I had a pretty good week. In particular, the doc I saw to discuss what to do about my asthma was 1) reasonable, 2) listened, 3) had answers and a back-up plan and 4) didn't request unnecessary work. Awesome! I wish I could make him my regular doctor, but at least I know I have a good doc for my asthma care, now. Conveniently (?) that seems to ( Read more... )

It seems there may be some corruption with the memory card I used on the trip. I have one more thing to try and then the back-up plan is to go try some data retrieval. My first inclination is to go to Best Buy to see if they offer this service. What do you people know about such things: Where would you go? Where would you avoid going?

We're back from Europe. When I get them typed up, there will be a journal post. There will also be a link to pictures when I get them uploaded ( Read more... )

We had a fantastic dinner last night:


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Well, I think I've run my "control" experiment long enough. It does seem that my sinuses were less aggravated in general and for a shorter period of time when I was treating them with the tea tree oil last spring (a couple drops splashed on the shower wall so that the vapors are inhaled). I'm going to have to get some more soon to put an end to ( Read more... )

Wow, I got a lot done today, even with overnight guests: tidied the kitchen/downstairs area, made popovers, prepared celery for freezing and drying the leaves (and did so) after transferring the frozen blueberries to a pan, swept and mopped the floor, cleaned the fridge (i.e. soap and water), organized the pantry, filtered a cordial that I'd been ( Read more... )

Whynothing was offered a transfer that comes with a promotion, raise, and significantly better hours (rarely weekends or nights). The big drawback is the location on the other side of town. However, the location is about 10-15 minutes from where I work. Since we've been thinking about maybe moving to a house anyway, we're going to up the effort ( Read more... )

Good food night.
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Since everyone's doing it...

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronomic Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives.

The rules of the meme: bold those you have tried, strike-through those you wouldn't eat on a bet.

commonly added rule: italics for those i haven't tried but definitely WANT TO.

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Sunday morning had a lovely start with a crepe buffet. The filling combinations were as follows ( Read more... )