They really do. And it's amazing how few of them you actually need. I've been living at my sister's house for 3 weeks, and aside from a few toiletries, I've been getting by fine with about 10% of my clothing, and none of my books. (Although I do have my computer, ipod, and cellphone. And my sister has a fully-equipped kitchen.)

I think because I travel so much I recognize how little I "need"...but I still have so much crap.

I kinda want to take a walk in this storm. Probably shouldn't, huh?

I got an alert on my phone when I was out this afternoon and didn't make it inside before that one hit. Got completely soaked, but given that it was 90 or 100 something just prior to the storm, I didn't mind that much since I didn't see any of the hail.

I was in CVS waiting out the hail this afternoon. There were enough branches on the sidewalks after that one to make every dog in Edgewater happy. Everyone gets a stick to carry!

there is a LOT of iron in and around my house

to keep the fae out maybe

Possible.

My dad had a shed with power and AC. No plumbing, though. He was a rock hound and kept his specimens out there. It may have saved my parents' marriage.

Oh, UPS, why can't you make up your mind? You send me an email telling me my delivery has been rescheduled for tomorrow but update the website to say it is on the truck for delivery today. With the same timestamp.

Monday morning commute. It's been raining steadily for hours. One of these things is glorious. The other thing is going to have me taking the non-freeway route to work, because I live among morons.

'suela, I have no useful advice for the kitchen color dilemma. I'm horrible at making up my mind.

Ugh, sara. I'm sorry you can't just get your shoes.

-t, going way back to the sample sale: I'm looking for the smaller prep bowls that you would use for chopped vegetables, spices, herbs, etc. I've been using my soup bowls, and they're too big. Ramekin-sized sounds about right.