Phyllis 174/365

Aaron has a favorite chair, and tried to scoot our cat

out of it the other day - only to get this response.

Everything they say about cats is true.

Mary 174/365

Clint and I are planning on moving out of our tiny apartment in September, when our lease is up.  Since I'll be busy with my internship again in a few weeks and then starting school almost immediately, I've gotten a head start on packing.  My poor fiction bookcase looks so disorganized and empty right now.  I look forward to setting my friends up all nice and tidy in our new place... in a little more than two months.

Laura

Portland Spring 2010, here I come! I have just submitted my first ever paper proposal for a conference being held in Portland next spring. Its not just any conference...its THE conference for "my people." For environmental historians, this conference is akin to a candy store for kids! Oh my gosh I'm so nervous I could pee!!

Phyllis 170/365

One of my favorite rings to wear. It makes me happy.

Laura

Prior to about 6 months ago, I never took even a multivitamin on a regular basis let alone any kind of regular prescription medications. How times have changed. I'm quickly accruing, much to my utter dismay, quite a pill popping habit.

Meet my new "friends":

• 125 mg of Levoxyl daily, as a thyroid hormone replacement since the radioactive iodine completely wiped my own thyroid gland out. Thanks Grave's Disease.
  

• The bc pill Junel because the radiation would make pregnancy unsafe for at least a year. And because I have PCOS, I need to give my ovaries a break.

• a wack of Vitamin D and calcium daily for insulin resistance. At least its not metformin. Thanks PCOS. I'm still not exactly sure why or how vitamin D, calcium, and insulin resistance are connected. When I figure that one out, I'll let you know.
  

• A daily 81 mg of aspirin because the hyperthyroid caused lots of heart palpitations and freaked me out about heart health.

I think I need an antianxiety medication now from the panic attacks resulting from taking all these meds (KIDDING). I can see how quickly the cycle of pills spirals out of control though.

Laura

This is documentation of just how fast my dog will move for food. (my dog = the blur of white and yellow on the right)

Phyllis 166/365

Because Angel & I live freakishly parallel lives, in every facet imaginable, I will also post a pic of the new cell phone I got. On Saturday, just like her. With a full keyboard, just like her. My first phone that's not outdated, just like her. With unlimited data plan, just liker her. And I'm loving it, just like her. All of this without either of us knowing about the other one. Weird.

Mary

The lil bean of a new car!  I shall call him Colin.

Laura

We were driving around a few weeks ago and I fell in love with the color of this house. We have to paint our house a) because the existing barn red is ugly, b) my hubbie splashed primer all over the front of the house, thinking he wanted to paint one day then changing his mind after he figured out that painting wasn't fun, and c) all of this combined with peeling paint on old wood is just unappealing.

My house is probably similar in style, period, and size. What do you think of the color? Thumbs up or down?

Angel

I usually am not one to get excited about cell phones and I've always had models that are at least 2 or 3 years old, but I bought this bad boy today and it is awesome! I have always hated sending text messages on my old phones because it took forever, but with this full qwerty keyboard it is sooo much easier and faster. I'm still getting used to it but soon I hope to be like those text messaging champions. I even upgraded my plan to unlimited messaging so I may never have to actually talk again!!! Ha. Fat chance of that... Also, it has a touch screen, though I've been having a little bit of trouble calibrating it because I have large fingertips apparently. Too bad they don't attach a stylus to it.