My back hurts and I’m ready for this workday to be over. Conveniently, it almost is. 40 minutes. Which is good, because I’m almost out of Advil. Now my lower back hurts (thanks, Ma Nature) in addition to my neck pain. Thankfully, I’ve scheduled an appointment with my [soon to be] chiropractor for Wednesday. I found someone in Eagan who has evening hours, which is very exciting. There were only two places downtown that my health insurance approved of, and I’d already been to one of them, and I’m not exactly sure where the other one is located. Thankfully, I found several places in Eagan and one had nighttime hours. Yay! This neck pain is a new thing to me - usually it’s just my shoulder or lower back - and it’s annoying, because I’ve been getting headaches nearly every day for what feels like forever but has probably only been a week. Saturday I could actually feel the pain moving up my neck about two inches into my hairline. Not fun. Must get this taken care of. Like said, who cares about a $27 co-pay if it means the pain goes away? Amen.

Also, I found a Christmas ornament for for next year already! Macys did a Noah’s Ark theme this year and so I had gotten him this cute boat with some animals sticking out of it and a whale that hangs down - when you pull on the whale, the giraffe and elephant move up and down! Today they had some of it left, including the large Noah who is holding a dove in his hand. 70% off! Glad that’s done, 360-ish days in advance. How cool am I? Now, if only I can find a place to put it so that I’ll remember it and be able to find it for next year.

I’ve been on phones all day, but I have talked to exactly three people. Not ringing much. Who would call a government office on New Year’s Eve anyways? 2 of the 3 weren’t calls for us anyways. One guy wanted food stamps (and specifically did not want to work, just his $180 worth of stamps please), and someone else wanted Social Security, as usual. The last person I happily referred to a field office in under 30 seconds. No one will call in the next… 33 minutes, it’s almost guaranteed.

I really would like to tell you about Christmas and my weekend, but it’s better done with pictures (especially since I have a new plugin for my blog that integrates Flickr better), so I’ll have to be patient (as will you).

We have no plans for tonight, though I am drinking coffee right now so I might make it until midnight. Who knows. I have Bailey’s at home, however, which could quickly negate the caffeine.

I’ve been pretty productive here today. There were six or seven of us in the office, out of the 35 that work here. A quiet, slow day with few interruptions. I wrote a few emails and set them to be sent on Wednesday morning at 7:30. Happy 2008, here’s some things I need you to do for me….. Everyone loves me.

and I had a very disappointing Home Depot experience on Saturday. had gotten him this fabulous level that we saw advertised on TV (no joke - by Black and Decker, and it has this feature which makes hanging pictures ridiculously simple), but she’d accidentally gotten the wrong one. She gave us the receipt (no gift receipt, which is important apparently) and we stopped to exchange it on our way home. Well, the girl asked us after-the-fact if it was OK that the credit went back onto the Visa card. Yeah, not helpful. Of course, then we couldn’t even find what we were looking for - no Black and Decker levels at all! And no salespeople to help, either. So we left with nothing, which was especially sad since we came in with a $25 level. I need to talk to and see what she wants to do about that. Most, if not all, of my Home Depot experiences have been good, so you can see why we were frustrated.

No worries, however, because we stopped off at Big Discount Liquor on the way home and found some sparkling wine (Moscato d’Asti, if you must know) and some Bailey’s (with Caramel). Bought two little 99-cent things of Smirnoff with Cranberry (”a hint” it says, and a hint was clearly not enough - down the drain it went) and Hpnotiq, which was drinkable but not really enjoyable (I won’t be buying the large bottle - a little too fruity for me). Oh, and a bottle of some very bad White Zinfandel, reminding me that I should stop drinking that (how ever did I used to drink it and find it enjoyable? I have no idea).

Surfing the internet today I found wine glasses that were made specifically for Riesling. Who knew? I didn’t buy them. I also tried to find cute little glasses for liqueur like and had (”cordials” I think they’re called), but didn’t really see anything. Looked for champagne flutes too, but again was uninspired. Who wants to spend money on something like that when you’ll use it once a year, if that? Plus, I only wanted two, and most were sold in sets of 4 or 6, which was really overkill.

I suppose that’s enough for today. I’m sure I can find 22 minutes worth of work to do…. Happy New Year!

