I have fallen out of gaming the past few years, but my brother has a Xbox 360 headset on his Christmas Wish List this year.  I would really like to get him a good gift. And this one has the added bonus of cancelling out the noise when he's playing at my parents' house in the wee hours and I am sleeping ( Read more... )

I am having tile installed in my kitchen this week.  And super fancy laminate floors installed in the rest of my house next week.  I pinned a sample to the "My House (In the Middle of my Street)" board on Pinterest.  I will be sending in the deposit for glass block windows for the basement this week.  I will need to hire a plumber, electrician, ( Read more... )

I haven't been this ill in a very long time.  I had vaccinations for typhoid and hepatitis a/b on Wednesday.  I was fine until Thursday night when I started getting unhealthy chills at work.  Then the violent coughing started.  By the time Friday morning rolled around, I couldn't walk from one place to another without a serious pep talk.  Holding ( Read more... )

I received a helium filled Mylar balloon for my birthday.  It looked like a festive package with a bow & it was brightly colored.  It has been living in my dining room since the beginning of February.  Occasionally being played with by a toddler, but mostly just hanging out.  The deflation process had started (much later than expected), and for the ( Read more... )

There was a puppy sitting in the middle of the street when I got back from the salon yesterday. She's adorable -- probably a lab mix.  I've been calling her Zoe. I took her to the Humane Society, but she isn't chipped.  She has been spayed.  I put in a found report there, and I posted on CL too.  I discovered last night she is definitely not house ( Read more... )

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Today I am conducting a head to head cupcake competition between The Cup (formerly known as the cupcakery) and Sweet Art.  I am pitting the respective Red Velvets against one another.  The secondary competition is between Sweet Art's Come Hither Carrot and a yet to be determined offering from The Cup.  The current choices are Pumpkin Harvest and ( Read more... )

I am a marketing person's wet dream.  I am highly susceptible to the power of suggestion.  I know this about myself, and monitor my whims accordingly.  For example, I have been looking at a billboard for the new Caramelized Peach Salad at California Pizza Kitchen for a couple of weeks now while driving to work.  I finally went to CPK on Saturday.  ( Read more... )

If you follow me on twitter, you're already sick of hearing about this.  I am just always amazed by the combination of smell and sense memory.  The Body Shop has brought back some "classics" that have been discontinued over the years.  They have Dewberry body wash & lotion again.  Dewberry was the closest thing I've ever had to a "signature scent" ( Read more... )

So, my mom works for South African Airways.  She's all important and stuff on the East Coast.  My mother gets to go to South Africa all the time for business, and my father has been with her several times.  My brother did a five-week internship at a wildlife preserve in South Africa, and my entire family is pretty much in love with the place.  I've ( Read more... )