Snow day

I'm working from home today. It is awesome. I've gotten so much done--both work during work hours and some personal chores during lunch.

I do seem to have overdone my abs workout this morning. Abs are not particularly happy with me right now. (I was rather delighted, however, to be able to help Chuckro carry our new microwave home. Chuckro is a manly man full of manly strength, but only an idiot turns down an offer to switch off while carrying a heavy, expensive new appliance down an icy sidewalk. My arms have not been entirely happy with me for the last couple days, but I could do it, which I don't think I could have said last year. So yay for practical applications!)

I <3 my appliances

Oh wow. Oh guys. I love my new microwave and vacuum cleaner so much. My microwave heats up my hot chocolate in only 2/3 the time it took the old one. And it's actually hot, really hot. And the vacuum cleaner? Has different height settings. Like, I can use it on both the hardwood floor and the carpet and they both come out clean. I don't think the little Persian carpet has ever been so clean.

I cannot say how happy this makes me. I feel like the pathetically thrilled housewife in a bad 1950s commercial. Rest in peace, crappy old appliances. I don't miss you.