First of all, I feel compelled to apologize for the photos. Looking back through old pictures, it looks like it took me a solid year to figure out how to take pictures in the last house, and even then it…
2010 Year of Pleasures #20
I bought this sampler of oils and vinegar at the chocolate festival over the weekend, and it’s embarrassing how much of it I’ve already eaten. Particularly that sundried tomato bistro oil. It’s essentially a combination of olive oil and balsamic…
The neverending move
As much fun as I had at MaxFunCon, and I had a ton and do not regret it one iota, it has made this move last forever. I’ve still got boxes in the livingroom, the silverware that got left behind…
2010 Year of Pleasures #19
It’s Maria Bamford! As I’ve mentioned, I am a great big comedy nerd. And one of my most favorite comedians is Maria Bamford. Bear and I met her at MaxFunCon and got to eat lunch with her, and it was…
Maximum Fun was had
“Papa Jesse, the benevolent colonel of the nerd plantation.” – Marc Maron How do I even begin to explain this last weekend? I still feel all blissed out and dreamy about the whole thing. Thursday night we left the house…
One room down.
Because I am a maniac, I really hoped we could get completely moved in before we left on this long awaited little vacation. I thought it would just be so nice and tidy to come back after this trip to…
2010 Year of Pleasures #18
I wrote about how leaving my garden was hard for me, but this is making it a lot easier. My new backyard has the most gloriously flowering rose bushes lining the fence. Plus we have a patch of grass for…
2010 Year of Pleasures #14
Reader Robyn in Australia sent me this picture the other day, and I just loved it. This is her little grandson feeding an orphaned kangaroo a special bread treat. I’ve heard from my Australian friends that kangaroos are really no…
2010 Year of Pleasures #12
I totally poached this little sculpture from my inlaw’s house. Well, I couldn’t bring myself to outright swipe it, so I really just wandered around their house for a day saying, “Wow, I sure do like this sculpture! It was…
2010 Year of Pleasures #11
I’ve been going through the house and trying to eliminate one unsightly mess at a time. For a whole $5 I bought this little hook system at Target, hung it up on the wall, and all of a sudden the…