A New Appointee

I was reminded ((Where by “reminded” I mean that I noticed it when I was looking at an old blog posting.)) recently that I once upon a time gave a bunch of people official titles on my blog. There is Sarah, my Resident Historian and Chief Political Correspondent; Dr. Dan, my Official Statistician & Tattoo Consultant; Kalev, […] →Read more

Movie Review: Final Destination 5

Warning: there will be spoilers. Yesterday a group of us went to see Final Destination 5, a documentary about bridge safety. In preparation, Kalev and I watched Final Destination 1 on Monday night. Because, you know, I was sure I wouldn’t be able to follow the plot without having seen number 1. There was much […] →Read more

New Drug Makes Viruses Say, “FML!”

A friend of mine brought this awesome news story to my attention the other day: New drug could cure nearly any viral infection Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab have developed technology that may someday cure the common cold, influenza and other ailments. From the article: Now, in a development that could transform how viral infections […] →Read more

$65

Two of the items on my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days are: 56. save $500 in coins 57. deposit that $500 worth of coins into my 40th birthday savings account I hit a bit of a snag in this plan in that when I moved last year, I moved into a place with no […] →Read more

Tillamook Cheese Factory

One of the places we went on our trip to Oregon was the Tillamook Cheese Factory. You may not know this about me, but I freaking love cheese ((My friend Patrice affectionately refers to the two of us as “cheese monsters.”))! When we first got to the Tillamook Cheese Factory, we could not believe how […] →Read more

Don’t panic!

Tonight I was back at Bootcamp after a week off due to my holidays. You know what’s a terrible idea? Taking a week off from Bootcamp. In addition to the fact that every single muscle fiber in my body is now screaming in pain, it’s really starting to hit home how very close the start […] →Read more

Apparently blog postings about Oregon are not popular with my blog readers

The blog readers have spoken. Despite blogging every day while I was away – a vacation first for me, I might add – my blog views took a hit during my trip to Oregon. I still have a few things that I want to blog about from my trip but (a) we all know I […] →Read more

Voodoo Doughnut

One of the things we knew we just *had* to do on our trip to Oregon was go to Voodoo Doughnut. I can even remember where my sister first heard about it, but heard about it she had – and pretty much everyone I told that I was going to Portland said, “You HAVE to […] →Read more

Home Sweet Home

It was a lovely trip to Oregon, but now that I’m home, it’s nice to be here too! The drive home was uneventful and since I’ve been home I’ve unpacked, then taken a quick trip to the produce to buy some fruits and veggies. And as soon as I stepped into the produce store, I […] →Read more

The Last Two Days In Oregon

Yesterday we decided to spent on the coast, because the coast is so freaking beautiful. First, we drove out to the Tillamook Cheese Factory, where we got to see how cheese is made, then Jeff & Madeline enjoyed some delicious Tillamook ice cream and I bought my bodyweight in cheese. We were amazed by how […] →Read more