Another year older...

My birthday was this past weekend, and I have to admit, I considered running a "Guess How Old Rachel Just Turned contest." Any excuse to give away books, right? Fortunately, I came to my senses in time. I'm afraid the guesses might be too hard on my ego. ;-)

For my birthday, I got the most awesome one-cup coffee maker from #1! It's intended to cut back on both my coffee consumption and on waste. Also, it's just really cool. It's shiny and silver, and has more parts than the space shuttle, I sw...