I was stuck at home yesterday night because of some car troubles, but it worked out great because my sister came over to keep me company. She wanted some sister advice time (always flattering to the older sister) and after we talked we sat down to watch some episodes of Farscape together. Somewhere in there she got a sugar craving and I decided ( Read more... )

She has a livejournal. She gives good advice. She can read a pattern. She is not afraid to shovel shit, metaphorical or literal. She is superbly educated. She can cook anything (she experiments with recipes from cooking shows). She tries strange liquors and cordials that she discovers in mystery novels. She doesn't mind when I call her from the ( Read more... )

The holiday joy just kept going and going...it was great ( Read more... )

Had two delightful days with family. The first was at the farm in Georgetown, a traditional dinner made by my mom and my sister. Nick cooked up some goat to go alongside the bird. I was a little grossed out by that, but hell, they live on a farm; waste not, want not. My family spends a lot of time laughing together. We stuffed ourselves silly on ( Read more... )

Nick's been working on the roof. He didn't anticipate it raining again, and thus did not tack down a tarp over where he'd been working. So we just dumped out the 9 gallons of water that have leaked through the roof, so the buckets will be empty during the night. I ought to sleep restfully with the sound of the waterfall. All natural, though the ( Read more... )

We had some great shows this weekend. Despite my throat being in horrible shape from the lurgy, I haven't embarrassed myself in front of either set of parents. Whew! And my fellow actors have been right on it, too; good work all around.

Friday quantum_dancer's parents attended, and afterward we took them to Malaga for tapas. I'd forgotten about the noise level ( Read more... )

I had an excellent holiday weekend. It began at our house, with roomie stockings at Yule, moved to my parents' farm for Christmas Eve, and ended with my sweetie's parents on Christmas Day. Today I intend to recover from back-to-back holiday festivities. (I enjoyed myself immensely, but all that high quality interaction makes me tired ( Read more... )

I accidentally had a 3-day weekend. See, Thursday, I went to a goodbye lunch. 26 of my co-workers attended, and we must have been at the restaurant for two hours. All the laughing and eating made it feel like a small party. After we got back to work, I only sat at my desk for an hour before it was time to celebrate October birthdays with cake and ( Read more... )

This weekend I had both sets of parents over for a massive construction project. QD's dad came up with the plan and then volunteered to help, which makes this our first joint-family venture. We're building a semi-permanent wall, one that must be solid enough to hold its pocket doors but something that can be taken down later if necessary. It's not ( Read more... )

Everything lined up just right: Friday we had a birthday/equinox/rosh hashanah/homecomeing/new moon party. I love having a table full of nosh and a room full of people. The best thing about this party is that it was a surprise! QD slipped behind my back and asked people over to celebrate my birthday (belated) since everyone had been too busy on the ( Read more... )