You know what's weird? I have found that living in a house without a dishwasher has made me much better about dishes. I do them more often, so I don't get as annoyed with putting them away (never mind loading a dishwasher; always dislike unloading it). Never would have guessed I wouldn't miss a dishwasher. I can see it being a pain in the neck if it were more than just myself I was washing up after.

Ooh. Dinner's ready. Homemade lasagne that I didn't have to make, woo!

My new dishwasher is old school (there's a lever! and a dial!), and it cleans old school too. I got used to leaving food on dishes, but with this dishwasher, in order to get it clean, I have to clean it almost as much as if I'm just washing it.

When geeks spawn.

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I know several people who love their progressives. I've never been able to adjust to them. They have a sweet spot--almost like a peephole where focus is optimal (u c wut I did there?), the rest of the lens doesn't have that razor focus. H almost wrecked his truck because his peripheral vision was so blurred he didn't see the car that ran the stopsign on his right.

That's exactly what I dislike about mine -- my peripheral vision is so blurred it's almost as bad as my uncorrected vision, and the field of vision that's actually useable is too small.

My new dishwasher is old school (there's a lever! and a dial!), and it cleans old school too. I got used to leaving food on dishes, but with this dishwasher, in order to get it clean, I have to clean it almost as much as if I'm just washing it.

That's my dishwasher too. Old school. I didn't know there were dishwashers that didn't have levers and dials... but it works, so I'm not shopping for a new one just yet. 2012 is the Year of Saving Money, for me. I haven't had a savings account since I spent all my money moving here in 2009. It makes me nervous, not having any cushion at all.

Oh, it works, but I just got used to the newfangled one with the buttons that you don't have to rinse the dishes.

Okay, so Nancy Grace is pretty odious, but man her rant right now is seductive. I don't watch her at all (hostage at parents house, previously stated), but her discussion of this recent murder case (the man confessed to murdering a child) is WILD. I am completely sucked into her theatrical rage. It is so over the top. I cannot get over it.

If this is how she is every day, I can see why she has viewers.

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I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I do not want to be sick for the third NYE running. I DO NOT WANT TO BE SICK FOR THE THIRD NYE RUNNING!!!!

This is badass

I agree.

So glad mac got cooperative. Guess the holiday season is over...

I've progressed from fighting the bug to shit, I have a bug. Turns out my dad does too. Probably from my SIL, who hit up the dr the first day I was there, she felt bronchitis hitting. Am hoping to avoid that fate (she's super prone to that. ) Need to replenish my mucinex and real sudafed supplies.