It's Hokey Pokey Time!

2012-01-15T13:09:00.000-07:00

9 - Lio's Astonishing Tales From the Haunted Crypt of Unknown Horrors - Mark Tatulli
10 - There are corpses everywhere - Mark Tatulli

2012-01-04T16:49:00.000-07:00

4 - Amazing Everything the Art of Scott C. - Scott Campbell - I love his artwork
5 - Nightschool vol. 3 - Svetlana Chmakova
6 - Nightschool vol. 4 - Svetlana Chmakova
7 - Gingerbread Girl - Paul Tobin and Collen Coover - Super awesome
8 - Blacksad vol. 1 - Juan Diaz Canales and Guarnido

2012-01-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

2 - The Great Quillow - James Thurber
3 - Red-Headed Stepchild - Jaye Wells

New book tracking lists

2012-01-01T18:31:00.001-07:00

Okay, I really really missed tracking what I read this last year so I'm going to start it up again and just for the heck of it I'm going to try tracking books purchased, but that might just be nuts.

Currently Reading:
1 - The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

Books Purchased in 2012:
1 - The Great Quillow by James Thurber
2 - After the Golden Age - Carrie Vaughn (Read this in e-format last month and it is so fantastic I needed the dead tree version)
3 - Halfway Hexed by Kimberly Frost
4 - Barely Bewitched by Kimberly Frost
5 - Lio's Astonishing Tales From the Haunted Crypt of Unknown Horrors
6 - Comic Book Tattoo - Anthology

Yes, I know, but the Broadway Book Mall was having a New Years Day party / sale and dagnabbit who can resist that?

TRAFFIC LIGHT!

2011-12-22T17:10:00.000-07:00

Sweetie and I just bought the most awesome thing ever off of Etsy. A giant traffic light, it's like 3 1/2 feet tall and a foot wide and thankfully only weighs 30 pounds or so. The seller is local so we were able to pick this beauty up this afternoon. The cord is super short so it needs to be rewired, and it isn't currently setup to control the individual lights, but that should be easy to do. A friend suggested that we get a programable arduino board so we can get all fancy with it - which is incredibly tempting and something that we're thinking really hard about. And the arrow's are adjustable/removable.

2011-04-20T14:14:00.000-06:00

The news about TokyoPop closing up shop has me stupid annoyed. I'm totally loving The Stellar Six manga and am just sick about not being able to finish the series. Hopefully Yen Press or someone else picks up the series, of course that would mean that TP would have to release the license. grumbles.

2-14

2011-02-14T21:10:00.001-07:00

2-13

2011-02-14T08:28:00.001-07:00

Replacing that blade was a lot harder than it needed to be. Stupid hard to find weird sized wiper refill blades.

