more... )

Sick and broke... bleh

Today felt like summer. It was hot, thunder clouds formed and threatened rain, we went swimming, had Rubio's for dinner, and I'm listening to Better Than Ezra now. Listening to "Deluxe" makes me think of sitting on a wrap-around porch somewhere in the South, the lightning bugs out in force, and watching a thunderstorm roll in ( Read more... )

Summer ( Read more... )

The album "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" has pretty much become a Sunday institution for me. When I first heard it I was pretty put-off, but I have grown to love it. I think I have listened to it on about 8 of the last 10 Sundays or so.

Man, things have been slow this week which means boredom abounds. There really is no place like home ( Read more... )