Originally published on October 19th, 2006 at Onward & Upward These past few weeks have been very difficult for me. On top of recurring headaches and the beginning of a cold, I have been very busy at work and just overall stressed and tired. I have practically crashed every evening without doing anything around the house, or even going grocery shopping. Our small apartment is looking a little worse for the wear, as evidenced by my desire to lay down…
We have a month to go through our apartment and get rid of all the unnecessary stuff so we don’t have to move it. My office is sponsoring a clothing drive, so I am trying to get a lot of stuff together for that. I have a lot of clothes that no longer fit me, and I’m stubbornly clinging to them because they are still in great shape and I keep saying I’m going to lose the weight. Hmm, hasn’t…
Originally published on October 9th, 2006 at Onward & Upward Somehow, I made it to adult life with no cooking skills whatsoever. I am pretty good at toast, and brownies, and I can make a mean rice and tuna mix – but meals escape me. I pretty much lived on frozen dinners and Tuna Helper when I was on my own for a year and a half – and I ate out way too often. (I was fed occasional homecooked…
• Yesterday, I saw that gas in my area has finally gotten under $2/gallon! Hooray. Paul and I are excited. :-) • Also yesterday, on my way to meet Ann for lunch, I passed by a car that wasn’t moving even though the light was green. I looked over (he was in the lane next to me) and the driver was hunched over his steering wheel! I could see pretty clearly because the car was a convertible and the top…
As promised, I *finally* have pictures of our apartment rearranged! We really like it this way; it really helps open up the living and dining area. A view from the front door, our living/dining room The “foyer”, front door, and my computer desk Our living room area…. When we move into the bigger apartment, we’d like to get a loveseat so we can have a more social area and not so focused on the TV Tim & Jess gave us…