Thank you for the thoughts, prayers, and condolences. I want to reply to each one individually and personally, but I'm so very tired right now, and my heart hurts. Please know that each post means something to me, and I appreciate it very much.

Thank you.

Listening to the news, it sounds like damage in the immediate area was "minimal." Damage to buildings, but thus far, I haven't heard reports of major injuries ( Read more... )

Thank you, all my wonderful f-listies, for the birthday greetings, v-gifts, and fics-to-come. They made my day brighter ( Read more... )

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Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! (And to my non-American friends, may you have a blessed and thanks-filled day just the same ( Read more... )

Once again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Christmas was rather quiet this year. To be honest, we hadn't expected to still be here this year. I hostessed Christmas last year, thinking it would have been our last before the move. But this is the government we're talking about, so we're still here in this house.

( Christmas 2006 )