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When giant ears of buttered corn suddenly appear floating above your head, you know that summertime is here.

I’ve moved my thathobbitlady Live Journal to this new site!

I went to the gym AGAIN today, and then had another salad for lunch. Doing the good stuff! Russ and I have been watching Dark Shadows through our Netflix account for several months now, and we have at last gotten … Continue reading →

Today I went to the gym for the first time in a long time. I did not go to my *usual* gym, because that gym no longer exists since the tornado four weeks ago. But I went to the gym … Continue reading →

We have survived the tornado. Russ and I are okay, as well as everyone we know. The biggest losses I have to report are that one of my co-workers has lost her house (but saved her pets!) and Russ’ place … Continue reading →

First some background:  Russ and I are watching House.  We are on Season 3 right now, which is a very good season, and  Hugh Laurie is a very gifted actor.  So gifted, that he almost makes me forget how I first knew him:  … Continue reading →

Why doesn’t some company make a container of frosting that actually covers an entire cake? Every time I am frosting a cake, I find I’m always just a little bit short of frosting.  The sides of the cake don’t get … Continue reading →

It bothers me when I think about all the THINGS I have that I don’t use.  If you are alive long enough, you tend to accumulate a great deal of STUFF, some of it very useful…and some of it not so … Continue reading →

My mother-in-law, Marianne, got a very nice birthday present yesterday—a dog!  She’d been wanting one for a while, and now here is the newest member of the family:  Sugar. She’s a pretty little pup who’s seems to have made herself right … Continue reading →