Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Packing....

So I have begun to compile a list of things that I cannot live without for two years.....
Clothes shouldn't be a problem, I'll take what I can fit and deal with that.
I won't be taking any furniture and minimal linens and not very many electronics so that is easy.
There is one thing I am having trouble with.....bet if you think hard enough you can figure out what it is......
How many books can I take and which ones get to come and which ones have to stay home and miss the adventure?! This is a very real dilemma here people. I really can't decide!!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

cookies, Grails, and tea

I made monster cookies today. An entire batch. by hand. No mixer.(admittedly I had help from Dad with the arm work, though.)If you have never made an entire batch of monster cookies, you don't know what an undertaking that is. So I will give you a clue. It involves 18 cups of oatmeal. Yep, you read that correctly. Eighteen. lets just say that every surface in my kitchen was covered with cookies this afternoon. And I spent most of the evening watching movies(Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Prince Caspian) drinking tea, and getting up every 12 minutes to change the cookies out.

Now we are watching LIFE on Discovery, their new miniseries. Awesome stuff. Orcas have been my favorite animals for a very long time so I am looking forward to that section of the series.

So last Sunday while dress shopping with my sister who is getting married next year, I lost one of my favorite earrings. Favorite ever. They are a pair of copper antiqued owl earrings that I love. I got them on clearance at Target last year and I wear them like five times a week or more. So not being able to find one of them wasn't a good thing. Mom looked online for them but couldn't find them. Not about to be deterred, I looked. Score! Ebay has them from a couple of different sellers so now I have a bid in on them. The only problem is that they are being shipped from Hong Kong so they will take a while to get here. Its worth it to have my favorite earrings back. Now I just need to get new backs for them so they don't fall off all the time......



UPDATE: I have purchased the new earrings and am hoping I didn't just get scammed out of my credit card number and will actually be recieving new owl earrings in the mail soon.... we shall see...