Make a note for future reference: I am never ever getting a flu shot ever again. ( Like, ever. )

(backposted from gmail drafts on 2012.11.12)

books that i need to have around for my kids to read:
the giver
narnia series (get back from bri n sav!)
tuck everlasting
a view from saturday
the hobbit and the lord of the rings
the swiss family robinson (original version)

so much fun at akon this year!!! unlike last year, we actually planned to go to specific panels and events, rather than wandering in and out of the dealer room and artist alley all day like lost con virgins, which we haven't been for years. (you can also tell a con veteran if you mention the long lines waiting for the elevator and the other ( Read more... )

engagement party last night was so fun!! there were twenty people there including jim and i, and i knew almost everyone. we had the party at olive garden and it was so~o tasty!! and then we went back to my apartment and played apples to apples, which i've never played before. kathryn set it all up and got all the invites out, and there was even ( Read more... )

omg, it's a ( meme!! )

the end.

........

*gasp* okay, studio is officially over!!! ( unnoficially, however... )

so, barrack obama is the next president of the united states of america, our 44th, and the first non-white president. this presumes failure on the part of the multiple groups that have sworn to assassinate him. i will take this moment to say that he had my vote (regardless of circumstances) and that nonetheless i am worried for our country, ( Read more... )

ah, life. all its surprises are so... interesting.

so a couple days ago i talked to jenny durham, a friend of jim's who is also a wedding planner, and she gave me some good advice about getting started for a wedding. i explained about wanting a winter wedding, and the whole issue with december dates, and she said that it is feasible to have the ( Read more... )

ah, there we go, msn.com, upholding my expectations. ^___^ this one was interesting.

( oldest kids first. )