I could send you a picture of my desk and the eleven or so piles of miscellany on it to show your bosses whenever they think yours is bad. My boss is worse than I am, thankfully. When one of us cleans, it just turns into a joke about moving the piles, or moving things from one pile to another. I know exactly where…

My sister keeps trying to convince me it isn't worse than St. Louis, but I don't know if I believe her.

There was one pop-up parking lot vendor around here that had rosemary, and that's it. It is nowhere else in town. How my sage and oregano survived the polar vortex, I'll never know.

I have no food or drink recs, as it's been close to 10 years since I've been, but my museum rec is the Resistance Museum. It's all in French, but you can get the gist, and it is amazingly interesting. Additionally, if you don't speak the language, make sure you have a card or some record of where you are staying that…

I get confused between the Hopper Kangaroo and the Aussie Haircare Kangaroo. One is purple and the other is magenta. I think.

My parents are taking a summer vacation to see my sister in Texas. They've asked me if I want to go, and I can't decide. The positives include seeing my sister, free food, drink, and lodging, and ample reading/headphone time in the car. Negatives are the many things that can go awry when you are a 34 year old…

Comingling the Pets and Gardening threads, it's been super rainy here lately, and the dog hates to go out in the rain. I try to indulge him when I can, but sometimes circumstances force me to make him go out. When I did so last night, rather than scamper off to the corner of the yard he frequents, he glared defiantly…

Punta Cana is awesome. I don't know about November, I've only been in the heat of the summer, but I'd bet it's nice.

I saw CHVRCHES last week and they were so, so good. Although I must tell you, someone at that show propositioned Lauren, and she gave them the finger. Maybe it wasn't as sweet as a marriage proposal though. The light show is amazing though. It sounds silly, but it is just so perfect with the music. Have great time!

It was like an A flash mob, correct? None of those folks was a real A, I don't think.

Where are we with Noel Kahn? Is he still dating Jenna? I love that Hanna is quoting church phrases now. She remains the best.

It absolutely suffers from being afraid to piss off the younger viewers. It also suffers from dropping clue after clue for things that end up being nothing. You think you've picked up on something (Toffee Tango lipstick and toffee flavored fro yo! That's not an aside, that's a clue!) and it ends up nowhere. SO…

In general, I think his approach is a load of crap. I'm sure he's been helpful to some, and it never hurts to have dogs get a few more walks in. But when I first got my terrified of life shelter dog, my mom was on a big Caesar kick and was trying to tell me all the things I should be doing, like making him go in the…

Empty DVR? What's that like?

I'm always worried it's going to be someone I know, like a friend of my mom's or a neighbor.

I have my herbs potted, though I still need to get dill if I can. I thought I had it already, but failed to read closely and was in a hurry and ended up with chamomile. Not good on salmon. Not bad, just useless. My volunteer tomatoes are doing very well as are the new ones I planted. I also discovered a volunteer…

While I could walk to Aldi, I could never make it home with everything I inevitably purchase. "Wonder if this (granola bar, dressing, brioche) is good? Who cares, it's $1." I love that place.

I was really into it for a while too. I was having surgery and had just discovered it and binge watched lots of episodes while I was recovering. I really liked the episodes where at least one case was a house or an actual family or something, and I don't think they do that at all anymore. I don't know if I ever really…

Mad Men for me as well. I wanted to love it. I have a degree in advertising, my advisor acted like he was Don Draper before Don Draper existed. I should love it, probably. But I don't. It just felt like a slog to me. I made it through Season 1 and haven't had any desire to watch more.

Wasn't she in Bring It On?