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My brain is a little scattered from the weird work/holiday/travel schedule (last week, I worked Friday, then had the weekend off, and I’m working today, but have tomorrow off, and then work the remaining three days; January holds another holiday and the start of school, so I have two normal work weeks and then a four-day week in which classes begin, so the craziness continues), so instead of the normal posts I’d like to give you (complete with pictures, which are either yet to be taken or just trapped on the camera still), I’m giving you bullet points on assorted randomness I’ve found on the internet lately. Sorry. We’ll return to our normal blogging eventually.

• According to this article, which provides some information on Glogg, the smörgåsbord of food at Christmas is a traditional Swedish thing. So my Grandma can’t help it (though she’s not actually Swedish, but we won’t fault her for that). However, the article did say the food was supposed to be good…. I jest. Really, it is good food. Just the same meal, 25 years in a row, gets a bit old. She did a good job this year, and actually liked the lutefisk. Said it tasted like clam chowder. Who knew? I might have to try it next time we go. I originally followed the link because and gave and I a picnic basket of stuff, including Glogg mix. Now we have to figure out what to do with it, since I’ve never had Glogg before. Apparently you can mix the stuff with just about any [preferrably alcoholic] drink.
• We got the last (hopefully) of our wedding gifts this weekend. gave us The Newlywed Cookbook, which looks pretty good. We’ll know by the end of this week, since we picked out a handful of recipes to try out. gave us the silverware we picked out. It may not look like much in the picture, but it’s wonderful in person. It feels really good in the hand - all the edges are rounded. Which brings us to the crazy portion of today’s post. Everyone that I’ve told this to looks at me like I’m insane, but here’s the deal. Yes, and I both had silverware before we got married. But, well, my set was incomplete, though fabulous, due to numerous roommates. And I didn’t like ’s set. Why? Because all the edges were sharp 90* angles. And that doesn’t feel good in one’s mouth. Really. I can tell. Mine had nice rounded edges (though not as nicely rounded as our new ones, which have no trace of “edge” at all, actually). So we went to the store, with one of my pieces and one of his, and I felt the edges of all the silverware and compared. made me coffee this morning (isn’t he sweet? he got to stay home today and sleep in, but he got up to make me coffee, freshly ground and everything!) and I stirred in some creamer with the new spoon and it was a beautiful thing. Felt awesome in my mouth. I know, I know. It’s crazy. But I can tell the difference!
• Here’s an interesting article on global warming and baking soda. Not as interesting as might like it to be (no, you can’t solve global warming by cleaning your house using baking soda, unfortunately), but still cool.
• From there, I got to 12 Ways To Stop Global Warming, and here are my comments on that:
  • Get an energy audit - is doing this sometime soon. I think if we did we’d learn things we already know, and some things we just can’t change about our townhouse. I think the only thing we could probably do is replace the windows, and we know that needs to happen. But on a single-family home, this could be an important thing to do.
  • Get more MPGs - I am all on board with this. I’d love to own an SUV some day, but not until I can drive one that gets some seriously better gas mileage. Honda Civic gas mileage.
  • Change your lights - and I just said that to each other yesterday at Target. I hear this will be easier to do in the future with the passage of the energy bill. (For those of you who were wondering, the goal is 35 mpg fleet average by 2020. “The California plan, however, would cut emissions by nearly 30 percent by 2016, raising fuel efficiency standards in the state to 43.7 miles per gallon for passenger cars and some SUVs and trucks, while larger vehicles would need to reach 26.9 mpg by that year.” from CNN.com)
  • Reuse your bags - you know, I have a reusable shopping bag that I carry with me in my big purse. I used it all the time when I did everything by bus and lived in my old house. But now when we go grocery shopping, I usually just take my little purse and forget all about my bag, which is too bad. I mean, we’d still have to use some plastic bags, but it’d reduce our garbage (since they just get thrown out immediately) by a bag or two a week. That could make a difference.
  • Pay bills online - We do this. Specifically, does this, since he’s unofficially in charge of finances. Wells Fargo makes it easy.
  • Efficient appliances - Um, I’m not sure about our house on this one, and quite frankly I don’t care. I think that I would care if we were in the market to buy new appliances, but we aren’t. And buying new appliances when the old ones still work just isn’t in the budget, or an item of importance to me.
  • Control the temperature - Let me tell you, if I could figure out a way to better control the temperature in our house, I would. We’re just going to have to live with things the way they are. Of course, I think just about everyone I know has trouble heating or cooling their homes.
  • Smart landscaping - I think the association would have a complaint or two if we just decided to do our own landscaping. Yet another solution for single-family homeowners.
  • Reduce, reuse, recycle - complains that I recycle too much. After all, we only have one (albeit large) recycling bin that is picked up every two weeks, and there just isn’t room for it all. Force of habit, I guess. I can’t help it. I see a cardboard box, I want to break it down and recycle it.
  • Conserve water - yeah, I could definitely do better on this. I take showers that are probably too long. My skin would probably be happier (read: less dry) if I did too. But I can’t figure out how to do that. I do turn off the water while I brush my teeth usually, and I think our dishwasher is energy-efficient. And I only do large loads of laundry. I probably use too much water while doing the dishes or rinsing off what’s going into the dishwasher though.
  • Buy green energy - I’m not exactly sure how I’d do this. The article wasn’t very specific, and it doesn’t seem like something that’s easily accessible.
  • Reduce your footprint - Another good idea that I’m left wondering “how, exactly?” The article doesn’t go into enough detail and I’m not sure where I’d start.
• Lastly, some things at Ikea that I’d get if I were made of money (which I’m not):
  • Aren’t they cute? I like the red one. My one holiday guest towel is sad and pilly and… not that cute really. I like these. They don’t match our bathroom at all.
  • When I first saw the picture of these (a much smaller picture), I thought they were little drinking glasses. Turns out, they’re big candle holders or vases or something. Bummer.
  • I thought would especially like these (though I’ve heard she has a desire to own fewer dishes, and I don’t know the details of this decision). If I were in the market for things solely to clutter up my kitchen, I’d get these.
  • got some champagne from a client as a gift. We will be drinking it from… well, not from champagne flutes, because we don’t have any. And really, who needs them? But this set of two is perfect, and doesn’t take up that much space on the wine rack. Did I mention we got new wine glasses for Christmas?
  • They’re for hanging jewelry on, for those who didn’t know. I recently read something about someone making one for herself and it was a lot of work, but the end result was so cute. To do it myself would require the purchase of a lot of power tools we don’t own, though, and this would seem to meet the need. It would, of course, go against my existing system of stacking trays that keep everything out of sight and reign in the clutter that jewelry can provide.

