Nothing brings out the friends who seldom get in touch like a huge wildfire.

Thanks for calling, Tim. ;-)

Thank you, Liana, for the lovely Christmas card. And Pat, for the CD. I've only listened to part of it, but I wished I'd had a tree waiting to be trimmed and hot chocolate waiting to be drunk, because it totally put me in the mood!

And thank you last, but certainly not least, to JavaJen and Bryan. That picture of Zack is to die.

So much to say, but I don't know if I have the will to type it all out. Let's see how far I get ( Read more... )

Turkey Day went swimmingly. It actually went far better than I might have expected. There were precisely the number of people who would comfortably fit in my house. The food was, quite predictably with Miss Java at the helm, amazing. We produced the projected offerings, plus some Maple Spiced Nuts and some devilled eggs. Nobody went hungry, ( Read more... )

If anyone wants to see why javamaven1 and I are friends, just go have a look at our answers to pricciar's latest poll. I mean JEEZ.

Had a wonderful evening with Sonya and Paola. We ate at Costa Azul on Coronado, and then finished the evening with drinks and desserts at the Hotel Del Coronado. Mmm, grown up time ( Read more... )

I am trying to choose a primary care physician so I can see a doctor for a follow-up from my accident, and also for this cough I've had for over two weeks. I'm starting to worry that the cough will turn into what I had at the beginning of the year, when I had a high fever and couldn't sleep, because that business started out like pretty much this ( Read more... )

My aunt and uncle are in town for the holidays. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It's good because they take some of the heat off of me and Ma when it comes for caring for Nana. And, even though he skeeved me out a lot when I was younger, I actually get along pretty well with my uncle now. I swear, he seems a lot easier to get along ( Read more... )

Today has been a good day. Nana has been downright charming by the standards that may be applied to her. We went to the mall and walked around, people-watched, gave opinions on all the Christmas decorations, and got our exercise in. Then we went to lunch at Coco's. Since we both have such particular food needs, lunch can often be the most ( Read more... )

I slept for three hours on Jimmy's bed yesterday afternoon while he finished watching the Appendices on the FOTR extended DVD. Afterwards he took me on a guided tour of his MP3s, which was a lot more fun than it sounds. He has some fun 80's songs and some Weird Al, neither of which he can admit to his high-falutin' musician friends without fear ( Read more... )