Archive for October, 2009

Rape is a hate crime. I mean, I know that but I hadn’t quite put it in that category in my head. Pure and simple it’s a hate crime, “a hostile act against a person based on perceived membership to a specific social group”. Every time a woman is raped it’s a crime against all [...]

Witness one pair of cute slingback sketchers from several years ago. boooring but cute. I swear to god the first time I looked at the label for these it was leather upper but no, synthetic, which seems more likely for a pair of 30.00 shoes. Despite that I trundled forward and used leather dye on [...]

MONSTER GIRLS FUNDRAISER @ Drunken Monkey w/The Bros. Comatose. ——————– Subject: Tomorrow Nite! Raffle Prizes , Monkey Business, Monsters oh my… Don’t forget! Tomorrow Nite be at Annie’s FOR THE HSMG FUNDRAISER…all the kids are doin’ it. Get your raffle tix at the door or from one of the monster girls! RAFFLE PRIZES TO INCLUDE: [...]

This weekend I went to a millinery garage sale with a friend. So much fun stuff they had! The really sad thing is that they are stopping their beautiful hat making business in favor of a gift basket making business… I hate gift baskets. I got a bunch of fun netting. Two greens, black with [...]

Title: CAFE DE OLLA (MEXICAN SPICED COFFEE) Categories: Mexican, Beverages Yield: 6 servings 3/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed 3 x Cinnamon sticks 6 x Cloves 6 tb Coffee (NOT instant) 6 x Julienne slices orange zest In a large saucepan, heat 6 cups of water with the brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves over [...]

Palimpsest

Today I took Mr. Pants to a home daycare that a friends baby goes to. He loved it. He dove right in and played, had a snack and really liked walking to the park. The Woman running it was super nice and I could tell her dealing with toddler ideas were in line with my [...]

Are you shitting me?

Loud music at 12:00am on a Monday and now I have to listen to them fucking? omfg.

If we buy a house with a massive mortgage we will have to start budgeting more closely. Right now we are all over the map and don’t really track how much goes where. I always feel a niggling worry in the back of my head like I should be carefully budgeting. Does anyone else think [...]

One day my mom brought home a book from the public library that was filled with paintings of cats in elizabethan dress with olives on their heads. Who painted them?! Why have i never been able to find it? I want a portrait of my cat and Vim’s cat in this fashion. I guess I [...]

So Holy Shit. We bid on a house like a month or more ago and now our offer has maybe been accepted which, everyone tells me means NOTHING on a short sale. It’s all dire predictions and projected hassle. But WHAT ISN’T? I ask you…. The house is OLD. The bathrooms are a bit weird. [...]

Traveling alone with a 2 year old… It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be either. Vim was off at a conference and so Mr. Pants and I headed down to Santa Cruz for a few days of loafing by the beach. [...]

I’ll be needing this one. screw making my own ugly ass chicken coop.