It's been a lovely visit. Mom and I got lots of quality time together and not all of it was spent harvesting our Farmville crops. I even got to spend a fair amount of time with the siblings. We're all usually so rushed during these visits. I'm not sure what made the difference this time.

beaz and Melinda's baby still hasn't arrived, but he's dropped ( Read more... )

Arrived Thursday at 8:55pm and was retrieved from the airport by Mom, beaznuts and Mrs Beaz. Had planned on spending today goofing around with zipmeister but Mom's car battery kicked the bucket and we spent an ungodly amount of time working on that today. We did manage to sneak in a trip to Sonic for lunch; Mom gave herself brainfreeze by drinking a strawberry ( Read more... )

...and it was grand.

Friday night the 'fink and I met dmn4nr and spouseling and K & J for dinner at Ted's Montana Grill. Mmmm... steaky and lemondroppy goodness. And for once they actually had key lime pie when I was ready for dessert. Got home about 10 minutes after the BSG premiere but caught up quickly with the DVR ( Read more... )

We made to Germantown safely. Left Sterling at 7am ET Saturday and arrived at Mom's front door about 7:15pm CT Saturday. Hubbyfink was an absolute saint and drove most of the way while I dozed feverishly through nearly all of Virginia and a small portion of Tennessee. Ate at the Kingsport Sonic ( Read more... )

A quiet turkeyless Thanksgiving day with the Hubbyfink was followed by a busy Black Friday where I did my part to shore up the US economy. Thanks to an award from work, I was able to get Hubbyfink an Xbox360 as an early Christmas gift and scored an 8Gig Nano for myself.

psalite, pirategirleee, and I visited Colonial Williamsburg on Saturday, with an obligatory stop ( Read more... )

If everyday could be like yesterday, I would be very happy, if broke and slightly damp, woman.

dawnhutchings and I retrieved danabren just before noon and arrived at the East Coast BPAL Mecca about an hour later where we met woodwindy and her friend (whose name escapes me). We browsed, we sniffed, we bought. A lot. Scents I expected to love disappointed me, but perfumes I ( Read more... )

It's dead in the cube farm. Dead dead dead. I have stuff I could do, but I don't wanna ( Read more... )

Friday night: Margie & Basil got poked and prodded by the vet. They both look and act healthy. Vet will call me tomorrow with blood-work results. Margie might get a Bad Kitty! sticker on her records because she hissed and snapped at anyone who isn't me. So very unlike her. Total cost for yearly senior citizen checkups for two healthy cats = nearly ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a Super Concentrated Memphis visit. In seventy hours I enjoyed family time, enjoyed zipmeister time, drank a cherry limeade, ate ribs from the Germantown Commissary, shopped with Mom, cleaned house, saw a movie, swam in the pool, drank a margarita, and played with the dogs, plus the previously blogged tailgating and football game but ( Read more... )