I made some brownies yesterday before I went to work. On Thursday, Patti and I had gone to lunch and once she mentioned brownies, the proverbial seed had been planted ( Read more... )

But it doesn't quite take the cake. I made a chocolate-mint cake for the barrel Christmas party. If there had been a third place, it would have been third place. It took a bit of time, but I really enjoyed making it. :)


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 So my resolution for this year was to read at least one novel a month--12 novels for the year.

1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
3. Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
4. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee
5. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Dear January,

Thank you for not sucking too much. I made quite a bit of money toward the end of the month, which will make February a lot better financially for me. I finally got health insurance again, but I haven't been to the doctor yet ... I know I'm way overdue for a check up! I made my resolution for the year to read one novel a month, which I ( Read more... )

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Things I need to do this semester ....

1. Contact Dr. Garcia about by Krik? Krak! paper and getting it ready for the Oldenburg competition.
2. Get 3 reference letters for grad school.
3. Pass my classes and graduate.

Exciting.

Orientalism is ....

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..... yeah.

Wow. I've spent a good two and a half hours entering ISBNs and other info on books and movies I'm going to try to sell on Amazon. I think I have about a hundred entries. Hopefully, I can sell some of these while I'm home and I can make some quick cash.

That's always nice.

EDIT: !!! Score !!! :)

I finished a mitten! Score!

This is how I spent my night last night:


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I went ahead and got a new computer.  It's shiny and has everything that I need and wanted it to have.

I am very excited.