As most of you have heard, J and I are continuing to try to get his house packed up. At this point, we have mostly completed the inventory, which means now we're just packing things as fast as we can, and we'd love help. Pretty please ( Read more... )

This is a x-post from J's journal for greater visibility. Please e-mail me or him if you need directions ( Read more... )

Well, besides the weather, I had a pretty good week. I'm doing a couple of interviews with some interesting companies (one today that I'm pretty excited about), so cross your fingers for me. Work continues to be busy and annoying, but what else is new? I'm still dealing with refi and car repairs, so lots of paperwork. But this weekend (mainly ( Read more... )

My mother was going through her jewelry box (mostly the old stuff, not the really valuable stuff), and came up with a necklace that she loved but kept breaking. It's black (possibly jet) polyhedrons (roughly spherical) individually knotted on a string, with a large teardrop pendant in the center. The center is what keeps breaking (apparently the ( Read more... )

Is there any way to set the default for new items to not have reminders? I'm failing to find it.

Also, is there any truly compelling reason I should join Google+? (eta: I am not on facebook and have never really had any true desire to join it. Also, I keep very distinct google identities for myself professionally and personally.)

So Lucrezia (the wonderful woman who cleans my house) has asked if I would be willing to teach her embroidery. Of course I would, but it strikes me that a) there might be other people who wish to learn and b) this type of thing is sometimes easier to teach with a small group. So, if you (or feel free to point somebody else you know here) think ( Read more... )

OK, so I decided that nobody else is excited enough about ice skating to help me make it happen, so I'm going to make it happen all on my own. I will be heading to the Somerville Veterans Memorial ice rink for free skate on Sunday. I will get there sometime between 3:30 and 4pm. If other people are there, I'll likely skate and hang out for 2 ( Read more... )

So, I have been challenged to include at least some social in each weekend, and I agree that that is good for me. However, large party social is often not my thing, both due to number of people and late hour. So I will likely be trying to organize smaller gatherings, either meeting for coffee/dinner/movie or things like crafts-night. I have a ( Read more... )

So, beah and I are still hosting girls night on Friday at my place. Currently, the thought is that we'll provide dumplings and beverages, but if you wanted to bring other food to share (appetizers, snacks, desserts, whatever) it would be appreciated. We are expecting a nice low-key evening, not super crowded even. Feel free to show up anytime ( Read more... )

Girls Night will be February 6 at my house, probably starting around 7pm. My thought for this girls night is dumplings! I live around the corner from Wangs which sells frozen dumplings that they've made themselves (they're awesome) that you can boil at home. You can see a list of their dumpling flavors at Read more... )