I'm looking at individual insurance policies. It's great fun, let me tell ya. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it. Here are the main points ( Read more... )

On my way home from work today I almost got rear-ended ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago I was having coffee with my very pregnant friend Erin, and she invited me to come see her give birth to her second son Oliver! I was really excited - I've seen lots of YouTube videos of births (I started a Natural Birth YouTube group) but hadn't had a chance to see it in person. So as her due date got closer (he was due ( Read more... )

I heard Twitter was good for networking. It'll probably be a lot about crochet, but what else is new, eh?

We had the oddest encounter earlier, my friend Lisa and I ( Read more... )

This morning Cory woke me up to sing me happy birthday, and then we went off to have pancakes at Elmer's for breakfast (an old tradition of mine). Then we drove west until we couldn't go any further and parked at the end of the road and went down to wander around on the beach for a little while. It was spitting rain at us here and there but was ( Read more... )

Stitch Diva is having a sale on their Offhand Designs bags. The one I want is now $172.50 instead of $230. That doesn't make it any easier for me to say no. Droooool.

It's a beautiful day today, now that the fog has burnt off. A bit of wispy white up there, and then blue-blue-blue. Dad called a bit ago and I went outside to talk to him, and the feral kitties spotted me and followed me back and forth, and then eventually to the porch where they lounged in the sun and batted at things. And then I realized it ( Read more... )

Slept in
Got up for a bit
Went back to bed to hang out
Lunch at Elmer's (fish sandwich)
Library and Book Bin (nothing acquired)
Grocery Store
Coq au Vin
Pan-Browned Brussels Sprouts
Merlot
Season 1 of Damages
Mango Sorbet
Sleep

If you're in the Corvallis area and like lambs, check this out: the Gazette-Times has an article on how and when to get to the lambing barn at OSU so you can see the new babies! I think I might have to go have a look.