2-12

2011-02-12T20:10:00.001-07:00

2-11

2011-02-11T19:00:00.001-07:00

Bonus

2011-02-10T17:59:00.001-07:00

2-9 & 2-10

2011-02-10T17:58:00.001-07:00

2-8

2011-02-08T21:17:00.001-07:00

Mountain of Manga

2-7

2011-02-08T09:22:00.001-07:00

2-6

2011-02-06T17:47:00.002-07:00

2-5

2011-02-05T21:26:00.001-07:00

2-4

2011-02-04T12:42:00.002-07:00

2-3

2011-02-04T12:40:00.002-07:00

2-2

2011-02-02T19:59:00.001-07:00

2-1

2011-02-01T11:17:00.001-07:00

31

2011-01-31T21:59:00.001-07:00

30

2011-01-30T18:40:00.001-07:00

29

2011-01-30T08:17:00.001-07:00

28

2011-01-28T21:21:00.001-07:00

27

2011-01-27T20:27:00.001-07:00

26

2011-01-26T21:10:00.001-07:00

25

2011-01-25T21:37:00.001-07:00

24

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23

2011-01-23T17:49:00.001-07:00

22

2011-01-22T16:57:00.001-07:00

21

2011-01-21T19:54:00.001-07:00

20

2011-01-20T17:14:00.001-07:00

19

2011-01-19T16:31:00.001-07:00

18

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17

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16

2011-01-16T21:20:00.001-07:00

15

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14

2011-01-14T20:11:00.001-07:00

13

2011-01-13T19:45:00.001-07:00

12

2011-01-12T22:16:00.001-07:00

11

2011-01-11T20:55:00.001-07:00

10

2011-01-10T19:29:00.001-07:00

9

2011-01-09T16:56:00.001-07:00

8

2011-01-08T14:48:00.001-07:00

7

2011-01-07T15:41:00.001-07:00

6

2011-01-06T16:34:00.001-07:00

And just for fun

2011-01-05T21:13:00.001-07:00

Freya

5

2011-01-05T21:12:00.001-07:00

Esme

4 Kale and White Bean Soup

2011-01-04T20:03:00.001-07:00

3

2011-01-03T15:38:00.001-07:00

two

2011-01-02T13:19:00.001-07:00

Rawr!

2011-01-01T11:23:00.001-07:00

but it's so crunchy...

2010-09-21T20:08:00.000-06:00

The pups snagged a bag of chips off of the kitchen counter while we were at work today and Sweetie cleaned up the remains of the packaging when he came home from work. A few hours later the sound of plastic rustling starts emanating from the bedroom. I get up to investigate and find Freya, otherwise known as The Good Dog, standing in the middle of the remains of the chip bag and other food packaging all strewn across her bed. We don't even know where she found the cheese wrapper. So now she's all sulky and because I confiscated all of the goodies.

Hooray for plumbing phase 2 completion

2010-05-29T17:31:00.000-06:00

Our fabulous plumber came over this morning and knocked out the waste lines right quick. There were a few that were in good shape that he left for now since was no point in replacing them. He also gave us a quote to redo the bathroom tile and tub that is really reasonable. We'd have to buy the supplies which is cool. So I'm thinking that has moved up the list some. Just need to figure out what we do for a bathroom while this is taking place as we only have the one.

Getting the yard redone has turned into a MAJOR HASSLE, the first round of contractors ranged from the cheap and creepy to the insanely expensive. The one guy we kinda liked ended up adding a couple of thou to the written estimate, doubling the time estimate and almost trippling the time until they could come out and start work. This left us with a not so fresh feeling and so we're attempting to start over, which would be easier if people would return calls and come out when scheduled! It's looking like sprinklers and sod aren't happening before my birthday, heck they might not even happen this year. Worse comes to worse and I'm going to vote replace the last 5 windows that haven't been done and maybe having someone come out and paint what little exterior needs paint.

Sweetie is busy busting down the scary old tin shed in the back yard. He's wanting to get it done and cleaned up before it gets dark, we're worried that the dogs would try to eat it if left unattended :P

Things to do today

2010-05-28T11:27:00.006-06:00

Today is my Friday off and since our plumber is coming out tomorrow to do the waste lines all of the weekend housework is taking place today.

Dishes - in progress
Take out trash
sweep
tidy my table in the LR
finish boxing up the remainder of the book purge
clear off dining room table
clean bathroom
laundry - in progress
water houseplants
clean litter box
tidy up basement
enter new books into database and put away
dust
find a home for new crockpot and new to me small rice cooker
Brush the Esme Monster

More stuff to be added as I come across it :P.

Better get crackin' Sweetie is taking me out to dinner tonight and I want to have everything done and have some primping time before he gets home!

Long Time No Type

2010-04-10T12:01:00.000-06:00

*blows off the dust and looks around*

Obviously I need to figure out what I'm going to do with my tiny space on the Internet so that I actually update it from time to time.

For the time being I'm dropping the books read this year. Maybe I'll do a quarterly list, or I might check out GoodReads for tracking that.

The In's and Outs will be starting up again. I really enjoyed tracking what was coming into and leaving the house and it really made me stop and think about what I was buying.

Sweetie and I are just starting a big yard project so I'd like to track what is going on with that. We're doing a bunch of clean up to get ready to find a landscape contract to come in and redo the yard. The backyard is current a dirt and weed patch, it wasn't great when we moved in and the dogs pretty much killed everything when they were young and overly rambunctious. And since the front yard isn't all that fabulous and is sadly lacking in sprinklers we're going to do that as well. Our friend C. is helping me figure out what I want before we talk to anyone so I won't be horribly overwhelmed and end up with a super high maintenance yard that we won't be able to keep up.

Hugh Jackman is Awesome!

2010-03-19T18:05:00.002-06:00

44!

