I just realized that I disappeared all weekend. Hardly had time to sit at the computer at all, really, so it’s not as if I was specifically neglecting ye olde blogge. Friday was one of our good friends’ birthdays, Saturday I had to pick up Shiloh from the vet’s and her Spaying Adventures. She’s been [...]
Minor Time Meltdown
This is me noticing how little time there is until this month’s deadline. :-{ This is me counting how many days will be lost to other activities between now and then. 8-O This is me still not buckling down and getting my work done. 0:-) This is me writing a blog entry instead of a [...]
A Writerly Residence
I’ve decided that in a few years, when I’m richer than J.K Rowling, I’m going to need a house suitable for that lofty income bracket. Naturally, I went looking for an English country house. I think this one fits the bill: As you can see on its info page, it only has 5 reception rooms, [...]
Imposing Limitations
I came thisclose to hyperventilating when I saw our credit card balances this month. In a panic about the amount of money we apparently let flow like lifeblood in the month of January, I issued a household moratorium on buying anything not immediately related to the continuance of life (i.e. food and medicine), conveying us [...]
10 Things I’ve Done
John Scalzi has a post up today about 10 things he’s done that other people probably haven’t, with the invitation to follow suit and post your own list. So here’s mine: 1. Went sledding (on a trash bag) on a de-mined section of the 1986 Sarajevo Olympic ski hills. 2. Attended undergrad classes at 4 [...]
12 Hours to Liftoff
Ok, it’s actually 14.5 hours to actual airplane liftoff, but we’re leaving the apartment in about 12 to get there so I can satisfy my airport paranoia by being there on time. It’s not supposed to do anything funny weather-wise overnight, but this time of year you can never count on it. Despite my [...]
Happy Saturday!
Matt’s snowshoeing with Shiloh and one of our good friends today, and I’m allegedly staying home to clean this pigsty of a house (I have a funny story about with word “pigsty”; remind me to tell you about it sometime) and get other things done – like maybe wrapping some of Matt’s Christmas gifts, or [...]
Back From the Dead
… okay not really back from the dead, or at least that’s not how I feel at the moment, but I am back from a great weekend in California. Unfortunately, it looks like life here at home didn’t stop while I was gone, and aside from the things I need to get done, Matt [...]
freerice.com
This is very cool, folks. There’s a website called FreeRice, and in exchange for improving your vocabulary, you can donate free rice through the UN to fight world hunger. There’s no registration or password needed. For every word you define correctly, 20 grains of rice are donated – I just spent 15 minutes or [...]
I Must Have a Knack…
How is it that I manage to superload one week out of almost every month with everything I need to do? Furthermore, how do I fail to recognize those weeks before I’m already inside one? I must have a gift. Or, well… something. Maybe it’s payback for not doing much of anything last week. [...]