That’s it for me this morning! It should be a pretty slow day at work today, so I may entertain you some more (or less) later….

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The Internet is a strange place. Not sometimes, but always.

I have about 40 blogs I read on a daily or weekly basis (about half are marked daily, the other half don’t update as often so I check in far less often). Lately lots of things have been going on in the lives of people whose blogs I read: several have gotten engaged, married, pregnant, or broken up. Now here’s the thing: you read someone’s blog long enough and you feel like you know them, and then when they go through an experience you feel like you share it with them, just like a normal friend. Only you don’t really know them. You know this partially-fictionalized mostly-true-but-edited-for-public version of them. They probably don’t know you at all (if you’re a lurker), or barely. At any rate, they’re not really a friend. They’re like a character of a book. With very short chapters. That are released slowly, instead of all at once.

So exactly what are the right words to express how you’re feeling about this stranger’s experiences? For instance, someone whose blog I read weekly-ish just broke up with his/her significant other. This couple happened to start dating right after and I did, and so they’ve had anniversaries that I’ve found noteworthy (their one year was our one year, for example). And they did some things totally differently than we did (for instance, they lived several states apart and moved in together after just a few months). One of the persons had a blog which I also used to read and he/she stopped blogging about a year ago. The other person blogs occasionally now. But because they met via blogging, most of their personal details have been left up to the imagination. You’re not actually going to share everything you’re thinking and feeling about a former significant other and the breakup when you know they can hop on your blog and read it at any time. So the reader is left wondering, a lot, what happened. And curious as to how to process this information.

Obviously, I feel sad about this. I felt like I knew them and they were a very cute couple, and I thought they were happy. Clearly, everything was not hunky-dory. More so, however, I am left perplexed about the nature of relationships on the internet, especially ones that aren’t really even relationships.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

Yes, I will get a post up about Christmas and our trip. But maybe not until Monday. Photos need to get tossed into iPhoto and onto Flickr first, and then I’ll tell you all about it….

