October 2006 archive

One Ref Door Update!

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Update! Update! Read all about it! We’ve got a ref door from Sweden! Xtianne’s got her pictures up. Check out her three ref door pictures right here. Mouse over the pictures to see notes. Check out her cute baby girl too! What does your refrigerator door look like? Take a pic of it and post […] Read more…

Working from Home

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I try not to bring work home as much as possible. However, there are times when it’s unavoidable and so I do! H and I have rules: As much as possible, we don’t talk about work when we’re together, except to ask how each other’s day went. No details! There are moments when we break […] Read more…

Yes!

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“In youth we learn; in age we understand.” — Maria von Ebner Eschenbach I’m glad I’m still young enough to learn and old enough to understand! Read more…

Moo rocks!

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“Bills again?” I asked the messenger who stopped by my desk. He gave me a funny look as he handed me this envelope. I did a double take when I saw it was stamped from London. London? Who could be writing me from London? I opened the package. Read more…

Chinese Snacks In A Glass Jar

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So you’ve seen my stash of snacks in a previous entry. If you pour out the contents of the jar, you’ll see they’re mostly dried and salted fruit. Ever heard of kiamoy and kana? On the upper left corner, that’s kana or dried olives. I love how they package kana here — three pieces are […] Read more…

For Donna

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How do you know? I do not know. But when death visits a loved one and never leaves, you wonder when he’ll be your visitor too. And you hope he is beautiful. And you hope he is kind. And you hope he doesn’t startle you, that he is familiar (but not too much), familiar enough […] Read more…

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