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Currently reading
You may have noticed Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle sitting happily on my "Books I'm Reading" list for several weeks now. In truth, I'm not still reading it-- I read it weeks ago over the course of a couple evenings. See: Book Vampire. ... |
Jul 14, 2008 |
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That &#@*$&#*! fan
So a few years ago we replaced the ceiling fans in this house. It wasn't so much the fact that they were ugly (though trust me, they were), but I also had a sneaking suspicion that they had been installed incorrectly. A suspicion that, I might add, was ... |
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Multiplying like rabbits
I think our belongings might be breeding. Allow me to explain. A couple times a year, for the past several years, John and I have lugged anything from boxes full of random stuff to huge pieces of furniture to the Salvation Army. A conservative estimate ... |
Jul 9, 2008 |
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Would you care for a glass of champagne?
Hi! Hello there. Did you have a happy Fourth? Hopefully yours was decidedly less rainy than ours. It's just as well, I suppose, since Gainesville doesn't actually have a fireworks display. Apparently the city is out of money for fireworks and (woe to many ... |
Jul 7, 2008 |
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No rest for the sleepy
So, I've not been sleeping well lately. SHOCKING, I know. I'll give you a minute to crawl back up into your chair, having recently fallen out of it because you were so surprised at my sleep update. All settled? Good. Now, I was reading about Eden's ... |
Jun 20, 2008 |
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The other problem with working from home
Okay, cards on the table time. The other problem with working from home is the knowledge that my bed is just down the hallway. Can I tell you how much I love that bed (which, let's be honest, I capitalize as if it's a proper noun, as in "Bed")? I have ... |
Jun 18, 2008 |
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The thing about working from home
The thing about working from home that nobody seems to realize is just how much toilet paper you go through. Think about it! When you're at the office, you occasionally have to use the facilities (let's be adults here and not go into specifics). So you ... |
Jun 11, 2008 |
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The ice cream diet
I normally don't know how much I weigh. Despite the fact that we own a scale, I rarely step on it. A couple months ago, though, I felt compelled to weigh myself. And then I did it again over the weekend. And folks, something amazing had happened. Without ... |
May 13, 2008 |
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All the pretty flowers
Two weeks ago, we signed up to get a flower share from Rosie's Organic Farm, the same place where we get our weekly vegetable share. For just $25, we get five weeks of beautiful fresh flower bouquets that we pick up with our veggies every Saturday. And I ... |
May 12, 2008 |
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Rock, paper, scissors?
Ever since the semester ended, I've taken to getting up around 8 and not showering right away. Instead, I hang around the house (working, yes, don't worry) in my pajamas for a few hours until the mood strikes me to take a shower. (N.B.: This is what ... |
May 7, 2008 |
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Transitioning
So, it sort of dawned on me over the weekend that we'll be moving next summer (fingers crossed, knock on wood, salt over the shoulder, and all that). And, along with that move, we'll also have to sell our house. Our first house. The house we've been ... |
May 6, 2008 |
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Spring has sprung
We're in full spring here in Gainesville, but since it's rather overcast today I thought I'd brighten things up with some photos I snapped yesterday in the garden. |
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Dear Al Gore
Editor's Note: In honor of Earth Day this month, I'm writing a series of letters to Al Gore that address problems we've encountered as we try to go green. You can find the first one here. Enjoy! Dear Al Gore, What do I do with my toothbrush? Seriously, ... |
Apr 11, 2008 |
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This crazy dog
When it rains it pours, I guess. This crazy dog... erm... got sick yesterday morning. Then again yesterday afternoon. Then again yesterday evening, in the only room of the house that still has carpeting. *sigh* So off to the vet we went, because things ... |
Apr 8, 2008 |
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Dear Al Gore
Editor's Note: In honor of Earth Day this month, I'd like to start a series of blogs- in the form of letters to Al Gore- that address problems we've encountered as we try to go green. Enjoy! Dear Al Gore, What do we do with our shower curtain? This is ... |
Apr 4, 2008 |
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"Jeff"
I took this photo yesterday morning on our deck. Does anyone else see "Jeff" spelled out in the lines of the shadow? No? |
Apr 3, 2008 |
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Weekend Warriors
So... much... pain. Friday evening I moved all the furniture out of my office and into John's office across the hall, in preparation for Flooring Saga, Part V: Emily's Office. Saturday morning we dug in, ripping up carpet (still the most disgusting job on ... |
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Not even a prescription for more cowbell would help
Traveling home yesterday, on what my friend Amy calls the Flying WalMart Tube of Death, I caught a nasty bug. I don't know for sure what it is, but it came fully equipped with a fever over a hundred degrees, a bad cough, and that thing where your skin ... |
Mar 17, 2008 |
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Squalid Apartments I Have Known
Recent home improvement projects have gotten me thinking about the crappy places I used to rent. For your pleasure, then, I've come up with this brief trip down memory lane: Age 19: I sublet a small studio apartment near campus. The kitchen and bedroom ... |
Mar 11, 2008 |
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Feeling the distance
I've said before, here, that graduate school is a very lonely experience. But it's not just the work that brings solitude. It's also, for me, the incredible distance from friends and family. When I think about the last four and a half years that we've ... |
Mar 3, 2008 |