we have a house! we found a place in Seattle ( Read more... )

Reading AT - that's short for Apartment Therapy - these days.  Not necessarily for doing The Cure (I won't be here long enough, it doesn't seem worth it) and yet doing some parts of it to make life easier, fitting better, building new/better habits of living in and thinking about my space. As a  result (so far): our living room is vacuumed and ( Read more... )

 this is what I'm singing tonight. A couple months ago, I won an Edun Calliope Dress on ebay. Pricey, gorgeous, and completely, ridiculously the WRONG SIZE ( Read more... )

of wine, that is. Set me back a pretty penny, even with the case discount.

Yes, today was wine-country-day. Our first trip since last August (? or Sept?), so it's been awhile.  We came home with 19 bottles. I won't say how much. Our picks, by vineyard:

Foxen:
the "lemon drop" chardonnay X 2
the Williamson-Dore vineyard syrah X 1

Kenneth Volk (my case):
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yep. Apparently I WAS right and it IS pink eye. I won't be contagious by tomorrow, but I have 5-10 days before symptoms clear, and have to keep taking my eyedrops after that. Apparently, it's ripping through the adult population of Santa Barbara right now. Damn. As Clareann pointed out, "you know how that gets started, right? Fecal matter in the ( Read more... )

I am a very bad Sarah. I spent $150 at Ross today. tsk! tsk! It was the dresses that put me over, $50 a pop. However, both were about $150 originally. Does that justify it? Both are cotton/cotton blends, one Calvin Klein, one Liz Claiborne, perfect for teaching, very smart ( Read more... )

 woof. so tired. Here's why I didn't want to get sick on spring break: because it means I have to cut back on the giant list of satisfying, soul-feeding fun times I wanted to have. I just pushed myself (really PUSHED) through some 3 or 4 hours of painting. My whole body aches, my bloodshot eye is about twice as bad (ewww, not looking so hot right ( Read more... )

 just because I'm irritated by someone being cranky and huffy about ... ? Hm ( Read more... )

Things I should be doing right now: working out (once the caffeine's a bit further out of my system), grading, writing, cleaning.

Things I ought not to be doing: goofing around on the computer.

But this is what I'm thinking about just now, this rollercoaster emotional ride. I'm not okay with things yet, and I know that I can't ignore these feelings. ( Read more... )

I looked at my post last night after I finished it. "Whatcha doon?" Cass called down. I told him I was writing a journal entry, but what I was really doing was writing a mushy love letter to my students.

After the last lecture session today - a nice discussion of our last two events - one of my students was lingering afterward to give me these ( Read more... )