They make me seriously want a personal cook the way posts about regular meals don't. I really don't vary much. If I make something, I eat it for a week and then back to chicken and salad. If I had kids, the poor things would probably have to survive on cereal, pb&j, fruit and ...chicken and salad.

Bento boxes are a lot of work. And I "cheated" by making large-ish batches of something and portioning it out into multiple boxes. One section of rice and some sort of meat, one section of fruit (with a wrapped-up cookie), two sections of veggies. I fell out of the bento box habit when I discovered that the cafeteria close to my office has a stand for good Mexican food.

I sort of pack my lunches that way anyway -- left overs with fruit , veggies, and nuts on the side. But getting all the containers to work together is a pain. -- and I go through way to many baggies for my wishing to be more green

Yay me, I have finished my taxes with 15 minutes to spare. Not that I am running out the post office. (They owe me money, so they won't care when it comes.)

I would like to say that I did my taxes while lying down on my couch, in pen, with no calculator. And now checking them on the PCs calculator, I can't find any math errors. Yay me.

It probably means that I forgot to deduct something somewhere.

Hey, money!

I'm watching CARRIER again and am on the hating. Sigh. t eta To clarify, one of the dudes freaked out over fucking some australian girl, unloaded on her and then found "forgiveness" within his religion. His seeking of forgiveness isn't at issue. That's between him and his god. My issue is with his unloading and casting her as the devil temptress. You thought with your dick, you ass. You fucked with it. Own it. Don't put it on her.

Goddamn, I hate people attributing their own issues and failures to others.

sara, DH watches that. It's like a floating $100 million high school.

Urgh. I need to get my Powerbook back from the repair shop. They've had it for about two weeks, and who knows what they're doing to it. They've not called me once with status--despite telling me they would, and me insisting they should. Apparently it will be done by tomorrow--they're just restoring my hard drive data. Except I took it in for a bad keyboard. The guy on the phone was very mumbley about why they needed to restore data, and assured me it was all within the original quoted price, but still.

I registered for yelp so I can leave a bitter review as soon as it's in my desperate little hands again.

Got a copy of Cook's Country magazine in the mail. I'm not sure what its mission statement is, as opposed to Cook's Illustrated. So far "more colour pictures" is all I'm noticing.

And Aerosoles just cancelled shipping of the red shoes I asked about! I'm bitter! I'd been placing them with outfits since I bought them.

I guess I'll go back for the grey.

Maybe.

A friend has asked me to recommend a prosecco for her son's wedding. I tend to buy prosecco by whim, and I only remember a few names. Any suggestions?

Got a copy of Cook's Country magazine in the mail. I'm not sure what its mission statement is, as opposed to Cook's Illustrated. So far "more colour pictures" is all I'm noticing.

Easier recipes. More homey foods -- casseroles aren't eschewed.