2010-01-15T10:12:00.001-07:00

Last night my main alt on City of Heroes hit level 44. I am terribly pleased about that even if I did realize while playing that the colors on her new costume are HIDEOUS!

I shall have to post a sceen shot of her in a non-hideous outfit this weekend.

Quiet day

2010-01-13T22:39:00.001-07:00

Not much happening today. Met up
With my friend S for lunch and that was super nice.

And now enjoy a cute pic of Esme with season 1 of Hidamari Sketch

The one.... The only....

2010-01-12T17:49:00.002-07:00

Tactical Bacon! 54 slices of canned bacony goodness.*

* this was purchased from thinkgeek.com as a gift for a bacon obsessed co-worker. He was absolutely thrilled and is actually planning on eating the bacon at some point, he's a very brave man. I highly recommend this as a gift to any bacon lovers in your life.

Spyrograph!

2010-01-11T21:36:00.001-07:00

Well a "hypotrochoid art set" to be exact. Whatever, it's a gear
based doodle producing system and I'm having loads of fun.

Sunday List

2010-01-10T20:26:00.000-07:00

8 loads of laundry done. Much more than normal, washed bedding and holiday linens
10 books to read and return before March 5th. Am judging a couple of different categories for a contest. Book 1 is in progress.
1 episode of the new season of Hidamari watched. Loved it, would watch it again but won't so that I don't drive Sweetie nuts
2 boxes of out of season clothes, 1 box of summer shoes, 1 box of misc. holiday stuff and linens, 1 small wire bookshelf, and an empty tub hauled downstairs to storage.
1 brunch with friends that was super fun.
2 cute puppies needing more snuggles
and 8 loads of laundry needing to be put away :P (this has been started but was abandoned for book reading, need to get it done before bedtime or we won't be able to sleep!)

Hidamari Sketch

2010-01-09T22:00:00.001-07:00

Wahoo, season one is on it's way to my house right now and I found two extra episodes from the season 2 DVD on-line today which was awesome. And any day now season 3 starts, so very happy!

2010-01-08T20:00:00.000-07:00

Today wasn't as productive as I was hoping. But that's okay, I think I have our shoe storage dilemma figured out. Sweetie and I talked about my idea when he came home and didn't instantly veto it like I had it in my head that he would. Other than that I just did a little bit of housework, goofed around on COH for a bit, ran an errand and hung out with the pups. It's been a nice day off.

That's much better

2010-01-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

Today was a much, much better day at work. We were able to reign in the remaining crazy from yesterday and B. was able to work some serious miracles and get the problems resolved.

This evening was seriously yummy fried rice using a spice packet from H-Mart and a tasty frozen veggie mix. Then R. and I totally kicked some bad guy butt on City of Heroes and made it halfway to level 44 which is super awesome. We're 6 levels way from maxed out, I think this will be her 2nd level 50 and my first. I'm hella excited. But then I suppose I'll have to start bringing up one of my smaller alts or start over from scratch.

Tomorrow is a day off and there will hopefully be a combo of reading, cleaning and sewing with just a tiny bit of errand running. And a possibility of going to the art museum with friends in the evening if Sweetie is up for it after work.

Meh day saved at the last minute

2010-01-06T21:02:00.000-07:00

Seems like people at work were more unreasonable and difficult than normal. My co-workers were fine but we all kept getting snarked at and some really complex problems sprang up today on large interconnected systems managed by several different agencies. By the end of the day we were all little shell shocked. Even B, one of the most relaxed and even tempered people I've worked with had to work really hard to politely reply to a particularly shit-tastic email. Another co-worker got an equally shitty email from a completely different person on a completely different issue, decided there was no good response and just deleted it.

This morning it was overcast but not terribly cold, a co-worker claimed it was 40 degrees at one point, not sure if I believe that or not. At lunch time it was still overcast, a bit colder and it was kinda spitting styrofoam snow. Quitting time there was about 3-4" of fluffy snow, the roads were nasty, and it took twice as long as normal to get home.

So unsurprisingly I was in quite a mood when I got home, but it all dissipated as soon as I walked in the door. Sweetie cleaned up the kitchen, straightened up the living room and had dinner bubbling away on the stove. He even made me fizzy juice! (fruit juice mixed with plain carbonated water) Balance has been restored to my universe. I'm now going to play with the dogs and maybe listen to some Zee Avi or Owl City.

first 3 books

2010-01-05T19:37:00.002-07:00

All graphic novels/manga so far. I'm busy reading Deadtown by Nancy Holzner but am not quite done yet.

