Archive for the 'potpourri' Category

Thursday

22Oct09

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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
- Douglas Adams


Outside my window… golden leaves are drifting down to the lawn on a soft breeze, the storm clouds of earlier in the week have disappeared, and my neighbor’s puppies are playing in the yard.

I am thinking… about cleaning and organizing and editing and studying…and also about baking, as I have a dessert to make for [...]


Music in the metro…I love these guys!
Don’t mess with my writing utensils…

Bringing “handsome” back…
Keeping it classy…
In case you need help with your flat hair too…
Really? Where are their parents??
Can’t wait for Coco…
Yummy…
Take a hint, dude…
This is literally my worst fear in the entire world…he’s so much braver than me…


epic FAIL

24Sep09

Amy Beth has been so kind as to show all us poor, flat-haired, non-Southern girls how to properly achieve Beth Moore style big hair through a series of tutorials on her fabulous blog (which I must read the very first thing in my Google Reader and if I don’t I feel like something is missing [...]


Trusting in things with feathers requires a step of faith…
I hope I greet the “trains” of life with open arms…
High on my “to bake” list…                                                             [...]


things that have been percolating in the starred items section of my Google Reader for the last couple of weeks (for whatever reason):

A hypo from Torts meets real life, and I still have no idea what the right balance is…
Check your premises…
Trying to decide how much anticipating the release of this book increases my nerd [...]


a little smitter smatter of what’s going on in my Google Reader lately:

a happy face that kept me giggling for almost a minute straight…
yummy yummy shortbread cookies, via The Pioneer Woman…
Coco’s wisdom…
If only my work ethic were this inspiring…
tips to make a good impression…
why hasn’t anybody ever given me a lemon carved to look like [...]


Survey Says!

07Jul09

I love Family Feud! I couldn’t resist
In my ever present quest to make a few extra bucks that aren’t charging me insane amounts of interest (oh, the joys of a student loan life), I’ve signed up for a few online survey sites. I’m sure you all know the gist, you sign up and [...]


a little mish mash of things I’ve starred (for a variety of reasons) in my GR lately.

Nora’s June 2009 Recap – *’ed because I’m thinking of stealing that meme for July…
This photo comes from French-Word-A-Day (and the word is…furax)

Thoughts on the latest controversy, courtesy of The Huffington Post.
Mental Floss teaches us about All the President’s [...]