I took a long walk with Mona tonight. We walked to Ingraham high school, and around the neighborhood over there. I hope they don't destroy that nice grove of trees for a silly building. It's fantastic that high schoolers have a space like that. Just a bit of tall trees and rocks and privacy can give a lot of solace, comfort, and inspiration. Mona ( Read more... )

I regularly overburden my operating system. I have 8 programs open including the two printer-related apps. Word and firefox each have many files or tabs open. So yeah, I understand my poor computer is like a pack mule carrying me 5 miles up the steep caldera ridge of Santorini. Still, when I go to mail a cover letter and resume to a company, why ( Read more... )

I need one of those guns you see in movies that shoots out a big net. It needs to go about 40 feet, minimum. If I can just cover a portion of the tree, maybe we can have some cherries. I have a bird net. I just need to get it on top of the branches ( Read more... )

This post was originally intended for my dog blog, but since I don't have any readers and I haven't logged in there in awhile, I am posting it here ( Read more... )

I posted an ad for the apartment. I have a bazillion responses! The couple who came to see it already seemed like a great fit. People are racing over here, telling me they like my ad, etc. yay! I didn't really think about this being a process of telling people no ( Read more... )

It feels like monday to me. I have no cool jobs to apply for. They all seem like ones that are too far for a happy commute, and unlikely to hire me in any case. So, the panic sets in about this going through the motions of 3 contacts per week and where is the real progress? It's hard not to get fearful when I don't see a productive activity to do ( Read more... )

My new nickname is monners ( Read more... )

(that's Kayleigh's new phrase ( Read more... )

I am just getting back on LJ and I am so glad to have posts to read ( Read more... )

I am going camping. I want to bring Mona but I am thinking I had better not, eh ( Read more... )