Isn't everyone excited?!? Doesn't my subject line make you want to rush to CVS/Staples/Office Depot and stock up on school supplies ( Read more... )

I do have to confess that I didn't get up today until 10:30, which sounds like I am back in junior high again. However, it did make the day go by really fast. Also the episodes of "Starting Over" (really cheesy pseudo-reality TV show, on mid-day to suck all the stay-at-home moms in) did help to pass the time. Then, I was productive and hauled 4 ( Read more... )

I haven't been up to much this week. I am dog-sitting for Margie and Steve while they are at another wedding (not their own, of course) in Colorado. I left Manassas at around 9:20 to get to Falls Church and found traffic on 66 and the Beltway at 9:45. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but really, people, let's get to work. I took Orson (their ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I putzed around the house, reading (Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal), playing the piano, eating, watching TV, and met Diana at Logan's Roadhouse for dinner. We ate outside, I had shrimp and a salad, and Diana told me about her hideous day (a 2-hour commute! one way! and two employees out who were months ( Read more... )

So I finished watching my video about spelling bees. It is indeed called Spellbound, and it was entertaining and not at all logorrheaic (the winning word in the competition was logorrhea). Like diarrhea, except with words and talking. Anywho, I would recommend it, if you like that sort of thing ( Read more... )

So today I decided to clean out my top dresser drawers. I have a classic Bassett/Broyhill dresser, with an attached mirror, 3 drawers, and 4 larger drawers under that. The top three drawers have always been reserved for, well, junk. I decided to go through it today and make better use of those drawers, since my clothes mostly sit in a pile on or ( Read more... )

I'm free for another year ( Read more... )

Back to school this week after nine days off... I pretty much agree with all that Kyle said, so just look at her entry if you want to know what I've been doing ( Read more... )

Today has been the longest day. I rehearsed with Kristina Schenck, at Manassas Park Middle School, this morning at 8:15. Luckily, the piece I have been having trouble with, that is impossibly fast, she said it was OK to just play chords or eighth notes instead of the sixteenth notes written. Yay ( Read more... )

So tonight I brought the paper(s) in (OK, there were ONLY three) and found a lovely surprise: a sample of some new Lipton tomato with crouton soup. I looked at it and saw that the directions required adding "really hot water(but you probably knew that)" and dumping the hot water over the contents of the envelope. The directions had a smart-ass ( Read more... )