Interesting Blog I Found

It's called Living Well, and the premise is a young family of three talking very openly about their financial situation with with goal of paying off all of their debt, including student loans, and eventually buying property while NOT using credit cards, and basically living off of only $2,000 a month. Can it be done? We'll see. This is of particular interest to me, because I'm presently trying to opt out of the whole working thing, and just go to school and live off of student loans, which would obviously necessitate some economizing, since I'll have approximately 1/6 of what I was making when I worked full time. Yeah, either that, or I win the lottery. Sigh.

Random List of Musings

1. Who do I know in Oakland, CA? I have no idea.
2. Actually happy even though it's the holiday season.
3. Today was my last day of work. Not sure how I feel about that, although relief is definitely an ingredient.
4. It is not fair that eating Escape From New York Pizza every day, for every meal, will make you fat and sick.
5. Pumpkin pie.
6. Mad Men+cocktails=happiness and creativity.
7. I love my friends.
8. I'm hearing strange noises upstairs, and I'm really hoping it's a movie, because they're sort of like my parents.
9. I love my friends.
10. No boyfriend until Sunday. Verizon wireless SUCKS. Anyone who travels even a little bit should have AT&T or T-Mobile. Duh.
11. I ought to be making pie crust right now, but I'm not. In terms of cooking, pie crust is up there with zesting on my list of least favorite things.
12. I'll probably make Jeffrey Morgenthaler's eggnog recipe now, and drink it later, and then feel sick a little bit later after that. He's my Facebook friend, although I haven't seen him the last few times I've been at Clyde, because he was out of town.
13. Sometimes, things are just a waste of time.

The Latest Baby Technology: Asphixiation Strollers!

I've been seeing these lately, and it really confuses me. Isn't this the equivalent to putting a plastic bag on your head?
Didn't the designers' moms ever tell them not to put plastic bags on their heads when they were kids because they could suffocate to death?
Or maybe this is actually an ingenious, diabolical plan for population control....

Mwah hah hah hahhhh!

Scenes from 30

So this is my 200th post on this blog, and it depicts another monumental event: my 30th birthday party. That's right, the decline will begin now in earnest.
All you Facebook people probably already saw these photos, but here they are again, for the non-Facebook. I threw a "Mad Men" themed party, complete with 1960s era cocktails and snacks. I was very proud of my costume, I thought I looked rather authentic.
The guys all did a wonderful job of dressing up too--I was very impressed--every single one of them had on a tie. I'm beginning to think that 2009 guys actually like wearing suits and ties, since it's something out of the ordinary, and instantly makes them look good.
It was a fun party. Chelsea was extra pretty in spite of just getting over the flu; Alex was unusually on time; Derek did excellent German Frederick the fish impressions; Bruno was very Bruno; Victor brought fancy champagne, cheese, and a plant; Michelle was not radioactive, Gretchen1 did not fall in the mud; and Gretchen2 is now a delightful adult.

How Do I Do It?

I believe I have a talent for making messes. I spent literally ALL DAY Saturday, as well as part of Sunday cleaning my apartment. It was sparkling! Seriously.
I looked at it this morning, and what did I find? I'm back to square one. In 2 days! Coats, mail, and dirty dishes scattered throughout. Frederick needs a bath, because I would have cleaned him this weekend too, but I thought I was getting a new, larger tank for him for my birthday, but that didn't happen. I really need to do something about that; I feel sorry for him. Maybe tonight (after homework) I'll take care of all that. Yeah.