The weekend was good but short. Got to see all my girls on Saturday - went to lunch, did some shopping, did some wine tasting. We're going to try to get together more often, maybe once a month. It's hard to get away when some of them have kids, some of us are back in school, etc. But you really do have to make time for friendship. It can get ( Read more... )

Not much going on. Went back to work to discover many people were sick over the holidays, so I was in good, yet ailing, company. Started my class on Monday, did the whole intro thing. Still haven't received my textbook but hopefully it'll show up on Monday. I think I can do my first assignment without it ( Read more... )

Very cool website. Lots of recipes and techniques.

http://www.japanesefoodreport.com/

I think this is going to be good. There are a variety of students of all ages and experiences, something that happens more often in an online class than in the classroom. I have to say, it was tiring in my drawing class every time the teacher let one of the "youngstas" upset her. They're 18, they're taking this class cuz they think it's easy, ( Read more... )

The pie crust is store bought, so I cheated a little. But the pumpkin pie filling is scratch. No, I did not buy a pumpkin, roast it and scoop out the meat. How much time do you people think I have? But this is a good step for me. Baking is fun. Plus the apartment smells damn good now. I guess I'll have to take half to work. John and I ( Read more... )

about the things I do, day to day, even if they're mundane, because I realized last weekend, while at a very enjoyable wine tasting/open house, that a month from now I won't remember what day we went to the event, or what we tasted, or who we met, because I can barely remember to take my vitamins daily, let alone what I did last week. A sad and ( Read more... )

LJ tells me I last updated 70 weeks ago. Hmm ( Read more... )

A few months ago, after reading about factory farms on the Humane Society website, I decided to stop eating meat. I don't know why it never occurred to me before to look more closely at what I ate, but that day I did and I haven't looked back. I did lapse a couple times - you're talking about a girl who loves Spam and eggs over rice, filipino ( Read more... )

RL held me hostage for a few months. I moved to the East Bay last month and am enjoying seeing farmland and vineyards on my way to work. Let's see, what else ( Read more... )

Wow. Move has eaten brain. Have been asked by CFO to take on yet another task - that of coordinating facilities as IT/Facilities director is up to ears in network problems ( Read more... )