This made me laugh. It’s nice to know there are jerks in the animal kingdom, too.

I’m going to try it this way tonight!

I liked this video a lot, even though Kamal Meattle isn’t the most engrossing speaker. I went and got some plants for our house, and am planning on getting enough mother in law’s tongue for all three of us for the bedroom. I got four bromilliads in there right now, because they also aspirate at night, but they need more light than they’re likely to get in my room.

I like this demo of how to use the envelope system. It’s a nice video, although be warned- the person who made it has a very pronounced accent. If you have hearing problems or are not a native English speaker it might be a little harder for you to follow.

I don’t know if this system would work for Hubs and me. When we go on a strict budget we both tend to sneak spend in resentment- which is stupid (we both know that) but does not stop us from doing it. However, it’s a GREAT system which has worked for lots of people, and we will probably give it the good old fashioned 30 day try one of these months!

Hubs loves it when I wear my hair like this. The day I made my sock rolls (I have three that vary from big to huge), I called him at work and asked him if it was OK if I ate all his socks.

He laughed at me and said yes. When he came home, he had no socks left.

Hubs takes it a weee bit more seriously now when I ask him if I can eat or destroy random things.

This morning I did my very first french braid on myself (that did not end in tears, so it’s the first one that counts, really) which turned out to actually be a dutch braid. I did it without a tutorial, but coincidence means that Torrin Page, the amazing hair tutorial guru on YouTube, did a dutch braid tutorial. Hers is better than mine, so I’m going to watch it and try again! Yay, recovering hair idiot!