Book 1 Yokaiden, vol 2 by Nina Matsumoto

Book 2 Gakuen Alice, vol 9 by Tachibana Higuchi

Book 3 Umbrella Academy: Dallas by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba

I'm really loving the Umbrella Academy books, although seeing all the ultra violence and gore in bright shiny color is quite a shift from the black and white of the manga I've been focusing on recently. Not quite sure what it says about me that I went from Yokaiden, which is a questy fairy tail set in oldey-timey Japan with all sorts of interesting traditional Japanese monsters, to Gakuen Alice, a girly shojo manga mystery, to uber adult Umbrella Academy.

AWESOME

2010-01-04T19:43:00.000-07:00

So not to long ago I finally succumbed and setup a Facebook page, mainly to keep in touch with friends like J who live ever so far away on the west coast. I friended people I know IRL and my Mom - have to friend Mom. Randomly checking the site, mainly from my phone when I'm super bored at work, but for the most part ignoring it. Except when I start thinking about all the privacy and security issues that arise from sites Facebook which make me feel oogy - I work in IT managing various security devices so I come by this naturally.

But last night my cousin S, who I haven't seen in years friended me and it is AWESOME. I've been thinking about him and the rest of my family who live ever so far away up north. We chatted just a little bit tonight which was also AWESOME.

Hooray for technology and weird websites

Quiet Day

2010-01-03T22:04:00.001-07:00

Read a bit, played COH with a friend, got a bunch of holiday badges, started to feel a bit oogy, laid down for a bit, then watched Solty Rei with my Sweetie. All in all it was a very good day.

Super nifty lights at the REI Starbucks

2010-01-02T16:10:00.001-07:00

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T20:59:00.000-07:00

Today was a fantastic start to the New Year. We had a fantastic time hanging out with our friend Nate. Books were purchased, the asian market was raided, Stir Fry and peach mead was consumed, anime was watched and mochi ice cream treats were devoured. I was even able to send a pretty piece of fabric home with her. All in all it was a wonderful way to start the new year, now I'm off to drink some strong bow and watch my beloved Hidamari Sketch.

Hugs!

last of the books

2009-12-31T19:36:00.002-07:00

154 - Flesh Circus, by Lilith Saintcrow
155 - Magic in the Shadows, by Devon Monk

And now I'm off to drink Strongbow, watch movies with my Sweetie, and have nom nom nom steak and crab for dinner

Hugs and hoping for a fantastic New Year for everyone!

It's all gravy now

2009-12-29T15:46:00.002-07:00

152 - Copper, by Kazu Kibishi
153 - Redemption Alley, by Lillith Saintcrow

Goal has been reached!

2009-12-28T15:06:00.001-07:00

Book 150 has been read :)

150 - The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
151 - Hunter's Prayer by Lilith Saintcrow

Books and stuff

2009-12-16T20:51:00.002-07:00

Yeah, still need to write something about Orycon and the fabulous time we had seeing everyone and all the fun stuff we did. But instead I'm going to post some books.

140 - Friday Night Bites - Chloe Neill
141 - Lucky Star vol 2
142 - No Rest for the Wiccan - Madelyn Alt
143 - Soulless - OMG SO GOOD, All steam punky paranormal romance with mad science - Gail Carriger
144 - Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men - Molly Harper
145 - The Stepsister Scheme - ALSO OMG SO GOOD - Jim C. Hines
146 - The Mermaid's Madness - totally awesome - see above - Jim C. Hines
147 - Magic in the Blood - Devon Monk
148 - Magic to the Bone - Devon Monk
149 - Night Shift - Lilith Saintcrow

Yay Holidays!

2009-12-06T19:50:00.003-07:00

The tree is up and the house is decorated. Have books to post and should say something about the Ory-Con trip but for now I shall drink more Strongbow and watch the first season of Feasting on Asphalt.

Books Ahoy

2009-11-24T22:41:00.007-07:00

Pretty much all Manga and Graphics this time. I have now learned the valuable lesson of not switching between unflipped manga and regular graphics, had such an headache and I think my eyes might of had whiplash.

