Ahh. I have fulfilled a dream ( Read more... )

I'm growing to actually like going to the dentist ( Read more... )

I'm doing another freelance editing job with a company I've worked with several times. The projects always involve huge unwieldy databases that make editing a pain in the butt ( Read more... )

My elbow has not gotten better. If anything, it's worse, though it fluctuates. And it's not just my elbow: My wrist hurts too, and the arm between them. Last night I pressed a clove of garlic and was shocked at how much it hurt my wrist and arm ( Read more... )

Tell me your feelings on cultural appropriation. Arne is in a tizzy about it, because he chaperoned a youth convention at church last weekend, and an employee of our district gave a presentation that seemed to say (in Arne's opinion - I wasn't there) that you can't use anything with its origins in any other culture unless you're certain no member ( Read more... )

I'm annoyed at my trainer. I was doing skullcrushers Wednesday (while lying on your back, hold dummbells over chest; bend elbows until dumbbells are behind head; raise to beginning position) and Jeremy didn't hand me the dumbbells, but let me pick them up myself even when he saw me having trouble. I picked one up in a stupid, twisting, painful way ( Read more... )

The church is taking a special collection on Sunday to try and make up some of our budget shortfall, to - among other things - restore some of my hours as Director of Member Development.

It feels weird to be planning to make a donation largely to myself....

Arne came down with a remarkably sudden cold last night.

He just told me he believes it's his fault - "for not drinking Coke when I knew I should."

Coke is his magic elixir....

About food, of course. I hope you'll check it out....

http://unfussyepicure.blogspot.com/

Okay, I have seen my share of adorable-kitty videos, and this one takes the cake:

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