First, very importantly, please pop over to LJ Idol's Second Chance poll to read and vote. It closes tonight at 8 p.m., and half of us are being permanently eliminated!

https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1033408.htmlYou can use Open ID to sign in and vote with your LiveJournal. As it stands, I am in the bottom half by one vote ( Read more... )

Right now, I am drinking tonic water and orange juice, because my Dad, an osteopath, assures me it's good for Restless Leg Syndrome. Not because of the orange juice but because of the tonic water, which contains quinine, a remedy for RLS. Technically, I'm not even sure that's what I'm suffering from, but I do know that the back of my leg -- what's ( Read more... )

A brief personal update: We sold my Mom's house at auction for less than the assessed value but about twice as much as we expected. The closing should come in a few weeks, and our estate lawyer is working on the estate taxes now. We hope to have everything settled sometime this summer ( 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 "Disinformation."

( One day we'll look back and laugh. )

In just a few days my toddler son and I will be making a trip to a wedding where he will be the ring bearer. There's so much to consider, so much to plan for.

( I'm paying money for this? )

As part of National Poetry Writing Month, I will be writing 30 poems in 30 days. I will try to write one each day, but if I miss a day or two, I will catch up on later days. Sometimes I will be following prompts; while other days will come from my own ideas.

I was sidelined much of the day today by a headache, but I did manage a haiku.

( I'm a trooper. )

I am currently sitting in a coffeeshop, working on my wireless computer (when did it become passe to call a place an Internet cafe?). KFP is asleep in his stroller next to me. I am on borrowed time, working on Wild Violet. How did I get here?

( A bullet list, because there is no time for paragraphs. )

Dear Oxygen Network ( Read more... )

My little Kung Fu Panda is convalescing from a cold he picked up last weekend. Right now, he's wearing his dog pajamas, coughing and refusing to eat anything but graham crackers. The doctor says that he's fine and that, except for a little bit of a sore throat, it's a typical cold. It's been a difficult week, and hopefully, he will recover soon ( Read more... )

My little Kung Fu Panda continues to amuse himself almost four hours into waiting for the car, Moondancer's, alternator to be replaced. Happily, he seems endlessly amused by pushing his own stroller or running in circles round the waiting room. I am blessed.

( Photo of KFP waiting )