Last year at about this time, I noticed that the stabbing pain I'd been having in my stomach was related to drinking coffee. I quit the coffee and switched to green tea, and cut my caffeine habit way back as a consequence ( Read more... )

Avast, me hardies! It be international talk like a pirate day!

Arrrrrrrrr!

Good thing me office mate is a tolerante landlubber.

I've been tagged by several people! Tag, I'm it ( Read more... )

From my childhood in Pennsyvlania, a good climate zone (perhaps two, I'm not sure) to the south, I was under the mistaken impression that summer's harvest and bounty should happen mostly in July and August. While some of what I consider to be summer's treats (sweet corn, mostly) do start to become available in August, I'm learning that the New ( Read more... )

Mr. M (the younger Mr. M) had us doing belly crawls yesterday at TKD (think basic training - you lie down and pull yourself along with just your arms, pretending that your legs don't work). Without noticing it at the time, I rubbed a few layers of skin off my elbows, and now they sting like mad. Ouch! Ouchie! Ow! Darned sensitive skin. I get ( Read more... )

I just talked to our lawyers, and the closing on our land went smoothly this morning. So we actually own it. Weeeeeeeeeee!

( Car woes )

For his birthday, shgb wanted to go to a (relatively) nearby indoor rock climbing gym. Alas, my sweetie was not up to going, but he did seem to be on the mend, so I went with shgb and shideem. I had a blast ( Read more... )

Okay, I admit it. I was up way past my normal bed time finishing the new Potter book. It was worth it. At 11:00, I thought to myself, "I can finish this by midnight." Then midnight came and went, but I was at a point where I just couldn't bear to stop.

Gah, we have to wait another 2 years for the next one?

Sylvantechie, my mom, my dad and I successfully vanquished the door and door frame of our laundry room, yielding enough room to fit the washing machine. Getting the washing machine to actually fit in the room may be another challenge, involving removing a baseboard or trimming the dryer's exhaust vent. Don't ask ( Read more... )