As I made my grocery list today, I said a silent thank you the person who decided to sell tomato paste in a tube for the first time. For years, I bought tomato paste in small cans, and I regularly threw away 1/2 to 2/3 of each can, because you can only say, “just take…
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Books Up High, Books Down Low, and Getting Rid of Books?
I might have a book problem. And thus, this is my current dream: I’m thinking about learning how to build a bookcase for our living room. Or a book shelf around the top of the room or something. Something like this: Oooh, aaah. Or I could just learn how to get rid of a few…
Go Bold
One of my college roommates taught me a valuable lesson. She taught me that if you’re feeling sad or tired or gross, you should absolutely wear a bright something or other–scarf, shirt, jacket, dress. I think the theory is that if you’re wearing something bright and perky, it will hopefully distract from the sad/tired/whatever emanating…
Book Review Saturday
This post is brought to you by Saturday at work (and lunch time at work and my sincere hope that you’re not also at work). As your very own on-duty librarian, I humbly recommend a few books: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay: my first foray into World War II books for the year. Sad. …
Almost Summer: Grapefruit Margaritas
A toast to April, which is sometimes warm, sometimes rainy, sometimes cold. But definitely inching towards summer. I’ll admit that I haven’t used this recipe for grapefruit margaritas before. I don’t see how it could go wrong though. If you’re already out of work for the week and find yourself near some grapefruit and tequila,…
Real Comfort
As Jane Austen put it, “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” I believe that gem is from Emma, which is my least favorite Austen work, and it still has great quotes. This morning, I tried desperately to get geared up for my evening at work, but I really wanted to wrap…
Happy Messy Midweek
Between a weekend away and normal life mess (read: two people who like to eat but not washing dishes), our house was getting pretty messy this week. But then it got sunny, and it turned into my mid-week day off. There are some advantages to Saturdays at work. And yesterday, I made a discovery. We have…
Small, but valuable. 