December 14

Help!!!  I sloshed hot wax all over my favorite fleece.  Anyone have any ideas as to how to get it out??  I haven't googled it yet because I've been cramming for finals all morning.  I'm thinking hot oil maybe to dissolve it and then some sort of emulsifier to get the oil off????  Sigh.  Any suggestions are welcome.  It's pretty much already ruined anyway.

December 13

Ah, hey, look, my landlady finally had the kid come and shovel her sidewalks....4 days after the snow and after everyone has trampled it down into a three-inch pack of ice.  Awesome.  Please note my sarcasm.

December 12

Due to the recent blizzard, I was forced to pull out my warmest winter coat.  I found this pair of gloves in the pocket....they're a little lacking.

I found this video on another blog and thought I'd try sharing it.  We'll see if it works....my first attempt at embedding video.  The little pup is so cute, but I really, really want him to flip over!

And just in case anyone was worried....

December 10

Thought the blog needed some color.  This is my little collection of goodies that I see while sitting at my desk studying nearly every day.  Done with lecture for the year.....just a few tough exams next week and then I get a break!

December 9

Well, I can hardly believe it, but U of I cancelled all of their classes today.  There's something exciting about a snow day, a feeling that was probably engrained in me as a wee child growing up in the Midwest.

Some pretty snow-covered berries.

DH shoveling our sidewalk and stairs.

And me enjoying the weather.  It was a bit cold when I first sat down, as you can tell from the expression on my face.

My snow angel.

December 8

We blew a fuse in our house for the first time, literally.  No circuit breaker, just a bunch of fuses in multiple fuse boxes.  Good thing Wal-Mart had a bunch of extras ready for us to purchase or I wouldn't have been able to update my blog and cook my panini. 

December 7

First snow of December today!

December 6

Everytime I go into a Borders bookstore, I am unable to not pick up a bargain book about the human body.  I'm not sure at what point my ever-growing collection makes me a little creepy.  But, seriously, how cool are these pictures??  (Edit: to include microscope photos from inside book)

December 4

We went out with some friends to celebrate a birthday and had this delicious sushi tonight.  I highly recommend the Key Lime martini at Formosa. 

December 3

DH and I often watch the Food Network.  We recently saw on a show called "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" a clip about an Elvis panini.  So, of course, we had to try it for dinner. 

Step 1:  Sourdough bread and peanut butter.

Step 2:  Cheese (we used Munster)

Step 3:  Bacon and bananas

Step 4:  Parsley

Step 5:  Cook

Step 6:  Eat.

The first half of the sandwhich was pretty good....but I suppose anything with bacon is pretty tasty anyway.  By the time I got to the second half of the sandwich, it was all just a little too much.  It was fun to try, though.  Once.