Month: December 2005
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Crushin’
It’s 1:00 a.m. I have to be at work in about 6 hours. And yet I’m sitting here, blogging, listening to my brand new CD, and swimming in the smooth voice of my new crush, Slaid Cleaves. Oh, the poignancy of his lyrics! The unbelievable crispness of his voice! The easy, approachable attitude he carries!…
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Re-use!
I’m a paper junkie. When I go to a craft store, I linger in the scrapbook paper aisle. I don’t do scrapbooks. I just like the paper. It’s very hard for me to throw away magazines, and I have 9 or 10 separate journals (some lined, some not lined, some tiny, some huge, some spiral…
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Saved by a meme
I haven’t been cooking much lately. We’ve gone to dinner at friends’ homes, and out to various local restaurants, and we’ve eaten great food, but nothing I can claim as my own. It’s not going to get better very soon, either, because tonight we’re having our holiday dinner for the bed and breakfast staff at…
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It’s winter!
Today it finally got cold. Really cold. So cold and drizzly that most people were released early from work, to avoid the icy streets. There may not be work or school tomorrow. It’s 28 degrees outside, and it’s sleeting. This is Austin, people! This is the depth of our winter! It cracks me up to…
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Mucho trabajo
So, yeah. I haven’t posted in a few days, mainly because…I got a second job! My pal Lindsay was able to score a temp job for me at Meals on Wheels. I’m helping them receive donations during the holidays, and while it’s all data entry, the people I work with are wonderful, so I love…