Insert obligatory post about how fantastic it was to get back to Ymir, and we all had a good time (except for the bit where we briefly lost the boy, or he lost us), our newcomers had a great time, it was good to see harleenquinzell get put on vigil (laurel, natch) etc ( Read more... )

The reason I'm so twitchy about hurricanes is that the spousal unit is the Arborist for the town, and in the event of storm damage, he'll have to stay in town and work 12-hour days for the duration of the cleanup. This is a well-worn drill in our house, and it goes like this - he works, I do all of the housework and childcare and care-and-feeding ( Read more... )

syaldia and I went to visit a place in Chapel Hill called Extraordinary Ventures, with an eye toward finding a possible (small) event site. I think we found one.

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Spring break means no Robertson Bus, so I rode the TTA this morning. I have a choice of 2 buses, one that takes the slightly longer route but has a chance of picking up galeran if he's ready to go in, and the shorter-route one that leaves later and gets to my stop at exactly the same time (in fact, they were nose->tail this morning). So I got on the ( Read more... )

Announcement

Yes, really!  Nobody got sick, nothing broke, we got stuff done and had a good time and got to see lots of people and hear some good news from lots of different sources.

Friday night we hung out at Eastowne's Great Outdoor Provisions Company after dinner, which is good for a few minutes of getting Nate to run up and down their stairs to wear him ( Read more... )