Archive for November, 2009
back in the Netherlands
The trip here was pretty good. Cathay Pacific is definitely nicer to fly on than KLM – more legroom, much better in-flight entertainment, and I think the food looked better but I didn’t eat much of it. Only problem is that because I don’t have any spcial fequent flyer status on this airline (or its […]
still in Thanksgiving holiday mode
Thanksgiving dinner #1 eaten last night. I took this morning off for an eyedoctor’s appointment and am working from home this afternoon. So far, at one part of the day or another I have: had my checkup. decided to have a tomato-and-bread salad instead of a tossed salad, gone shopping (having intelligently realized that there’s […]
tryptophan and ramblings
On Ravelry in the “knitting engineers” forum, there’s a thread on “Silly Things Said to Women Engineers”. One person there reported that when she was trying to climb into a very tall truck, a male coworker said to her, “Sorry about the big truck. I have a small penis.” Had it been me, I’d probably […]
two questions
I have two questions, one musical and one astronomical. Musical: A song mention from stillnotbored and something I was singing the other day got me thinking about songs that go around the seasons. So far I’ve thought of: Simon & Garfunkel, “April, Come She Will” (only covers April – September!) Archie Fisher, “Ashfields & Brine” […]
chop, chop (and hat, hat)
Since L’Empress asked, here is a picture of the chops I bought yesterday: And, since I had the macro lens out, here are bonus photos of the hat I’m knitting:
stuff I did today
One of the things I’m looking forward to in the Netherlands is the likelihood of an apartment with some soundproofing. We did sometimes have to sleep with earplugs because we lived right in the Centrum, right by the bars, and it got loud when they had things like the celebration for PSV winning the European […]
alterations
My uvula has been itching for a few days now, which is probably not good (as well as being very annoying). I hope this is not a sign of an impending cold, or if it is, that it comes and goes before Ted gets back, and before I have to travel. The other day I […]
five random things
1. It’s harder to get to sleep without Ted here – though it’s easier to stay asleep when I have the bed to myself. 2. I checked just to make sure, and the clerk in Montgomery County, PA says there is no other way to get a marriage record there than to request it by […]
tarot and candles
stonetalker is doing one-card draws (I think until midnight Eastern today, if you’re interested: I posted, “I’d just like to ask about the risk in some job decisions my husband and I have made recently” The answer was, “The Six of Water tells a story of cooperation. It is a card of happiness that comes […]
moving: the PITA factor
What a pain in the ass. There are a bunch of documents I need to provide before I can move to the Netherlands. Most of them, like my college diploma, they already have on file from last time. The problems, of course, are the same two that were problems last time: my birth and marriage […]