There's a cheese festival with free tastings going on one town over today. I suspect I'll find the motivation for that, if nothing else.

Ooh, that sounds lovely!

One hour, 5 bags of leaves between my neighbor and I. So much faster as a team. Too bad I can't ask her to help me vacuum and mop.

My mother and I have traded vacuuming for mopping!

So I was just googling several members of a colleague's family, because of Reasons, and dag they have been involved in some scandals and lawsuits! I guess that's what happens when you are rich.

I am well and truly out of coffee now. No more instant in the cupboard, the can of decaf that's been in the freezer for years, finally depleted. I feel like I should really embrace it - continue my only drinking coffee at the office during the week ways and really commit to visiting the local coffee shop and/or Starbucks on the weekend.

Sick days do pose a difficulty, maybe I should keep some instant on hand for emergencies.

That necklace is gorgeous, Jilli.

I definitely have a bit of woo in me, but I'm more along the lines of applying the woo in the direction of long term self-care and maintaining health and vitality, but leaning heavily on good ol' allopathic medicine when I actually get sick.

I just had leftover Indian food for breakfast. So rich, so yum!

What's the purpose of not having coffee in the house, -t? Is it a way to avoid drinking the whole pot by yourself? Because I've noticed that my cup of coffee at home tends to be smaller than the vat o' coffee they sell me at Peets or Starbucks, so for me making sure I don't drink too much coffee involves making it at home and not buying a cup later.

More to get me in the habit of actually leaving the house on the weekend than anything else, really - it's astonishingly easy for me not to. And spend some money supporting a local business I like. I figure if I make it something I have to do for a little while, I'll be more apt to opt for it later on.

I think all my work is done! I sent off my print job, and it's not quite as expensive as I told my boss it would be, and my mom will give me a ride to pick it up. Not that I couldn't have done it myself, but that's nice.