I seem to have several photos that I didn't share from the holidays, so I thought I'd do that here.

I'd never gotten around to sharing a picture of our Christmas tree, for one thing. So I've finally done it! (smile)


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There were tough times, no doubt. I might list them at some point, but I might just skip that. (Why dwell on the negative, after all?)

And good things? There were many for me, actually.The ad I designed for the festival appeared in a 13-month magazine here in the state of Oregon. (I can only imagine how pleased by high school art teacher, Gertrude ( Read more... )

Marilyn mistressmarilyn amazes me!

After we did some cleaning (late) last night, she was back at it again today! So while I napped and fixed dinner, she cleaned in her walk-in closet (dressing room) AND in the family room! Pretty impressive to me ( Read more... )

We got up this morning to check on our Virtual Villagers (I also refer to it as VV3 -- Virtual Villagers game site), and our Chief, Rachel, had died!

( Rachel is our first death among our villagers, and both Marilyn and I are really sad about it... )

Marilyn Got a New Bedding Set!
Marilyn mistressmarilyn got a new King bedding set today, that includes: One comforter, one fitted sheet, one flat sheet, two king pillowcases, two king pillow shams and one bedskirt.

Here's what it looks like:


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Good News!
◊ No, we didn't get our battery charged (/probably replaced) today, but we are in the queue to have our car serviced. (And considering what's been going on, that's clearly a big deal. They aren't even giving an ETA because of the back log. Interesting.) So that's a good thing!

◊ Sister Sue came and drove us to have Starbucks (Marilyn mistressmarilyn ( Read more... )

The Grotto's Christmas Festival of Lights
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GiveAwayOfTheDay for December 28, 2008: WinUtilities

A Review of the Application:

The Good ( Read more... )

(Yes, I do remember to do this now and then... I only wish I was better about it!)

Birthday greetings to Kyra rachelhotkiss! I hope you have a FANTASTIC day -- and a truly wonderful coming year!


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No, we didn't get out today. But -- THANKFULLY -- the weather moderated and the snow is scrubbed out now. So we CAN get out tomorrow. Isn't that LOVELY news???

Marilyn mistressmarilyn and I spent another quiet day at home, playing computer games, reading (I'm trying to finish the book "American Psycho" -- and it's NOT easy reading, I have to say), watching TV ( Read more... )