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Food! Yay!
Tonight I rebelled against the leftover split pea soup I've been eating for a week or so and made pizza based on this:
Lemony zucchini goat cheese pizzaExcept with tomatoes instead of zucchini, because tomatoes>>zucchini. Also, I had tomatoes. (One of my co-workers had left a bunch in the mail room. Nothing like benefiting from the ( Read more... ) -
Safe as... houses?
I was browsing through the Color of Money chat on Washington Post LIVE. I do this a lot. Not sure why since Michelle Singletary generally annoys me.
So, this was one of the questions:
New Jersey: I am a single woman, early 30s, contemplating buying a home. I have no debt, save regularly, and make a decent salary in the 60's range. Generally, I ( Read more... ) -
To expand on my Facebook status
To expand on my Facebook status ( Read more... ) -
Washington Island Photos
Earlier this month, I spent two nights on Washington Island, Wisconsin along with my parents and my aunt and uncle (Mom's brother).
Washington Island is a island in the strait (called, reassuringly, "Death's Door") between Lake Michigan and Green Bay. It's a small island and there's not much to do there... and everyone likes it that way ( Read more... ) -
Fridge!
Now that I have my own minion grad student, I bought a new refrigerator. That way I have one for both my office and the lab. I don't know if he'll use it or not, but as there's no lunch room in this building I feel like I need to give my minions people working in my lab a place to put their lunch!
I got this fridge and while I haven't plugged it ( Read more... ) -
Idle thoughts on Diablo 2
Why can I fight swarms of locusts with a bow and arrow ( Read more... ) -
I have knit a sweater.
And the women in my knitting group in Chapel Hill said I'd still be working on it when I retired... :-)
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Cat Randomness
I have some little balls for the cats made of felted wool that they seem to like (although not as wonderful as Eraser MouseI found a website suggesting making similar felted balls out of... cat fur ( Read more... ) -
Pet sitting and ethical question
1) The petsitter I was using is moving. She gave me the name of the other petsitting service in town but said she'd gotten a number of clients dissatisfied with that service -- but added she didn't know details ( Read more... )