Jennifer's 365 Project

It's been awhile since we've been to Palmer Park, so Chris and I headed over there this afternoon since a large portion of the snow has melted. The park entrance was closed, so we drove around to another entrance and walked up next to the golf course. Oddly enough, there was still a decorated tree on the green of the golf course.

We noticed immediately when we got into the park that the boardwalk was missing. The sign was spray painted and the path the boardwalk wound through torn up. It was a little sad, since that is our favorite part of the whole park.
So we decided to wander around the other parts of Palmer Park. There's a road clear of any snow, so we walked that through part of the park. There's still a lot of snow on the ground in some parts, some areas deeper than others.
When we got closer to the main picnic and play area of Palmer Park we stumbled across what looks like a replacement boardwalk. The old one had charm, but was loose, uneven, and rotting in some areas. so I guess it wouldn't be that surprising if they replace the whole thing.

The spring and summer will be interesting as the boardwalk replacement is underway..if that is what those planks are.

It was an early night for me. I came home and just didn't really feel like doing much besides reading. So I settled in on the bed to do some reading. Chris came over and read some RSS articles on this tablet (which has a pretty amazing battery life too, 4 to 5 hours easy which is leaps and bounds over his other tablet).
Even Leki came by after a bit. He usually has to have his people within sight, so no surprise he'd migrate from the hallway to the bed after a bit.

I fell asleep pretty early on.

I've bounced around the different floors of the library over the winter on my lunch break, so I'm aware of the cafe on the 3rd floor (though I've never been in it). Today was the first time I've seen a small menu on one of the tables downstairs, complete with prices. I assume it's designed to lure in the students who migrate over from GRCC to study. Either way, they have shakes and malts!

Power was out at work for a few minutes in the morning, which meant eerie greenish emergency lights throughout the office. I actually don't mind the emergency lighting since there are enough windows around to light up the office.

It was a pretty quiet day today. Not too crazy, not to stressful. Lots of laying around by a certain cat when we got home later...

There wasn't a whole lot going on in the morning. Hung out, played some World of Warcraft, watched some of a movie. In the afternoon we did some running around looking to see if there are any viable work clothes reasonably priced.

When we got back from our foray to the mall and a few other stores, I set to do a little bit of baking. First up was a lasagna, which I accidentally purchased ricotta cheese instead of what I normally use - cottage cheese. Still, it came out decent out.
I also started a batch of chocolate chip cookies. As you can see, the cookies look like anything BUT chocolate chip cookies. That's what happens when you nuke the butter to melt it and dont pay attention..then add chocolate chips shortly after to the dough.

At least they're still tasty!

Its a day of chores this Saturday. Not so much for me, as Chris did most of the cleaning and laundry, but watching all the chores being done was exhausting. I spent a lot of time laying on the couch and reading on my Kindle. Even the cat was exhausted! So we napped together.

Leki isn't a huge fan of deviating from the schedule. The older he gets, the more finicky he gets with slight changes. So when I came home today and booted up my work laptop to check on some things, he wasn't happy. Why isn't dinner being made yet?!

He first attempted to gain attention via the "aw, how cute" factor by rubbing up against my laptop and purring. When that didn't work he switched to plan B - destruction.

Leki is very aware of objects around him and he fixates on little things a lot. Tonights victim? A lego knight that was perched up on top of a small cabinet on my desk.

Poor knight made it away with just a small hole in his saliva-drenched cape.

Well, it's been awhile apparently since we've played Champions Online. 22 days actually.

Chris and I ran around a bit in the game. It's visually interesting, though I prefer my MMOs to have a fantasy twist instead, so I had difficulty understanding what exactly the different sub-categories in a profession was. Exposures made no sense. Nor did Mutations. I just wanted to know where alchemy or bomb making was. That's what I get for playing mostly fantasy MMOs I guess.

Dinah isn't the friendliest of parakeets I know. Not the meanest, but certainly not anything like her cage-mate Alice was, who was more interested in interacting with people. Since living with Chris, Dinah's attitude has drastically changed. She is much friendlier (to Chris) and has now taken to demanding certain types of activities. Like being put in her "away cage" pictured above and carried around.

Her normal cage is a larger cockatiel cage, so Chris wanted to get her something smaller. Several months later Dinah has now learned how to demand to be put into the cage and taken to wherever Chris is by letting out ear-piercing (to me) screeches. Clever bird.

For the last several weeks my work has been buying everyone in the office lunch so everyone can avoid going out for lunch in the snowy, blustery weather. Now that March is here, today is the last day and it's a taco kind of Tuesday from the Beltline Bar. Yum!