Ah, the Internets....

So I was filling out a poll about blogging, and one of the questions asked how long I'd been blogging. So I looked. It's been like, three and a half years! That's crazy!

Happy belated three-and-a-half-year anniversary, rorqual-readers! I should have like, a little contest, and a prize, but I can't think of anything. Still - yay!

Summer of the Blue Dress

Some things that are making life very good right now:

1) Dresses are apparently back in. I bought three a couple of weeks ago, in varying blue patterns and degrees of work-appropriateness. Also, cute sandals with tie-up ankle straps. I love me some dresses!

2) Two things I love about my house: when I lie in my bed and look through the windows, I can see nothing but leafy tree branches, the brickwork of the house next door, and the sky. If I tip my head and look through the bedroom door, through the bathroom, I can see the staircase, which for some reason I just love to look at. If it's daytime, I can see the sunlight coming down through the skylight; if it's night, I can see the glow of the string of lights I hung on the first floor bannister. It's just lovely.

3) I managed to force the ants in my kitchen into submission. Victory!

4) I bought lovely bath treats during my trip to Canardia. They are in French, too, which makes them extra-treatlike. I'm smelling pretty darn tasty nowadays.

5) This is the one spring week in Baltimore when, though the days are getting hotter, the nights are still nice. I pulled the weatherizing silicon from around the window frames and opened windows all over the house, and it's nice and cool in the evenings. I look forward to this week in the fall as well; here on out, though, it's going to be sticky.

6) Tomorrow is Friday. Yes!