NB: I am going dark shortly after this. Though I am not using the userpictures or made posts about it, I feel strongly enough about censorship to at least pay lip service to tomorrow's Content Strike.

ed using In response to a recent ask/tell poll, the lovely ladytairngire asks:

A) Do you subscribe to the idea that illness and injuries are more than just ( Read more... )

So daughter Ariann had her birthday party today. She's 7 on the 10th, or Tuesday. We had a highly successful pirate-themed party -- her first crush is on Johnny Depp, as Captain Jack Sparrow, in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. And I remember when it was just a ride at Disneyland ... anyway, if you see gray hairs on my head in the near ( Read more... )

Ariann just laughed hard ... in her sleep.

She does this more often than she whimpers or whines ... which tells me that her life is going well, that she wants for little, and that we are doing the right thing.

It makes me feel wonderful.

And it allows me to forget, if just for a moment, about money, bills, and so on.

My daughter Ariann had her first day of school today. She loved it! There were so many kids to play with, and things to do ... it's wonderful for Gina and I to have a little time to ourselves, too, without really paying for it, per se. We took advantage of it today: Going to a kolache shop that turned out to be rather mediocre (and overpriced ( Read more... )