Every small child/ youngster/person under roughly the age of 14 for about a 3 block range is currently screaming and/or crying their eyes out, indulging in some serious roughhousing that has already lead to injuries, or is otherwise trying to convince most of the others around here to become or remain child-free ( Read more... )

So, looking over the budget and the income/outgo situation of my household a bit closer, I notice something interesting: we go out to eat A LOT. This has to change for two reasons: 1. my waistline and 2. the rent. We can't afford this ( Read more... )

It isn't, technically, a real problem, but this is an odd situation, and one that I find worrying ( Read more... )

I am no longer permitted to read news articles that include graphic descriptions of heart attack/stroke/cancer or other potentially deadly illnesses. I abruptly begin to show all of the symptoms. I shall call it "Freshman Psychology Syndrome", in that it is related to how everyone in my freshman psychology class started diagnosing themselves with ( Read more... )

Watching a history channel show about a tugboat team working on the Great Lakes. The theme song? A modern rock-y version of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

That's just mean.

Quilt show this weekend. In the middle of it. Having a wonderful time, with lots of good alone time afterwards at my apartment. I have a bunch of awesome new fabric (this is why I was trying to use up so much of what I had here at the apartment) and a whole lot of new patterns and some new friendly acquaintances and I have generated some pretty, ( Read more... )

Ryan (the beloved boyfriend) is staying out at his family's campground. We are still very happily together, just not physically so right now ( Read more... )