(Cross-posted from Facebook. Yeah, I know ( Read more... )

Last January, after losing a long-term job and facing the changes in my life around it, I wrote ( Read more... )

I got the new job I was applying for. Yeah!!! 100% telecommute, which will be such a change. I put in my notice at my current job, and heard a fair amount of "we're sorry you're leaving -- you're talented!" Awww ( Read more... )

So, I realized today that I haven't posted here much this year. How'd that happen ( Read more... )

Congratulations to aabassplayer and poppins17!!


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I am at the beginning of a project of archiving and preserving family photo memories from my childhood and before (even into my parents' childhoods). My first focus is finding and ordering reasonably priced, acid-free and archival safe storage boxes and envelopes. Even this is turning out to be quite a task, as the things I'd most like to get are ( Read more... )

Age 8 - my free time and quiet weekends were spent playing piano and crocheting and programming on the computer.
Age 31 - my free time and quiet weekends are spent playing piano and crocheting and programming on the computer.

I've got cooler toys now but I still play with them the same way. :)

Chalk this one up to a learning experience. Sigh ( Read more... )

Wow it's been days since I posted. That's rare. Anyway holidays have kept me predictably busy ( Read more... )

Happy Anniversary to ddbrown and me... 10 years is a long damn time. :D ( Read more... )