Mom has been wanting to go visit grandma ever since the holiday. She didn't want to go Christmas weekend since it was too close to my being sick. (It was just two weeks out from the second positive test. She didn't want to take any chances.) Then, last weekend, the weather was so crappy that no one wanted to leave the house, not to mention ( Read more... )

One of the things that upset me the other day, aside from the gallon of milk and the not-quite-right mouse pad, was the realization that dad hadn't gotten me a calendar. That's, like, a go-to gift for me. I've gotten one since I sold them back in the day. I'd honestly forgotten that I hadn't gotten one until I went to update my ideas list and ( Read more... )

My mom made a butter pecan cake on Wednesday, using the coconut pecan frosting she'd bought. We'd had cheesecake for my birthday, which didn't make it through the night, and had no desserts set up for Thanksgiving. Okay, fine; we like dessert. It's kind of crumby and crumbly, though. It's not dry, but it comes apart very easily ( Read more... )

After three nights of dreaming, which sadly is unusual these days, I woke up in the 3 AM hour and couldn't fall back to sleep for quite some time. The owls are active then, and I could hear three of them, I'm pretty sure. One was close by and to my left. One was fairly far away and to my right. The third, which had a different hoot, was in the ( Read more... )

Today was along the lines of yesterday, though not *quite* as good, but still pleasant. And this was despite there being flurries in the morning. This was definitely not like last year's birthday, where it was probably 60F ( Read more... )

Today ended up being errand day. I meant for it to be the day I took down the Christmas stuff--and believe me, it happened--but there ended up being far more running around. That's not actually a bad thing. We went out early because it was supposed to snow at some point, so we tried to miss the flakes; with our last errand, we did not succeed. ( Read more... )

Note: Backdated due to LJ maintenance.Ideally I'll make this quick, because I'm tired, but we'll see ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I last had a new pair of glasses ( Read more... )

I am no longer in possession of an iPod ( Read more... )

I was upstairs this morning...actually, writing the nose entry...when the doorbell rang. Since it was around 10:30, it was too early to be, say, UPS or FedEx or however my mother is getting her dolls these days. Since I was showered and relatively dressed (i.e., had pants on), I decided to open the door...to two J-Dubs. Of course. One was on ( Read more... )