I am pick line free! The last infusion was a slow, not sure why but I got it done and got the line out.

Friday I go and give the urologist a sample so they can send it off and see if the infection is gone.

Tomorrow is work and I'm not looking forward to it.

My landlord is coming to my apartment tomorrow to look at the dishwasher to decide if it needs to be replaced. How clean should my apartment be? I mean, it's not at fire hazard levels or anything, but it's pretty cluttered right now, and I do have a bit of time to clean up some, but I don't really feel like it. It's a studio, so I can't just pick up all the stuff and hide the mess in the bedroom.

FUCK. I seem to have lost a shareholder's maintenance check. In fairness to me, this is a board member who (a) never pays on time (b) never pays the exact amount he owes and (c) is allergic to putting his check in the deposit box like everyone else (he waits until we run into each other in the hall and then hands it to me). So the circumstances under which I received said check were less than ideal, but still, FUCK. Now I have to track him down and get it replaced.

does he have proof that you gave it to him ;)

DJ so sorry for the funeral weirdness.

a funny/sad story. A friend of mine's ex husband died. She took the kids, even though the youngest had no memory of him ( good guy -- well, no not at all). Raiders flag draped over the alter. his ashes -- in a 6 of bud. she was given one to bring home temporarily - until they were to be displayed at the bar ( why yes, he was an alcoholic)

I could take classes from Roy Freaking Underhill.

matt would be so jealous -- but the lathe class will translate to a power lathe at some point - so DOOOOOTTTTTT

and I am bookmarking the cookbook wall. DH tried to complain about my collection

I actually have a bowl I made in shop class in 7th grade on a power lathe. Loved shop class. Loved that at my school, everyone took shop and art and home ec.

I'm glad you're done with the pick line askye, and I hope that took care of everything.

Barb, I envy you your cook books. Goodness.

What can I make with chocolate chips besides just regular chocolate chip cookies? I bought a bag of chips, but I feel like doing something more interesting than the regular cookies.

pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips.

or basic muffins with chocolate chips

basically, cupcakes

In Jr. high shop class I made a hardwood rolling pin for my father. He was an army mess Sargent and hated the tiny rolling pins out there, he was always barking his knuckles.

First I glued together several one inch wide strips of hardwood of various colors (Oak, mahogany, etc) and then used a lathe to trim it down to a 4+ inch Cylinder, and then further down on the ends to make a nice set of handles built-in.

He liked it so much I later made a matching cutting/rolling board of about 24x30 inches.

He had a canvas carrying case made for them at a local awning company, and I got the whole set back when he died.