Went to the worm composting lecture today at this beautiful garden next to a water plant. It was such a perfect fall morning, meaning, too cold! But nice. And now I have worms munching away and cat noses working overtime.

I'm trying to convince myself to put on outside pants and go walk somewhere for exercise, but after going on a bit of a retail therapy spree, I'm trying not to spend money. My options are to walk near the lake or walk to the grocery store and dump a bunch of coins in the Coinstar machine for an iTunes gift card.

I ordered this coat: [link]

I'm trying to decide if I want to keep it. It's a bit cassock-y on me. I don't know if that's a pro or a con.

Ooh, is it coat sale time?? I want a new coat.

Nice, Perkins!

Probably, Jesse. I've seen coat sale promotions and mark-downs.

Nice.

How do I not own any true red lipstick? I mean, I never wear it, so there's that, but I own many lipsticks I don't wear.

I'm glad Mac came back and started helping out, msbelle.

sarameg, a composting gardener somewhere would probably love to help you get the leaves in exchange for some organic matter.

Cool on the new suit, Jesse! I've never had a custom-made suit and I'll bet it's really nice.

Got up early again this am. Went outside before breakfast to use the parts we have from the 12' x 4' bed to make one 6' x 4' bed instead (until the rest of the parts arrive for making up the other one). Those beds were expensive as hell but it's impressive that even a gimpy person like me can construct one (although I picked up only one piece at a time for weight reasons). It looks good and only awaits the soil we'll pick up on Monday.

Because I knew I'd be glued to the TV watching the rally anyway, I decided to turn on the kitchen TV and finish making enchiladas. Very labor-intensive even using pre-made enchilada sauce. I did the beef roast in the slow cooker overnight with enchilada sauce and diced tomatoes. I took the roast out and shredded the beef. I took the sauce and added cumin, oregano, garlic and a bit of beef broth concentrate to give it a middle range (it's a hot sauce so the upper range was there but it was missing much heft in the middle). Then one of my brothers arrived with his wife and they got to yakking with my dad in the kitchen just as the rally reached its climax. So I'll have to see if I can find that online somewhere.

I washed all the dishes from my project. And I'm exhausted so I'm going to try to nap. Then I have to get up and vacuum an enormous amount of square footage because that is my household chore this week. Phooey.

I hope folks have great days!

mac has plopped in front of the tv again. won't lift another hand.

I have moved the bins to the garage, along with 2 containers of summer clothes. second load of laundry is in. A box has been emptied and broken down (yes there are still a few boxes).

Heh. Great quote from the Giants closer, Brian Wilson.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Wilson said when asked [whether he died his beard]. "It's dark because we play a lot of day games. It's tanned. It's focused."

Jesse, it's not time to break out the champagne, but the temp job I interviewed last week has contacted some of my references. That's pretty good news by my scale.

Crossing my fingers for you, Theo.