i was out of town over thanksgiving. i left three messages for my mom (two on Thursday and one on Friday) who happened not to be home at any of the times i tried leaving messages. she finally called back on Friday afternoon while they were getting ready to go to another gathering. we talked about what she was making, what she was bringing, the ( Read more... )

i found out a couple of years ago that my uncle was in the paper for having donated some ridiculous amount of blood over his lifetime. he apparently goes in every time he's up for donation. i go 2-3 times a year max. i can't go in the summer or fall because faire is too taxing to be without enough bloods for a weekend. i'd faint! (fiddle dee dee ( Read more... )

I am constantly amazed by my friends, at the depth and sincerity and spontenaiety they possess. I like to think Isurround myself with good people, but sometimes you are reminded how good ( Read more... )

thanks to everyone who for the past three months and beyond have offered advice, support, wisdom, commiseration and encouragement ( Read more... )

that's what i get for being stressed and obsessing so much that i have had too little sleep for three nights in a row ( Read more... )

my family has gone home as of today. we took mom and her husband to the airport on tuesday and buba and i had a couple days together, and she went back today ( Read more... )

i think Haggis Hurling is a great success. we played many rounds this weekend with a QUEUE of players who wanted to hurl the haggis. it was awesome!!! we hardly get to play at all before we hand off the haggis to the players who want to try their hand at it. current record holder is 35 points. she's about 7. :D ( Read more... )

tonight or tomorrow, we should have WALLS!!! well, officially waterproof walls ( Read more... )

so it alll worked out in the end ( Read more... )

i used to be a planner. not so much as my mom used to be, but i scheduled things pretty closely of what to do and when, and how much i wanted to get done. if there was schedule slippage? OH NOES. i would race like mad to get back on track and feel pressured when i started to realize i couldn't ( Read more... )