Christmas came early.

I got a job, 4 full days a week, at a museum I love in Boston. Not teaching, but that will hopefully come down the road.

I AM EMPLOYED AGAIN.

As some of you know, I help snapesgirl34 run Button Me Up!, a button making company that sells a variety of buttons at various conventions along the North East.

Well, we're putting that work to good use.

Helping Japan: Three Charity Buttons to help the people effected by the Tsunami


Each button was designed by a member of the Button Me Up! crew, and all ( Read more... )

They believe my grandmother's suffered a second stroke. She's very weak, and they say there's a good chance that she won't last beyond the month.

I know she's been suffering a lot lately, but... I don't think I'm strong enough for this.

I probably will be quiet for a while.

I've created a second, CHIBI ONLY, thread for the charity auction on help_haiti.

Chibi thread.

The open-end chairty commission thread (the original one).

I am offering character(s) portrait for auction at help_haiti.

My Thread

Any bid over $50 will get a free b&w practice sketch of the fandom of their choice.

o_o

So the heater/boiler in our building went out, and we're without heat. Which means I needed to warm my hedgehog up (she's fine, but had gone to sleep in a non-heated area of her cage.)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fireeeee....

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So, as some of you know, I will be going to Brazil this Friday- Specifically, Sao Paulo and Rio, for the week of thanksgiving. After 27 years, my sister and I convinced mother to go back to her childhood home ( Read more... )

idea totally ganked from sarken, but you know what? Apparently not enough people, particularly in Maine, got the message last November.

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So, at the museum I work at, we recently renovated our Great Mammal Hall, displaying a wonderful set of animals for all to see ( Read more... )

Checking the mailbox today after a rather nasty day, I found a nice hand-addressed envelope from Jacksonville, FL. Opening it, I first thought it was a wedding invitation. It wasn't ( Read more... )