| zoe's cake |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:56 am] |
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Here are pictures of the cake and cupcakes I made for my friend's daughter's second birthday. She is such a freaking adorable child. Her parents loved the cake and the birthday girl made enormous eyes, so I feel the task was successfully done!
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| Reunited and it feeeel so goooood. |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:56 am] |
I went to my 20 year Middle School reunion last night. It was intense, and extremely satisfying. Connecting with these people was like being reunited with my family. We are all so different, but have this deep love and understanding I'm not sure I've ever encountered. It might be that way if we got all the old guard Trexers together again, but that is *never* going to happen. :) Though maybe.....
Anyway, I am over the moon with happiness to have connected with them all again.
Maybe more as I process through some of the feelings. |
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| Cheap Coffee of the Week - Folgers Classic Roast |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:45 am] |
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Folgers was on sale for $4.99/10.5 ounce can at Safeway. It’s nowhere near as smooth as Yuban Original, but rich with nuances of formica counters, leatherette and chrome stools, heavy diner mugs, pies in refrigerated cases and waitresses named Vera.
The can went surprisingly fast. I’d buy another can, but I’m playing the coffee field and don’t want to limit myself to one cheap coffee.
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| Argh -- HAIR SHEDDING. |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|12:40 pm] |
I've been dealing with an increase in hair shedding for about a month and am really starting to stress out over it. I've dealt with hair shedding issues before, but it was always when I was either going on, or coming off, hormonal birth control. But I haven't been on HBC for years -- I now have a copper IUD -- so I don't have any explanation for why I'm shedding so much now. I had a full thyroid work up last week (not just TSH and T4, but antibodies and some other stuff, the names of which I unfortunately don't have in front of me), and everything was well within normal ranges -- I had this test done because I know hair shedding can be caused by thyroid issues, and hypothyroidism runs in my family.
My mom told me 'not to worry' and said that this is probably cyclical or seasonal. But I mean, come on -- I'm not a dog! I've never had seasonal hair shedding before, nor do I know anyone who's dealt with something like this. It's really driving me crazy, and I don't know if I should just sit back and wait for it to stop (if indeed it will stop on it's own), or devote a lot of time to trying to figure out why it's happening.
Anyone else ever had experiences with hair shedding for no clear reason (i.e. not from thyroid/hormonal issues or HBC) and have it gradually resolve itself on its own? This is all I can think about and I'm starting to lose my mind.
Thank you! |
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| Hey... |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|12:16 pm] |
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Who's still paying attention, here? Just curious as to who is still using LJ... |
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| Help me afford holiday shopping! :) |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|12:19 pm] |
BPAL and other smelly stuff sale! All bottle prices reduced, LEs starting at $15.
Also, there are 21 copies of Wind Tunnel Dreams left, at $15 + $4 s/h. Was going to keep them to sell at Arisia, but I need Chanukah money and I need pants and I need a whole bunch of stuff. So. This is 376 pages of poetry, flash fiction, and short stories - everything I wrote for WTD in 2007-2008.
Paypal = shadesong AT gmail.com! |
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| Pets around the farm |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:56 am] |
Baby, my blind kitty*, enjoying his outdoor enclosure.
( More of my recent cat photos (and one dog) )
*Since someone always asks: Some a-hole dumped two litters of kittens and adult cats into the woods by the side of the road. My mom and I found them and rescued those that had survived. One of them was Baby, just two weeks old. He had a very bad respiratory infection that infected his eyes, making it necessary for the vet to remove them.
He's now nine years old and gets around just great, doing all the things a normal cat would do. :) |
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| quick question |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|03:53 pm] |
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Would taking dayquil and tylenol affect my bc? I have a horrible head cold and my bf and I had sex last night and this morning and he came in me. Should I be worried? I just had a period three days ago and I am on HBC reclipsen
Thanks in advance!!! |
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| Thoughts from the depths of sleep dep. |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:55 am] |
You know how there are kinds of smart* that come from having insights or important applications of deductive or inductive reasoning, analysis, creativity, etc.? And then there are kinds of smart that come from just having been stupid so many times that eventually it sinks in?
They'll really both do perfectly well. Either is fine. There isn't a better kind of smart. If it's smart, then it meets requirements.
* Readers who prefer to read in British English would oblige me by doing an imaginary search and replace, substituting the word 'clever' for the word 'smart' in this entry. Thank you for your efforts.
** Footnote without referent: this message was brought to you as an outgrowth of the 'It's okay to spend $2.75 for an egg and cheese bagel on the way home from your second 10-hour overnight shift in a row because by the time you actually walk through the door into your apartment you will be too tired to remember which one your mouth is, and if you don't eat before you go to sleep, you will be sorry. Writing LJ entries is less crucial to your overall well-being, but should be fine' Project of Boston. |
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| *Jazz hands* |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:30 am] |
Found by a friend. Look at this little kitten!!!
Hopefully the kitten isn't doing that from being scared...? I'd feel bad thinking it's so cute then... |
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| Those Bread Machine Things are a Bit Good, Actually.. |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|02:26 pm] |
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Er, ok, who was it who was waxing lyrical over the joys of bread machines in face of my rather stubborn desire to not use one?
Feel free to do the smug "told you so" thing.
::giggle::
Oven is still on blink, I wanted bread to have with my cheese and paté for dinner last night, a lightbulb slowly appeared over my head (bit dull and flickery, like) to the effect that we have a bread making machine, and the packet mix says "can be used in a machine or by hand".
Oooh (with rising inflection)
So I did. Well, mum did, I was pretty shaky after lunch and poring over the various bits of paper to do with the bread machine, which didn't actually include the instructions, but from looking at the other recipes it seems you put the liquid in first, then the dry stuff, and the packet said rapid or normal. Except by the time we'd got the maker out and given it a wipe over and were ready to start it would have been gone midnight on the normal setting, so mum suggested the rapid one and set it all up for me.
One hour later, it beeped and I took the pan out of the machine.
Ten minutes after that, I tipped the cooling bread out of the pan onto the cooling rack.
Five minutes after that, being impatient, I was slicing nice warm slightly squidgy bread and slathering it with tasty things.
Utter heaven. Ten times better than doing it by hand, in terms of the taste and texture and also ease of use - kneading bread is fun but it fair knackers me after just the two required minutes, and then waiting for it to rise and... No. I shall embrace the wonders of technology.
Must buy more bread mix.
Oh, and I've the rest of the loaf to munch on for lunch today too, slurp :) |
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