Monthly Archives: October 2007

So for some reason I thought that all this pie making was a good idea for a weeknight. Didn’t stop to think, hmm, perhaps I can make two pies from scratch on a weekend day when I don’t have crap … Continue reading →

Bryan and I finished out a pretty low-key weekend with a trip to the Chesterfield Berry Farm and some pumpkin carving. Even though this is our seventh (!) Halloween together, it’s the first time we’ve carved pumpkins together, and it … Continue reading →

You know what makes me mad? I have a perfectly good newspaper box tucked conveniently under my mailbox, yet instead of sticking my newspaper in there on a rainy Saturday morning to protect it from the elements, my paper person … Continue reading →

Last night, my friend Erin posted a blog on her MySpace about building an ark so that she and her dear kitties didn’t float away in the torrential rains beating down on Blacksburg. When I read it this morning, it … Continue reading →

Last night, I decided to cook dinner even though I hadn’t taken any meat out of the freezer to thaw. Since we’ve been gone so much on the weekends lately, I haven’t had a lot of time to plan meals. … Continue reading →

My little sister and I just spent a weekend in San Diego in August, and we both love that city. In fact, we both came home with visions of sweet little homes in Coronado. So it’s very sad to see … Continue reading →

This morning, like every Monday, I had my Spanish class. This is my third semester of a one hour a week conversational Spanish class. I’ve learned enough to catch 70% of what the Mexican twins say when I watch Heroes … Continue reading →

Holy crap, people, that 15 minute rule I started about 2 weeks ago? It has lasted, and it is WORKING! To catch you up, I decided a couple weeks ago that I would start picking things up/organizing every day for … Continue reading →

Today for lunch, I followed my pal Krystyna’s lead and got an egg salad sandwich from a cart on the street outside our building. Being a hospital and being downtown, there are lots of lunch carts around. This sandwich comes … Continue reading →

At least she wasn’t sitting down… NYC Woman Finds Python in the Toilet New York Woman Screams After Seeing 7-Foot Python Peeking Out From Her Toilet The Associated Press NEW YORK There was no Halloween bogeyman in the closet for … Continue reading →