Austin, don't move to the desert. That's pretty the norm here.

Yeah, I'm thinking that is a good idea. I was just so used to it being in the 20's or 30's (not that it is a good thing, but predictable) and then 74 hit out of nowhere. It's back to the 20's again.

We had that weather here in KC, too. got up to 70 yesterday, I had to turn on the ac last night, and today we started with freezing rain and are now getting snow and it's in the 20's. I hate that the weather can't make up its mind!

Peace to all who need it. {{{{Shir&family, Nilly&family, Nora, SuzyQ, PixKristin, SeanK&S}}}}

ION, I advertised some stuff on Craig's List, my first time. I want to get rid of most of my bulky stuff before I move. The thing is, I now find myself annoyed by the volume of email I'm getting. I am such a contrarian!

That homework is ridiculous!

I am soooo ready to go home. Which happens tomorrow. Yay! I wish I didn't have to go to work on Monday. I do have nest Thurs-Sun off, so I probably shouldn't complain.

That would be an appalling load of over-the-holidays homework for a college student; for elementary school, there are just no words. What a horrible burden for both you and mac, msbelle, and what the hell was the teacher thinking?

Our accomplishment of the day: we have a car that doesn't suck. It's a '98 Prizm (i.e., a stealth Corolla) with one busted taillight cover but no other problems, and fewer than 100K miles. It's old but it was dirt-cheap and gets great mileage, and it should be a sturdy little workhorse for some time to come. And the bumper and side panels aren't falling off, it doesn't shimmy and wheeze every time it comes to a stop, it has a turning radius tighter than that of three drunken elephants bungee-corded together, and it'll fit into all sorts of tiny little SF-sized parking spaces. It's small and unremarkable and homely and sturdy. I may have to name it Wall-E.

JZ, I have a '99 Prizm! They are good cars. I'll probably be driving mine for another 10 years.

We have a '97 Corolla, which as you note is pretty much the same thing. If it weren't for its 220K miles, I suspect it would chug along forever -- may yours go at least that far!

Yay new car! Even if it is old.

Our big accomplishment for the day, building a compost bin

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we are tired. Matt is napping.

and that amount of homework is stupid. and some of the assignments are worse.

Yay for the compost bin! That looks fabulous. D. & I still need to figure out what we're going to do for compost. I'd like to do a bin like yours but I don't know if I'm good enough at maintenance and I think our winds and dry temperatures will be a problem. So I think we'll end up buying one of those fancy schmancy continuous tumblers, but it will take quite a while to save up for it. And there's stuff ahead of it in the want queue. But I do want to get there.

And yay for new to you car! We're in the market, too, but we're hoping we can squeeze out another half year in our current one to give us time to scrounge up the jack.

And yay for new to you car! We're in the market, too, but we're hoping we can squeeze out another half year in our current one to give us time to scrounge up the jack.

For the last month I've been white knuckling it across the Bay Bridge with a car with a fucked up fuel pump that's leaking coolant, overheats readily and stalls when it's idling at a stop.

So those exciting days when I get to deal with bumper-to-bumper traffic in the rain at night on the Bay Bridge (which doesn't have a breakdown lane) have taken their toll on my blood pressure.

Glad to have a sturdy little faux Toyota.