HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASANDRA!!!!

Soooo. Here's how my latest interaction with TriCare went:

First, I spent twenty minutes navigating a confusing website and trying to come up with a password that includes at least nine letters (two uppercase, two lowercase), two special characters, and two numerals. I added all eight volumes of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables for good measure, ( Read more... )

I don't know. I'm in a funky mood. Not bad, but not overwhelmingly good either ( Read more... )

So, it's December 1st. I've already done a lot of planning in order to avoid the winter blues. It's almost inevitable that winter hits me hard, but this year I've tried to take a look at the things that sap me of energy and counteract them as best I can ( Read more... )

My spirooli slicer came in! And. It is WAY cooler than the mandoline, although they're both going to be incredibly useful ( Read more... )

Complete with that blue dress Ingres...

Something about the 1840s has always jived with my collective unconscious. It's not the most aesthetically flattering era for women in my opinion-- but something about it feels like home. The music. The books. The furniture. Things from this era settle a nice, comfortable wave across my eyes (as do most ( Read more... )

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I will go to bed tonight thinking very hard about Descartes and my brothers in-law.

I was reading back through my book to see if I could find an excuse to use the mandoline slicer again, and found a recipe for curry soup with one step in it ( Read more... )

Thaaaanksgiving. I feel a change this year ( Read more... )

This is a very special Thanksgiving for me ( Read more... )