important announcement...

i have a new blog. the blog itself has been there for quite some time, but i'm finally officially making the switch. enjoy!

i've learned that the easy road, while it has some perks, is not for me. in all actuality, this is something i've known for a long time, but a friday afternoon trip to the fabric store in search of necessary items to finish a wall-hanging quilt confirmed it yet again ( Read more... )

prednisone is my friend. my very bestest friend. ever.

when i refuse to listen to my countless well-meaning friends who tell me i gotta slow down, my body inevitably decides to take over and force me to slow down. it's good to know i can count on my friends and on my own immune system to step in and bring me back down to a sane level. thus, today is recovery day for me... a day of nothing. well, ( Read more... )

venti sugar-free vanilla soy latte from starbucks + three diet cokes = caffeine overload for linda.

caffeine-overloaded linda + 11-hour workday = exhausted linda.

exhausted linda + relaxing evening + bedtime before 9 p.m. = mildly refreshed linda.

there is no diet coke in my apartment. nada. zero. zilch. thank goodness for vending machines at work! i shall have to remedy this problem on my way home from work today.

and, yes, i know it's been a long time since i updated, but that's all you get for now.

and in very quick succession at that ( Read more... )

organized: functioning within a formal structure, as in the coordination and direction of activities

neat: orderly and clean; tidyorganized. yes, that's me. neat? not so much. for most of my life, my bedroom could perhaps be best described as organized chaos. piles of papers, projects, and cast-off clothing abound, yet i can put my hands on just ( Read more... )

several weeks ago, as a "thank you" for extensive contributions to a large project at work, i got a $100 gift card for the mall. to be honest, with my busy schedule i temporarily forgot about it. but then i found it when cleaning my desk at home and started to ponder what to do with it ( Read more... )

i could promise that entertaining, insightful entries are coming soon, but let's be honest here... by the time i actually have time to write such entertaining, insightly entries, i will have entirely forgotten what i was going to write about ( Read more... )