So in the wee hours of the morning, because I wasn't sleeping anyway [since I fell asleep by 8:30, then woke up about four hours later], I decided to use a $15 credit I had with Amazon [for sending that computer back] to replace my old jeans, and ordered a pair. Turns out that jeans were patented by Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss on this day, May 20, in 1873. Thank you to my alarm application on my phone for alerting me to this historical fact early this morning, in its nice British accent.
So now I'm up and awake despite being up in the middle of the night, and I have already taken a friend to work. Think I'll get ready and go over to the Bluegrass Farmers' Market this morning (at Liquor Barn's parking lot in Hamburg) to see what they might have.
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Showing posts with label Jeans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeans. Show all posts
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Just getting home and it's after midnight
I went over to YKWIA's to figure some stuff up for the game and he fed me some wonderful tomato, fennel, and zucchini soup, stuffed tomatoes, and potato salad. I even got the tiniest sliver of homemade Derby pie. :) I have had lots of veggies today; lunch was acorn squash, broccoli, vegetarian bean soup, a roll, and salad. Breakfast, in case you were wondering, is my 'new normal' of two hard-boiled eggs, a small biscuit, and some apple butter, which is probably not the best, but much better than the 'old normal' of a package of Pop-Tarts.
It's been the week that doesn't seem to end. Maybe that's because last week was a short one. At least tomorrow I get to wear jeans to work; it's employee appreciation day. We're going to have a free lunch (with prizes and a small gift).
That's all I think I'll write about right now. I'm very sleepy and my bed is calling me. I don't want to be a zombie tomorrow!
It's been the week that doesn't seem to end. Maybe that's because last week was a short one. At least tomorrow I get to wear jeans to work; it's employee appreciation day. We're going to have a free lunch (with prizes and a small gift).
That's all I think I'll write about right now. I'm very sleepy and my bed is calling me. I don't want to be a zombie tomorrow!
Friday, March 18, 2011
I'm up in the middle of the night
Having fallen asleep around 11 pm. I came back out to feed the fish, turn of the aquarium light, and take my insulin, so I checked the news while I was up. I thought I'd write a little disjointed post on random things.
One, I searched my headboard pretty thoroughly tonight for spiders. I've been been bitten twice in a week. It's definitely a spider bite, not bedbugs, thank the Gods, but each time it's been my left arm, and I'm thinking its where I put my left arm under the pillow and up against the headboard. Now, I'm not sure what I would have done should I have found said spider, as I have a religious proscription against killing them. Probably I'd have coddled it outside where an arachnophobic friend insists they just come back in, anyway. But I didn't see anything.
Today I received the first of two books to review, one for the Journal of Hospital Librarianship, the other for the Journal of the Medical Library Association. I've done three for the former so far, one of which is still in production but soon to be published, the other two already having been done so. I really enjoy doing book reviews. Both of these are on social media. The one I received today is very short, so I think I can send it in within a week or two, well ahead of the deadline. Book reviews are so much more wieldy than the project I took on last year that I feel utterly a failure about, although the book is out. Also, it's almost time to do my selections and grading for Doody's. So I've got a lot of little personal projects going on.
Tomorrow I have a project at work I need to finish up. We're also starting a weekly jeans day, which is nice. Originally they were going to let us wear jeans Friday to celebrate if the University of Kentucky won against Princeton in the NCAA basketball tournament (it did), but then decided that instead of a monthly jeans day plus special events, we'd have a weekly jeans day, something I've been wanting for a long time. Hey, it's the little things.
I'm not a sports fan, but people's brackets got thrown into utter disarray today with Morehead State's win over the University of Louisville. :) You've got to like it when the little guys get ahead, especially when the big guys have Pitino for a coach. I never liked him, even when he was UK's coach.
