could someone please explain to me how it's possible that christmas is only two weeks away? i mean, i understand all of the technicalities of the situation, i.e. the 11th of december is 2 weeks before the 25th of december, 11th comes after 10th comes after 9th etc. but um, it seems to me like it somehow impossible for it to already be the 11th of ( Read more... )

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i went to the p.o. box today to pick up a package i knew was waiting, and inside were two books from my amazon wish list courtesy of sarah. one was the "hungry girl cookbook" based on a website also called hungry girl, full of recipes for low-calorie versions of more traditional foods. the other, "the complete tightwad gazette" is a book on frugal ( Read more... )

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my cooking projects are coming along so nicely! i have made one pie (triple-chocolate pumpkin), crusts for two more (pecan and oatmeal) and the cranberry sauce without totally destroying the kitchen. tonight i've still got to do the mac and cheese, but that's about it! and tomorrow, just fill and bake the other two pies, do up the candied yams, ( Read more... )

i have spent the necessary time downstairs shuffling things around and wringing my hands wondering where i'm going to put everything, and now there is space for eddie's desk. granted, there is a table in our garage and a shitload of stuff crammed under the daybed, but hey, there is space for eddie's desk. and that was the main goal for today. ( Read more... )

today i had lunch at hooters. eddie claimed that the food was good there, and while to those of you who don't know eddie, that might sound something like, "i read playboy for the articles," those of you who DO know eddie will know that he actually does think the food is good there. and we were going to ikea anyway, and i didn't feel like meatballs ( Read more... )

i had an excellent time at my birthday mini-golf and movie spectacular (i had serious doubts about the ability of a party with ~8 people to be spectacular but it totally delivered). however, i have so much leftover food (especially cake) that it is more than slightly obscene. the bakery claimed that the cake should serve 12-20 but really, 18-24 ( Read more... )

spent the afternoon cleaing up the living and dining rooms in preparation for Having People Over. mom came over to help, as did katherine, so in spite of my state of overwhelm which currently verges on mental retardation, we managed to make a big dent in the problem. i have a fair amount left to do tomorrow, but i think i can manage it. and if not ( Read more... )

well, i forgot to blog yesterday, so i guess this means my quest for daily blogging this month is over. NO PRIZES FOR ME! i realized this about 1 a.m. and i actually cried ( Read more... )