Justin's on another three week trip. This time to Australia and some tropical island in the Indian Ocean, and then into the desert. I am sitting at home drinking red wine. It's 85 degrees and sunny where he is. It's still 55 and raining here. And of course, because Justin is gone until May 19th, work has completely slowed down. I have just ( Read more... )

God I feel like I haven't talked to you people in years. It's been a week. A HELL of a week ( Read more... )

I just got back from Canada aboot (get it?) 3 hours ago. It's like a 2 hour drive. TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. And FYI, border patrol people are ALWAYS mean to you ( Read more... )

I know this is a little post Valentine's Day, but better late than never, right ( Read more... )

It was about this time last year when I found out I didn't get in to grad school. At the time, the whole world felt like it was falling on top of me. I had a job I hated, my husband was never home, and my dreams of intellectual stimulation seemed doomed to failure ( Read more... )

I have a library card and I am not afraid to use it.

I cannot believe I lived so much of my life not actually using the library. I LOVE THE LIBRARY. They e-mail to tell me I have books on hold at my branch. I drive to pick them up. I read them. And it's all FREE ( Read more... )

You know how you always say when you're working some lame ass job answering phones or something that you're "over-qualified" and bored. I said it once. We all do ( Read more... )

Here's a look at my 2006. Let's hope 2007 is a little better.

1.What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

Skiied. Went to Mexico.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't think I made any resolutions. If I did, I don't think I kept them.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? ( Read more... )

Last night at 7:00 pm my power came back on. It had been out for 6 days. I don't know if the rest of you keep up with this stuff, but the Northwest had a wind storm last week (the only storms the Northwest ever gets) with gusts up to 90 mph. It was intense. When we all woke up on Friday, there wasn't a single business in 20 square miles with ( Read more... )

Ok guys, you may have seen it on my Facebook profile, but just click on the link to view the magic.

http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareSignin.jsp?shareCode=AAD36B2C2C0&cp=ems_shr_alb_pml&cb=PWI'm on the cover of the UA ( Read more... )