http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ en-us lissa@stuffandjunk.com 2010-03-06T19:09:57-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/03/ The tile is gone. Sent back, banished to the tile warehouse from whence it came. Au revoir, mosaic tile stupide. You proved nothing, you gave no pleasure, you you you... disappointed me. You sat so perfectly in your box, perfect,... 1249@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-03-06T19:09:57-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/02/ Watch hockey or curling? I'm not sure what's happened, if earth has ripped us a new axis or what but lots of people are coming out of the wood work and proudly declaring their love of curling. What? Hockey I... 1248@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-02-28T09:22:56-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/02/ (love that phrase!) Had a chance to see the nephew do his eel impersonation at the U of T swimming pool. All the Canadian Universities compete in a bunch of different heats and the coolest part is you'll probably see... 1247@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-02-21T08:47:36-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/02/ Talk about an exercise in aversion. Even typing Fifty just feels wrong. But it's there, it's square ... root is... math ... and right or wrong I've hit it and it was unresponsive, frigid, even. Except, that's a lie! Fifty... 1246@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-02-17T08:05:08-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/02/ ... between boy and brat is very thin. Sure, you can have that heart to heart talk, explain things with proper terms and watch him concentrate on your words, nodding as he absorbs each new point, processing the information. You... 1245@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-02-14T19:58:16-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/02/ I want you so ba-a-a-ad, babe! I want yououououou..." The house vibrates, shakes, rattles, the voice strives to reproduce John's resonant perfection. But the 13 year olds vocal chords just can't reach down low enough- give it a couple of... 1244@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-02-07T13:53:45-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ I grew up hearing the statement, "I had to laugh..." The dot dot dot is important. I grew up with lots of dot dot dots, too. My mother likes to tell stories of her experiences. Her father was a story... 1243@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-29T05:34:24-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ and fell off the turnip truck, I believed her. Today I am wiser. The 21 year old wasn't in her bed at 5:30AM. I didn't panic, I turned on my cell phone and sure enough there was a text message... 1242@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-22T17:19:33-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ We've seen the visuals and read the headlines. To some they are just stories, something to discuss like the weather, to others its a wake up call to help. Some donate money and others immediately go into crisis mode and... 1241@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-17T14:25:03-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ I cooked in January. I made dinner. Two sentences never before uttered from these fingers in 2010. Sure it was just ham, scalloped potatoes and salad but there was a tinge o' nostalgia wafting through the air. "I remember these... 1240@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-14T19:53:16-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ Was completed to this stage two years ago... Here's another angle... Now I have many boxes of this... Delicious! I'll let you know when it's complete -check back in about 2 years.... 1239@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-10T17:41:52-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ Not pitch black outside! Still a sliver of sunset in the west. It looked like the same sliver of sun that greeted me from the east in the morning. I awakened early because the pre-set thermostat hadn't kicked in and... 1236@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-09T17:24:51-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ What a day. We got a huge donation of deli delights for the food bank today, but it came at the expense of a deli owner who just went bankrupt. I went to a funeral today. The dad of a... 1235@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-07T17:57:25-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ I have to make a recommendation on a couple of films. You can take knitting needles to your eyes (thanks, Lisa) OR you can see NINE. It's gorgeous. All of it. Women, costumes, dancing, sets, most of the singing -it's... 1234@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-03T08:36:03-05:00 http://www.stuffandjunk.com/archives/2010/01/ It's never fun to look back at the bad but we can learn from it. Steal this (with your own answers, please). 1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Took over the tradition of making... 1233@http://www.stuffandjunk.com/ 2010-01-01T11:44:24-05:00