Bridal shower update

May 17, 2007

This past weekend was Nora‘s bridal shower and I arrived an hour before the shower bearing a punch bowl, the ingredients for punch, and some lemon squares. I thought I was oh so prepared for this day because I had actually done some things in advance:  I baked the squares earlier in the week, I [...]

An exercise in controlled spending

March 12, 2007

We ended up going to Watertown and Syracuse, NY yesterday, and I purchased the following items that will improve my life immeasurably: A scorer and a perforator for making perfect folds in my cards, and perforating things as needed. They look like glass globs but don’t be fooled! These are “crystals” that will be used in [...]

Two warm and fuzzy tales

March 7, 2007

I’ve been wearing dangly earrings to work lately (more to downplay my unusually prominent (prevalent?) sideburns than anything). When I wear dangly earrings, I must wear them with those clear things behind them so that they don’t fall out. In my hurry two days ago, I managed to put on one earring with the clear [...]

Sweet teeth

February 27, 2007

I keep on reading that almonds are good for you so I keep on buying them. I do not enjoy eating almonds–the little bits of husk(?) get stuck on my teeth, the inner nut part gets stuck on my molars, and the taste is quite bland.  I love roasted Virginia peanuts, without salt, so maybe [...]