Anyway, news lately ( Read more... )

THE DOG has hiked up and down a mountain, cheerfully urging us onward. This from a creature that refuses to go around the block without being carried ( Read more... )

Behind the LJ cut (my fun new skill) are some pics of my cats.  Hurrah!

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Today we headed out to the farmer's market to get some plants.  Tomatoes, cumcumbers, and various flowers.  I convinced Mom to get some lambsear because I learned at camp that it makes excellent natural bandages and this will be useful when the aliens invade, and I also got some catnip.

Soon after returning home, I learned (and am pleased to ( Read more... )

My family has had, since my parents were married in '89, four cats.  The first was Magdalene.  A few months after my parents were married, they got a tabby kitten from the shelter.  Mom claims it was a mutual decision, but Dad's story is that she mentioned "we should get a cat," he said "sure, sometime," and came home from work that evening to find ( Read more... )

Yay!  We're headed up to the mountains with my maternal grandparents this weekend, which should be fun.  We've got a little cabin out in the middle of absolutely nowhere near Pisgah National Forest, and while it's basically the home of the Beverly Hillbillies albeit with more seventies carpet, we love it dearly.  The relatives seem to like it too, ( Read more... )

*Smiles evily ( Read more... )

So.  This is having a livejournal.  I think I like it ( Read more... )