Meglet Rambles On

What started out last Saturday as a room full of boxes:

 
Is finally starting to look like a cozy place to live:

I still need to unpack my CD collection and add a few shelves here and there, then the living room will be all done. Then I just have to finish my bedroom and the library/guest [...]

One of the things I have to replace when I move is my giant ceramic lasagna pan. So of course I headed over to Amazon, and found the newest version of the 3qt CorningWare French White pan I use now (bonus: $10 cheaper than in my local store.) The pan arrived today, along with some [...]

It’s amazing what a difference a week can make. This time last week, I was sitting at my desk, looking at my 3 fish tanks, knowing that I’d have to sell 2 of them “soon” and getting ready to finish emptying one of them. I was thinking that I could call some apartment complexes I [...]

One down:

The 50 gallon tank is empty and ready to dismantle and sell on Craigslist.
One to Go:

The 46 gallon Cherry Barb tank is looking for a good home.
One to (hopefully) stay:

The 40 gallon stretch hexagon tank will hopefully be moving to the new apartment with me, as the place I want to move actually [...]

Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you are looking forward to 2010 as much as I am. 2009 was an interesting year, and the last part of it was quite stressful. The end of 2009 also meant the end of the job I’ve had for almost 10 years due to an acquisition [...]

The vote, here and elsewhere, was about 15 to 1 in favor of the Chocolate Kindle skin over the Turquoise Plaid skin. So, here’s my Kindle in all its Chocolate beauty, complete with custom screen saver:

I read with the cover folded back, and the Chocolate skin flows beautifully into the brown leather, and provides a [...]

So, my new Kindle 2 cover arrived yesterday, and it’s beautiful:

 
And today, the new skins (patterned adhesive material to cover the boring white plastic on the Kindle and make it look pretty) arrived. Problem is, I can’t decide which one I like better. Note: the inside of the case is brown leather.
Should I use the [...]

Others love shoes. Personally, I love accessory covers for my gadgets. I’ve lost count of how many different iPhone and iPod cases I have, and I’m on at least my second (possibly 3rd) protective shell for the laptop. I’ve been remarkably good about not getting a new cover for my Kindle every month, staying with [...]

I received this old classic in my email the other day. Being a PNWer (Pacific Northwester) these rang pretty true (although I don’t own a mountain bike or eat Chinese food.)

The PACIFIC NORTHWEST According To Jeff Foxworthy.
1. You know the state flower (Mildew)
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper [...]

After spending the last few weekends cleaning up some of the main living areas, the latest project was to finish the new upstairs linen closet, and get rid of all of the stuff I decided not to keep. The old “linen closet” was really a set of narrow cupboards at the end of the upstairs [...]