Celebrating 10 Years Tonight

I never had a 5-year high school reunion, so I'm sorta excited about tonight. The thing is, I've seen the list of confirmed attendees (thank you evite) and I'm a bit disappointed. All the people I always imagined reuniting with aren't planning on being there. How lame!

Busy Busy!

B and I were on a roll this weekend! Besides FINALLY hanging some art on our walls (see pic below) we also went furniture shopping. We got a whole living room set, which is super awesome because up until now we've been using a bunch of miscellaneous pieces. The new stuff should be delivered in two weeks. I can't wait!

The Coolest Tree EVER!

...is growing in front of my building. It bears fruit that is polka-dotted! The fruit looks sort of like a cherry, but with just a hint of spikes. Yesterday I was curious, so I threw one to the ground to see just how tough the exterior was. Not very. Inside was a small pit surrounded by what looked like lemon custard. Apparently it's edible, though I'm not ready to try it myself. In the spring this tree gets white blossoms all over it. I looked it up, and it's called a Kousa Dogwood.

New Header!

Thanks M :)

She's my official web material designer. I think she's out for hire if anyone else is interested (hehe). Let her know what you think!

That's Neat

So apparently blogspot.com has this cool little glitch that I accidentally happened upon just now. If you make a comment on someones blog, but then hit the 'X' to close the window before first typing and submitting the secret 'garbly-dee-goop' word, your computer FREAKS out. It started opening L's blog (the one I was trying to comment on when I screwed up) over and over in new windows, one after another. By the time I was able to hit ctrl+alt+del and override the darn thing it had opened in 18 different windows! Yowzer!

Be warned, fellow commenters!

First Book Club Mtg!

So L and I went to our first book club meeting, and I loved it! We were discussing The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which takes place on an island in the English Channel just after WWII.

At that time, the islanders had little access to flour and such (they took longer to bounce back from the wartime poverty than the mainland) so one of the characters came up with a recipe for "potato peel pie." Our book club organizer arranged to have the chef at the restaurant prepare a potato peel pie for our group... how cool!! It was basically like mashed potatoes with some potato peels criss-crossed on top (in terms of flavor, think potato skins). It tasted fine to me, though I'm not sure I would break it out for Thanksgiving dinner or anything. I'm already looking forward to our next book club.

Spots of Sunshine

Well, it was a long week back at work (even though I didn't work Monday). I survived though, and I'm hopeful that things will be easier from here on out.

These are the things that got me through the week:
1. Seeing my work friends again
2. Catered food at work
3. Our staff picnic
4. Sangria and snacks at Susan's
5. Long naps
6. A Chipotle chicken burrito bowl with guac
7. Breakfast at Panera with L, my mom, and my sisters
8. Seeing The Time Traveler's Wife
9. My first book club meeting with L (about The Guernsey Literary...)
10. My hubby's sanity