lady sporky rat: commander of the ms holding

The house has been either entirely too cold or very pleasant, and no middle ground. There's been a fire all day, and it has helped a lot. One of the big issues we have is concrete floors, and it's slick and keeps the cold really well. Perfect for summer. Awful, terrible, no good, and bad for winter.

But I do have house shoes that supposedly are arriving tomorrow? I'm fine if they show up Monday though. I don't really like how the USPS has to deliver packages on Sundays.

The upcoming months are already filling up. I'm going to be busy so many weekends!

Stupid little walk for stupid little brain chemicals in stupid heat.

It was either heat or humidity, so heat.

Today's contestant is by Solstice Scents, and it's Corvin's Smoked Apple. (I think, I'm writing this on the driveway.)

The notes are: "Applewood Smoke, Apple, Caramel, Benzoin, Guaiacwood", and right out of the spritzer it was smoked cinnamon caramel apple with a faint tang of pecan.

Not a lot of Apple, but very caramel. I liked the pecan touch. Pretty good. Stayed a while, it's a sweet smokey now.

Today's is Sucrebeille's Summer Plum. The notes are "A lush blend of juicy, ripe plums and plum blossom".

Out of the bottle? Holy flying cows, Batman, this is grape Kool-Aid. 100%. Ten minutes on my skin (ish) and it's a plum soap with a hint of body lotion, tiny bit of violet. Not real violets, fake violets. I know what real violets smell like, I rolled down that hill as a child.

Probably a trade as well, we'll see.

[Edit] There's the faintest hint of the wild plum tree when it's in blossom, but still overwhelmingly grape Kool-Aid. I like grape Kool-Aid, not this much. And not with the tinge of body lotion. What is that note??

The beauty of Peter Jurasik is that he can play Londo the buffoon and Londo the terror and Londo the extremely practical all in one episode. His ability to do it on a single scene, even, and make you feel sorry for him!

Puttering around the kitchen at the normal time I'd be heating up some lunch, loading the dishwasher, scraping non-chicken food waste into the trash, realizing I need to clean my TMJ-mouthguard...

A lot of tiny chores that get done and makes life a lot easier.

I planted micro green seeds yesterday, and need to spritz them today. Supposedly in seven to ten days they'll be ready to eat. I'm trying to find some sort of greenery that's easier to keep around. My two crunchy grandmothers used to do alfalfa sprouts but I got really burnt out on those as a kid. This salad mix has broccoli, bok Choi, kale, arugula, and something else, but it sounds good. There's a lot of mixes out there, and if this works and doesn't get gross halfway through growing, I might invest in a better set up.

is if you don't take them apart and clean them once a year or do, they're nasty nasty nasty.

I just spent two hours scrubbing the pieces of the dishwasher.

At least it's cleaner and the dishes will be cleaned and it's not going to be in my mind.

Still. Gross.

Tomorrow is our first in-person class of the semester. We were virtual last Wednesday due to ice and dangerous temps.

It's Seminar (which is A Lot of testing) and Law.

I hope my books are in.