I've steadily been working on the house, not majorly, but a little each day. I meant to work on game notes tonight, but that didn't happen. Tomorrow I'm going over to a friend's house, meaning I'll probably be trapped there without a cab if my bad luck with taxis holds, and I'll be doing the notes on Saturday like usual. I'll send in my IRS paperwork tomorrow and do laundry on Saturday, so that will take care of my list from the other day.
I've kind of gotten off track in managing my diabetes. It hasn't been bad, but I sometimes eat at odd times so my blood sugar seems higher when I test because I've had a snack mid-way or so. I don't always remember to take the second dose of insulin because I may eat something very small while I'm still at work to get me through the second half of my day and then eat a main meal at home. I don't know. I just need to pay more attention to the timing. I was testing every single time I was supposed to, now I forget at night a lot. I definitely am not to a point where I should eat snacks between meals or at night--it just raises my blood sugar, really. What I've learned is best is just eat when I'm really, sincerely hungry, and try to space my meals out through the day. But I haven't been eating breakfast since I've been getting up so late and generally eat lunch by 11:30 am. I don't know, I just need to figure out the timing better, and record what I've been testing as. I have an appointment in April and I want to be able to take in some decent readings.
Okay, time to take my insulin and go to bed. I discovered that if you inject too high on the abdomen you get a pretty nasty bruise, which makes sense, since there is muscle there. It's probably the only place on my abdomen with any to speak of.
I also discovered that companies will bend over backwards to make sure you're happy if you make simple enquiries. Where I've been having the rash from injections, I contacted both SanofiAventis (the maker of Apidra and Lantus) and BD (the maker of the pen tips) to see if any of the products had latex in them. They don't. But SanofiAventis was very diligent in following up and made sure I filed an adverse reactions report, and BD sent me a package via UPS the other day of a mail-in sharps container and a coupon worth about $40 for free pen tips since I'd made an enquiry. I've been impressed with both companies.
Okay, I'm yawning. Have a good day tomorrow. We're finally starting to feel like spring, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. I hope it lasts. Good night.
One, I searched my headboard pretty thoroughly tonight for spiders. I've been been bitten twice in a week. It's definitely a spider bite, not bedbugs, thank the Gods, but each time it's been my left arm, and I'm thinking its where I put my left arm under the pillow and up against the headboard. Now, I'm not sure what I would have done should I have found said spider, as I have a religious proscription against killing them. Probably I'd have coddled it outside where an arachnophobic friend insists they just come back in, anyway. But I didn't see anything.
Today I received the first of two books to review, one for the Journal of Hospital Librarianship, the other for the Journal of the Medical Library Association. I've done three for the former so far, one of which is still in production but soon to be published, the other two already having been done so. I really enjoy doing book reviews. Both of these are on social media. The one I received today is very short, so I think I can send it in within a week or two, well ahead of the deadline. Book reviews are so much more wieldy than the project I took on last year that I feel utterly a failure about, although the book is out. Also, it's almost time to do my selections and grading for Doody's. So I've got a lot of little personal projects going on.
Tomorrow I have a project at work I need to finish up. We're also starting a weekly jeans day, which is nice. Originally they were going to let us wear jeans Friday to celebrate if the University of Kentucky won against Princeton in the NCAA basketball tournament (it did), but then decided that instead of a monthly jeans day plus special events, we'd have a weekly jeans day, something I've been wanting for a long time. Hey, it's the little things.
I'm not a sports fan, but people's brackets got thrown into utter disarray today with Morehead State's win over the University of Louisville. :) You've got to like it when the little guys get ahead, especially when the big guys have Pitino for a coach. I never liked him, even when he was UK's coach.
I've steadily been working on the house, not majorly, but a little each day. I meant to work on game notes tonight, but that didn't happen. Tomorrow I'm going over to a friend's house, meaning I'll probably be trapped there without a cab if my bad luck with taxis holds, and I'll be doing the notes on Saturday like usual. I'll send in my IRS paperwork tomorrow and do laundry on Saturday, so that will take care of my list from the other day.
