Matt and I have been spending this week trying to get our new place ready to move into (more on that in coming posts, including crowning achievements in kitchen organization). Part of this requires investing in a fair amount of new (or new to us) furniture because we discovered that between us we have a significant overlap in furniture that results in owning very little other than bedroom and office furniture. The trials of blending the households of recent graduates.

We have spent a lot of time this week scouring furniture shops and 4th of July sales to help remedy this problem. So far: still no furniture. The comic below (thanks to XKCD) pretty much explains why.

According to Maggie Sottero, I am a “discerning bride.” Snrk.

Hopefully not TOO discerning. Sheesh. Either way, my dress came today. I’m relieved that the adventure of buying a dress in Texas, trying it on (again in Texas) 5 months later, then having it shipped to me in Massachusetts seems to have worked out.

Now, I just need to figure out what I’m wearing on my feet so I can start having it fitted…

Life has been pretty busy lately, with a lot going on. After the link, you’ll find a photo montage of random things that have been occupying my time lately!

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Anyone who knows me knows how much I love pretzels!  I made another large batch of pretzels this weekend to bring into the office today.

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We’re munching through our produce. So far we’ve used: 1 zucchini, 3 bananas, 1/2 broccoli, 1/3 lettuce, all the spinach, 1 avocado, 1 pear, 1 tomato and 1 apple.

Sheila says that blogging about what vegetables we’ve eaten makes it look like our life is not terribly exciting. So, I’ll spice it up by elaborating on last night’s dinner: spinach enchiladas.

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Scarcely had mom left for Austin when Sheila and I began eagerly awaiting a new guest. We’ve dedicated a good deal of time this week to talking about what time the guest might get here, what we would do with the guest, and how much we liked the guest.

Today was the big day. We both came home possibly a bit earlier than usual in our excitement over today’s guest. Click to read more …

Mom came to visit over last weekend because she was on spring break. I wasn’t, since jobs don’t generally come with spring breaks outside the education field, but we made do. Wednesday evening, she waited for her luggage at the airport while I made matter paneer sans paneer because we didn’t have any cheesecloth. (It was good anyway.) Then, we drank a bottle of wine and knit. This was to become a trend. Click to read more …

We’re wrapping up a big project at work, and so an off-site team building celebratory event was planned for our team to “relax” after several months of hard work. I was a little nervous that I had to RSVP to the event before I knew what it was, and confided to Matt that I was afraid that it was going to be something scary (team building always makes me think of church camp trust falls and tightrope walking)…or at the very least, something I wasn’t going to enjoy in the least like my last company’s formula 1 race car driving or a team softball tournament. I do know, however, that one is supposed to be a “good sport” about these things, and I didn’t have much choice about going along regardless of the activity.

Then we got this email.

Everyone is working very hard, and there is indeed light… err wind at the end of the tunnel. Specifically, we will be indoor skydiving in a vertical wind tunnel!

If you want to learn more about this, check out the SkyVentureNH web site or come talk to me.

We have rented the entire facility for 3 hours (12-3) which means that everyone will get at least 2 sessions in the wind tunnel (each session accommodates up to 12 people in each 30 minute slot).

Holy terror, batman - this was worse than I ever could have imagined! I dislike falling so much that commercial jet turbulence makes me nervous. And I had already RSVP’d and resolved that I really had to go on whatever the outing was for the sake of “team bonding.” As Matt put it, “No, that doesn’t sound like something you would enjoy, does it?” Click to read more …

I haven’t studied more economics than one high school class and one college intro class, so I was a bit at a loss when asked why I resented the idea that the SuperRich in America successfully lobby for large tax breaks and have steadily increasing incomes, all while holding control in Washington through lobbying and “generosity.” After all, aren’t they due what they work hard to earn? This inspired me to look more closely at economic policy from the Reagan years forward, and the effects we’ve seen. You can read a summary of my findings by clicking “More…”; I promise that there will be some non-political blog content soon for those who have grown restless. I went skydiving today - just waiting on some photos! Click to read more …

Matt and I are heading down to Providence to canvas for Obama on Saturday if anyone wants to join us.

Generally, I’m sort of against getting in unsuspecting people’s faces with my opinions, but I do think this is an awfully important election, and as I may have mentioned, I’m rather convinced that my guy can do some good. Rhode Island may not be the largest of states, but it’ll feel good to get some hands-on participation in the campaign. The polls in RI close before those in Texas and Ohio, so there’s some hope that an impact on RI can be magnified into impacts on the larger states.

If you’re interested in joining us for the day, you can sign up on the Obama website. Let us know if you’re up for it - we’ve still got room for some carpool if you need!