There are no major updates to make about my life. Things are just flowing along. I'm enjoying my house. I've been living in it for about six months now and things are very cozy and comfortable. All my windows and doors are open as it is the first real "summer" day we've had this year. Boise has been wet and cold all spring. It was starting to ( Read more... )

Just to keep a record of things so I can remember timelines later. I have a horrible memory and often (usually) cannot remember when things happened ( Read more... )

My sister, Colleen, has been homeschooling Claudia, age 8. However, ever since Octavia was born two years ago, she has been pretty overwhelmed. Octavia takes A LOT of care. She has anoxic encephalopathy from her traumatic birth. She has constant seizures, severe cerebral palsy, and cortical blindness. She eats through a gastrostomy tube in her ( Read more... )

Last week, I got a library card. You'd think someone who reads as much as I do would already have a library card, especially since I practically lived at the library as a child and young adult. However, as I got older and had more discretionary income, I visited the library less and less and bought books more and more, until finally I just ( Read more... )

I went to see New Moon with my sisters on Friday. Overall, New Moon was a disappointment. I had high hopes for it because it was obviously getting a bigger budget and would presumably be better because of the extra money to play around with. This movie proves that big budget does not equal better movie ( Read more... )

This is the song my sister Colleen chose for my ring on her cellphone. She says this song is "me."

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My sisters and I went to see a double feature on Memorial Day: Terminator and Star Trek. Colleen had heard that Terminator received bad reviews so we weren't expecting much. As it happens, we liked it a lot. It was predictable but enjoyable. It helped that Colleen and Jennifer both have lingering though attenuated affection for Christian Bale ( Read more... )