Okay, let's list the good stuff ( Read more... )

A) That was a weird interface. Is LJ trying to be G ( Read more... )

One of the pages I read had a guest post this morning that caught my eye. I frequently only skim this particular blog because it often is a bit more political and reactionary than I have the stomach for in the morning (when I usually read LJ), and often is about people I have no reference to, especially since my connection to the larger community ( Read more... )

Got up, made tea, fed critters, then off to the wonderful Ms. Jenn to have my nails done. Stopped at grocery store (WHY did I think that was necessary. Dumb dumb dumb.) Came home (3:15), frantically cleaned up. People started arriving at 3:45. Peter and Deb checked to see that the grill worked, and I made sure everything was ready to stage ( Read more... )

Ate some of our wonderful 12th Night gift (fresh eggs!!!). Chicken is not thawed yet, so maybe Wednesday for that. Gobbling the open marmalade in the frig so I can open some jam. It is a happy (and soon to be roly-poly at this rate) Meirwen.

Thank you, Flaxy!!

Christmas day was lovely and quiet. We had dinner with retiredmaj and family, and it was lovely. Amazingly good plum pudding, as well as much yummy that preceded it.

So now it's St. Stephen's Day. After morning caffeine, we headed to town to pick up main course for tomorrow's guests and catch a film. On our way in we got a call from emt_hawk and the fair svan_1004 . We were ( Read more... )

There's something disconcerting about being able to do a huge chunk of the Christmas gift purchases at the grocery store by buying gift cards, even when it is, in fact, what the recipients specifically requested.

Feels a little like cheating, ya know?

Went to Planet Fitness this morning for my orientation. We'll see how it goes. I liked the treadmills at Lady of America more, but the bike at PF is better. It's all compromise ( Read more... )

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Dent and scratch on car--I have to decide whether to call insurance folks. There's a chance the doe is just bruised. That would be lovely ( Read more... )