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1. “I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, _the aromatic spice of flesh_, _or the inner grace of human existence_.”
2. “Why is _the chocolate_ always gone?”
3. “Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an _erroneous decision_.”
4. “Nine companions, so be it. You shall be _crowded and cramped in that Kia_.”
5. “Nonsense, I have not yet begun to _get my crazy groove on_.”
6. “Mama says they was magic shoes. They could _dance all on their own_.”
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _finishing making ice cream_, tomorrow my plans include _exchanging gifts with and the rest of my family_ and Sunday, I want to _finish some projects I’ve been meaning to_!

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How many more gifts like this do you think we’ll get this season? Just a thought…

I’d show you a picture of my Christmas gift from , but I haven’t been carrying my camera with me, so you’ll have to live with a description. is a great boss for many reasons, one of which is that she is always appreciative of the work we do. One of the ways she shows this appreciation is with huge gift baskets at Christmas. This year, though her last working for the state, is no exception. It appears that in my basket is:

• disposable camera
• small photo frame (looks like a CD but says something about a frame)
• No less than three photo albums
• caramel chocolates
• miscellaneous chocolates and candy canes

I actually haven’t unwrapped it - it should be easier to get home that way - so there could be more lurking inside. It’s quite nice, especially since we have tons of wedding pictures to put in albums, as well as I’ve got a huge back log of pictures to put in albums that aren’t wedding-related. I promised DAD that I’d bring wedding pictures home, so this should make that easier.

Tonight we’re exchanging gifts with ’s dad. There’s talk of going to see National Treasure 2 also. I’m too lazy to link that up for you. If only I could get that plugin to work for the movie/book/music tags. Oh well. Tomorrow, aside from cleaning and packing (and putting pictures in photo albums), hopefully we will also take a trip to the local recycling place and drop off tons of cardboard boxes. We’re working, slowly but surely, on getting the garage usable. I’ve temporarily given up on the spare bedroom. Taking all our Christmas stuff to ’s should help though. Then there should be room to walk in and move about freely. Or somewhat freely.

Sunday we’re leaving for Chicago. It will be a short trip, because… there’s not much to do there, really. But good, nonetheless. I will try to not get overly emotional about missing my Aunt Shirley (I’d been really good for the last couple of weeks, not really thinking about it at all, and then in the last week it’s been much more in the front of my mind, perhaps because there are Christmas ornaments everywhere that remind me of her). And if I do, that isn’t actually a bad thing anyways.

I think we’re getting together with and and and next Saturday, which should be fun. We got some of the cutest clothes ever for , which I’m very excited about. The rest of the gifts, eh, whatever. and were still emailing me about gift ideas for myself and as late as Wednesday. No joke. I’ve given them about a bazillion gift ideas - and they were all good ideas. I’m not sure what their problem is this year.

emailed me and asked if grades were in, which means I forgot to mention them here. They’re not officially out yet, but my academic record states that I got A’s in both classes. Yay me! I registered for one course this Spring - Introduction to Social Science. It’s a required class, and it meets on Monday afternoons, so that should be nice. No night classes, less homework. It’s a 100 level course, so it should be no problem. Hopefully they’ll offer enough classes this summer that I can make up for the paltry courseload this spring. We’ll see.

I’ve found several new blogs and sources of entertainment this week, but I’m going to give them a little bit before sharing them, lest they turn out to be not nearly as cool as I thought they were.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. I’m not sure how much posting I’ll get done in the next week, so that’s my holiday wish for you - have a good one! I’ll try to bring back lots of photos and stories of lutefisk.

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1. Snow _day?_.
2. I’m looking forward to _a vew [more] days off work_.
3. _Ice cream_ is the best _food_ ever!
4. One of my favorite old tv shows is _Little House on the Prairie_.
5. I’m done with _classes (for a while, at least)__.
6. The most enjoyable thing around the holidays is _being with people I don’t see very often_.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _relaxing_, tomorrow my plans include _cleaning and packing_ and Sunday, I want to _end up in Illinois without any major travel snafus (snow is in the forecast)_!

