Entries from November 2008

November 30, 2008

How was your Thanksgiving?

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and weekend.  The long weekend is nearly over, and it’ll be back to work tomorrow.
My weekend started here at the airport.  I got there pretty early, remembering that Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year.  I got there to find the security line empty. Absolutely empty.  [...]

November 26, 2008

Should this be so hard?

So tomorrow morning I’m off to Oahu to spend Thanksgiving with Kate.  Yay!   I’ll be gone two days.  Packing should be easy.  My wardrobe is very limited so it’s impossible to OVERpack. 
This, however, is the challenge:
 
packing all my less-than-three-ounce-size liquids in one zip-top bag. 
Look out! She’s gonna blow! 
I never considered myself high-maintenance. And I really tried [...]

November 23, 2008

Better than they look

Last night I made these. 
They’re homemade Oreos, sometimes referred to as “Faux-reos.”  I see recipes for these all over the place and finally decided to try them.  The recipe I used is here.  I’ll be the first to admit that mine don’t look as good.  Obviously, mine didn’t spread as much during baking.  My dough was [...]

November 8, 2008

Just so you know…

…this is what it looks like if you put rubber gloves on your feet.
Why did I put rubber gloves on my feet?   I had to clean my film processor at work.  And there is a lot of mess involved.  I get the floor wet and then track dirt all over the place if I leave [...]

November 7, 2008

I have nothing to say….

When my whole blogging thing was in its heyday (i.e.: when I actually was posting something) I tried to explain to a friend/acquaintance via email why I liked to blog. I told her that I thought one reason was that I was a “very verbal person” and my blog was a good outlet for [...]