That gingerbread cake? I have declared it Divine, especially with whipped cream on top. (Mine came from a store! That recipe got a little too adventurous for me at the end.) It’s very spicy. If you don’t like too much spice I recommend leaving out the candied ginger. If you’re like me and love the ginger, pour it on!
Tomorrow’s my long day. 8 am - 10 pm in the Halls of Academe. Bed soon.
I had my practicum today and it was ok. I had some fun, but it was also kinda long. I am helping my site supervisor in revamping the list of African-American authors on shelf at the library (it’s a handy list for patrons who want such a list for…National Black History Month.
So, it’s a wash for now, but not awful. I am watching House (of course) and putting the masterbedroom back together–I have thrown out 3 bags of magazines (recycled, I mean). :eek:
I would LOVE to live in UK. I would give almost anything to be able to live there for an extended period time–but not in London. I would visit London often, but not live there (waaaaay too expensive).
So. There’s this huge, major thing we’re doing at work. 4 of us working on it more or less, oh…a LOT since November. It boils down to: we’re building four new schools here right now, which means we need to set attendance boundaries for them, right? After all, someone has to go to them when they open.
So, there’s a lot of number crunching, and scenario-making which we’ve been working with a “citizen’s committee” (and you might think you have an idea how painful that might be well take your imagination and multiply it by infinity) to come to consensus and make some ‘draft recommendations’, which were made public, so that we could hold ‘public forums’.
So those were last Tuesday and Wednesday - on two consecutive nights I sat on a high school stage and listened to people moan about what really was a good workable plan.
BUT, because we’re public servants and we ‘listen’ to people, we went back to the drawing board for most of Friday, and most of today coming up with something that’s not perfect, admittedly better than what we did first, but which we still have to get to the ‘citizens committee’, and THEN have another public forum.
I hate people. If I never look at another map, I’ll be ok with that.
Took Scarlett back to Dr. Laura today. She’ll eat some things, if they have a strong smell (like tuna), but is still hiding out a lot. I came home with some prescription food (which she LOVES - yay!!! )and if she isn’t somewhat more personable (or cat-able? ) tomorrow, they wanna look at her overnight, so I’ll take her back in the afternoon.
Cuervo and Bear need to get their daily routine together. One wants to play when the other wants to sleep. Except at 4 am when they both want to play ON THE BED.
Welcome new folks, one of you want to get up and bring me a beer? Thanks.
Holy shit. It’s supposed to get down to -18F tonight.
MamaTigs has been sick today, apparently – she was this morning – but she’s the one who could probably tell me if this sets a record for me as far as cold goes. I think it might. The freaky part to me isthat it’s like 2F right now and walking to the car and to and from the store and all, and it didn’t really bother me at all.
I have a haircut appointment tomorrow, thank Og. My hair was bugging me, but since I’ve made the appointment, it’s been realllllly bugging me. I don’t like it when it gets too far over my ears! I’ve considered growing it long again but don’t feel like going through the awkward stages.
I have a coworker who got screwed by his landlord; the pipes in his place broke while he was out of town, and the landlord threw him out without even a day’s notice and wants him to pay for the repairs! And he didn’t have a real lease. I know nothing about the law in those situations but I told him that if the guy comes after him for money it might be a good idea for him to at least talk to a lawyer about what his options are.
Thought y’all would want to know.
GT
Lucretia D. Hellcat died while I was at work. I’ll miss that little monster. 
sniffle, huge eyes Is it a chocolate chip cookie?
snuggles with Noone Special Sorry about the mental image, lieu…
Who else here Livejournals?
I livejournal. I’m roberta_mac if anyone’s interested.
Hand’s Bus Guy a beer
I’m sorry about your cat Dog.
I don’t know everyone’s nicknames here yet. So you’ll have to bear with me until I get the master list in my head done.
In other news, I figured out over the weekend I wasn’t crocheting right. I was ‘throwing’ I had to reteach myself. I’m moving right along again. Serves me right for not picking it up for eleven years.
Oh, dogbutler, I’m so sorry to hear that. :: hugs ::
Aw, dogbutler, I’m really sorry to hear that.
MBG, yeah, emotions run high when it’s your kid(s) being moved from school to another. No offense to you, but sometimes, as a parent, you really wonder what the hell TPTB were thinking when they drew up the boundaries.
I hope your next public forum goes a little better and people are less combative.
Hm, I guess I really don’t have anything to say, so, I’ll say nighty-night.
doggio, condolences on Lucretia. Sending hugs. A grope would be inappropriate right about now, wouldn’t it? OK, just the hugs.
Around here, that’s asking the impossible. 
{{{DogButler}}}
**Haze **-- a full moon is hard enough to come by (I mean, you can find one only once a month, at most! Well, maybe you can find two in the same month, but that only happens once in a blue moon…) But a virgin, too?
No wonder everybody is getting Teh Sick…
Oh and…
::Checks ID for date of birth:: Ageism!! I demand to be considered for this job without the Ageist requirement!!! :mad: :mad:
I’m with you about the “joys” of being a foreigner, especially in the US, though it should be better once you get your new Sponsored Visa, and eventually Green Card. And you will – just hang in there!
**Cutie **-- congrats on the new sofa!
Kyth, it’s cold there, huh? ::snuggles closer together::
**Spaz **-- I **like **spicy. I like ginger. I like *candied *ginger. I hate English Cake type things with all those pieces in them! (sorry ems! 
Ouch!! Yes, you too, Boo!!!) If you could send a piece through the CD, though, I’ll be happy to pick out the pieces myself 
Or bring some along for the Festive Subaru Inaugural Drive!
Now, excuse me while I go get myself my second cup of morning coffee. I think the first one malfunctioned… Probably because it’s completely overcast and grey today; I’m just not used to it – the sky is supposed to either rain or be blue (or at least have some blue,) dammit!
{{DB}} I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty.
Don’t worry, TagFree, about remembering everyone’s nicknames. If all else fails, make up new ones!
How’s the coffee, Noonie? (Other than foul and nasty smelling by nature.)
Once again I was up early. Unfortunately the bed-flipping plan only appears to have lasted a week or so. My dad says there might be another bed around here somewhere. I hope so.
On my third cup, right now (yes, I have slowed down a bit… This one is supposed to keep me awake after dinner, which we generally eat at mid-day. )
Well, that can only mean that your purpose in life is to keep me company while I’m waiting for everyone else to wake up.
Or, mine is to keep **you **company
So… What did you have for dinner or should I say lunch?!?
Oh, so you’re just biding your time until the other cool kids come around.
Maybe that’s what you’d like to have…
Well, we don’t have to just wait here and twiddle our thumbs while we have our privacy… do we?
You know it!
But don’t tell anyone else. It’ll just be our secret.
Good point.
::quickly closes down the MMP blocking access to all the [del]cool kids[/del] intruders::
::Holds up the keys to 304 and walks out of the frame::
Hey, Cutie, we can let the other people back in here now!
Y’all – See you a bit later
That’s right. Nothing to see here, folks!
::follows Noonie out the door::
Up and caffeinating and talking myself into going out in the COLD.
So sorry to hear about Lucretia, Doggio; condolence hugs for you.
That’s about all I’ve got at this hour; must get out the door … even if it is into the cold.