In which I buy stuff I don’t really need like an asshole, but at least it’s all used so I can say I’m “upcycling”! Bought a table today! A used table! A TABLE YOU CAN EAT AT! It’s a brown pub-style table and chairs set, and it’s taller than strictly necessary but I think it’ll […]
In which I wax enthusiastic about a very old product! Even with shipping, I got a frying pan, a sauce pan, and two lids for $25. Which is a really decent price, considering you could easily pay almost that for a lidded 6″ non-stick that you’d have to throw out and replace in two years. […]
In which I got a shit-ton of stuff done today. Here’s the very exciting list: tidied up generally scrubbed the stove top made awesome coffee in the Pyrex percolator took pictures of the brown recliner put all the throw rugs in the hall swept the living room and bath mopped the kitchen until the mop […]
In which my life is so completely the opposite of rock star. I’m not entirely sure how I’m supposed to feel about it. Both of the houseplants, the kalanchoe a co-worker gave me last year and the avocado pit I started in 2014, were totally root-bound and desperately needed to be repotted. On Saturday we […]
In which I cooked and cleaned all day yesterday! Over the weekend we visited Microcenter, where we purchased a monitor, a Toshiba Satellite, and a USB headset. The latter two items were for me, with the sincere hope that I’ll get a support job I’d applied and interviewed for, and for which my Asus wasn’t […]
In which Scott came home for lunch and told me it’s now confirmed that we can actually move this weekend. Today: pack. Tomorrow: pack. The day after: pack and clean. Saturday: MOVE. RENT A TRUCK AND MOVE TO UPTOWN. Sunday: unpack. Monday: unpack. Tuesday: drive to Chicago for a 3-day Amma program. I blew off […]
In which it’s not much, but it’s what there was. Hitting Snooze I was scheduled to work a short noon-to-four shift today, which sucks because it’s too cold to walk and there’s no bus so I’d have to take two taxi rides. Which makes no sense if you’re only working four hours, because you’d spend […]
In which I’m a domestic goddess. When I got up this morning — and when I say ‘morning’ you should read ‘afternoon,’ because I didn’t get up until twelve-thirty — I already had dinner planned and was resolved to wash the bed linens. I stretched lightly in bed, then got up and did a few […]
In which there’s a recipe for soup, because I want to know EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS and not have to read a dozen other recipes again the next time I decide to make soup for Scott. I haven’t eaten chicken noodle soup for a few decades, probably, but I remember the Campbell’s and Lipton versions: […]
In which there are a million chai recipes, but this one is mine. My Chai Ingredients 3 c. water 2 c. whole milk 3 black tea bags 2 whole cloves 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. ground true cinnamon 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. ground ginger 3 Tbsp.jaggery, or to taste Method […]
