The rains are gone and they've finally lifted the last of our advisories now that the winds are down below 20mph so I'm calling it quits and staggering off to bed ( Read more... )

Sorry to have been absent from LJ/DW so much lately. Feeling a bit out of sorts with the internets in general and have been lurking here and over at the Fountain Pen Network which always makes me happy ( Read more... )

My hubby is a devoted, die-hard, anything that plugs in, new gadget freak. Having a computer break down and need to be replaced involves six hours of poking, prodding, and trying to fix it himself and then the frown immediately turns to glee at the idea of a new computer. Bigger, faster, shinier, and bearing the stench of new plastic: it makes ( Read more... )

That's what they called part two of our three part storm here in the DC area, snowpocolypse. Part three is lovingly referred to as "snow over it" and they aren't kidding ( Read more... )

Weekly check in time again ( Read more... )

It's a dreary, ice covered day in DC today and that means Izzy is stuck at home. I don't mind the odd snow/ice day, there've been two or three over the last two months, but unfortunately, I'd already missed a day in the office being sick this week and now I'm feeling claustrophobic here ( Read more... )