Lunch in the food court

So nice living across the street from the mall.


Today's earrings: bunnies, other bunnies

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

Banana boats

Today's earrings: monkeys, teaspoons

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

Fire boat

Today's earrings: fire extinguishers, boats

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

Swamp boat

Today's earrings: dragonflies, alligators

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

Ice boat

Today's earrings: penguins, fish

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

Ships of the Desert

Today's earrings: racing camels, anchors

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

I have the technology

Went to Tanforan with b2, came home with a new (flat) tv and a dvd player that works. Spent the rest of the afternoon and evening watching Supernatural season 4. The world is good.


Today's earrings: eyes, wishbones

Bedtime reading: what, are you kidding? I'm falling asleep in front of the new tv.

So, Survivor

It's "Heroes" vs "Villains" this time out. Which is to say, previous players beatified by the editing staff vs. previous players vilified by the editing staff. Some of the "Villains" seem to be genuinely unpleasant people, but then, so do some of the "Heroes."

The editing staff tends to beatify overt leaders, while they tend to vilify backstabby strategerizing types. So the "Heroes" all have their egos tied up in being team captain, while the "Villains" have their egos tied up in plotting how they will backstab the guy who's taken the team captain role. Result: "Villains" 2, "Heroes" 0.


Today's earrings: owls, estrogen molecules

Bedtime reading: Freeze My Margarita, Lauren Henderson

Baking

I had a banana to use up, so I mashed it, added some peanut butter, milk, sour cream and an egg and baked it. Tasted pretty good, but the texture was odd.


Today's earrings: strawberries, peppers

Bedtiem reading: Above Suspicion, Helen MacInnes

Lolcat poetry

im in ur handfull of dust, showing ur fear.


Today's earrings: moose, wood rounds

Bedtime reading: Above Suspicion, Helen MacInnes

Happy Mardi Gras

This year for Lent I'm going to go to bed at a reasonable hour. I may start early.


Today's earrings: pigs, garnets

Bedtime reading: Above Suspicion, Helen MacInnes

President's Day

I had to work.


Today's earrings: snowflakes, lizards

Bedtime reading: Above Suspicion, Helen MacInnes

Assemblies

We had a lovely brunch, then (thanks mostly to CC's magic hands) two bookcases and a kitchen cabinet appeared in my living room. AL and M presented me with a hammer. Then we went out for chocolate.


Today's earrings: bees, turtles

Bedtime reading: Under the Dome, Steven King

Happy New Year

It's the Year of the Tiger, you know.


Today's earrings: peace signs, zodiacs

Bedtime reading: Under the Dome, Steven King

I got carded at the liquor store tonight

I was kinda tickled. That hasn't happened in ages.


Today's earrings: mushrooms, stones

Bedtime reading: Under the Dome, Steven King

Happy St Scholastica's Day

Scholastica is invoked against storms, because this one time, when she was visiting with her brother (St. Benedict), she asked him to stay over and and talk to her all night but he said no, so she prayed and God sent a thunderstorm so severe that her brother had to stay.

God does the silliest stuff for saints.


Today's earrings: frogs, lily pads

Bedtime reading: Under the Dome, Steven King

Ikea is coming! Ikea is coming!

Bookcases tbd Saturday.

Anybody feel like a brunch & assembly party Sunday?


Today's earrings: monkeys, typewriter keys

Bedtime reading: Under the Dome, Steven King

The Day of the Superb Owl

M & I toured Ikea contrary-wise, and I came away with

- the velvet cushion I'm sitting on right now
- a spatter guard for my pots and pans
- an ice cream scoop
- wildlife cookie-cutters (some Russians tried to hijack them out of our cart while we were looking for a bundt pan, but gave them back as soon as M showed them where to find more)
- a shelflet for my bathroom cabinet
- an upper cabinet to fill the blank spot in my kitchen

Thanks, everybody! It was exactly what I wanted. :)


Today's earrings: turtles, teapots

Bedtime reading: Murder Against the Grain, Emma Lathen

Par-tay!

Turns out, we'd have had to be accompanied by an Elk, and the one I know had other plans for the evening. :(

So! We went to Plan B, which involved meeting at my place for wine and cheese. Then we went to Plan C, the Indian restaurant on the corner that we hadn't tried yet. I believe that may become our default Indian restaurant. After, we went to the food court at the mall for cupcakes.

Present haul: S4 of Supernatural (the good season, with Mischa Collins), a pretty blue scarf, and considerable future haulage from Ikea. Thanks, guys!


Today's earrings: octopi, trees

Bedtime reading: Murder Against the Grain, Emma Lathen

How much is six times nine?

I got my first HOA meeting notice. In the same envelope was a handy little self-nomination form, in case I wanted to be on the board.

Maybe next year.


Today's earrings: amethysts

Bedtime reading: Murder Against the Grain, Emma Lathen

First, catch your...

The Basic Plan: 6pm Friday at the Elks.
Plan with Frills: we congregate at my place beforehand.
Plan B: we go get dim sum.
Sound good?

Random path-crossings this morning: a current neighbor, the Singhs. Sylvia actually came up with my name on the fly.
This evening: a woman I used to see on the bus before I moved.


Today's earrings: gingerbread men, rabbits

Bedtime reading: Murder Against the Grain, Emma Lathen

Shiny Candlemas!

Today I went out and got myself an ironing board, and an iron to go with it. Each day I creep closer to orthodoxy...


Today's earrings: rockets, brooms

Bedtime reading: Murder Against the Grain, Emma Lathen

A-ha!

http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/29/westboro-baptist-church-protests-gets-protested-outside-twitter/
I though they'd been in town - when I got back from the endontologist Friday, there was residual police presence and everyone was telling me about what sounded like a WBC counter-protest.

And I missed it.


Today's earrings: sand dollars, olive shells

Bedtime reading: Murder Against the Grain, Emma Lathen