Chocolatey Soy Candle Goodness

I just made a Hershey’s-Chocolate-scented soy candle for Mark. Now the whole house smells kind of like chocolate. OMG it’s making me hungry.

In related news, I’m going to be adding a link on my sidebar shortly, so visitors can purchase an assorted five- six-pack of homemade tealights made by Yours Truly—mainly to test the PayPal shopping cart system so I can implement it for the LakeShoremen (once I’m given access to their PayPal account).

Hmm. Maybe I should order some more scents and dyes and stuff. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy making candles.

Making Myself Watch TV

You know, I don’t watch a lot of TV. At all. But I might have to start watching CSI if Wil Wheaton is going to be playing a homeless dude who talks to the voices in his head.

Holy crap. Wil’s finally got an acting gig again! For what it’s worth, from one teeny little fan of your books and characters… congrats.

Fitness Update

First, the word on weight. I’ve gained nine pounds back of the fifty I lost. Ungood. Aaron’s gained back 14 of his 60. We’re falling off the wagon, but at least we recognize the fact and want to do something about it before it gets out of hand.

Today, while I was at work, Aaron modded our Dance Dance Revolution dance mat and rearranged our basement to create a DDR Station. Now we can have our indoor cardio without me killing my knees on a sliding mat, and without jiggling knick-knacks throughout the entire house. Pretty sweet.

As soon as I’m done here, I’m going to go upstairs and unearth Aaron’s 20-minute ab workout VHS tape (courtesy of Goodwill or some other such thrift store) and go make my abs hurt. Yay, pain…?

Yesterday, I worked my legs (again), stopping only when my knees told me it was time. Truth be told, my legs were a little jiggly, anyway, but the knees were the deciding factor. I remember back in high school (before I had bad knees), working out in gym class on the Universal machine, on the section with the leg press whoziewhatsit. I loved that thing, and I could kick its ass, because my legs have always been relatively strong. (After all, I have to haul *me* around, and I’ve never been light.)

So, yeah. I’m off to go do an ab workout before I lose my nerve/will/desire to exercise tonight.

Edit: OK, I lied. It wasn’t a 20-minute workout; it was a five-minute workout. Various kinds of crunches, 100 reps total. I can tell it worked something quite a bit, though, so I’m not going to do any more abs tonight. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow.

Family Portrait, Christmas 2004

Diana, Aaron, and Mei || Minolta X370s
Mei was unimpressed with the annual Christmas portrait experience, and refused to sit still until the self-timer would fire. Afterward, of course, she was content to lounge by the presents.

Edit:
Diana, Aaron, and Mei || Minolta X370s
Here’s an alternate version, with some artsy color tricks. Nothing fancy, but it adds a little something different. Skin tones still aren’t quite right, but… *shrug* Artistic license? Sure…