132 - Jack Frost, vol. 2 by JinHo Ko
133 - Tactics, vol. 5-7 by Sakura Kinoshita and Kaxuko Higashiyama
134 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, vol. 4 by Gaku Tsugano and Nararu Tanigawa
135 - Wonton Soup, vol. 2 by James Stoke
136 - Nightschool, vol. 2 by Svetlana Chmakova
137 - Yotsuba, vol. 6 by Kiyohiko Azuma
138 - The Goon - Calamity of Conscience by Eric Powell
139 - GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class, vol. 2 by Satoko Kiyuduki

Book Time

2009-11-03T20:56:00.003-07:00

123 - Must Love Hellhounds - Anthology
124 - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
125 - Salt and Silver by Anna Katherine
126 - Children at Play: A Cul de Sac Collection by Richard Thompson
127 - The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R. Green
128 - On the Edge by IIona Andrews
129 - Just Another Judgement Day by Simon R. Green
130 - Bite Marks by Jennifer Rardin
131 - Strip Mauled - Anthology edited by Esther Friesner

Happy Puppies

2009-11-02T21:59:00.003-07:00

All of a sudden the lab, Freya, thinks she's a lap dog. While this is nice I'm going to need a bigger chair if this continues. She's been super extra snuggly for the past day which is really nice, except when she tries to nap on the laptop. Esme, the giant pony dog, has been happily snoring away in her favorite chair with her ears sticking out in random directions.

Catching Up

2009-11-01T18:30:00.001-07:00

MileHiCon was good, it was the first relaxing time I've had in years. I had no responsibilities this year which was wonderful. Loved seeing friends from far away and making new ones. Tentative plans were made for friends from not so horribly far away to visit in the spring. I really hope that happens.

Now I'm looking forward to Ory-con. Need to put together some anime DVDs for Jane. I'm thinking she needs to see Magical Witch Punie-Chan.

Backlog of books to post, keep wanting to finish one more book before I do.

Went to the thrift store yesterday with Sweetie. Found a rare Terry Pratchett Science of Discworld vol 2 book. So happy - they were never released in the states so it's an import from the UK or Canada. Also got a nice copy of "Don't Eat the Daisies" and a Jeri-Smith Ready book so it was a productive trip. Much more was dropped off than came home.

Trick or Treating was a bust - only 3 kids :( I think we were the only house on the entire block giving out candy. Our neighbors are slackers. So much time was spent playing the City of Heroes Halloween event. Got my main character up to 2 levels and started a new one late in the evening and got her up to level 7 today so I'm happy. The holiday event continues until the 10th so I still have plenty of time to smash zombies and go trick or treating in game.

How green is my kitchen?

2009-10-07T19:54:00.000-06:00

Fantastically tart apple green!

Cover Montage

2009-09-20T15:29:00.004-06:00

114 - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost

115 - The Goon vol 7 & 8 by Eric Powell

116 - Vanished by Kat Richardson

117 - Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, vol. 3

118 - Skin Deep by Mark Del Franco

119 - Amulet 2, The Stone Keepers Curse by Kazu Kibuishi

120 - Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

121 - Unbound by Kim Harrison, etc.

122 - Vicious Circle by Linda Robertson

Minor Pic Spam!

2009-09-13T20:20:00.005-06:00

Sweetie enjoying a twisted tater after the corn maze

A cute picture of Esme!

More Little Green Guy

2009-09-13T20:18:00.002-06:00

Found another picture of the little green guy on my phone and just had to share.

I love taking pictures of that little green dude

2009-09-13T19:21:00.004-06:00

So much going on and I keep forgetting to update.

The last weekend in August I worked at the Denver Modernism Show for my friends Dana and Thea. Dana is the hostess with the mostest who organizes the entire shebang and T is her right hand woman. My role at any Dana events I work is to be T's trusty sidekick. Which is always a blast, T and I think a lot alike so we work together really well. The show was awesome, Dana had live bands almost all weekend, the artist guest of honor was SHAG which rocks and the vendors were super cool and ranged from super high end to affordable kitsch. The Charlie Harper Studio had a booth and Sweetie and I gave each other framed prints as anniversary gifts. Sweetie also bought me a set of Stetson/Marcrest Alpine Chalet dishes because he is SUPER AWESOME! I also picked up a cocktail ring with a giant princess cut blue stone - might be glass not sure I don't care because I adore it in all it's over the top coolness.

Now that I have a wicked cool set of dished I've started trolling ebay for add on pieces, I'd like to get up to at least 12 place settings and score as many serving pieces as I can. The list to the right has been added so I can easily track what I've bought and can access it from anywhere on my phone.

Spent Labor Day weekend relaxing with my Sweetie, we had fun at the corn maze on day and just hung out for the rest. Sweetie did some yard work and I did a bunch of reading, all told it was a lovely and quiet holiday weekend.

Saturday I hung out with some girlfriends, we had Indian food for lunch, hit up a thrift where I found some Marimekko sheets, went to a really nice lingerie shop where I got professionally fitted and bought two incredibly awesome bras, and then celebrated with bubble tea. Today I saw 9 with Sweetie - really liked it, it's nice to see a good quality animated film from a studio other than Pixar. Not a classic I don't think but a lot of fun none the less. After the movie Sweetie bought us new iPhones. Yeah, I know - we totally didn't need the upgrade, but Sweetie treated me to the new phone because he is awesome.

So eventually I'll get caught up on the book list - did read the new Patty Briggs book with Anna and Charles and I loved it! She is just awesome and the books in this series and her Mercy Thompson series just keep getting better. Also read the new Kat Richardson which is also super cool and dark and gritty, I'm hoping to eventually talk sweetie in to trying both series.

Unicycle! 2

2009-08-23T13:39:00.000-06:00

Sweetie and I were in Boulder on Sat and saw a busker on an insanely tall unicycle juggling flaming torches. Apparently my weekend has a theme

Ponyo and books

2009-08-22T10:15:00.002-06:00

Sweetie and I went to see the new Miyazaki film, Ponyo, last night. It was a lot of fun, it's definitely more of a kid's movie than some of his other work, and the plot was a bit non-existent, but it was beautiful and fun and really what more do you want on a late summer afternoon.

Onto the books

98 - Tsubasa, Those With Wings vol 2 by Natsuki Takaya

99 - Monster by A.Lee Martinez

100 - Flight vol 6

101 - 104 - Tactics vol. 1-4 by Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama

105 - Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt

106 - Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

107 - Gakuen Alice vol. 7 & 8 by Tachibana Higuchi

108 - Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

109 - The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba

110 - 111 - Hibiki's Magic vol. 1 & 2 by Jun Maeda and Rei Idumi

112 - Pearls Sells Out by Stephan Pastis

113 - Nabari No Ou by Yuhki Kamata

Unicycle!

2009-08-21T12:56:00.003-06:00

On my way to Savers this morning to drop off a box and do a bit of browsing I saw someone riding a unicycle, very cool!

titles = ears --->

2009-08-08T12:04:00.002-06:00

Book 95 - Never Been Witched by Annette Blair

Book 96 - Armed and Magical by Lisa Shearin

Book 97 - The Trouble with Demons by Lisa Shearin

I'm thinking I don't read nearly enough ;)

2009-07-31T20:28:00.002-06:00

Book 86 - Tsubasa Those with Wings by Natsuki Takaya

Book 87 - Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya

Book 88 - Strange Brew edited by PN Elrod

Book 89 - Japan Ai by Aimee Major Steinberger

Book 90 - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs - by Molly Harper

Book 91 - The Wild's Call by Jeri Smith-Ready

Book 92 - Witch Fire by Anya Bast

Book 93 - The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

Book 94 - Empowered Vol 5. by Adam Warren

Moar Books

2009-06-23T20:43:00.001-06:00

Book 78 - Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin

Book 79 - Zombie Loan, vol 1. by Peach Pit

Book 80 - Jack Frost, vol 1. by JinHo Ko

Book 81 - Owly, vol 3 by Andy Runton

Book 82 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, vol. 3

Book 83 - Kamisama Kazoku, vol 1. by Tapari and Yoshikazu Kuwashima

Book 84 - Lucky Star, vol 1. by Kagami Yoshimizu

Book 85 - Faeries Gone Wild by MaryJanice Davidson, etc.

falling behind again

2009-06-09T21:26:00.000-06:00

Ins and outs are on hold for a while, enjoyed a lovely stay-cation with my Sweetie and forgot to keep track and haven't done much shopping since - though I did hit a sale at Borders and picked up 4 new books the other day. Like my to-be-read pile needed and bolstering. It's sad, I'm in the midst of a serious reading jag and there is no threat of running out of unread books any time soon. Actually, I could probably not buy any new books for the rest of the year and not run out of new things to read - and I wouldn't even have to start going through Sweetie's shelves.

I'm hoping to have some pictures from our trip to the botanic gardens posted soon along with a pic of the chair Sweetie bought for me - it's the single most awesome chair in the entire universe :)

So Many Books :)

2009-06-09T21:19:00.001-06:00

Book 62 - Scary Godmother, Spooktackular Stories - Jill Thompson

Book 63 - Welcome to Hoxford - Ben Templesmith

Book 64 - Street Magic - Caitlin Kittredge

Book 65 - Magic Strikes - Ilona Andrews

Book 66 - Witch Way to the Mall - edited by Esther Friesner

Book 67 - Patrick the Wolfboy, vol 3 - by Art Baltazar

Book 68 - Real Vampires Don't Diet - Gerry Bartlett

Book 69 - Tiny Titans - Art Baltazar

Book 70 - Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, vol. 2 - Koji Kumeta

Book 71 - Suzunari, vol. 2 - Shoko Iwami

Book 72 - The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers - by Angie Fox

Book 73 - At Grave's End - Jeaniene Frost

Book 74 - Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost

Book 75 - One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost

Book 76 - Sins & Shadows - Lyn Benedict

Book 77 - Hipira - Satsohiro Otomo and Shinji Kimura

Loved loved loved Street Magic, it's dark and edgy, the main character is tough without being stupid and there is believable character development. I cannot wait for the sequel to come out.

2009-05-17T19:54:00.000-06:00

Book 61: Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel, by Chloe Neill

First in a series, picked it up for the Kindle on a whim and really enjoyed it, am looking forward to the next book in October.

Hooray new sofa!

2009-05-17T14:45:00.000-06:00

(photo from Craigslist post - it's darker in person)

Well new to us sofa anyways. Our ugly piece of junk cheapest sofa we could find at the local furniture discount barn finally gave up the ghost this week. The frame is warped, the dogs were having a hard time not getting sucked into the cushions, and it was giving Sweetie a back ache. Sweetie did a bunch of research online and decided that a leather sofa would be best with all the hair that Esme sheds.

So once we decided on leather we both started surfing the furniture sites and on a whim I fired up Craigslist where we found a fantastic espresso/chocolate brown leather sofa in a classic/modern design at a really good price for the quality. One insanely long trip involving going to Golden to borrow a pickup and a brother in law we were off to the far north side of Broomfield (it took about 2 hours all told). And now we have an awesome new sofa.

Yesterday we went looking for accent chairs and a new recliner for me. We liked some bright red chairs at Cost Plus. The price is reasonable and they are actually comfortable. The recliner was another story - everything I liked in leather was insanely expensive. And I wasn't even checking the price tag until after I tried sitting in them. So we're going to check a few more stores - but not until next weekend, I'm so over looking at furniture right now it's not even funny.

But I'm kinda confused about what color to get for my chair. If I get leather do I go brown to match the sofa, red to go with the chairs? Or do I go for a red brown fabric print? Or should I skip the red chairs and find something else completely? Given our eclectic art collection I really can go pretty much any direction.

Catch Up Time

2009-05-11T19:48:00.000-06:00

From Collages

Books:

56 - 58: Mamotte Lollipop Volumes 5, 6, & 7

59: Deader Still by Anton Strout

60: The Devil You Know by Jenna Black

Out: 32

20 Shirts

1 pair of pants

4 manky bottles of lotion

3 desk toys

1 icky bath mat

1 broken head band

1 set of headphones - dog ate

1 bag for said headphones - dog ate to get to headphones :P

In: 58

Thrift:

5 dansk flower pots

jammies

asian jacket for Sweetie

2 pillow cases

3 jars

3 pairs of pants

5 shirts

1 sweater

1 potholder

1 Noren - Japanese doorway curtain - looks brand new!

2 lamps - thrift

1 wok cover - thrift

1 glass - thrift

1 makeup bag - thrift

New:

Exacto Knife

10 books

magazine

Set of Kromex spice jars - ebay

1 shirt - sale + coupon at Penny's

1 dvd of TED Talks

3 Seasons of TV on DVD: Last Exile, 2 Jeeves and Wooster

Postcard

Gama Go Stickers

2 notebooks

2 blind box toys

2 dresses

1 new pouch for yet to be purchased headphones

3 lampshades - 1 new 2 thrift

--Probably missing stuff, will add things later if I think of it

total slacking here

2009-04-28T20:25:00.000-06:00

I am way behind on my ins-and-outs posting, thankfully I've been taking notes. A book purge is in process and that should really boost the outs.

