Recent Renovations

Our second most recent home improvement involved much chemistry:

Biochemistry, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Gorilla Glue.

It also involved Keith using a hairdryer.

We no longer trip on the sticking-up edge of kitchen linoleum. I spilled many liquids leaving the kitchen in our first couple weeks.

The latest development:

1.28 gpf toilets!

We went to the home store at 9:30pm to buy these fancy-flushers. We were the only ones there. And we were SO excited! The old toilets clogged approximately 3.7 times each week.

Next up: windows and exterior paint!

Halloween Costume Part I

I found the first piece to this year's Halloween costume.* I have been looking forward to this since last Halloween, when I was Sarah Palin (like 99% of everyone my age).

Palin 2008.

Here's to 2009:

Is that a SILVER sweater?

Indeed! And it requires much interpretive dance.

*Yes, Meg. This is what you think it is. But it is also super secret.

I have like 10 ideas...

But I can never get the item requiring a picture, the camera, the cord for the camera to connect to the computer, and the computer all in the right order or in the same place.

Soon.

Why I love being a Chemist.

This is a regular occurance:

Different types of chlorine make pretty colors.

Different pH'd samples make pretty colors, too.

Life would be boring in black and white.

Teetherpillar.

Two Saturdays ago I moved into a house. I don’t miss apartment life much. I do, however, miss my trip to the bus stop each morning. Four sidewalk squares from the pole there is a piece of white gum on the ground. As the gum came into view each day I thought one of two things: TEETH! or CATERPILLAR!

Caterpillars and teeth mesh well.

Ironically, the day I signed for my new house, which is conveniently located just 3 minutes from my work (walking), was also the day my boss announced that our work is relocating to the other side of town. I’ll be back to riding the bus in T-minus 2 years.

I time traveled.

Tonight at my Chicago rehearsal I was digging through a bag of props when... I FOUND A TAMBOURINE! I was not aware of any tambourines in Chicago...

From my calendar:

"I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks."
-Steve Martin