Tag: random musings
member name: Lisa W.
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February 03, 2007 11:13 PM EST --
I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone's very first job was.
Mine was pretty good--I was a page at the local library, which meant I put the books away, organized the shelves, and covered . . .
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November 14, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
I've mentioned before that if we leave money out on the dresser the cats think that its their new toy. Clever beings that they are, they've taken it one step further. Last night I left . . .
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February 04, 2007 11:54 AM EST --
In honor of the Super Bowl today, when many people will be snacking on chips and other junk food, what is your favorite type of chip (potato or otherwise)?
Right now mine is Cape Cod kettle cooked regular . . .
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September 18, 2006 01:04 AM EDT --
Living in a multi-unit apartment building, we share a single washer and dryer with about five other apartments. Usually this hasn't been a problem, but tonight it was horrible. I needed . . .
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October 28, 2006 10:26 AM EDT --
Our cats always seem to prefer homemade toys to commercially made toys. Their latest discovery? Receipts. They love playing with them for hours, and will even take them out of the trash . . .
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November 19, 2006 11:50 AM EST --
My boyfriend likes to tease our older cat about his appetite and weight. The cat is by no means overweight, although he is quite a "foodie". He especially likes to tease him when . . .
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November 19, 2006 04:10 PM EST --
I've noticed this afternoon that several of the keys on my keyboard are making a high-pitched squeaking noise when I use them. My backspace key is one of the guilty culprits. The best thing . . .
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November 26, 2006 02:09 PM EST --
Those of you still in school (or back in school), have you registered for spring semester yet? I just finished registering for spring, and I'm looking forward to the following schedule:
-Public International . . .
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December 06, 2006 09:51 PM EST --
Today I made the difficult decision to junk my car. Not exactly junking it, as I'll be donating it to a charity for scrap, but it has the same effect. The power steering is dead, and that . . .
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February 03, 2007 12:22 AM EST --
Since the Superbowl is rapidly approaching, football is a common topic of conversation around our house. One time my boyfriend asked me to fill-in-the-blank of a famous football quotation: . . .
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February 04, 2007 01:20 PM EST --
After having had hard (gas permeable) contact lenses for 13 years, and relying solely on glasses for the last two years or so, I've decided to try taking the plunge and checking out soft contact lenses. . . .
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February 17, 2007 10:02 AM EST --
Count Claw is having some breakfast right now. But instead of lapping up the food like cats usually do, he's sticking his paw in the dish, claws out, and licking off the food that comes out stuck . . .
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October 05, 2006 08:49 PM EDT --
I'm not sure if this is an issue nation-wide, but it seems to be getting a lot of press in the Chicagoland area. Starbucks employees have been complaining that customers are "stealing" . . .
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October 15, 2006 08:57 PM EDT --
Tonight the boy and I split responsibilities for preparing dinner. We were out of meatless pre-packaged spaghetti sauce, so he made sauce from scratch using diced tomatoes, canned sauce, bell peppers, . . .
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October 23, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
I just completed a pre-dinner emergency run to the grocery store, and ran into several pet-peeves. Have you had similar experiences?
-Many of the sale items are "buy one get one 'free'". . . .
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October 23, 2006 11:06 PM EDT --
My boyfriend and I are both students right now--I'm working in environmental policy while studying law part time, and he's working towards a Ph.D. in physics. His background is physics and . . .
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November 13, 2006 10:50 PM EST --
Although I love arts and crafts, I've never been much of a seamstress. Tonight, however, I looked over my pile of clothes in desperate need of repair. At first I thought I'd take them . . .
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November 16, 2006 03:06 PM EST --
Based on Marilyn N.'s recommendation, I decided to check out Elements Bath and Body works for some supplies to make sachets and other items (they sell flax seed, lavender, and all kinds of other supplies . . .
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September 10, 2006 12:41 AM EDT --
My boyfriend and I moved in together a few months ago, and one of the things I've noticed lately is that we have "sides" of the apartment. For example, we each have a side of the bed. . . .
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September 10, 2006 11:08 PM EDT --
As you might know, my boyfriend and I started living together a few months ago. One of the transitions I've noticed is how we split up chores. Usually this just happens when someone . . .
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