Last Friday we met up with a group of friends and went to the Denver Art Museum, they have an exhibit of psychedelic concert posters from San Francisco 65 - 71 on display that was interesting. My favorite piece was "Fox Games" by Sandy Skolgund, I've seen pictures of her work and really enjoyed it so seeing an installation was awesome.

The rest of the weekend was spent reading, relaxing and hanging out with the pups.

We did make a brief foray out to JC Penney's because Sweetie was in desperate need of new socks and we had a $10 off a $10 purchase coupon. I found an awesome blouse for work at a really good sale price and was extremely pleased that it fit, since it wasn't plus sized. Tried on several shirts that fit, but only bought my absolute favorite. Also tried on a pair of size 16 jeans, and I'm only 5 - 10 pounds away from wearing non-plus size 16 - o__O So happy!

2009-04-25T22:26:00.000-06:00

Books 43 & 44: Mamotte Lollipop volumes 3 and 4

Book 45: The Rogue Hunter, by Lynsay Sands

Book 46: The Immortal Hunter, by Lynsay Sands

Book 47: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

Book 48: Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre

Book 49: Shoulder-A-Coffin Kuro, vol. 2, by Satoko Kiyuduki

Book 50: GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, vol. 1, by Satoko Kiyuduki

Books 51 - 54: Gakuen Alice, vol 3-6

Book 55: Curse the Dawn, by Karen Chance

Books read in April

2009-04-18T12:09:00.000-06:00

Book 28: Revamped, by J.F. Lewis

Book 29: White Witch, Black Curse, by Kim Harrison

Book 30: The Devil Inside, by Jenna Black

Book 31: Sunshine Sketch, vol 3, by Ume Aoki

Book 32: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, vol. 1, by Gaku Tsugano and Nagaru Tanigawa

Book 33: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, vol. 2

Book 34: Tokyo Babylon, vol. 1, by Clamp

Book 35: The Legend of Chun Hyang, vol. 1, by Clamp

Book 36: Gakuen Alice, vol. 1, by Tachibana Higuchi

Book 37: Gakuen Alice, vol. 2

Book 38: Stealing Magic, by Tanya Huff

Book 39: Mamotte Lollipop, vol. 1, by Michiyo Kikuta

Book 40: Mamotte Lollipop, vol 2

Book 41: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensi, vol. 1, by Koji Kumeta

Book 42: A Charmed Death, by Madelyn Alt

Peanut Butter!

2009-04-17T12:23:00.000-06:00

Our crazy dogs love peanut butter - in the winter time we'll fill up their kongs with a combination of peanut butter and dog food, it's one of their favorite things in the universe, it's probably even higher in the list of doggy things of awesome than sleeping on the sofa or shedding all over Sweetie's black wool coat.

This morning I decide to switch up the normal breakfast of non-fat yogurt and kashi bar for a peanut butter sandwich. I've been hungry for peanut butter for a while and finally broke down and bought a jar last night. My morning routine is also all out of whack as I was working from home. So I make my sandwich and start working on getting my laptop setup and on the network so I can VPN into the office. Apparently I was sorely needing caffeine as I left my sandwich unattended while I wandered off to get a part necessary to connect my non-wireless laptop to our wireless network. Where I came back Freya was quickly mowing down my sandwich! And this is the good dog! Who had just been given her food!

Into the kitchen I go to make sandwich number 2, this time I'm "smart", I leave my sandwich on the counter as I go to get my water glass from the living room, where I am immediately pulled into troubleshooting my laptop's network connection after a few minutes I hear snorfling noises from the kitchen and large dog feet hitting the floor, I turn to look and here Esme wanders into the living room quickly devouring sandwich number 2!

I finally got to eat sandwich number 3...