Here be adventures

I got the idea from eattheolives.

I spend, per year:
11.92 days at church
2.17 days in the shower
121.33 days asleep
30.33 days eating
6.5 days at Friday Bible study

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I'm really amazed at how much things have changed in the last 5 years. Transferring old LJ posts to Wordpress always makes me feel this way, but it's been really strong with this latest batch.

Movie-obsessed, constantly stressed, completely irresponsible with money, beginning to be a little less puerile but still very much the wide-eyed innocent... that's about it in a nutshell.

I feel like LJ is still very much a haven for me when I need to sort out thoughts bouncing in my head, but there are a lot of things that have changed. Posting is briefer, less frequent, and often scatterbrained because I am constantly interrupted.

Also, Ginny just told me Cambridge Springs will likely be cancelled this year. It's kind of weird to think something that used to be such an important part of my life, like CS, just suddenly Isn't. And I really am not that upset about it... lol. Just... surprised, I guess. It was kinda like once I'd been there with Dan it didn't matter if I ever went again.

Life changes... drastically. I think I'm a better person than I was 5 years ago. I hope others think so too.

Well, so far the only thing I've completed is the gingerbread. For the first time in my life I understand the need for a Floured BOARD. It saves the counter beautifully when one has needs to cut out her cookies from brown paper patterns with knives due to lack of Proper Cookie Cutters.

I finally got the laundry in the dryer. Doing this I discovered that my old trick of Not Checking Pockets is still in full vigour. There is, thanks to my jacket, a passel of bobby pins and hair bands in there along with one penny and my Hollywood card. I also forgot to remove my pins from my collar. They seem to have survived, however. :-/ At least... at least there was no napkin/paper towel/other such thing in either pocket.

The barbari is proofing on the kitchen counter. I used some (shock!horror) all-purpose flour in. It was less than half. But still. I maintain that bread turns out so much better with at least a little all-purpose flour in. The dough rose beautifully. I am anticipating good results. I've made this recipe before, which helps. I just wish I had a pastry brush. I was positive that we had found one but Dan says no we didn't. So.

I still have to do a bit of cleaning and pack stuff. Hmm.

Dan brought Molly downstairs this morning and he had put her in her cherry dress. It's precious. I hadn't even thought to try it on her yet... but it fits nicely and should fit for a little longer. Couple weeks at least. :-P She was hungry and took her sweet old time about eating, so I decided if she would be poky I could read to her and at least *I* would be entertained. So we read Old Bear, Danny and the Dinosaur, Goodnight Moon, and a couple chapters of The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow. I think she probably was completely oblivious and/or unimpressed at this point, but oh well. :-)

This is my "Don't mess with the heartburn lady" face:



Srsly. It needs to GO AWAY.

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This is my "I'm so bored I can't think of anything to do but yawn" face:



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And this is my "Jael needs to go to bed/get her hips massaged/has big hair/is in general miserable" face: