We had horn sectional scheduled for tonight. I was really looking forward to it. We had finally gotten some new music for band, I was hoping to squeeze in one or two horn quartets for variety's sake -- we hadn't played any chamber music in a while -- and all for once all four of us were going to be able to make it. Things didn't turn out quite as ( Read more... )

Our house is on the market now. There was an open house today, but apparently not a lot of people showed up. Our realtor said, FWIW, that other realtors were reporting the same thing; it just wasn't a good day for open houses. She did say that another broker wants to show the house tomorrow evening, so that's something. I'm still marvelling at our ( Read more... )

I am unjustifiably annoyed with the person who has not yet returned the library book I want to borrow. The book was due Friday but hasn't been brought back in yet. As someone who has a dubious track record of returning books on time, I probably shouldn't point fingers. This doesn't stop me from harboring a low-level resentment. Clearly I have ( Read more... )

Today I started to wonder if I looked pregnant. This would be distressing if I weren't actually pregnant. Up until now, any baby bump has been camoflauged by my natural paunch, but I think I'm now getting to the point where I look pregnant rather than just overweight. Matt seems to think so, at least. I don't know if I would appear the same way to ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with a desperate urge to play Heroes of Might and Magic III. No, I don't know why. I blame hormones, because they're a convenient scapegoat. I scoured the house and endured a sneezing fit from the dust, but couldn't find my copy. This is why I became a packrat, so that when I got the urge to play the game I hadn't so much as ( Read more... )

My resolution to hibernate through January has proven to be embarrassingly successful so far. Just wake me up when February rolls around, will ya?

However, since even I can't avoid all activity, here are a couple of highlights:

• I took Niobe to the vets for an ass cleaning and now we can't smell her from half away across the room. And my clothes ( Read more... )

Catching up on a couple of memes:

From suomifrikki:

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I finally got around to getting myself a digicam today. It's a Sony DSC-P200. It had to be a Sony, since for years I've been collecting these Sony points courtesy my credit card that have been burning a hole in my pocket. I know nothing about photography, so the automatic mode seems to produce miraculous pictures to me. Matt cautioned me that I ( Read more... )

Am off tomorrow morning to Nova Scotia for a community bandfest. Seven other members of my band are going as well. Should be a good time. The event seems a mix of rehearsal and social activities. Personally, since I'm about as social as a badger, I kind of wish we were spending more time playing, even if my chops wouldn't thank me for it at the end ( Read more... )