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Mooch this you ungrateful …

Sent out a bookmooch on Saturday. I don't normally send them first class, but it was the same $$ as media mail, so I went ahead. Got the following response yesterday evening: “This person should have mentioned that the back cover was nearly torn off, especially when I asked when requesting the book if it was in pretty good shape. But I'm happy to have the book. Thanks!”. In addition, I was not given my point, which means that I will not get a mooch in exchange for this one.

This ticks me off for a couple reasons.
1) The book was in fine condition when I sent it. So either it got damaged in shiping, or the recipient is lying in order to jip me out of my point.
2) Can I quick like explain something? THIS IS A FREE BOOK. Why the heck are you being so freakin' choosy about what condition you get it in? Can you still read it? OK then. Cuz if you're looking for some first edition collectible sort of deal, look elsewhere.

Karma. Ohm. Karma. Ohm. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

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Weekend Wrap-Up


Well, after all the craziness with Miss Tabby, we met up with our out of town guests, Matt's sister and her husband, Bryan, who Matt's brother, Andrew, was kind enough to pick up at the airport for us while we were finishing up with Tabby at the ER. I won't lie to you. Friday was consumed by a lot of sleep catching-up, but later that day we did manage to drive up Mount Evans. Sadly, it was pretty cloudy and we got some interesting photos but largely missed out on the spectacular views.

Saturday (my birthday!!) we visited Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory. Tabby and I sat out the tour because she wasn't allowed along and I'd been before. And we visited the Forney Museum, home of old trains and cars. Then we had dinner at Wynkoop.

Sunday we made breakfast at home and spent pretty much the entire day tubing on Clear Creek in Golden (Tabby got to visit Grandma). It is absolutely mad fun, but I got my shins (and bum) really banged up on all the rocks. I sat out the last run and stood on a bridge that goes over the creek to take photos of everyone.

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Tabby: Jump! Mommy & Daddy: How high, darling?

Our little one has been going through some adjustment. She's been a bit fussier. And this reached a head last night when she screamed her little head off from midnight on (nothing would console her for more than a couple of minutes), until we finally convinced ourselves that there must be something wrong and took her to the ER.

Of course she fell asleep on the way there and made complete liars out of us within a couple of hours, doing a complete 180 and cooing and smiling at all of the doctors. Now we're laboring under the assumption that it's merely “gas” or “a GI issue” that's either resolved or getting resolved, possibly combined with a little cold she caught this week. I've never been so anxious to see a poopy diaper in all my life. We're just hoping tonight goes a lot better.

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Answer #2

Ani, my favorite New Yorker and fellow foodie asks, “What is your favorite food and dessert?”

Oy, Ani! That is a bit like asking which is my favorite movie or book. It is so hard to pick one!! Well I will tell you this. My favorite foods are almost always home made. Rarely can a restaurant meal compare (in my opinion anyhow) compare with a good homemade meal. The cookbook is full up with my favorite recipes.

In the spring and summer, I like cool, very fresh things. Salads, smoothies, ice cream, fruit … In the fall and winter, I like heavier dishes, soups, breads, apple desserts.

In general, I will always pick fish over steak or chicken. In desserts, I will usually pick chocolate (perferrably with peanut butter) over fruit.

Just so this answer isn't a total gip, here are a few current faves/all-time faves: Continue reading “Answer #2”

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Answer #1

Yvett, mommy to two adorable kiddies and one of the only bloggers who can consistently make me laugh asked “If money were not an object and everything could be made to your specifications, describe your dream home.”

Ahh yvett … truly a girl after my own heart. I have spent hours thinking about my own dream home, so I have loads to write about this. The exterior could probably be one of two things … either a stone English cottage style house or a funky stucco/brick affair with corrugated metal accents and roof … I'm also big on towers and turrets. I lean towards the later because I think it would go big much better. Either way, loads of wildish flower and veggie gardens all around … and a pond/river somewhere would be just peachy. A treehouse is a must. Either a barn or a large garage for Matt's work shop and an office upstairs in this barn/garage. Continue reading “Answer #1”

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Riddle Me This

I'm tired and I've got a massive headache, so … Anyone wanna ask me some questions? This question thing seems to be all the bloggy rage. And why not? I'm completely blocked.

