Last night after dinner, I was enjoying having the house to myself. I had Law and Order on the TV, I was working on some crafts, and a load of dishes was going in the dishwasher while some laundry was finishing up in the drier ( Read more... )

So far today, the pond hockey tournament that was going on this weekend (in which I was playing) has been cancelled. Our current heatwave coupled with rain all day yesterday caused the ice conditions to be "crap" so they're postponing the championship games 'til next weekend--or 'til forever, it's not 100% clear which one it is yet. Meanwhile, ( Read more... )

I got stuck working late tonight because off a super-duper important WE HAVE TO HAVE IT NOW sample that they handed to me 2 minutes before I was going to walk out the door (3 hours and 40 minutes ago, or so). I just finished up the report for it now ( Read more... )

Last night I made chicken pot pie for dinner, but instead of rolling the premade crust I use as thin as I usually do, I left it a bit thicker than normal for the bottom crust. I also added extra flour & purposely made the filling thicker than usual. WOW! I wasn't even in the mood for pot pie while cooking it, but the meal itself turned out ( Read more... )

Today I reffed my second hockey game. And after the game, a nice man came up to me with a clipboard, wanting to have a chat with me -- turns out I was being evaluated ( Read more... )

I just got home (and cleaned up) from reffing my first hockey game. A former teammate/coworker and I had taken the test with USA Hockey & attended the seminar in the fall so we received our crests. I put attempting to ref on hold until after I had finished last semester's classes, but since furlough is this entire week I'd left my calendar wide ( Read more... )

Christmas this year was cool -- my mother and dad enjoyed the food D & I cooked for them & the gifts we gave them. Mom gave me a cookbook from Hell's Kitchen (the Minneapolis restaurant, not the TV show) which has all the stuff that my dad & D love to eat (bison sausage, lemon ricotta pancakes, homemade peanut butter). I am enjoying the thought ( Read more... )

I spent some quality time this past Saturday with Lilabeth & Stan. Stan is at the stage now where he likes making cat and dog noises when he sees cats and dogs (I have a beanie baby of each of them) and also where he finds noses fascinating--moreso if they're not his own. The side of my nose he was grabbing & twisting over the weekend now moves ( Read more... )

Today was a final in the earlier of my two classes & the anniversary-luncheon at work ( Read more... )

I just reinstalled Baldur's Gate 2 (and the expansion) on my desktop (600 x 800 resolution, how I've missed thee?). Why, you ask? Because I was about six dragons away from finishing the expansion and I never got around to it. Jokingly, I used to say I was sure I'd have the game done by the time I turned 30. Now the clock is ticking....