I am still having a GREAT holiday!

We came to Jenn's, had Christmas, did gifts, everyone is happy (even my son who got almost nothing because we didn't know what he wanted, he didn't need anything, and he couldn't come up with anything to ask for).I have cooked and cooked and cooked and organized. We had a 20-pound turkey with stuffing (in the ( Read more... )

I don't think often about how the joining of people and lives is about love. Too often, for me, it's about anxiety and worrying and fretting and trying to Make Everyone Happy ( Read more... )

I'm having trouble with today. I HATE Easter and I'm actually angry about it. Productive, huh ( Read more... )

When my mom got here Dec. 24, my husband put up the (very nice!) fake tree we got for free several years ago. Mom brought out the OMG GORGEOUS tree skirt (see icon for not-impressive rendition) she had made and put in 80+ hours on ( see detail here). It is amazing. She and the kids decorated the tree with just a little help from me (I got to ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the baking of the pan things, of the breads, of the muffins ( Read more... )

Finished Saturday last:
-Banana breads
-pumpkin breads
-magic cookie bars
-fruitcake cookie dough
-dicing and subsequent freezing of over 25 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breast purchased for $1.68/lb

Finished Sunday last:
-chocolate chip cookie bars ( Read more... )

Just had Circle for Equinox with Elf. She helped me welcome the quarters and bid them farewell. A friend from RoS fandom sent me a knife that had been a gift to her for her to someday pass on to someone. I'm having Elf use it to cast Circle. She's decided that if this is witchy stuff, it's not so scary. She loved the candles and the fire and ( Read more... )

I just got a birthday present in the mail today from mtgat. It is Pat Humphries' CD Hands with the second recording of her "Swimming to the Other Side". Woo!

I heard this song for the first time not quite two years ago on May 22, 2002, when All Things Considered did a piece on it on NPR. I listened to the piece all the way home as I was amused by ( Read more... )