....and I blame you for that fact. Yes, you. I personally like competition, especially the part where I win and (if I'm competing against Scott) the part where I brag for a really long time. This brings me to why I blame you. See Scott's friends are coming to visit on the 16th-17th. Clearly you all forgot (even though I mentioned it both here * ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make. From the time I started college until a couple of weeks ago, I really haven't taken anything out of the library. I know, I know.... I have never admitted this out of shame. I was a huge library person growing up. Despite not being a very visual person, I can easily pull up a mental picture the lay out of my local ( Read more... )

Someone will have to tell me what's so great about gmail. Because I've have juno for 7 + all the years we've been out of college (is that 4 already?!?) and have had complete satisfaction with it. They did start charging, but at $9.99 A YEAR, I'm not complaining. Juno is the greatest email program to have on a laptop because you can check your ( Read more... )

Last night I got quite drunk very unexpectedly. It was one of those evenings where you go to watch dolmas being made so as to learn how to make them yourself. You bring a bottle of wine to help pass the time, only to learn that there been plans to make Dark and Stormies (ginger beer and rum). We ended up outside and then lots of other people ( Read more... )

I am a godmother. I am not exactly sure what a godmother is supposed to do. I never had one growing up. I know traditionally they are supposed to take the godchild if the parents should die--though Scott assures me that is no longer the case. I've heard that godparents bring presents, but as this is my niece (it is so weird to have nieces and ( Read more... )

It seems to me that stress, by its very nature, is always the straw that broke the camel's back. Life is happening and we are processing it, reacting to it, preparing for it, etc. and everything is as it should be. Then something happens to throw off our equilibrium, and voila!, we feel tense, overwhelmed, and irritable (at least that is how I ( Read more... )

All the windows and doors are open. This makes me very, very happy. I would say that it is finally sandal weather, except that I have been wearing my flip flops (whenever the mud would allow) for about a month now. Yes, some of that time was walking to get the mail in the snow, but what of that? I have switched my days off from Tues-Wed to Wed- ( Read more... )

...but instead they say there is snow coming. I hate these people that listen to the weather and then tell me about it. I'd rather be surprised. This is in part because I don't believe in weather reports (even though they are generally accurate). There is always the possibility--however remote--that the weather could be different then what they ( Read more... )

We had twenty-two at the table on Easter. Daniel couldn't make it (the resturant decided to stay open) and Sue didn't bring her friend. Still, twenty-one is a respectable number I think. I spent most of the week afraid that we either didn't have enough food or that we had too much food. It seems we had just the right amount of food because ( Read more... )

I have discovered that Captain Morgan's super dark rum (Hook?) looks very pretty floating on top of some pineapple juice and tastes like spicy, tropical summer. I am also working on liking coffee again after about four years of avoiding it. I wouldn't say it is as good as tea, and I find I use more sugar per cup, and so far it is only Green ( Read more... )