I was trimming his nails. It's the third time I've done that and the first time I cut a nail too close. It didn't help any that I was in the process of positioning the clipper when he kicked and as a startle reflex my fist closed ( Read more... )

Today I had to take a test so I could be considered for a county job that doesn't exist yet. (Long story.) It lasted about two hours during which time I had nothing to eat. Now, I did have a snack before I left, so I thought I'd be okay ( Read more... )

Okay, I just finished watching a documentary on the criptospuridia (sp?) outbreak in ... Oh crud I forgot the name of the city. It was on the shores of Lake Michigan, as I recall. (Really bad with names ( Read more... )

My Dad has a livejournal now! Though he has posted comments on my LJ under the moniker "Nanoc", it turns out that username has been taken. (By someone who doesn't seem to be using his/her journal. Oh well.)

Anyway, his journal is Through One Dad's Eye. While his user pic might be disturbing to some, I do believe the journal is worth reading ( Read more... )

Along with most of the northern half of the USA, my little slice of heaven-on-earth has been experiencing some hellish weather ( Read more... )

I am so glad I brow-beat my doctor into setting me up with an allergy/asthma specialist. Despite his insistence that I didn't have a problem with that, I found the trip highly informative ( Read more... )

Well, I got that bit of self-examination out of the way. (Though I do somewhat disagree with the label 'conservative'. Whole other topic ( Read more... )

I've heard of people taking birth control pills mainly to deal with painful periods. No, really. There are even some pro-life girls I've met who've done this ( Read more... )

This is, what, the third time I've tried to update my journal in the past two days? Both previous times Firefox 'encountered a problem' and had to close. Crazy ( Read more... )

Well, Dad's not coming home for a while longer than we'd hoped. He's still having trouble getting up stairs (i.e. can't do it period), so there's no way he'd be able to get around the house ( Read more... )