Goodbye, paid LJ
So, as of today, my paid livejournal account is no more. It was supposed to run out in January, but they extended it because of outages in December or January or both. Whatever. I debated whether or not to just go ahead an renew it, but in the end I decided not to. If LJ is insisting on forcing shit we don't want on us whether we pay for our accounts or not, I decided to just go basic. And if in the future I decide I want a paid account again, well, I'll just go ahead and pay. But really, I don't use most of the paid features, and since I'm not really into fandom anymore, I have no need for a couple of hundred icon spaces.
And Happy Valentines Day to everyone. I don't have a sweetie to celebrate with so I sent flowers (with a tiny box of chocolates) to my brothers & sisters-in-laws. They were all surprised and loved it, which was nice. It's fun to just do something unexpected once in a while.
We had unexpected snow (well, the snow was expected, I guess, but it was more than was expected). However, it was mostly gone this morning. We may get more snow tomorrow, but I'm taking the day off, using my last carry-over vacation day from 2012, so I don't really care. I do know I'm ready for winter to be gone. #hatewinter!
I forgot to put earrings in this morning, and now my earlobes feel naked. ;-)
My oldest brother, who finally totally retired, joined Ancestry.com, and has traced my paternal family line back to the 16th century. o_O That's kind of cool. Several of my direct ancestors were in Massachusetts in the 17th & 18th centuries, but I don't know if they fought in the Revolutionary War or not. At one point in the late 17th century, one was in Canada, so I don't know if they were Tories and fled to Canada or not. If so, OMG, SHAME!!!! LOL
I've been very bad about going to the gym lately. I blame winter sucking all the life out of me. I do need to get back there, and return to my diet and exercise routing before I start regaining all the weight I've lost.
And Happy Valentines Day to everyone. I don't have a sweetie to celebrate with so I sent flowers (with a tiny box of chocolates) to my brothers & sisters-in-laws. They were all surprised and loved it, which was nice. It's fun to just do something unexpected once in a while.
We had unexpected snow (well, the snow was expected, I guess, but it was more than was expected). However, it was mostly gone this morning. We may get more snow tomorrow, but I'm taking the day off, using my last carry-over vacation day from 2012, so I don't really care. I do know I'm ready for winter to be gone. #hatewinter!
I forgot to put earrings in this morning, and now my earlobes feel naked. ;-)
My oldest brother, who finally totally retired, joined Ancestry.com, and has traced my paternal family line back to the 16th century. o_O That's kind of cool. Several of my direct ancestors were in Massachusetts in the 17th & 18th centuries, but I don't know if they fought in the Revolutionary War or not. At one point in the late 17th century, one was in Canada, so I don't know if they were Tories and fled to Canada or not. If so, OMG, SHAME!!!! LOL
I've been very bad about going to the gym lately. I blame winter sucking all the life out of me. I do need to get back there, and return to my diet and exercise routing before I start regaining all the weight I've lost.