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Tomorrow, Meredith is leaving on a week-long expedition to Tennessee to see her twin sister and her family - including an expedition to Memphis, and back again to the Harrington farm (a really lovely place).    Her really big presents (woo-hoo wise) were a new set of Ugg boots, and her Sissy’s ( Read more... )

Originally published at . You can comment here or there.

Question for the masses: how do you handle long-term projects, both in the planning and the funding setup? Looking at doing something radically different, as the present system sucks, and looking for ideas from others as to what works for them!

Just finishing up on my getting ready stuff for the trip to - oh, wait, I haven't really discussed that, have I ( Read more... )

…or something like that. I’m exhausted and shutting down for the night; we’ve been packing up for the trip to Sioux Falls tonight, and leaving around 9 in the morning.  The memorial service is 1-4 on Saturday afternoon, and we’ll be seeing friends and family beforehand and coming back next Monday.

And yes, I’ll peek in from time to time in the ( Read more... )

Some months ago, Susan put her name in for a possible dog adoption with Poodle rescue; she had a small black poodle as a kid, and was very attached to it. In this case, especially with the present situation, it was rather surprising that a dog that fit her requirements came available - and we went off on a VERY long mission to get the dog on Sunday ( Read more... )

Yes, Mere and I will be at Windycon on and off; we’re commuting, and will be dependent on Susan dropping us off over there, so I can’t say as to when you’ll see us. I’ll also not be terribly mobile; I’ll be using my scooter-thang to move around, but the hotel is spread out enough that it’s not a lot of fun to run all over the place.  I don’t have ( Read more... )

• Meredith is starting to ease back in to her skating training; some of the aerial maneuvers that she was talking about picking up made my heart go THUD-CREAK, but the coach and the kids know what they are doing. *grimace*
• Her sister’s family recently moved from a big city to farm area in another state, reasonably close to a medium sized city.  Susan ( Read more... )

Taking a brief break from chores to post; I have to empty out my old yearbooks and my collection of Point Of Divergences from the basement closet to somewhere in the bookcases…which is going to be a real PITA, but it has to be done.  Using the space for storage of board games, extra towels and blankets for the downstairs…and seeing how much more ( Read more... )

Since I’m now the designated Doer of Laundry, I’m trying to deal with a backlog of stuff; I think I have everything downstairs and sorted out, it’s just a matter of going through huge amounts of stuff - and the interruptions in the sequence.  Mere wants this smaller bunch done right away for her first day of school (tomorrow, for the 7th grade), ( Read more... )

(largely cribbed from something Susan wrote up)
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Fresh/Soph A Pairs - 9:15 pm
Not sure how many pairs are competing.  Last year, Meredith and Eric placed first in Fresh/Soph B.

Thursday, July 28  7:45 am
Juvenile/ ( Read more... )