Our schedule is not typical - my weekend is Saturday and Sunday, but the guy's is Monday and Tuesday. Since I can go in early and leave early, our date nights are Monday and Tuesday nights. Last Tuesday we saw the new Indiana Jones - not really worth the $10 per ticket. I really wanted to like it, but there's no there there.

Last night we had a ( Read more... )

Good grief - 4 of the 5 weeks in May involved illness or self-inflicted injury. Why did no one stop me Friday when they saw me going for the white wine after drinking three glasses of red? Blah. Even after getting sick at Jason and Lynn's and at home, my head was spinning Saturday morning. The third vomit fest in the morning seemed to do the trick ( Read more... )

Thursday night while opening a can of black beans to make a black and white bean salad for Relay for Life, I sliced open my right hand below my index finger. Four stiches, healing fine. I am very proud of myself for not panicking and not overreacting. No passing out, no blood all over the kitchen, and the guy really did need to come home from work ( Read more... )

Back from two excellent business trips, one to New York and one to Baltimore, but of course that means two episodes of sickness and no sleep. I love to travel, why is my body such a crappy work travel vehicle? Yeesh. Kept on trucking because I was NOT going to miss an excursion to MOMA or dinner and drinks in midtown Manhattan. Or, playing new ( Read more... )

Do not eat creamed spinach and New York style potato salad in the same day. Urk.

Back in 1999 I bought my dining room set from a co-worker who was moving. Two arm chairs, four side chairs, a full size table with two leaves. The style is a little country, but the construction is great and it's lovely wood. But, I have hated the chair cover fabric since the day I bought it. So I have looked near and far for replacement covers, ( Read more... )

It still works - big brown eyes, chubby cheeks, sly smile. Doesn't speak a word of English and is only 19, for God's sakes! He's just so CUTE!!! 

Ice Cream - Sarah McLachlan

At Last - Etta James

Burn for You - INXS

Into My Arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship? For the long haul ( Read more... )

multi-color sprinkles

iredescent bugle beads

good coffee with cream

fresh snow

my pashima scarf/blanket

listening to Bollywood songs on YouTube at the office