The blog is on sick leave today.

I’m feeling much better after a mild cold, but I’ve got stuff to catch up on. Every time I tried to read or think, it just didn’t work, so I spent the afternoon watching old Twilight Zone and Doctor Who episodes.

Mirrored from Elizabeth Shack.

We have returned to the dark, gray-and-white winter from warmer, sunnier Houston. The midwest is welcoming us home by snowing.

Relatives seen: 12. Much thanks to the San Antonio folks for making the trip!

Lemons brought back: 5. Plus an eggplant.

Lemons still growing in my parents’ back yard: Dozens. Also, several huge, juicy oranges.

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I’ve been stubbornly insisting that I’m doing Nanowrimo, despite my paltry word count so far and my job still being very busy.

However, this weekend my brain had had enough, and it pulled out a sure fire weapon to get me to admit I’m not doing Nano: “Elizabeth,” my brain said, “You need to upgrade to Mountain Lion NOW.”

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I do feel bad about this.


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J and I are back from a weeklong vacation in Toronto. The muffler fell off my car halfway across Michigan, I worked remotely for three long days and felt bad for not doing more, and a raccoon fell down our chimney while we were gone, raided the basement pantry, destroyed the master bedroom miniblinds, and pooped on the living room carpet.

It was ( Read more... )

I had nice plans for yesterday after tennis league-the usual weekend yardwork, and then sitting on the deck in the 70-degree weather while getting some work done.

Instead, when I was about half done picking chard, J hit a snag with his minor painting job, and I ended up on a 45-minute trip to Home Depot for wood filler. And then I had to use the ( Read more... )

* My car windows were frosted over this morning. J and I had the usual conversation about whose turn it was to drive, I grudgingly agreed to drive, and then we looked at my car and he drove (his car lives in the garage). Cue me being secretly glad we were running late and I didn’t have to scrape my windows.

* I am wearing knee socks with my skirt. ( Read more... )

Had a nice drive home. My detour to Trader Joe’s took me through a forest preserve, which was a nice change from corn fields. Though I did pass plenty of those later.

Had a great time at the con. Spent time with old friends I don’t get to see often enough and met lots of wonderful new people. Didn’t go to a whole lot of panels, but the ones I did ( Read more... )

Got back from Gen Con yesterday afternoon. Saw some people I’d met last year, met some new people, wandered the giant dealer’s room in a daze, bought some books and games, played games including a marathon session of Cards Against Humanity, attended readings, attended panels (of which Brad Beaulieu‘s on tension stands out), and got too little sleep ( Read more... )

While I was in Kansas, I deliberately limited Internet access so I wouldn’t distract myself from working. I did check email, twitter, and Facebook a couple times a day, plus the occasional sweep through my rss feeds.

What I didn’t check-hardly even thought about checking-was LiveJournal. Partly that’s because I don’t have the app for LJ, but most ( Read more... )