They humor me when I do stuff like this:
Waiting for the lawyergram about how this constitutes a “public performance of a copyrighted work” in 5…4…3…
Jan 10 2009
Look what I made!
I’ve decided that I need a hobby that involves manipulating something other than pixels. So I thought beading might be fun- I tend to be very relaxed by moving little bits of things around into pleasing patterns, so why not make cool stuff out of it?
This is my first attempt. Not bad for a n00b. I made matching earrings, too. Cute. I bought some tools and findings, and some not-very-expensive beads. The cheapness of the beads shows, but I’m still learning how to work with the wire and the fasteners and stuff and didn’t want to buy fancy, expensive beads when it’s distinctly possible that my early attempts would fall apart in my hands. 
Alas, Jack was uncooperative when I asked him to model this for the camera.
Dec 25 2008
Merry Christmas
It’s been a quiet Christmas here at Hacienda Bridge. After a strenuous Christmas Eve filled with cooking, cleaning, an emergency client visit for Tom, having to learn quickly how to cook a prime rib while Tom was out on said client visit, and a post-church dinner that went on well past midnight, we spent pretty much all of today in Christmas Coma.
I’ve been in my jammies all day, watching The West Wing with my husband and enjoying the peace and quiet.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Aug 20 2008
vacation, at long last.
Tom and I are off to Seattle for a week for some much-needed R&R. I’m hoping to have time to set aside time to write and refresh my creativity. But in preparation, I’ve been super productive. I managed to clear my task list at work today and get as much as possible set up to run automatically in my absence.
Last night was dedicated to some household preparation chores. To preserve the excess produce we’ve been getting in our CSA share, I made a pot of tomato sauce to freeze. It’s really sweet, I think because it was made mostly with cherry tomatoes- LOTS of cherry tomatoes. I also sliced up the three or four pounds of peaches we had stashed in the fridge to slow down the ripening- we now have four quart-sized bags of peach slices in the freezer. I also froze a bag of edamame- we had picked a big ol’ sack of it at the farm last weekend, and Tom doesn’t like it. So I boiled it up, and had some for dinner Monday night, and then some for lunch yesterday and today, and still had edamame left over. I like this stocked-freezer thing.
So we won’t come home to a bunch of spoiled produce. And every dish in the house is clean, and most of the laundry is done.
And now, it is time to rest.
