Spike, Peanut & Me

At 29 you'd think I'd know better

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:52:00 +0000

woo hoo, I'm at 29 weeks! Almost 3/4 way through (or maybe already, depending on when BabyX decides to make her appearance). So far, I still say it's not as bad as I thought it would be. The childbirth class through our hospital IS as bad as I thought it would be, and maybe worse,...

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Wherever I lay down to sleep

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:21:00 +0000

Spike is awesome. In any given room of the house, he'll zero in on the comfiest place to nap. I think his first preference is in a sunbeam, because I've seen him lie on the hardwood floor just to get some sun. If that's not available, he'll find the softest, squishiest place to sleep - the...

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Dancin days are here again

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Another season of "So You Think You Can Dance" is upon us. And I am oddly compelled to watch it. Thank god for TiVo so I can fast forward through all the crying and Mary Murphy's heavily-botoxed screaming. But it's perfect guilty pleasure TV, and it turns out I'm not alone in watching it - lots...

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There is a season

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:10:00 +0000

Hey! I think it might actually be spring in Seattle. Or, god forbid, SUMMER?! We've had the a/c in the bedroom running for the past several days because it's 80 degrees plus in the house (and of course our bedroom *would* be on the top floor, with all that rising heat.) So my friends Carl and...

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Give it away, give it away, give it away now

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:46:00 +0000

I'm sure there's some more elegant way to cross-post between blogs, but I've written a new post in my 1000 Markets blog about my crafty charity project this weekend. In other news, my fabulous husband cleaned out our hot tub this weekend so I could soak in it. It's got a temperature control so...

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Faster than the speed of light

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:34:00 +0000

Wow, lots of things happening at the House of Peanut. So many that blogging has fallen by the wayside, not unexpectedly. I almost feel like I should be geeky and make a bulleted list :D Most excitingly, we just found out that BabyX is a GIRL! YAY! And though TJ won't let me dress up our dogs, I...

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Sleep my darling

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:04:00 +0000

So I guess in preparation for BabyX's arrival, my sleep schedule is already all out of joint. I can't get comfy, it takes me forever to *fall* asleep, and then in the morning I *DO NOT* want to get out of bed. Sigh. I can only imagine it's going to get worse from here, which is sad. Cuz I'm a...

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Don't forget me

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:49:00 +0000

Yesterday, while I was wandering around Kirkland on a gloriously sunny day, I happened upon a clothing consignment store. They didn't have any maternity clothes but they did have shiny baubles so I browsed. And happened upon this marvelous silk top for only $22! It's a plus-size top, unstructured,...

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Cry me a river

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:02:00 +0000

I want to grow my tiny business of handmade shiny things. Not that I have illusions of pulling in a six-figure income with it, or ever outsourcing production and becoming a household name (like the woman that started the Spanx company, for example). And speaking of which, how cool is it that Spanx...

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Can't return it cuz you bought it

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:41:00 +0000

For those who read my blog and don't have kids, and don't want any, I apologize for the recent baby-focused posts. It's sort of all-consuming and I need an outlet to vent. One of the more pleasant aspects of being pregnant is the cute baby stuff I get to shop for, and buy. Thanks to Rachel on my...

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World shut your mouth

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:31:00 +0000

One of the crazy pregnancy symptoms I had during the first trimester with BabyX was becoming *very* angry for either no reason, or very little reason. Now generally, I have a low tolerance for stupidity and/or incompetence, so the hormones just made it worse, I think. I spent a lot of time at...

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She's got her own thing

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:37:00 +0000

For some unexplained reason I am completely in love with Ne-Yo's song "Miss Independent", despite mostly hating R&B in general. But I'm a sucker for kickass woman songs. Today at work we did the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Inventory, as a team. Microsoft seems to be a fan of these...

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Oh-oh it's magic!

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:08:00 +0000

I have been pursuing the Art of the Pancake for many, many years. It's my favorite breakfast food, yet I've been unable to make really good ones at home, like I've had in restaurants. You know, nice and fluffy, not too dense, perfectly browned? Even with "just add water" pancake mix I haven't...

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I'm so happy that I can't stop crying

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Is it bad that I want to start every blog post with "Sorry I haven't written in a while?". Ok, no more guilt. I've been Facebooking, napping, making stuff out of metal, and did I mention napping? Oh, and I'm also growing a person. Meet BabyX: I'm still getting used to the idea of being...

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I Don't Wanna Work

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:56:00 +0000

I had to miss the last drum lesson in January because of our trip to Savannah to visit my parents. And that was a sad trip indeed. I started coming down with a cold the day before we left, and had the worst of it the entire time we were there. So mostly I slept and read books. One of the cool...

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Cuz I Never Told

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:39:00 +0000

I was going to write a rant-y post about my missing Amazon Fresh delivery and the subsequent troubles with their customer service "process", but now that they've *finally* delivered my groceries (13 hours late) and given me a full refund, I'm done being mad at them. It did take them longer than it...

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The last time I passed through satisfaction

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:32:00 +0000

Ooh, busy couple of weeks. My new favorite band, Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs, needed a new website, so I volunteered to build it for them. I figured if I was going to spend so much time online, at least I should be doing something useful, right? And I figured it would be a good opportunity...

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I have no gift to bring

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:59:00 +0000

I started drum lessons last week!! There's an awesome drum shop in Bellevue, Donn Bennett Drum Studio, that offers lessons. A friend and I are taking a four week group class for absolute beginners. The classroom is set up with 8 drum kits so we each get to pretend to be a rockstar for a short...

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All you need is love, love, love

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:31:00 +0000

OK, this is a totally cheater blog post, but since my 1000 Markets blog doesn't have an RSS feed yet, I'm posting here to let you know I have a new post there. I've been trying to keep my posts there somewhat relevant to my craftiness; otherwise, what would be the point of blogging here and...

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Someone like you loved me

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:53:00 +0000

This blog is not about deep philosophical topics or insightful social or political commentary. I am enthusiastic about the things I love. And I like to tell people about them, in case you haven't figured that out already :). I blogged about my visit to the recording studio where Star Anna is...

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You know goddamn well that you don't

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:22:00 +0000

Well, it's exciting times at the House of Peanut lately! Today we are snowed in, with actually a significant amount of snow. My geeky husband reports it at 8 inches on our deck. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on how you look at it), I can't get to my work email because of the other 30,000...

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Till I'm satisfied

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:07:00 +0000

Yes, I know. I've been ignoring this blog mercilessly, for its shiny new counterpart over at 1000 Markets. I'm featured on their Community page so I feel like I should make the most of it, and write new blog postings frequently so people don't have to stare at the same old posts all the time. I...

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I got the goldmine

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:40:00 +0000

So you know when you're in a relationship with someone and it's all new and shiny and you get kind of obsessed and forget about all the other stuff you're supposed to be doing? That's kind of how it is with me and 1000Markets. I'm featured on the Community page there, so I've been blogging there,...

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Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +0000

OK, I'll admit it. I'm a cheater. Etsy has been good to me for about a year now, and actually pretty awesome for the past couple of months in terms of traffic and my sales, but I have strayed. I saw a mention of a new handcrafted market site called 1000Markets, so I went to check it out earlier...

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It all boils down to the parts that we play

noreply@blogger.com (Anandi) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:03:00 +0000

Yikes, I haven't blogged in ages! But that was intentional, because I got cleared by the Project Management Institute to sit for their certification exam, and since I had taken a prep course for it a few weeks ago, I wanted to take the test as soon as possible. I ended up scheduling it the day I...

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