zjman and I had a great day. :) I had a hair appointment this noon in Dover at Acorn Organic Salon. I am happy to say it looks awesome. :) I got it cut to just below my shoulders with lots of layers. It feels great! My hair, when long, gets horridly tangled. The stylist told me that my hair is dry and the cuticle gets roughened and easily interlocks with the other roughened strands of hair, thereby creating a tangled mess. No one has ever explained to me before why my hair acts that way. But happily I now know and will be moisturizing hair product from now on. :)

Jay and I went across the street to Cafe on the Corner for lunch, then to the best used bookstore ever next door (Baldface Books). There, I found the Stephen King I've been looking for (From a Buick 8) and I also picked up The Songs of Milarepa for my Buddhist studies. We then went to Tuttle's Red Barn to see what goodies they had - we picked up black licorice, blackberries, green curry paste, and coconut milk. After that, we got the hankerin' for Calef's Country Store and some Boylan's Cane Cola. We drove up through Barrington into Rochester, stopped at K-mart for Jay to pick up some shirts then went into Maine, back into Somersworth, and then to Lucky's Supermarket, which must be experienced. It's an Asian supermarket with so much hard-to-find-in-the-usual-NH-grocery store imported stuff. We just picked up toilet paper, watermelon Gummis from Japan, and a half pound of Jasmine Tea (all for less than 8 bucks), but will keep in mind what we found when we plan our meals for next week. Then we went to Fiddlehard Farms for beer and dinner stuff and headed home.

What a lovely, delicious day! I love the taste of summer and I can't wait for more of it. We'll make dinner soon and i might take a pampering bath and read my current novel (Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee). Plans tomorrow include laundry, and likely more relaxing. Yay for weekends to ourselves!

Tags: daily
be: Somersworth, NH
feel: cheerful
hear: Rehab - Amy Winehouse

My science-fu is strong today. :)

That is all.

feel: nerdy

Oddly enough, I am feeling nostalgic about Rhode Island today. Odd.

And I can't wait til it warms up - I want to go hiking!!! And where can I rent a kayak or two around here???

Tags: nostalgia, rhode island
be: New Hampshah
feel: nostalgic
hear: Closest Thing to Heaven - TFF

Jason and I had an amazing Valentine's Day dinner at Weathervane. I had the Grilled Maple Salmon, which was just...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. They added a maple sugar apple drizzle on top of a delicious, tender not-too-fishy salmon steak. OMG, it was damn good. On top of that, I had an Irish coffee which was divine. Jason had a steak and said his was cooked perfectly. He always gets his medium-well. His drink, an iced coffee with Sambuca, was mixed perfectly. This is the third time I've been to Weathervane and the second time at the Dover location. The food has been excellent every time I've gone and the service has always been top-notch. :)

Tags: positive
be: 03878
feel: full

OMG zjman is the best cook ever! He tossed spinach ravioli with garlic, oil and Italian sausage and made his own garlic bread. It was the perfect meal - filling, tasty and full of all the food groups. :-D

I am super lucky. Our house smells fantastic, and it has since I came home from work.

feel: grateful

I finished a lot of details tonight on the mini herbal shop! I updated lindas_minis, but I wanted to share my Flickr photostream for those not following the other blog (*tsk*) and who may be interested. :-D

Here they are!

Tags: craft project, dollhouse, miniatures
be: Somersworth, New Hampshah
feel: creative
hear: Sowing the Seeds of Love - TFF

I've added my mini journal as a RSS Feed so you can friend it on LJ like a real journal, if you wish. :)

Here you go: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/lindas_minis

Happy New Year!

Tags: miniatures, new blog
feel: hopeful

Well, now that I've finished my parent's projects, I have had time to play with my dollhouse. Tonight, I painted the doors and windows, glued them in place, glued some bricks on the corners and added stucco.

Here are pics, of course (taken with my cell phone):





I am not sure if I am still going to thatch the roof. I might price some shingles from my favorite online shops just in case. I think the main roof would look good thatched, with shingles on the smaller roof. The small room off to the side is suppose to be a new "addition" the owner added to the shop for a small used bookstore and reading room. :) That's where the blue armchair I showed before will go, along with a bookshelf.

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And, on an unrelated note, it's zjman's 1-year anniversary of living in New Hampshire!!! :)

Tags: craft project, dollhouse
feel: geeky
hear: Indiana Jones

28 years ago today, one of the greatest icons of a generation was removed from this earth when John Lennon was assassinated in New York City. I turned 1 that day, completely oblivious of the tragic turn of events.

RIP Mr. Lennon. May your legacy live on.

Imagine peace.

Imagine - John Lennon

Here's a song I think John would have liked:

Sowing the Seeds of Love - TFF

feel: pensive

First one in the office today!

Oh right, that's because it's 8am and the day before Thanksgiving. Rawr.

Stuff to do:
1) Avoid falling asleep at desk (running on about 4 hours of crappy sleep...preceded by another night of bad sleep). I think my insomnia is rearing its ugly head again.
2) Drink coffee.
3) DO NOT SKIP LUNCH. Must keep fueled.
4) Enter data.
5) Remove mussels from oven and weigh samples.
6) Avoid falling asleep at scale while weighing.
7) Store mussel shells for later reference.
8) Enter the remaining data.
9) Look over lecture for Tuesday to revise and edit.

That should be it today.

zjman and I are leaving this afternoon for PA (sorry, peeps in 'Toona, I'll be in the Philly corner this time. I'll see you at Yuletide).

feel: too early