'Tis official. I am on the hunt for a new place of employment ( Read more... )

So we had a meeting yesterday about our financial future. There's good news and bad news--the good news is that we're not in any danger of closing ( Read more... )

I went on the first bike ride of the year today--nine excruciating miles in the wind and cold. It felt good to be out there, but I was covered in cold hives when I got home, as I knew I would be. (Yes, I frequently break out in hives when my skin gets cold--sometimes even in warm weather, if I'm sweating and there's a breeze. Which, being a ( Read more... )

FOREVER, I tell you ( Read more... )

Let me preface this by saying I am not a baker. I can cook, oh yes, but baking is not my strong suit. For those who do neither... there IS a difference. I truly believe it is a personality thing. Cooking is looser, freer--it's an art of improvisation and interpretation. Baking, on the other hand, is an art of precision and intuition. A half- ( Read more... )

I just realized I haven't shared the pictures of my lovely painted apartment-in-the-ghetto here yet. Well... the public rooms are painted, anyway. I still haven't done anything in my bedroom. Next step--shopping trip to Ikea!

( Clicky clicky, here be piccys! )

I don't know what's more disturbing. The fact that I hear drive-bys almost every night, or the fact that they don't even bother me anymore.

Who here is familiar with the curse of The Scottish Play? Yes? No? For those who are not, it is forbidden to utter the word "Macbeth," or to quote any lines from the show inside a theatre. Theatre types are extremely superstitious about many things, but The Scottish Play probably tops the list. Supposedly, saying the name or quoting the lines ( Read more... )

Last night, I did the first coat of paint on my living room, and I can officially say that I. LOVE. This color. It's called "Lyndhurst Mushroom," one of the National Historic Preservation colors available from Valspar, and while it is very mushroomy, it also makes me think of chocolate milk. It's cozy and inviting and warm and interesting. It ( Read more... )

Saturday night. Late, nearly 4 am. I had to pee. So I got up ( Read more... )