My friend, Sarah, went into labor this morning, so, I am dog sitting at our place all day (and night). Corcodel was thrilled to see his girlfriend, Sasha. Rosinka, on the other hand... not so much. In fact, she turned into a wild beastie within two minutes of Sasha's arrival and has since been sequestered in the spare bedroom. I feel bad, but ( Read more... )

I just ordered some SoyWhip! Yeay! Can't wait to get it. I usually make whipped toppings by draining the water out of coconut milk cans and beating the daylights out of the coconut milk. Unfortunately, not everyone likes tne coconut taste, so, now I can offer an alternative. :o) Plus, I looooooove whipped cream and really like the idea of ( Read more... )

1) Got my hair tangled in my brush at the health club to such an extent that I had to hunt for someone in the locker room to release me from the plastic beast. I suspect this is a side effect of the pool chlorine which now permanently lives on my head and gives my whole person the aroma of "Eau de Cement Pond ( Read more... )

Upon moving to this country, I made the transition from the metric system (and it hurt). I went from writing "$3,50" to "$3.50" with somewhat lesser pain. But what really gets me and drives me batty is the use of punctuation inside quotation marks, American style. Having been primarily educated in Europe, I was taught the British/European style ( Read more... )

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My midterm preparation is not going very well ( Read more... )

Two days ago I went and got a membership at the Y. Yesterday I went swimming there, then lounged in their hot tub. It was wonderful! Comparing the Y to the health club to which I used to belong, the Y comes on top, to my surprise. The pool is longer and deeper, the hot tub is nicer, the locker room is better equipped, and the staff is super ( Read more... )

It's snoooooowwwwiiiiiiiing!!! Buckets and buckets! :o)

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