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i feel like i’ve been digging out from under a giant load of stuff from this semester but today i finally broke through and had a productive day.\u00c2\u00a0 i made granola, cooked up and froze a bunch of black beans and ground beef*, i vaccuumed the salt pellets out of the carpets, went shopping (with a friend!\u00c2\u00a0 hi, lemony thickets<\/a>!) for the rest of the christmas presents i still needed to buy, mailed some packages, and finished writing and submitting my chapter for the 2010 summer library program manual.\u00c2\u00a0 yesterday, i finished quilting this quilt<\/a>, and as soon as the binding is done, i’ll take pictures and show you the whole thing.\u00c2\u00a0 we also got the house tidied last night.\u00c2\u00a0 mr. happy stuff’s company is moving to a different office and things that they were throwing away (perfectly useful things!) keep coming home and landing in our living room.\u00c2\u00a0 they finally all migrated down into neat stacks in the basement last night and i think mr. h-s and i can both breathe a little easier.\u00c2\u00a0 since last i wrote, i also finished up the last paper for my class this semester and that is a huge load off of my could-do list.\u00c2\u00a0 there was also a bit of an adventure here this evening when i accidentally locked myself in the guest bedroom.\u00c2\u00a0 and the lock broke.\u00c2\u00a0 and i couldn’t get the door open.\u00c2\u00a0 it took the better part of an hour, plus mr. happy stuff handing me two screwdrivers and a mallet through our second story window before we just finally had to destroy the wood near the door handle and pull the whole apparatus out.\u00c2\u00a0 we tried removing the bolts from the hinges, but that didn’t work.\u00c2\u00a0 oh, and halfway through the whole escapade, there was a moment of panic when mr. h-s couldn’t find out most trepidatious kitty and thought she’d gone outside (in this extremely cold weather) to go exploring and he couldn’t find her.\u00c2\u00a0 luckily, she was just hiding inside the whole time.<\/p>\n hmmm…. this post has gone on a wild rambling tour and not said much of anything.\u00c2\u00a0 let’s bring the focus back to some happy stuff….<\/p>\n 1.\u00c2\u00a0 i’m very happy to have some big things (huge things!) marked off of my to-do list.<\/p>\n 2.\u00c2\u00a0 i was very excited to receive these beautiful white tulips from my sister as a surprise (thanks!).<\/p>\n 3.\u00c2\u00a0 i love the egg nog that the milk delivery people brought us last week.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s rich, thick and perfect.\u00c2\u00a0 the kitties are in love with it too.<\/p>\n 4.\u00c2\u00a0 i’ve had amazingly good luck lately at the dig-n-save, finding real clothes when i’m shopping for random craft supplies–sweaters, pants, shirts… it’s incredible!\u00c2\u00a0 why is it that i can never find anything that i’m actually looking for there?\u00c2\u00a0 it’s like those “magic eye” puzzles…. you just have to unfocus your search and you can find so many great things!<\/p>\n 5.\u00c2\u00a0 i can’t believe it, but i have a whole week of work with no programs at all. weird.\u00c2\u00a0 but kind of … relaxing.\u00c2\u00a0 maybe i’ll wear a skirt tomorrow to celebrate.**\u00c2\u00a0 if it’s not too cold.<\/p>\n *have i ever told you my trick of pre-cooking a bunch of ground beef with onions and garlic and then freezing it in casserole and soup-sized portions?\u00c2\u00a0 it makes taco salad in 7 minutes a reality.\u00c2\u00a0 and the black beans?\u00c2\u00a0 i’ve started cooking them in the crock-pot and freezing them for later use as well.<\/p>\n **wearing skirts + children sitting on the floor at eye level with your knees = a bad idea.<\/p>\n i feel like i’ve been digging out from under a giant load of stuff from this semester but today i finally broke through and had a productive day.\u00c2\u00a0 i made granola, cooked up and froze a bunch of black beans … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_ETB_wSU3fUw\/SUczEFbk9AI\/AAAAAAAAJzc\/_RDvWe3wBXw\/s800\/IMGP5910.JPG\" "\\"tulips")
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