I still have three open prompt spots for my 2014 Ficmas line up. Go claim one while you can!

2014 Ficmas Prompt PostIn other news, my dad had surgery this week. He had a double hernia. Everything went well, but he will be laid up for a while recovering. Right now, he still hurts enough that he doesn't want to do anything. The problem will start ( Read more... )

Didn't get as much writing done as I had planned this weekend. A 92-year-old great uncle passed away a week ago. Yesterday was the "Celebration of Life" services for him. I played videographer and recorded just over 90 minutes of stories as family and friends talked about him. Topics ranged from aliens, ESP, nut trees, math, war, speeding tickets, ( Read more... )

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One day before the 3rd anniversary of my parents house fire, we've lost Callie, the only of four cats to survive the fire. She would have been 20 years old this fall ( Read more... )

About a week and half ago, my cousin's husband pedropadrao suffered a massive stroke. Last night he lost the fight and passed away. Although I didn't get to see him much due to living distance, he was an awesome guy and nobody was more perfect for my cousin. In the words of Anne of Green Gables, they were Kindred Spirits ( Read more... )

Well, the sick house is better. Although, my grandma (mom's mom) ended up in the hospital for almost week. She had a stomach bug and last weekend on Saturday, my aunt went in to check on her while she was napping and she wouldn't respond. They got to hospital and responsive again. Her blood sugar (diabetes issues), dehydration, heart and the ( Read more... )

I have strep throat. Yay me ( Read more... )

Over a year ago, Callie (along with my parents) survived a house fire that claimed the lives of 3 other cats in the house. Including my cat Abu who was Callie's brother ( Read more... )

A post/comment session between me and my sister on Facebook. The first post was from a Status Shuffle thing and it snowballed from there:

Sis: You have noticed this notice. You are reading this notice and have now noticed that the notice you've noticed is not worth noticing!!

Me: Did you notice that the notice in this comment about the notice ( Read more... )

Well, the house I grew up in is officially no more. I was there when my dad made attempt one at taking the house down and the thing didn't budge. They built to last back in 1914. One wall beam was made out of 4 2x4's put together and that was an outside wall. They ended up having to take it out a room at a time pretty much ( Read more... )

RIP The House, 1914-2010*sigh ( Read more... )