Are you discovering fun stuff?

We are working on it. I have to say we've limited ourselves a bit with a "no eating out" rule while my DH is unemployed since we then feel compelled to discover stuff between meals. At our brunch we had people write things down for us -- where to eat, shop, walk, hike, etc., [Vortex wrote a whole page herself] so we have a good list now when we're feeling like we should try something new, or when we want to call someone and suggest we do something.

she had this plan to paint her dorm room with vegetation and calligraphy like an illuminated manuscript.

I. Love. Ellen. (also this is something I can see her still wanting to do.)

Oh! It's so disjointed lurking during the work day. Makes me forget to do things like wish Drew and then beth happy birthdays.

I'm sitting here delaying getting dressed for work. I don't have a clean skirt that goes with the blouse I want to wear. I'm waffling about the colours of some of my tops coordinating with the new hair, and I have a new pair of boots I very much want to wear.

Perhaps I shall solve it all by wearing grey and black--and black long enough to cover some of the militariness of these.

I do believe that Ellen S and Nutty were living like a block and a half apart even if they hadn't yet met at that point!

Lee, did you not delurk until Firefly? I have this distinct memory of you inviting everyone to a Firefly viewing party. You were using the Perkins name then, and I may have been Suspicious of someone who (as far as I knew) delurked to lure people to their place and axe murder them.

I'd posted several times before that, but more or less.

No axe though, I swear.

Home Depot was fresh out, huh?

Home Depot was fresh out, huh?

Home Despot has a better selection anyway.

Where did you met, Dana?

La Femme Nikita fandom. Then I convinced her to start writing slash. (You're all welcome.)

Home Depot was fresh out, huh?

So was Lowe's.

Weird, huh?

eta: THANK YOU DANA

They are growing and mostly quite and stable

Well, I'm sure to let my mom know!

she had this plan to paint her dorm room with vegetation and calligraphy like an illuminated manuscript.

As if I didn't like Ellen enough already.

Oh, and ita! I can tie krav and the current subject of conversation, sort of, in reverse, thanks to you! A friend loaned me a book that takes place in LA. At some point, the main character gets taken to a krav maga class. And from all the description in the book, I think it's your center. I recognized the description of the place, and way things worked for an introductory class, even a couple of the names in the "thank you" list on the last page. It was so strange - how could reality filter into a book like that? The only difference was, the main character didn't really enjoy her lesson, and she described it as something that kept her muscles sore for days, while I was having the time of my life and could just go on. Oh, and she didn't get you to instruct her.

(Also, in my current belated fashion, congrats on the new job!)