odometers & randomness

i have a tendency to end my road trips with mileages in multiples of five. and not just long road trips ... but just general day-to-day tootling around town.


this was after going to the post office one day at lunch.


and this was two days later after driving home from work.

perhaps this is not an uncommon phenomenon. maybe i simply notice it more than other people. if it's not uncommon, is it really a phenomenon?

i got my niece's quilt pinned together tonight - finally. it's been stretched out on my living room floor for three days. and it pretty much took up the entire floor. i was using the side door because using the front door just meant i had to walk over the quilt. it's pinned now though. and i'm working on gussying myself up to do the quilting. i'm thinking if i keep the design simple & large enough ... i should be able to do it on my machine. right? yeah ... gonna need more gussying first. :)

i also got the vacuum cleaner to work tonight. it took me about an hour of unclogging the hoses & what not ... but it works. i have clean carpets. or, at least ... cleaner than they were. it's not a perfect vacuum ... but it was free.

it's been six weeks! i've heard people say that if you can do something routinely for six weeks, it becomes a habit. well, today marks six weeks without french fries for me. actually, it's six weeks without fried potatoes of any sort. i decided early on that hashbrowns weren't fair during the french fry embargo. two things i learned: A. after not eating fries for awhile, the fries at floyd's look like they're positively swimming in grease. 2. red robin will let you swap out your fries for steamed veggies. i did not ask if the steamed veggies were bottomless, like the fries. :)