Our Knight in Furry Armor has ridden out on his last quest. He has protected us from ninjas (disguised as mice and squirrels). He has decorated all our plastic bags with artistic teeth holes. He has served as my fitness trainer, making sure I held my position -- be it plank or downward dog -- by walking underneath me. On Friday, while I did full ( Read more... )

KFP has now joined his Daddy's videogame streaming marathon, playing "Plants Versus Zombies" right now. They are trying to raise money to help the Animal Coalition of Delaware County, a no-kill shelter that helped us find our kitty 12 years ago ( Read more... )

Join my husband, Toanstation, in supporting the Animal Coalition of Delaware County's pet rescue efforts. Watch live gameplay, or even join him, and give to help ACDC find forever homes for animals on Feb. 3rd & 4th ( Read more... )

This is my entry for this week of LJ Idol, Season 9. Please check out the entries of my fellow competitors and consider joining the therealljidol community. This week's topic was "The Copernican principle."

( A little heart to heart. )

This is my entry for this week of LJ Idol, Season 9. Please check out the entries of my fellow competitors and consider joining the therealljidol community. This week's topic was "Build a Better Mousetrap."

( A letter found next to the food bowl. )

Check out what took me all day to do:

http://animoto.com/play/2GymMrrIeRvh05Yn5uuNZg

It's a "trailer" video for my story on America's Next Author, and it's fun!

This is my entry this week for therealljidol. I invite you to read and vote for the many fine entries. This week's topic is "twitterpate."

( Sprawled on a piece of scrap paper. )

Our Kung Fu Panda turns 9 months on Saturday, and we're making his environment safer as it becomes necessary. He discovered the stairs two weeks ago, and has climbed onto the landing and up one step as I shadowed him to "spot" him. He was so excited! However, it's important he doesn't attempt this without supervision, so we knew it was time for a ( Read more... )

This feels familiar: writing this one-handed with the laptop on a bed tray in the master bedroom while Kung Fu Panda nurses. We're here with our kitty Luke to keep him from escaping before his annual physical exam at the veterinary hospital. He's a little suspicious but so far calm ( Read more... )

I'm tracking my progress in certain areas (baby prep, career, fitness, house/organization, Otakon, Wild Violet) in order to help myself to work towards goals.

( What I accomplished the week of April 26. )