my fourth of july this year was pretty mellow. my parents were visiting so it was a day of movies, interspersed with eating; i tried a new recipe for hamburgers that wasn't completely horrible. no decorations, no fireworks, no massive party - but still fun. and relaxing! relaxing good ( Read more... )

just got back from a hawaiian sunrise ceremony on the edge of the volcano crater. the hawaiian women chanted as the sun rose, welcoming it and inviting everything and everyone to experience the new day in a good way. it was a very deep and welcome experience, especially because it was extremely wet and misty and foggy and windy. i didn't need to ( Read more... )

the escrow check has been submitted for the rest of our down payment, and the money is in our checking account ( Read more... )

today is a perfect storm of depressing events. it seems like everything just outside my skull is, or has the potential to become, sad/depressing/lamentable/scary/etc. already sensitive from the morning, the haiti earthquake has my empathy center on overdrive, and my emotions in general feel inflamed and sensitive to touch, so to speak. on days like ( Read more... )

( i had a crappy morning. this is me working through it, logically and emotionally. )

longer post, as promised!

( it's a pretty good story. )

when we were packing up the townhouse, i made a point to pack all our ren faire gear in one suitcase, so it would be easily unpacked ( Read more... )

i'm glad i didn't expect the move to go 100% smoothly, because moving never does, and i was prepared.

danny came down with a cold 48 hours before moving day. fever, chills, congestion - the works. luckily the fever broke on saturday morning, but we had to take it easy, so we didn't have all the packing time i hoped for. this meant random frantic ( Read more... )

i'm not a religious person. i used to be -- i was raised catholic -- and i varied from indifferent to devoted in my belief system. then in junior year of high school, i realized my personal beliefs conflicted with that of the catholic church's, and i could not resolve that conflict, nor could i deny my personal beliefs (primarily that women are NOT ( Read more... )

so they're deconstructing the interior of the townhome next door. words can't express how annoying this whole situation is. for one, crowne ridge never properly notified us of any ongoing construction. they say they did, but all they sent out was a dinky "we're shutting your water off for 3 hours" notice. hardly notification of a month-long ( Read more... )