As I recover from the Christmas cold that stole my voice away from me on Christmas morning, reducing me to fits of coughing that kept me home both from a New Year's Eve party and from a post-NYE party yesterday, I'm finally beginning to feel more clear-headed again. There's nothing quite like being sick to make you appreciate the normal ( Read more... )

I did sort of "meh" on my resolutions from last year, so I've basically got the same as before, with some modifications. Here's a look at how I did and what I'm hoping to do.

( Out with the old year, forward with the new. )

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 "coprolite." No, really.

( Excavating our rowhouse. )

I've watched several episodes of TLC's Hoarders: Buried Alive recently, and it's been enough to frighten me into getting my act together. In addition to making slow but steady progress on some of the piles of clutter in our house, I'm also clearing out old files from my hard drive ( Read more... )

As I write this, the little tornado is bopping around the office, either crawling or moving along upright by holding onto furniture. At 8 months (on Saturday), our Kung Fu Panda is just moving into 12-month clothing. We've got to get him new socks, because that's the one thing I can't seem to find used. He is all grabbing hands and curiosity, and ( Read more... )

I haven't been writing many blog entries this week, because I've been focused on formatting the Kindle version of my book, The Art of Life. This has taken quite a bit longer than I might have expected.

Thanks in part to a sink leak, however, I managed to achieve some progress on one of my resolutions.

( What I've been up to this week and why I won't be doing LJ Idol. )

As I try to do every year, I'm going to set some resolutions, some goals to achieve. First, though, I'd like to assess last year's goals.

( Assessing 2010 goals; setting 2011 goals. )

In what would probably be our last social opportunity before I give birth (my due date is early June), The Gryphon and I attended an Otakon social Saturday for staffers in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Sunday was reserved for the Scramble Square Puzzle Project, a.k.a. reorganizing to make room for the baby. Plus, we went out for my first ever Mother's Day ( 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. )