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Today I had lunch with . It was lovely to get caught up (for real, since we didn’t talk much at her birthday party last weekend). We also stood outside for a while (it’s actually nice enough to do that) and watched her bus go by. Twice. My hands got cold, but other than that it was good.

The sun was shining earlier, and I walked back from getting coffee. I was torn between taking deep breaths of fresh air and choking on the knowledge that there is an air pollution advisory right now. Yesterday through tomorrow, actually. And you can tell. Downtown the air is thick and visible. Blech. About halfway back I was starting to regret the walk, because it’s barely warm enough to be outside without a coat, but then I got out of the shadow of a tall building and enjoyed the sunlight, and all was good.

I’ve missed the outdoors and the sun. Most of my outdoor experience has been while it’s dark, and it’s been pretty cold lately. Monday, my day home “sick,” I ran a few errands and so I was outside in the middle of the day and the sun was shining. It sure helps a girl’s mood to get some sunlight. Speaking of which, Saturday is the winter solstice, so the days will finally start getting longer then.

Not much of an update, I know, but I have to get back to work…. If you’re bored, go brows around my Flickr account. There’s over 2,000 photos there to keep you busy.

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I realize that I shouldn’t complain because I took yesterday off and didn’t have to work, unlike most people. But I’ve been here an hour today and am already annoyed, and freezing. Seriously, it’s cold. I have on a sweater and had to get out my blanket already. I brought my two new fleeces to work today (Old Navy was having a serious sale when I was over there last week, and fleece was ridiculously cheap), but I’m not sure I can put a grey vest over my black sweater, or the half-zip pullover one either. Layering with sweaters is just awkward (when the sweater is the starter layer, not the outer layer, that is).

and I went to Albertville on Saturday and had a good time. It was 1* below when I left my house, and strangely enough not many people decided to go spend the day at the outdoor shopping mall. Go figure. It got crowded after lunch, but by then we were nearly done. My quest for workout clothes was only partially successful, but it was still a good day. Between that trip and the shopping and I did on Sunday, our Christmas shopping is nearly done.

Yesterday, as you might have guessed, I stayed home “sick.” Mental health, really. So you’d think that I’d be all cheerful and stuff today at work, but alas, people are annoying. There was an incident while I was gone with a certain co-worker who has this habit of (besides being a royal b*tch most of the time) sending scathing emails regarding ways that I have failed her to myself and CC-ing my boss and her boss, and then later realizing, either after I’ve responded or not, that she was wrong and apologizing to me only (failing to include the bosses in the “oops, you’re not a screw-up” email). So today when she sent the “oops” email, I forwarded it to . Of course, knows that this co-worker has this habit and generally ignores these emails, but no one likes to look bad, especially wrongly so.

I have an appointment to give blood this morning and realized too late that I perhaps wore the wrong outfit. No worries, my sweater sleeves are much stretchier than I thought.

Today is also ’s birthday, and the day of her final exam. Both are reasons to celebrate. Yay!

Alright, that’s enough from me for now. I probably have some more posts coming later today, depending on workload.

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I know at least one person who will be mildly excited about the following development:

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[Editor's Note: I'm pretty sure that I have written at least one other post with this title, but I am way too lazy to find out.]

Today’s annoyance: people who think they are innovative and progressive in their ideas but have no idea how to implement them and all it really means is hours upon hours of work for other people, and no one is really going to care about the end result anyways. You know who cares about the content on our internal and external websites? The content providers. No one else. No one goes and looks at any of it. That may be a slight exaggeration, but really, it’s not a huge deal if something doesn’t look exactly the way you wanted it to, because you know what, no one else is going to see it? Pessimistic? Perhaps. Realistic? Entirely. I know exactly how futile my work is. Today, especially. It would take way too long and be way too boring to explain the multiple experiences I had today that have brought forth this rant, but suffice it to say I’m peeved.

I can’t tell for sure, but after doing a “Restore” on my iPod last night (fully clearing everything off it and starting over), it seems to be working better. It’s been having “blackouts” or freezing up or all sorts of other weird behavior in the past few weeks, and I’ve had to reboot it far too many times to consider it “normal” behavior.

