i finally get RSS readers

I used to not "get" RSS readers... I mean, why not just click on the page you're interested in. That is, until Google Reader.

The thing that made it all make sense is the "Mark as Read" button. Now, instead of going to each blog in succession, looking to see what's new, I just look for unread stories in the left column of links. Saves time and effort. Love it.

fighting the flu fight

I had been wishing for the time to watch movies on our new 42" inch plasma, and I got it this week, just not the way I wanted. I got the flu, or at least a flu-like illness. Yes, I got the flu shot, but it either wasn't effective against this particular strain or wasn't completely effective. I think I am on the mend. I haven't had fever since last night. I spiked to 101 degrees on Wednesday night. I can't remember the last time I had one that high. I have watched through our stack of Blockbuster by mail - Dallas: The Complete Fourth Season - Disc 3, Borat [WS], Beyond the Gates of Splendor. (The fourth DVD was broken.) Patrick went to Blockbuster and got three more movies last night. Blockbuster is cool! Time to watch the next one.

coat of dual colors

When we went to visit my brother's family at thanksgiving, I quickly discovered that although I have a couple of coats that could be considered "okay" for Nashville in the winter (especially when you park in a parking garage...) I did discover that I need something for a bit colder weather. Thanks to a lengthy email consultation with Jason, I have a new winter coat on the way. It's an L.L. Bean "Rugged Ridge" parka, and it's supposed to keep me warm to -40 degrees. I hope not to test that.

blue christmas

Sara and Alysa came over last night, and Sara and I made cookies while Alysa watched. When it came time to decorate the cookies I handed Sara what I thought was blue icing. I thought it was kind of runny, and after Patrick came in, I showed it to him and he told me it was actually food coloring. This explains why Sara's teeth turned blue!

2006 Cookie Baking with Sara

i blog, therefore i am (on the internet)

So it's been a while since I've posted... and with good reason. It's December. Lots to do, lots of work to do. However, I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things.

Blogger has updated our blog to the beta version, so now we can add cool tags. All of our future posts can be categorized with labels now, so that if you want to see all of our posts topically (like "family" or "apple" or "useless,") you can just click on a link at the bottom of the post. Of course this won't have any effect on previous posts... just new ones, like this one, appropriately tagged "useless."