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February 27, 2009
voting rights for DC
see, if the Senate passes a bill that allows congressional voting rights for the District, it will immediately be challenged on a Constitutional basis in the Supreme Court, and then everyone will know that there's a part of the continental US that is neither a state nor a commonwealth.
which means that when I tell people I was born in such a place, they will immediately know where I was borned*. so much for my awesome "where i was born" riddle.
on the up side, i'd be down with the District having voting rights. you know?
*cuteoverload speak, not a typo.
Posted by lisa at 12:51 PM
February 26, 2009
a surprisingly good fish outcome
Phil's blog entry prompted me - we have flounder in the freezer which i've been resisting eating - but tonight i agreed to give it a try.
google brought me to a tasty sounding cooking process - steaming the flounder fillets over a bed of greens mixed liberally with ginger, garlic and soy sauce. the flavors were supposed to infuse the fish.
the first night i really felt sick, we ate salmon, so i was quite nervous about eating fish. initially, my doctor suggested i may have developed an allergy to seafood (or nuts, or citrus, or dairy...)
the allergy idea seemed preposterous - as far as i know, the only things that give me histamine reactions are the usual, like poison ivy. but it has stuck in my mind.
the end result, however, was just fine. the fish was tasty, the greens were intense, and i had no perceptible reaction to eating any of it.
in fact, in general i have been feeling pretty good this week, although i still seem to need to eat small amounts of protein-rich food continuously throughout the day. which isn't so bad so long as no one steals my cheese out of the communal fridge. not that any of my cow-orkers would do such a thing. right? oh, no...
Posted by lisa at 11:31 PM
February 23, 2009
The work on the house
Posted by lisa at 06:38 PM
February 21, 2009
hey, where is lisa?
well the main thing is that i have been sick.
the reigning theory is that i have clinical hypoglycemia with a nice side of anxiety. but they don't know for sure. the anxiety they can give me drugs for. the hypoglycemia i'm trying to control with an atkins-like diet but i still get debilitating highs and lows. well, the lows are debilitating and the highs aren't that high.
i lost about 10% 5% of my body weight in two weeks, so i'm specifically trying not to lose any more weight right now. i have trouble eating very much at any one time, though, and of course atkins is designed for weight loss, amongst other things.
things have also been busy in general. we're in the final weeks before jason's house goes on the market. it's come a long way in the last few weeks, but the pressure is really on. there's a lot of painting, which normally i could rock out on, but i am really not at 100% right now.
if the house sells in the next few months, a lot of potential financial worries magically go away. so the better it looks, the better the chance of it selling.
so there you go. i'm going to doctor's offices, i'm going to work, i'm alternately eating and wanting to lay down (many times a day), i'm walking with the boy and the dog, and i'm traveling to virginia to work on the boy's house.
so that's where i am.
Posted by lisa at 09:22 PM
February 15, 2009
today was valentines day
today is valentines day
i feel more attached to the day than i have in the past
my theory is this is because we are now engaged
so anyway
today i visited the daisy cakes trailer, and bought a cupcake for my sweetie
and we had a nice breakfast
and watched BSG, which was much more gripping this week
we packed and we drove to virginia
we walked at my favorite place to walk, port warwick
then back at the house we measured things and wrote a list
we went to the big blue store and bought muratic acid, stair treads, and other useful things
then we walked to the blue cactus
but they were closing and didn't want to feed us
sadly
we went there the night we got engaged
so we went elsewhere
a place for steak
very busy tonight but it was a pleasant meal anyway
then came home
we're watching the x-files movie
and wondering
where in Virginia do they get that much ice and snow, really?
Posted by lisa at 12:04 AM
February 11, 2009
What did everyone wear today?
My new favorite daily surf: Wardrobe Remix
It's strangely soothing and fascinating to see people's outfits.
Posted by lisa at 11:19 PM
February 10, 2009
decrepit
i turned forty and my body immediately fell to pieces. i could blog about it (nothing is really serious, so it would just be complaining) but that would be boring.
but i don't have that much else to blog about. i guess as gran used to say i have been "kindly poorly". bleh.
Posted by lisa at 05:25 PM
February 01, 2009
Fluevog Lady Grey
le sigh.
i really, really love these. the second they showed up on the fluevog web site i was gasping over them.
they're on sale now, but like everyone else, i sort of feel like i should sit on whatever money i have instead of spending it on stuff i don't really need. and oh, there's that wedding to save up for.
i also know all too well that too high and tiny of a heel means i won't really wear them much.
but oh, man... i do like em.
Posted by lisa at 09:39 PM