The boys are still away. I sort of thought that they'd come home today due to rain and lots of it. They're up backpacking in the Olympic National Forest. They have to come home tomorrow because Greg has to work tomorrow ( Read more... )

 Yeah, it's still raining here. We had that one nice day and now it's back to yuck. We were going to plant some more plants today, but nobody wanted to do it in the rain.

I've been trying to remember to take my temperature every morning before I get out of bed. I do this to try and get a gage on my thyroid. I have many symptoms of low thyroid, but ( Read more... )

 Yes, while today was decidedly spring-like, I'm skeptical.  We had absolutely crap weather this spring...and by that  I mean crappier than usual. If we get even one tomato out of the garden, it will be a bloody miracle ( Read more... )

Which is to say, hurray for the British guy who was enslaved by Irishmen, escaped and then returned again to Ireland as a missionary, and so became an Irish Saint. Hmmmm....

Well, in celebration of Patrick's (if that really *was* his name) good graces, we enjoyed a lovely dinner of corned beef  with cabbage and potatoes. Yum. And for dessert: ( Read more... )

Working seriously cuts into my social schedule.

So thanks to Staci for giving me a "nudge". I've been thinking of posting, but something always seems to come up.

It's been a while, so here's the reader's digest version:

I *did* in fact get some new Danskos for work. I love them. I had to have them stretched out though, before the stretching I hated ( Read more... )

(mmmmmmm...brunching on leftover pot roast with potatoes, carrots and gravy ( Read more... )

Now that I'm working again, I find it hard to sleep in. Saturday I come home tired and it's all I can do to stay up past Nick's bed time! This morning I woke up around 8 (which is when my alarm usually goes off) and decided to just get up about half an hour later. It was the perfect morning to make a cup of coffee and sit outside in the sunshine. ( Read more... )

I'm really enjoying my new gig! So here's the scoop ( Read more... )

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