I've kind of gotten off track in managing my diabetes. It hasn't been bad, but I sometimes eat at odd times so my blood sugar seems higher when I test because I've had a snack mid-way or so. I don't always remember to take the second dose of insulin because I may eat something very small while I'm still at work to get me through the second half of my day and then eat a main meal at home. I don't know. I just need to pay more attention to the timing. I was testing every single time I was supposed to, now I forget at night a lot. I definitely am not to a point where I should eat snacks between meals or at night--it just raises my blood sugar, really. What I've learned is best is just eat when I'm really, sincerely hungry, and try to space my meals out through the day. But I haven't been eating breakfast since I've been getting up so late and generally eat lunch by 11:30 am. I don't know, I just need to figure out the timing better, and record what I've been testing as. I have an appointment in April and I want to be able to take in some decent readings.
Okay, time to take my insulin and go to bed. I discovered that if you inject too high on the abdomen you get a pretty nasty bruise, which makes sense, since there is muscle there. It's probably the only place on my abdomen with any to speak of.
I also discovered that companies will bend over backwards to make sure you're happy if you make simple enquiries. Where I've been having the rash from injections, I contacted both SanofiAventis (the maker of Apidra and Lantus) and BD (the maker of the pen tips) to see if any of the products had latex in them. They don't. But SanofiAventis was very diligent in following up and made sure I filed an adverse reactions report, and BD sent me a package via UPS the other day of a mail-in sharps container and a coupon worth about $40 for free pen tips since I'd made an enquiry. I've been impressed with both companies.
Okay, I'm yawning. Have a good day tomorrow. We're finally starting to feel like spring, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. I hope it lasts. Good night.
Monday, January 24, 2011
1/2 inch of snow on the ground at most and Fayette County Schools are out
Jeans!
I guess it's because in the afternoon it's supposed to go to freezing rain, then back to snow. We're also supposed to have two more days of snow after that. Anyway, I'm wearing jeans to work this morning. Yay!
I guess it's because in the afternoon it's supposed to go to freezing rain, then back to snow. We're also supposed to have two more days of snow after that. Anyway, I'm wearing jeans to work this morning. Yay!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Yay! Jeans Day!
Fayette County schools are out tomorrow due to the snow we got this afternoon and evening. That means we can wear jeans to work. :) Hey, it's the little things that make life fun.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
I know it's a tiny thing
and I don't understand the glee it produces...
but they made a rule at work that if Fayette County schools are closed due to inclement weather, we get to wear jeans.
Guess who's doing so this morning? I may not have kids, but I have reason to check those reports now. :)
but they made a rule at work that if Fayette County schools are closed due to inclement weather, we get to wear jeans.
Guess who's doing so this morning? I may not have kids, but I have reason to check those reports now. :)
Friday, February 06, 2009
Jeans mortus est
Today is jeans day at work (first Friday of the month) and I was all set to wear mine when I noticed that the small rip in the crotch had turned into a wide tear going three-quarters around the pants leg on the back end. Now, I never went for the torn jeans look even in the 80s, so this is not acceptable. Unfortunately this is the only pair I have. So, next time I go clothes shopping (which is about twice a year with my funds), that'll definitely be on the list.
Those jeans have been troopers for several years, although they're elasticised all around, so I don't know if they're jeans proper. My old ones that still fit have paint all over them. I'd like to find some in that style, sans paint.
Anyway, it's time to go to work. I woke up at 8 am, fed the fish, watched them and it so relaxed me I went back to bed for supposedly ten minutes and that turned into an hour. But I feel rested. Hope you have a great day. It's warming up here, so things are looking up.
Those jeans have been troopers for several years, although they're elasticised all around, so I don't know if they're jeans proper. My old ones that still fit have paint all over them. I'd like to find some in that style, sans paint.
Anyway, it's time to go to work. I woke up at 8 am, fed the fish, watched them and it so relaxed me I went back to bed for supposedly ten minutes and that turned into an hour. But I feel rested. Hope you have a great day. It's warming up here, so things are looking up.
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