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Last night after work, I went to the Dollar store in search of cheap kidney beans and those awesome rubbermaid bowls with the twist-tops.  I found them, and also a great spray that my coworker friend Sara had bought from this same store.. Renuzit pet something or other.. in a Citrus scent. It’s wonderful stuff, [...]

So, it’s getting harder to deal with this no fast-food, no restaurant deal.  My brain is constantly trying to come up with ideas that it thinks I might actually fall for, rationalizations, etc.  Here’s just a few:
Subway is healthy. And you have to stand there and watch them make your food.. you’re consciously aware of [...]

Ok, so.. I came to my own personal realization and acceptance of the fact that I use fast food and eating out as a crutch.  It keeps me from doing two things I dislike doing by (and more importantly -for-) myself: shopping and cooking.
Cooking for people is awesome. Shopping for that is also ok.  I [...]

Thanks to Laura Potts for bringing this to my attention:
They will be collecting school supplies for Knox County Teacher Supply Depot in lieu of fines May 3-10, 2009 at all library locations.
One approved school item will wipe out $10.00 worth of fines with a maximum of $50.00 worth of fines removed. Fees for lost or [...]

So, I brought the last of my lasagna to work today for lunch, and it’s still freakin’ delicious. Next time, though? I’ll freeze smaller portions, because there really is such a thing as too much lasagna when you aren’t hungry for the rest of the day after eating just one piece.
We’d also had a team [...]

Friday at work was one of those days that just didn’t want to end.  Brought to you by the words ‘Slow, slower, slowest’, the number Infinity, and the letters ZOMG.
That seems to be par for the course lately — the week rushes by, I wonder what happened to my days, then Friday comes with the [...]

I’m currently part-way through the fourth installment of the Mercy Thompson series, a really entertaining set of books by Patricia Briggs.
Mercy Thompson is a ‘walker’, not to be confused with a skin-walker, who finds herself caught up in the troubles and politics of the Fae, the Werewolves and the Vampires.  She’s a poor little Coyote [...]

Write a 26-line poem using all the letters of the alphabet, where the first line starts with the letter “A,” the second “B,” the third “C,” etc., culminating with the final line starting with “Z.”
Blind Date

“Always wear clean, normal underwear,” my mother says. And yet
Before I leave my home, the last thing on my mind [...]

How much do I love WordPress right now? A lot. A huge lot. It’s made running my site and my blog so easy that I don’t even flinch anymore when I get that little “a new version of wordpress is available” notice.  I used to flinch. A lot. Now, all I need to think about [...]

Ok, so I know I’ve been neglecting my postings here for.. well, for months.  I haven’t really wanted to share anything that’s goin on — it doesn’t seem “share-worthy” really.
So, instead.. I’ve decided to document the phenomenon that I’ve discovered at my place of work. That spectacle is called “The Food Day.”  It’s a cherished [...]