We spent the first half of Thanksgiving weekend in Bellingham, which was very nice. I read 2.5 of the three books I brought, but my unread bookshelf does still not have a place to put books. Then I came home Saturday and sent Katrina to the apartment office pick up my box of three new books that came Wednesday afternoon. Rachel: 0, unread books: 1.
Every time I go to the Starbucks in Bellingham, I am horrified and amused at how long they take to do anything there. I stopped there on my way home yesterday morning, and there was a huge crowd in there. They had four people working, but it still took a million years. I was trying to figure out what they were doing to be so slow, because it *looked* like they were hustling. I waited a long time to place my order, and then a long time after that to actually get my coffee.
I watched the guy steam my milk, labelled clearly 'whole milk', even though I always get nonfat. Then he watched me watching him pour it into my cup, then he boldly called out 'nonfat extra hot mocha'. I took it, and it wasn't even extra hot. It was barely warm. I thought about demanding it to be made hotter, but decided it really wasn't worth the hassle, and drank it fast, before it turned downright cold.
Today, the girls and I went to the Starbucks in Redmond. The line was pretty long, and we waited for a little bit. They had two people working there, and in spite of that, I got my coffee almost right after I ordered it. And it was even hot enough to burn my tongue a little bit on the first drink. Not quite hot enough for me, but not bad.
In a reckless act of home improvement tonight, I moved my tv shelf over about a foot and a half, an endeavor which required me to take the tv off of the stand, which required me to unscrew the cable, which required me to try about every single tool in my tool box, until finally I was able to get it off.
The girls hooked up the tv in the living room to the cable, because I told them I wasn't recording the Simpsons on tivo, but something else instead. They watched it all with a very fuzzy screen, because they didn't have it set up correctly all the way through. I fixed it right after it was over, and they were appropriately impressed. Am not going to tell them that Tivo actually recorded the Simpsons after all.
Katrina and I made an online advent calendar today. She seemed a little bit interested, but got bored when I was copying and pasting a bunch of stuff. We were pleased with the finished product, though. Abby worked on her pillow for school today. She did a great job cutting everything out and sewing it together, using the sewing machine. She still has some work to do, but it looks like it's going to be stunning when it's complete.
Posted by Rachel at November 30, 2003 09:57 PM