welp.

Dang, it's been a while since I posted! :o

Things to cross off...

I'm publishing my to-do list in hopes that I'll actually get it done since it's out there for the public to see and I would be horribly embarrassed if I didn't get it done:

1. Put away laundry.
2. Run the dishwasher.
3. Run the roomba. Twice.
   
4. Trim the cats' claws.
5. Deep clean the bathroom.
   
6. Change the sheets and make the bed.
7. Vacuum the couch and chairs.
8. Sort through pile of papers on my desk. Shred or file important stuff.
   
9. Get my tax info together. Find place to do my taxes. I'm terrified that I screwed up last year, so I'm taking them to a professional this time.
10. Sort through the two boxes that have been sitting under my desk since I moved here.
11. Update my resume and contacts. That should always be up-to-date, even if you're not actively searching for a new job.
12. Contact my alma mater for my official transcripts. Another thing to always have for your own records.
    
13. Go through backpack filled with various electronics/video junk.
14. Upload my latest Flickr photos. Of the cats. Always of the cats. :\
15. Get my girly grooming done. Preferably before the BF gets home. "You've been in there FOREVER..."
16. Read my book.
17. Put more music on my ipod.
18. Hardboil a bunch of eggs for weekday breakfasts.
19. Put away Christmas crap. Yes, I'm aware it's March, why do you ask?
    

I love my kitty!

Welcome to Winter

Sundays at the market

We explored the new Korean market today and call me a noob, but I've never seen live crabs in a trough out in the open for customers to pick and choose from themselves. They also had live tilapia (one of my faves!) and various other swimmers in tanks. It was their grand opening and I thought it was cool how they didn't seem to pander too much to the non-asians. Almost everything appeared to be imported, which I thought was cool. :)

feed the mind; feed the belly

Knowing my love for all sorts of silly and brain-training games on my Nintendo DS Lite, a co-worker linked me Free Rice. It's a site that combines good fun with good will by testing your vocabulary for a good cause. The idea is that the more vocabulary words you get correct, the site donates 20 grains of rice through United Nations World Food Program. It all works due to the advertisements at the bottom of the page. The cash from the advertisements helps fund the rice. The site itself is non-profit. I really think this is a fun, mildly-addicting way to do some good at home, at work, on the commute home. Go check it out, you'll be linguistically lucid and a bountiful benefactor by the time you're done.

At the Auction

Or, What I did Thanksgiving weekend. I was lucky enough to snag one of my grandmother's quilts and for that I'm grateful. What I am not happy about it the price I had to pay. Oh well, it's worth it in the end.