I started this great book a few months ago. It’s called The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster: 100 ways to make life more efficient. Really, what’s not to like about that?! Lots of people who are experts in their field have written a few pages about how to do something quickly and well. It’s…
Cooking for Other Folks
My family goes out to eat with guests sometimes instead of cooking. It saves prep time and dishes and stress, and I totally appreciate that. Oddly enough, there’s also some sort of link between proximity to my house and going out instead of cooking. Come to think of it, I’m not sure if I’ve ever…
Between You and Me
I’m going to show you a few of my favorite random pieces of art from Etsy. Keep it between us, okay? I would hate for all of my picks to vanish from my realm of possible purchasing. Then again, you’d be doing my budget a favor. So on second thought, I’ll say that you should…
Napping Soundtracks
I called it a day at noon. It was necessary. I did manage to get lots of good tech-ish stuff done in the morning, and nobody wanted my tired face around the library anymore. On my way out the door, I thought I would look up a list of movies that are known for their…
Grumpy Face, Pretty Tree (Just like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”)
It’s been a tough day at work. When people ask me for statistics or reports at my new job, I assume that they’re asking for something that I can in fact find. Sometimes that’s not true. Today’s search lasted for the morning and the first hour or so of the afternoon, and it ended with…
Season o’ Productivity?
You’re supposed to get all excited about cleaning in the spring, right? Or you’re supposed to feel morally obligated to clean in the spring, thus “Spring Cleaning.” I’m sure there’s some good history in that phrase. I feel like winter gets the award for being the baking/cooking/getting fat season, and summer is the sunshine and…
Celebratory Dancing, Sluggish Running, and the Food That Makes It All Possible
I’m busy doing a celebratory day off dance at the moment. I’ll return from that activity tomorrow. If you get really bored wherever you are, you can imagine me running through my neighborhood. I’m out of shape, so you can laugh at how slowly I’m running in your imagination. Then you can imagine me eating…
Small, but valuable. 