8:26 and here I am at the car repair shop. When we ran errands yesterday, we noticed that the right front tire was low. Tom took a closer look and saw a bolt in it! Thankfully, it has held the air we put in on our way home, so I got here without incident. [edit: they fixed it for free, since we'd bought our tires there. I love that place ( Read more... )

Finally, this crossed my mind while I'm at my computer ( Read more... )

Last night, Tom & I laid on the couch with the cats and read our respective books for something like three hours! This felt utterly decadent, and SO much more pleasant to me than spending an equal amount of time watching TV. We're going to read each other's books soon, which will also be fun. Mine was Tithe by Holly Black (more young adult fantasy ( Read more... )

Hallelu, my dear husband--pending fingerprinting and a background check--is one of the newest employees of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Libraries! He'll be jumping through those hoops tomorrow after his class. Smooching in the stacks will soon follow...I mean, gainful employment with and actual career path will soon follow. :)

I think you all know that when Tom's parents' estate was settled, we had enough money to pay for Tom's masters (if he still gets it. If not, it will become the start of our future progeny's college fund). We've been meaning to move it out of our savings account into something that will earn a better return, and today we finally got around to it. We ( Read more... )

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