Via emailing discussion with one of my brothers, discovered that my soon-to-be-13-year-old nephew has a Kindle and is getting a (used) iPhone for his birthday ( Read more... )

I survived Christmas with the in-laws! It was actually a pretty good time. :)

Wine count: 4ish glasses over two nights (I was using the hotel cups; it was hard to measure exactly)
Xanax count: 0.5mg on Christmas morning
Present count: SO MANY. TOO MANY? (Is there such a thing?)

Favorite present from my parents: The Phantom Tollbooth (Annotated Edition ( Read more... )

I will probably not get a chance to say this on the actual day, so:

Merry Christmas, everybody!

:D

I am off to finish wrapping presents, pack, and then get ready to head out to Reading for the weekend with Matt's fam. So, wish me luck; am packing both Xanax and wine to take as the situation merits. (Full disclosure: I don't think it'll be that bad, ( Read more... )

Spent today helping my mom pick out their Christmas tree, and then the rest of the day helping decorate it. And then the tree fell over while we were all eating in the living room, and everyone else was lunging out of the way and I caught it, thank you very much. And I am not a large chica! I am very petite, but I caught that damn tree and kept it ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who's expressed condolences in the last week. Love to you all.

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My friend Liz (LIZ GET AN LJ) is just now starting to watch Doctor Who, to my great delight - she's staring with S5 and is then going loop around to S1, which is definitely going to make for some...interesting impressions of Nine.

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There's been a lot of talk about ( Read more... )

 Gog died this morning. If there's more radio silence than usual, well, you know why.

 Hey ( Read more... )

 Holiday cards have been sent out, and I survived my brother-in-law's graduation at State College. (That should be a t-shirt: I SURVIVED STATE COLLEGE.)

That said, if you want a card from me and haven't already left me your name/address, leave a comment over here and I will do my very best to get it to your by Christmas.

Speaking of cards - Hey, amand_r ! I ( Read more... )

Woe! I am currently kicked out of my favorite seat on our comfy sofa while my mom plans my bridal shower. I hope she gets off the phone soon; I have to leave in an hour and I want a snack before I go. :( My life is so difficult.

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I am, indeed, in a much better mood than I was yesterday! The Christmas Eve concert was grand, and I got to exchange gifts and hugs with the RBFs. From Hannah I got jingle bell earrings, and from Amy I got tiny turquoise apple earrings and an excuse for the three of us to go see Sherlock Holmes. (It was an earring-ful Christmas - I got these from ( Read more... )