30 minutes till summer break! I am so ready for the year to be over.

smonster, yay to new, terrific hoods!!

Yay for new home in a welcoming place!

I'm glad you are settling in so well, smonster.

Daniel was saying the other day that if I could guarantee him a job and a place to live with air conditioning, I could convince him to move to New Orleans. However it is my considered opinion that, climatologically speaking, San Francisco represents the least unpleasantness on either end of both our respective temperature tolerances combined with the largest concentration of resident Buffistae - although I could be persuaded that the Pacific NW might give us the most bang for the buck, should we undertake such a venture.

Happy Birthday, javachik!

Vortex, I don't know what to say or think about your mom. But it does make me grateful that I managed to extricate myself from my mother's clutches as neatly as I have done.

May Jeeves' little kitty dignity be restored quickly, as well as his colon health.

As for eating - I love broccoli. I love most veggies. I also love cheese and chocolate, some fruit, white meat chicken, and steak. I can eat potatoes, but I don't love them. Of all the dieticians I have listened to in the last three years, the one who made most sense to me was the one who gave the impression that she was less concerned about eliminating "bad foods" than she was about encouraging people to increase the amounts of vegetables, fruits, and other nutrient-dense foods they eat. If a pat of butter (or an ounce of cheese) is what it takes to make a bowl full of broccoli go down, do it.

I've been wobbling on the precipice of falling into some bad eating habits again, which is to say, I'm so crazy to lose weight that I've seriously been considering returning to the extremely low calorie diet that kick-started me years ago.

Problem is, with the anemia, I can't really do that any more and feel remotely human. So I have to have Very Stern Talks with myself where I insist that feeling good and being healthy has to take precedence over losing thirty pounds in a hurry.

I've started bringing my lunch, since the cafeteria is closed for the summer and it can be REALLY hot to walk a couple of blocks for food. Today's lunch is rotisserie chicken with smoked ham and tomatoes on a cheddar roll and potato chips. I need fruit to accompany, I think.

However it is my considered opinion that, climatologically speaking, San Francisco represents the least unpleasantness on either end of both our respective temperature tolerances combined with the largest concentration of resident Buffistae

Yes, we originally thought that too, and then realized the cost of living in San Francisco was just too high for us.

Pretty much everything in New Orleans is air conditioned. I recommend!

I went out for brunch and I had tiramisu pancakes. I'm in pancake heaven now.

However it is my considered opinion that, climatologically speaking, San Francisco represents the least unpleasantness on either end of both our respective temperature tolerances combined with the largest concentration of resident Buffistae - although I could be persuaded that the Pacific NW might give us the most bang for the buck, should we undertake such a venture.

No, you want to move to LA. Really. Trust me on this.

tiramisu pancakes

I can't get my mind around this. Were they soaked in liquer and layered with sweet cheese?

I can't get my mind around this. Were they soaked in liquer and layered with sweet cheese?

The pancakes themselves were flavored with coffee and marsala wine, and then there was frosting piped on top, and the whole thing dusted with cocoa.