I know some of the women who read my blog have already had children. After talking with Brian about the possibilities and problems associated with childbirth – I’m pretty sure I don’t want to give birth – for multiple reasons. The biggest is that I’m needlephobic, and while pregnancy and childbirth *can* happen [...]

I’ve started participating in PostCrossing a few weeks ago, and I got my first postcard today – from Spain. It’s a neat system, and in order to receive a postcard, you have to send them. US bound postcards are 27c and international postcards are 94c (both are increasing on May 10), so it’s [...]

After reading WTOP’s article that the Maryland PUC has prohibited gas and electric providers from shutting off services to customers until there’s a way for them to pay, I’m a little upset. If you can’t pay for a service, you don’t get it. I understand and partially support the restriction during the winter, [...]

The wine in our bathroom (it’s in a carboy) is almost ready to be stabilized. This involves mixing a few chemicals in with a drill mounted mixer so that the wine clears up and is ready to be bottled. The specific gravity must read the same on two days in a row in [...]

After an entire weekend heating the house with our new insert, I have a few observations on heating with wood. Let me start with saying that our insert is *not* big enough to heat the entire house, and that we’ve been keeping the furnace on 60F to take up any slack (as well as [...]