I stayed up WAY too late last night getting my butt kicked by Ivan the Terrible. How in HELL was he able to produce so many foot SO quickly? (AoE3 reference). Then I dreamed about it - little soldiers moving on a board, lines of foot and calvary...cannons going off... Ugh.

This entry by spiritualrape got me thinking this morning, depspite the sleep-deprivation ( Read more... )

We got the threatened promised DVD today. It's sitting on my desk right now. Along with it, we got a "friendship bag": a little fabric bag with assorted stuff in it, supposedly reperesenting tenets of friendship ( Read more... )

Woke up EXTREMELY stiff and sore this morning. Fairly grumpy too, but considering I couldn't bend in the middle and walking was a joke, I think I'm justified. When my back hurts this much, I'm sensitive to everything, and my tummy is upset. When I'm able to get some food into me, I'll take meds ( Read more... )

Gifts from LiveJournal. It doesn't look like they're offering permanent accounts - yet. The extra scrapbook space is nifty, though ( Read more... )

Want an insight into the Mormon mindset? See here. Imagine having that drilled into your head EVERY Sunday. Every morning before school in high school ( Read more... )

Crisis averted, for now. I talked to Rachael about what's going on, a little. She feels she's "under a lot of pressure", and she's frustrated. I told her (gently) that she needs to find a better outlet for her frustrations than taking them out on other people. I also told her that getting involved with a "mob" isn't right, and that she needs to ( Read more... )

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READ THIS.It had me in tears from sheer empathy. God, I remember going to church every Sunday and seeing women like she describes, chirpy and "perfect" and I believed that's how motherhood was supposed to be ( Read more... )