Ping to cmerun12:

Package delivered yesterday to much surprise and many delighted squeees!

Also, I have seen The Sox! And am in awe! (as I well expected to be)

Ping cmerun12.

Have you seen This WebsiteIf you've got some time I encourage you to browse down the "photos" section. There are TONS and the farther down I got, the more I thought of you. (There's lots of "gorgeousness" all over ( Read more... )

Last night I was out shopping and spent some time examining/enjoying a bin of adorable, plushy microbes. I'd seen them in catalogs but never in person before. (If you've not seen them, imagine microscopic germs/viruses/pests/etc magnified in size and reproduced in brightly colored fake fur, stuffed with fluff. They are almost indescribably cute ( Read more... )

Despite the insanity that had me knitting not one but TWO Dr. Who scarves in college (one each, old/new) (out of the cheapest acrylic yarn I could find, btw), I'm really not a knitter. Even though I just bought some recycled silk yarn and intend to knit a shawl for myself out of it, I STILL don't consider myself a knitter ( Read more... )

Hit the point today where I just couldn't handle another meal where chili was the primary ingredient. 1-2 meals/day for 3 days is apparently my limit! So, today a coworker and I went to LuLu's for lunch. (for the non-local, LuLu's is a chinese restaurant known for their seafood and dim-sum ( Read more... )

Tonight, over on FB, my friend Tiffany started a thingy where she's posting something that she's Thankful for every day this month. I joined in (technically yesterday) with a mention of thanks for my friends (I've recently had several friends re-join my life, one who'd been scarce for something akin to 13 years. I am truly a lucky woman!) Then, ( Read more... )

Home from an INCREDIBLE 4-day weekend!

The highlights:

• Early departure from work!
  
• A fast and easy drive
  
• 4.5 or so hours with cmerun12 and hubby! Much Fun!!! Need a longer visit!!!
  
• FINALLY meeting the mythical partly!!! HOW long have we 'known' each other without actually meeting? It's been AGES!!!
  
• A 4-day weekend with the incomparable finabair!!! I *adore ( Read more... )

I've been thinking that it's been AGES since I made some chili*, and I've decided that it is Time To Make Chili! Thus, I have chosen a date:

On Sunday, November 8, 2009, I Shall Make Chili!

Why do you care?: Well, if you don't live in or plan to be near the Greater St. Louis area on that date, you may not care. But if you happen to be a ( Read more... )

Hey cmerun12!!!

Do you have any books on Temari?

If you do, would you mind if I borrowed one or two for a bit? (perhaps a month or two?)

Reasonably lazy Friday night, including shopping for lots of veg ( Read more... )