The final day without the boyfriend. Felt a bit better. Yay! Almost like a productive member of society again. You might notice that I’m somewhat obsessed with food (particularly potatoes), but you might not know that I have recipes in a cookbook THAT’S IN PRINT. That you can go all on your little lonesome and …
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Boyfriend Out of Town Day 4
Boyfriend out of town day 4 (out of 5) was yesterday. Still sick. Still not the fun party time one would expect of being home alone. Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Wild Magic for non-scary entertainment (HP only the first half, the second half is way too scary!). But there was even …
Boyfriend Out of Town Day 3
Boyfriend out of town Day 3 (of 5) was on Saturday. All of my big plans for strolling around in the autumn sunshine, hanging out at coffee shops, and reading with a cat on my lap and a big mug of tea went right out the window. In the wee hours of Saturday, somehow I …
Boyfriend Out of Town Day 2
Day 2 of boyfriend out of town/celebration of potatoes was Friday. It was a super awesome fun being at home alone kind of day (and I’m glad I enjoyed it because of what came next). I walked to the co-op, tried to find some non-scary books at the library, hung out and wrote at the …
Boyfriend Out of Town Day 1
Actually, that was yesterday, so I’m already one day behind! Who knew that little old not quite employed yet me (still running paperwork at my new job before I can start) would be so busy on my first day of Barrett being out town? I had big plans to do coffee shops every day while …
Trixie Belden Question
I just finished Trixie Belden #10 — I don’t know what it is about fall that makes me want to read old school mysteries, but I seem to pick up a couple every year. My question is: Did the author name the dog Mr. Poo as a joke with full knowledge of the double meaning …
Rick Riordan
Eek! The whole week has gone by blog-free. I had all sorts of great Teen Read Week celebration ideas and things to blog about. And then the week disappeared. I’ve been feeling healthier than I’ve ever felt in my life since I moved — lots of exercise, plenty of time to cook healthy meals, fresh …
Happy Teen Read Week!
Spent the weekend viewing many overly large things like Silver Falls and the Oregon capitol building. One was too scary for life (you’re up so high at the top of the waterfall!) though gorgeous and the other was locked against us. Who knew that the government wouldn’t have an open door policy here? It’s closed …
Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Veggies
This is v. v. v. good when it is all cold and fall-like out. Barrett* makes the garlic mashed potatoes — I think he steams the potatoes with three or four whole peeled garlic cloves in it and then mashes them like usual when they’re soft with a couple of tablespoons of butter, some milk, …
A Little J.K. Rowling Inspiration
You’ve probably already all seen J.K. Rowling’s speech at Harvard, but it’s worth watching again. V. inspirational — especially for those of us without jobs. 🙂 It’s in two parts.