Operation Kerosene Update #4

Posted by on Aug 8, 2007 in dish | 0 comments I have now successfully weeded off the dry sink in my kitchen and done something productive with all those school papers and reports cards and such. The paper flood has been dammed and tidied and filed, and now I can actually get to the cookbooks.I nearly blew up our shredder tearing through pages and pages of old check stubs, credit cards statements from years ago (shamefully, some with a...
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Deb Dixon, Goddess!

Posted by on Aug 4, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Survived a virtual butt-kicking from the inimitable Deb Dixon, she of GMC fame. Great program today from CFRW. Got the streamlined GMC this morning, which amazingly I have never attended before, and a special workshop on the Big Black Moment this afternoon.Considering that the writign has been, well, waysided for a bit, this was a good hook to yank me back into the fold. And I figured out why...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jul 27, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Bed and Dinner, summer blockbuster edition!BED LIST: ALAN RICKMANThis choice is based on the body of work, starting with the lovely Truly, Madly, Deeply. He does bad boys (Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), good guys (Col. Brandon in Sense and Sensibility), tarnished souls (Love, Actually), and downright goofy (Dr. Lazarus in Galaxy Quest). Plus, he’s the one and only, perfect...
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Stop Saying That!!

Posted by on Jul 26, 2007 in dish | 1 comment
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Operation Kerosene Update #3

Posted by on Jul 24, 2007 in dish | 0 comments AmVets came today and took with them five boxes o’stuff. Linens from the aforementioned cleaned-out closet, a lamp and night light from DS’s room that no longer go with the decor, outgrown clothing, and a few odds and ends. Liberating!Unfortch, there’s no break from the endless laundry and floor cleaning that must take place in a regular household, and somehow we’ve lost...
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