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Weekend Wrap-Up


I know what you're thinking. “I'm so sick of seeing their stupid hiking pictures. Don't they ever do anything else?? How much good clean family fun can one quartet of humans and canines have, anyhow?? Well at least this time there aren't any pictures of that unbelievably cute baby in her pink hat. Thank goodnes for that.”

To which I can only say …
1) Yes, more hiking pictures. And even more here.
2) Lots of other stuff, really … we only hike once a week, sometimes barely that. This week, it was Meyer Ranch. Lovely spot. Gorgeous wildflowers. We here in Co have to make the most of our summers. Winters aren't as bad as some places, but they can get nasty and feel very ong.
3) Here she is … hehe. Continue reading “Weekend Wrap-Up”

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On Solid Ground


Guess what Miss Tabby did for the first time on Friday. Yup … solid food (well sort of mushy, but you know what I mean). The doc had advised that we start her between 4 and 6 months and we hit the mark almost right down the middle.

She's been sort of interested in our food for a while now, but I didn't really see the need to complicate life with solid foods, not to mention, the stuff about food allergies they tell you about, but I told myself that if I saw a good reason for her to start solids, we would. Well last week, after sleeping through the night for over 2 months, she stopped. And she was waking up HUNGRY. Obviously, her last bottle at 7:30 or 8, wasn't holding her 'til 4 or 5 anymore. So we got her some lovely organic rice cereal and we're starting out with that. After that I get to start making some of the recipes from the books I've got.

As for Miss Tabby, she's enjoying her solids and sleeping through the night again.

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Fun with Wikipedia

Marisa invited me to play a little game with Wikipedia. Here's how it goes … type your birthday (August 4) into Wikipedia and find 3 events, 2 births, and one holiday .. and tag five people. Here's what I found.

Man a lot of depressing stuff happened on my birthday. There's loads of “so and so was found dead,” etc. For instance Lizzie Borden's family was found murdered on this day in 1892.

And in 1914, a little thing known as World War I began when Germany invaded Belgium and England declared war in Germany. The US sat on its thumbs (ahhh the good ol' days).

On the bright side, the global conspiracy that is the Free Masons saw fit to elevate George Washington to the highest basic rank of the fraternity in 1753. Yay!

Now, growing up, I always knew I shared my b'day with the Queen Mum and later, Billy Bob Thorton (oh whoopee :P), but who knew that I shared my b'day with the likes of Stefan Brogan (Snake from Degrassi), born in 1972 and Nascar Hottie (well, relatively speaking), Jeff Gordon, Born 1971.

As for Holidays, looks like the only one I can make much sense of is an Egyptian Festival, Jubilation of the Heart of Re, that was held on that day. How they did the calendar versions is anyone's guess. Maybe it was actually held some time in April?

I also found it interesting that on my actual date of birth (Aug 4, 1980), nothing is listed in Wikipedia. Hmmm…

As for the tagging bit, play if you like.

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Jesser 2.0


As you may or may have not noticed by looking at my handy-dandy to-do list … a site re-do is in the works. Overall look and feel will probably change little, but I'm streamlining code and making certain things easier and nicer. You can preview my efforts here.

Obviously, I have scant time to work on this, so I'm stealing 10 minutes during lunch break and 20 minutes after Tabs goes to bed. And surprisingly, it's coming along. While I think it would be lovely to launch 2.0 on my blog's 4th blogiversary (8/8/07), I doubt it'll be ready in time. Anyhoo, if you have any thoughts on the redesign … things you wouldn't mind seeing or that under no circumstances can I get rid of or just general suggestions, let me know!