Rancid-Tea

I've uploaded a few more photos to Flickr. - [more]

So, I haven't posted anything in months and months because apparently my life has been just peachy and I've had nothing to write about. Does this mean I only complain? I refuse to read through the pages and pages of previous entries to find out if this is true or not. - [more]

Shortly after moving into our house, I decided to get a small thistle seed bird feeder, to attract birds to our yard. We had the feeder out and usually kept it full for almost a year, and attracted plenty of finches and sparrows. - [more]

Okay, first in response to the couple of questions I've gotten, because my case is minor, the only adjustments needed during surgery will be to separate my upper jaw, slide it forward, and then anchor it in place with plates and screws. My jaws will only need to be held shut with very tight rubber bands, not wired shut. - [more]

If your bite is off and you have trouble chewing you might have a couple of options. Depending on the severity of your case, braces might be sufficient to get your teeth to line up. For me, that was not the case, so now I get to try the 'moderate' solution, which is to have part of my skull sawed off, moved and put back in a better place. This also involves braces (woot). - [more]

I've finally caved to peer pressure and started a twitter account. If you want to see random updates throughout the day (seriously it only makes sense if you have a twitter account) let me know and I'll give you my username.

I've recently been on a project at work that has had me working long (and over) nights, weekends, and in the last week, I've had a stretch of 36 hours where I did not leave work and got less than 3 hours of sleep. I have now had my first shower at work, and was forced to go buy clean underthings in the middle of the day so I had something fresh to change into after the shower. - [more]

My aunt lives next to a man who is not in the best of mental health. In fact, his house is what is classified as a 'garbage house' meaning there's trash piled up until there are actually just paths to get from the door to other places. This guy also ended up with over 30 cats, for reasons I don't care to explore here. My aunt diligently helped him to find home for his cats when the city finally got around to condemning the house and evicting him. - [more]

Over a year ago, I bought a Sansa MP3 player, and found it to be very cool. Around the same time (maybe at the same time, I don't remember now) I got an FM broadcaster to connect the player to my car so that I can listen to tunes on the drive to and from work, without annoying commercials. Since buying it, the FM broadcaster has slowly been torn apart--by me. Every once in awhile I forget my player is in my lap, and then I stand up to get out of the car, and give the broadcaster a good jolt. It was reduced to just a little block of circuit boards and a screen, but still, it played on. - [more]

A long time ago, my friend Steph found us this recipe for Moroccan Stew with quinoa. It's a really tasty and hearty meal with ingredients anyone could find in a local grocery store (our local Rainbow Foods stores have quinoa in the bulk section) and it's surprisingly easy to make. We usually double the quinoa portion of the recipe: Moroccan Stew with Quinoa at epicurious

I've been wanting a Wii Fit basically since we got our Wii back in July. I had seen them in stores before, but as soon as we got the Wii, I stopped seeing them. - [more]

Last weekend I went up to my parents' cabin with two of my friends, and we had a lot of fun and overindulged quite a bit. While I definitely felt relaxed by Monday morning, I still felt tired, and then proceeded to feel tired the entire week. - [more]

At least two people have been by to look at the vacant house next door. We spoke with one of them who seems to be a slum lord of types. He informed us that "a little roof sagging is nothing to be concerned about" and "I always just take gutters down, they do more harm than good" and finally "I don't rent to assholes, you gotta know how to evict someone." During our brief discussion, he mentioned the possibility of buying the house for cash, which would mean that no bank had a say on what he did with it, and would make it a lot easier to get around the whole permit/inspection process if he decided to, say, tar up the roof and paint over the mold. - [more]

The house immediately south of ours has been on the market since we started looking at our house, which was back in September of last year. As the price dropped and dropped, finally an offer was made by a couple; $30,000 was the going rate. Ethan and I had toyed with the idea of letting the house get to around $10K and just buying, tearing it down and having a double lot. I'm still hoping it will burn down in the middle of the night... - [more]