LJ informed me that I have not posted for 25 weeks. I should have probably waited another to make it half a year but that's ok. Besides, 25 is a fabulous number (5^2 and all ( Read more... )

I had Jury Duty which meant that I had to go to Hillsboro. In order to get there I had to catch the bus at 6:30 am and so I woke up at 5ish (good times!). The bus was uneventful as was the max. I was paying close attention to details though so I could share info with Drew because he will probably have troubles when he goes to JD tomorrow. Walk a ( Read more... )

So I was reading the oregonian during my lunch break because it was there and came upon two interesting articles. First- there's a little wormy thing that I guess is ueber smart and does subconscious calculus to smell out the proximity of food. It wasn't very long so I don't know how amazing these little guys are but it's pretty interesting. Other ( Read more... )

a bit late but I am finally getting around to doing some heavy-duty cleaning. I've got two boxes of clothes and other assorted stuff for good will, just recycled 2 boxes full of paper. I also had a huge sock purging- I guess it's a good thing that I have bought lots of socks lately because most of the older socks got thrown away. When it comes to ( Read more... )

169 pennies ( Read more... )

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the debate tournament ( Read more... )

Monday: My mom went to get the results from her MRI and learned she has breast cancer. Her sister came down to go to the doctor with her and her brother stopped by the house to give her flowers when she got home. She's not terribly worried and so I am trying not to be and I'll be a good daughter and do whatever she needs me to (this will mainly ( Read more... )

1. Bold the books you've read
2. Italicize the ones you started but never finished
3. Star/Asterisk the ones you loved
4. Strikeout the ones you hated
5. At the end, add another book you've read and loved.

I'm putting in red the books that I want to read

I'm putting in blue the books that I ought to read

The Book List
1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
2 ( Read more... )

I got a kitty yesterday!!! We were in the shelter for about 4 hours picking out this little guy. There are just too many sweet kitties. His name is Wazzi which is an absurd name and I don't know if I like it but I am too uncreative to think of a better name. And exciting news from the shelter- my mom's boyfriend decided to get two kitties. He ( Read more... )