Procrastination Central Vox 2007-08-21T13:32:54Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c225279d8e604a/2007/07/ A welcome distraction from life's responsibilities Tasty HERBS!!! tag:vox.com,2007-07-31:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898f5980004 2007-07-31T02:30:01Z 2007-08-21T13:32:54Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Look at my BASIL! Basil, Dill, Oregano

For a few weeks now I have been meaning to share my "green thumb" story. Turns out I have one!!! For the past few weeks we have been using home grown basil, dill, and parsley when we cook.... salads, ministrone, herb-crusted salmon -- It's so r...

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]]> Life is Exhausting!!! tag:vox.com,2007-07-31:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898f5200004 2007-07-31T02:23:05Z 2007-08-21T13:33:39Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Tonight, I got home from a busy day of work at 6pm; caught up with email, played on the computer (uploaded photos - finally!), and futzted around the house until dinner. After about an hour of TV with Adam, we "hit the books" for about an hour (...

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]]> Happy Birthday To Me! tag:vox.com,2007-07-30:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898ac720005 2007-07-30T02:18:33Z 2007-08-21T13:34:05Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Had a thoroughly enjoyable birthday weekend. Two nights of drinking and a fabulous afternoon/evening at my mom's..... been so busy, barely have had time to Vox -- still having that problem with the webpage at work... such a bummer... I'm workin...

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]]> A Painful Start to My "EXAM" Journey tag:vox.com,2007-07-26:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00e3989764650004 2007-07-26T02:31:53Z 2007-07-30T23:03:24Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Last night was my first "exam" class - figure I would stay out of trouble by not referring to it by name. Using one word to summarize: Painful. The topic was Ethics - extremely straightforward and relatively short in comparison to some of the m...

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]]> I just can't stomach it.... tag:vox.com,2007-07-24:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00cd974359d24cd5 2007-07-24T00:07:03Z 2007-07-26T02:15:13Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Today, I read an article in the NY Times about the CNN/YouTube debate and decided it would be something worth watching. Adam was surprised in my interest, since I can only stomach about 10 min of Meet the Press, and excited that we would watch t...

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]]> I love my lil' sis... tag:vox.com,2007-07-23:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00d414516d873c7f 2007-07-23T23:58:38Z 2007-08-21T13:34:43Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom My sister Nicole moved to Colorado in early June. This weekend we got a letter/bday card for Adam from her... in it, she gave us her Top 5 Things she misses about NJ. It has been cracking us up for days. Here's her Top 5: 1) Pork Roll (aka Tay...

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]]> I've been unfortunately MIA tag:vox.com,2007-07-23:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00d4144a951a685e 2007-07-23T02:21:18Z 2007-08-21T13:35:31Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Not being able to post from work has really slowed down my ability to share... I have lots of fun/random/quirky stories to share from the last week and a half, but haven't had the energy when't I've come home from work. Last week I was in NYC fr...

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]]> QotD: Best Practical Joke tag:vox.com,2007-07-13:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00d4144de5573c7f 2007-07-13T13:01:14Z 2007-08-01T16:28:09Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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What's the best practical joke you've pulled or had pulled on you? Submitted by Mike Schwartz. In high school, we had two friends in our close-knit group that were a year younger than us. The year they graduated from high school (so I was done...

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]]> Book Club Bummer tag:vox.com,2007-07-13:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00d4144b7d716a47 2007-07-13T12:55:07Z 2007-08-21T13:36:16Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I had been looking forward to this book club meeting for weeks now. I thought the book was intense and was looking forward to discussing a variety of topics with others.... well, there were 7 or 8 of us, and about half of the group had read the ...

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]]> A long way to fall... tag:vox.com,2007-07-11:asset-6a00c225279d8e604a00d414467a85685e 2007-07-11T00:54:49Z 2007-07-11T00:56:35Z Heike http://heike.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We offered to cat sit for one of my work friends... he and his wife were over for fondue last week and mentioned that they were taking a vacation soon. That night I shared the story of another cat we took care of - Basil. We had a scare within ...

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