Archive | December, 2006

Auld Lang Syne

I’ve resolved to spend the day on the couch, in the hopes that taking it easy for a day or two will help return my back to some state of normalcy. (For those of you just joining us: I have scoliosis.) Spending the day in a reclining position? Exceedingly boring. To make matters worse, the  Read more »

Smile!

Smile!

Our loft used to be home to what might have been the most boring webcam in the world. It was some cheap thing that we received as a free gift from the cable company, so the image quality was horrible and the cord was too short to allow the camera to be positioned anywhere remotely  Read more »

The Results

The Results

Every year, our neighborhood HOA sponsors a Christmas decorating contest. The first year we were totally shut out. While we did have the totally cool animated Santa Train (consisting of 750 lights), we had no yard to speak of- just a muddy mess that was unsuited for decorating of any sort and was our downfall  Read more »

There Arose Such a Clatter

I woke this morning to the sound of jackhammers. Tearing apart the curb in front of my house. There was also the sound of Rudy barking incessantly. Because he was greatly alarmed by the cacophony, as well as the presence of random workers who wandered onto our property in order to examine our Scion xB  Read more »

Weekend Random

Too distracted to blog on the weekend, so I give you the ever-expanding list of random thoughts: Does playing NetWinner count as multi-tasking? Only 22,450 points left to go before I score a Barnes & Noble gift card. Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine is the bomb. Even better? Mentha Lip Shine in Root Beer Flavor. Yum.  Read more »