Actually, flea, there's this cookbook I'm looking for--it's about flavour combinations you wouldn't have thought worked and it's a pale colour, maybe green and it has like a sliced open lotus/artichoke on the cover, and I really want another copy.

True story.

On the other hand, I've been up too long. Think I'm seeing things. It has been over 24 hours. Gotta catch a bit of rest before Saturday starts.

I organize my books by height.

Organizing books by size means that you can fit more of them on the shelves, and lots of closed-stack libraries do this. It's what I do here at home, since we're always short of shelf space.

I do mostly size, but when I can put James Joyce next to Dorothy Parker, I will. I like to see 'em fight.

The two factors that tipped me from always having a cushion to living paycheck to paycheck are 1) daycare and 2) mortgage. Ironic, huh? I mean, slowly we are building up a bit of a cushion again, but it will take the kids entering elem school (and aftercare vs daycare) for us to really start saving again.

The two factors that tipped me from always having a cushion to living paycheck to paycheck are 1) daycare and 2) mortgage.

Absolutely. We were doing so well as DINK renter-types, and now we're back to taking money from my parents (for daycare).

The one mitigating factor is we're also too tired now to ever go out, so we're saving money on movies and dinners. Doesn't quite balance out, but it helps!

They tend to show off with the biggest guys. Why in gods name would I be convinced by a fight system this guy finds effective? I wager he finds everything, up to and including badminton effective self defense. I am more interested in what she can use.

I am guessing that guys don't find that compelling (though they should) and that's the majority of the center's customers.

I keep telling the higher ups at krav that they have to sell the fact that it works for smaller women.

I still think they should do the Mother's Day weekend thing my dojo did where you get a free class if you bring your mom, and they teach you a bit of self defense for any strength level.

Fun!

I think they let us members bring a friend. Polgara will remember better.

Timelies all!

We are waiting for the DirectTV supervisor guy to show up and give a second opinion on whether we can do satellite tv or not.

In my ongoing attempt to de-trash-ify my apartment, I just threw out a Trader Joe's bagful of paper. So that's good. Less good is the fact that most of it was grad school stuff that was already in a drawer, so the place doesn't look much better. Ah well. Little steps, little steps.