20lbs lost since January. Woohoo!

I know it doesn't sound like much, considering that it took me six months to pull it off, but I'm kinda psyched about it!  Somehow the aches and pains from yesterday's workout seem like badges of honor or something when you actually lose weight.

Also, latech canned peach preserves yesterday, with peaches from the tree in ( Read more... )

I'm currently revisiting my childhood by downloading all sorts of songs from the 80's that I didn't have, including hits from Journey, REO Speedwagon, Rick Springfield, Night Ranger, Survivor and Bruce Springsteen.  You know... classics!  And the one that's killing me right now (but it turns out that it's not in my iTunes library) is "We are the ( Read more... )

I finally did it!  I have now watched every episode of the Gilmore Girls!  It took months, since I was watching them re-run on the Family Channel, but I had to stick in there for the whole thing, even when I knew Jared wasn't going to make another appearance and the show kind of sucked.  After all was said and done, I didn't think I was that ( Read more... )

I have been having a week of ups and downs.  I got my new iPhone (yay!) via AT&T online and it was ultimately delivered from Fort Worth, which is about twenty minutes away.  Take that Apple Guy!  My thanks to everyone for the positive messages about how I'm not made of suck - I really appreciate it!

So, there's new technology to play with between my ( Read more... )

Went to the Apple store today to see if they still had any of the new iPhones in stock because I've decided to take the plunge and found out that they're out as of today.  When asked about availability at other stores in the area, the guy hemmed and hawed then surprisingly offered to call another store to see if they still had any left since it was ( Read more... )

Okay, remember Push-Up Pops?  I could eat dozens of those when I was a kid!  Well, I was going through my e-mail and saw something on the bottom of my Betty Crocker message that had an ad for Yoplait Whips that said, "just throw them in the freezer".  I had a moment of disbelief, but then I decided to try it out by buying a couple when I was at the ( Read more... )

Whew!  After fourteen hours of one string of thunderstorms after another, things are finally starting to calm down a little bit.  This morning there were a couple of lightning strikes that were so close I could hear the "pop-fizz" only a nano second before thunder shook the house.  Scary! The thunder has been so low and growl-y, just like having a ( Read more... )

Sorry that I've dropped off the face of the earth!  I've basically fallen into some sort of crafting madness.  I'm afraid to look at what I've recently spent on yarn and miscellaneous crafting supplies as I travelled all over the DFW complex trying to find new and better stores.  One pleasant surprise was the yarn shop The Woolie Ewe in Plano.  I'd ( Read more... )

I thought I'd share a couple of my craft projects since they turned out so nicely. Both of these are from the Stitch n' Bitch book The Happy Hooker which has actually proved to be pretty good as far as projects go. These are my second and third projects so far and there are a few more that I'd like to try out, which makes it a better ratio of ( Read more... )

I've been suffering from the flu all week and have been staring at the television a lot since I've been having trouble getting any sleep, so I suppose it should come as no surprise that I lost hours of my life tonight by marathoning "Millionaire Matchmaker" on Bravo.  I saw things. Appalling, horrible things.  And yet, I couldn't look away.

( Cut for SPN spoilers... )