ugh

oh yes. this is GREAT.

fridge

newly restocked.

1. chocolate pudding
2. milk
3. swiss cheese
4. peppered turkey
   
5. yogurt with dark cherries
6. 2.5 tiny margaritas from 2007 (or was it 2006?)
   
7. carrots
8. broccoli
9. umeboshi
10. gohan desuyo! boiled seaweed - mmm!
    

immediate vicinity

1. sleeping dog, drifting off of her bed, nose-first
2. cat with twitchy tail, stalking my shadow
3. laptop
4. box of pretzels (woo!)
5. vacuum cleaner
6. really awesome, semi-old typewriter (it could use a fresh ribbon if anyone has a spare)
   
7. piles of stuff that need to be put away
8. "
9. "
10. "
    

simon tofield!

is my new hero.

things i could do without

1. spring flu

that pretty much sums it up.

a decent surgeon

i've been awake for over 43 hours. i'm ready to keel over (and plan to, in a few minutes), but i wonder if this is what doctors feel like after they've worked constantly for extended periods of time. if so, i don't think i ever want to have surgery again.

sincere thanks

Thanks, Ollie. You made our lives a lot brighter.

AP photo. If this is yours, I will gladly add credit.

good morning!

no idea who created this, but it's my life.

[would love to give credit, so if this is yours, please let me know. you're AWESOME.]

day off

Ahh. A good day off. Skimpy in fossil terms, huge in breathing space.

adventure

Day trip to a state park. Great fun was had by all.

if only

louise "lou" hall
november 7, 1992

remnants

1. red marble
2. tattered rabbit
3. pap's big blue velvet armchair
4. handmade clothes from mother
   
5. tom & jerry
6. izod sweater
7. richard scarry's best storybook ever!
8. little stool, for reaching all the things i shouldn't
   
9. feathers from melian
   
10. memories
    

spoons

at our house, no one washes the dishes until we run out of spoons. this is probably some sort of sign.