Last night was supposed to be date night, but it was not. We had also discussed putting up the Christmas tree, which also did not happen. Both activities have been postponed, likely until tomorrow night. Why? Well, I had an appointment for an oil change after work, which took longer than it should have (an hour???) and I got home at 6:30. After making and consuming dinner, it was nearly 8:00. And then went to bed. Seriously. Why? Because he had a weird work schedule today. 1 to 9. That’s a.m. for those paying attention. Something about taking a major corporation’s website offline in order to update it, yadda yadda yadda.

I did not go to bed at 8. I stayed up, playing around with Flickr and Ravelry (which I’ll have to rave about later) and knitting stuff. I took pictures. I went to bed at 11. And proceeded to lay in bed awake. I finally fell asleep between the first and second alarm attempts. Which means I immediately woke back up. And finally fell back asleep again by 1. I think. Hopefully took a nap when he went home this morning, because I don’t think it would be much fun at our house if both of us are running on 4 hours of sleep.

and I have been trading emails all day, catching up. Tomorrow and I are going to the Albertville Outlet Mall, which should be fun, though completely crazy and hectic.

Despite the fact that grades aren’t due until next Wednesday, I checked today to see if they were posted (yes, I checked yesterday too). They weren’t.

But, the best news of all, I’m leaving today at 3:30. As I lay awake in bed last night, lamenting the fact that I was going to be going to work today (since I’d planned to be sick, but then asked me to work on a project, and another co-worker was going to be out, and….) I calculated that I only needed to work 5 hours today to get to 40 this week. I get in at 7:20. So… 3:40 is the earliest bus, and I’m gonna be on it. I think I’m stopping at Michaels after work then to check prices on some things. I will try to not purchase any more yarn.

Monday may end up being a sick day. I have to drive up to ’s on Sunday to pick up ’s Christmas present that we’re bringing to Illinois for them. Add that to the Albertville experience and the fact that I’ve been getting slightly sicker every day this week (nothing worth complaining about, though today I’ve had a minor sore throat that should be paid attention to) and my general lagging energy level, and a sick day is called for. Otherwise I’m just going to snap at someone. Last night it was the cats who were the recipients of my wrath and anger.

I’m going to try to make it through the last 26 minutes of work without yelling at anyone, but if I have to deal with extreme stupidity, I won’t be able to help myself.

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Last weekend (or the one before), I finished knitting/crocheting my Grandma’s Christmas present, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. You can see the rest of the pictures here. I hope to get a picture of someone (me, probably) wearing it over the weekend - I was taking pictures last night while slept, and taking pictures of oneself doesn’t often work out well….

If you want the pattern and/or story of its creation, it’s after the jump.
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This is what I worked on last night. Also, I’m trying to figure out how posting to this blog from Flickr works…..

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If you needed another great way to use Flickr, here’s my idea of the day: searching for computer wallpaper.  Bored with what you’ve got?  Quick and easy fix - you might end up with too many options!

No, they don’t pay me for this, I’m just currently addicted to Flickr.

In other news, the semester is over!  I did alright on my final last night - I can’t imagine I did worse than a C, which means I got an A in the class.  Yay!  I’d post a photo of my happiness, but I wasn’t creative enough to think of something to photograph.  Unfortunately, grades aren’t due until next Wednesday, so there’s still some waiting about.  And of course I can’t register for next semester until Tuesday.

After class, I consumed Chipotle, did some knitting, let my stomach settle, and then went to the gym.  The gym trip was bookended by a stop at Target and Cub.  Fairly uneventful.

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Following up on my last post about new blogs, I found a new one called “Culinarily Obsessed” and it has all sorts of good recipes to get fat with. Here are some that sound especially good (that I think would particularly like):

• Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
• Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
• The Chewy

Here’s the recipe index… have fun!

Also useful, from that blog I was led to KitchenGifts.com, which has instructions on decorating cookies (check out the link at the bottom to find more decorating ideas). I’ve been wanting to know how cookies ended up looking like this, and now I can try it for myself!

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I have found new uses for Flickr.  Want to find a new blog to read?  Type in something you’re interested in, and some of the photographers have links to their blogs.  Need to know what to make for diner?  Try a food-related search.  I tried “cookies” and was inspired to bake.  (Unfortunately, it’s 10am and I’m at work, so I won’t be making cookies, but it’s a nice idea.)

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