Working at a bookstore, I run into a lot of books that I want to read. In fact, my “to read” list has gotten longer, and longer, and longer the more I’ve worked there. We’re allowed to keep a stash
Cell Phone + Dishwater = Bad
It’s happened to the best of us. I’ve heard stories of cell phones in back-pockets getting dumped in public toilets (ewwwww) or of people accidentally knocking purses into fountains or the ever amusing “throw your friend in the swimming pool
Pants 3: Anna 0
So let me preface this by saying that I have been unemployed since September, and as such Laundry Duties are usually mine. The scene this morning, around 8am: SSH: “I have no pants.” Me: “No pants? But I did laundry
Go Fly a Kite
It’s funny the little things that remind you of other things. Right now my neighbor and his three kids are in our cul-de-sac, running around with an octopus kite. The sound of giggling and flip-flops is wafting in through my
Constellations – Let’s Play Connect the Dots
(I apologize to anyone who is not expecting political talk on this blog. I rarely go there, and if you hate me for it, you can pretend this post doesn’t exist. 🙂 ) Let me start this off by saying
Sticky Notes
I am a self-confessed sticky notes addict. I love them. I have them in multiple sizes and colors. (I even have some 12”x12” ones. Yes. one foot square) I use them to remember stuff, to overwrite things in my planner,
Behold, the Power of Facebook
I am not a Facebook apologist. I frequently am frustrated with it, check it mostly to delete invitations to parties from friends I’ve not seen in 12 years and who live halfway across the country and to block applications from
Critters
(Inspired by a twitter conversation with Temerity Jane, Awlbiste, and Naithin) I make no secret of my love of animals. Dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, even fish and reptiles (and amphibians!) are worthy of admiration from me. Yes, I’m the weirdo
Before Somebody Lifted the Lorax Away
At the far end of town, where the Grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting old crows… is the Street of the Lifted Lorax Everyone has books they remember as “making
Things and Stuff
Photographic Evidence of Work Completed: The Garage is cleaned out, and now has two cars parked inside. The dining room is finished, including the trim, and has furniture now – which includes having unpacked all of my china and put