2008 March « shoes and pie

Entries from March 2008

March 31, 2008

long weekend

To be precise, my weekend was the standard-issue, two-day length. It began for me after work on Friday, when I shampooed my carpets in preparation for dinner guests on Sunday. My carpet cleaner doesn’t have its own heating element, and relies on hot tap water for its cleaning power. I thought that heating water in [...]

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March 30, 2008

headache break

I have a raging headache that is threatening to go migraine on me, but I’ll fill you guys in on “what I had for lunch” this weekend when I’m feeling better. Short version:

Cleaning
Moving
Feeding

Hopefully followed by sleeping, very soon.

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March 27, 2008

Gettin’ my quote on

I’ve been madly cleaning house in for a dinner party I’m hosting on Sunday. Among the things in my clutter was a 2007 pocket datebook, which I was about to throw away… when I noticed the notes I’d taken during my trip to Europe with Mandy last spring. Okay, it’s a keeper. Written inside the [...]

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March 26, 2008

shoe discrimination

The average shoe size for an American woman is an 8.5. So I appeal to the majority of my audience when I ask: an 8 is too small, and a 9 is too big, right? That’s exactly why you wear an 8.5, right? Why ever would you subject yourself to ill-fitting shoes, when you can [...]

March 25, 2008

I got nothin’

I am spent. Overlapping deadlines at the office have moved up instead of back, and a request to hire some temp help was denied from On High. The always-on is taking its toll on me, and I don’t expect it to let up for at least a couple of weeks. I am so going to [...]

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