I have been social twice this week.  All by myself, not in the "bringing my kids places" way.  This probably seems odd for me, but I have been finding that working retail has made me crave my alone time more often.

On Friday I got to go out the sageincave and had the usual excellent time.  Coffee and tea and good conversation, that's all I need for ( Read more... )

 Apparently, communication is something I and my family need to work on.

Today, Saturday, @ 9:40 Mystrycat quietly asks me if I can give her a ride to school because there is a solo competition for band.  She had thought that she had worked out a ride with Sprinklekit and her friend L..

Sprinklekit had already had her dad pick her up at 8:00am from ( Read more... )

( Long As Usual )

So, life after CONvergence hasn't really slowed down much. AT least as far as the stress goes ( Read more... )

I just want to thank all of my wonderful friends who made a point to visit me and/or find a way to make me have fun and relax. It felt very nice to have people watching out for me and my family. Thank you!

( CONvergence 2009 )

A while ago, most of my picture boxes spilled. I just snatched them up and shoved them back in the boxes without rhyme or reason.

That makes for an interesting combination of pictures as they get documented and/or scanned. A few from Karl's childhood, followed by a picture from Sprinklekit's Birth followed by a picture from a relative's wedding.

At ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Chebutykin made a post about some of the best meals, for an assortment of reasons, that she has had. She has some incredible stories. She asked her friends to come up with a few of their own. I kinda went nuts with mine. Here they are. What are yours?
( My nuttiness. )

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas.

I was, as I mentioned before, a bit stressed out before the holidays.

Christmas worked out.  I didn't kill anyone.  I have already written a note to myself  in my planner on October 15, 2009 to have a discussion with my family on how we are going to conquer the holiday season next year.  The ( Read more... )

I am so thankful for my family and friends!

We spent today with my parents, M-i-L, and coulbauth  and mystrycat .

Dad and Mom bought a 24.5 lbs Turkey and made the potatoes, the gravy, and the cornbread dressing.

I brought the bread dressing, squash, broccoli and cauliflower, the cranberry-apple sauce, the dessert and made the Hollandaise there.

This year's dessert was ( Read more... )