Assassin's Creed-a-Thon has continued for three straight days -- three strange days, as the song says. (And why isn't that song in my collection, I ask you?) For three days, Ian and I have done little but bask in the coziness of our living room while he's played Assassin's Creed II on the Xbox. I watch him play, since this game really is that ( Read more... )

( Photos of our Christmas decorations. )

Happy Christmas score this morning -- My mother revealed recently that her el cheapo vacuum cleaner stopped working awhile back. For who knows how long, she has apparently just been spot-vacuuming with her Dust Buster. My first reaction was to rearrange Christmas shopping plans to get her a new vacuum, which made me debate whether to replace the ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm in such limbo lately -- I have such a wonderful opportunity here at home just to have time, blessed time, and one would think that logically follows "to do what I want." Nevertheless, I feel such guilt for not working, it's tough to just let go and enjoy what I've got. I find that in itself a deplorable state of being since I'm ( Read more... )

I've been waiting since July to show you what I made for Nicole's birthday, which is today. She just opened her birthday package, so the wait is over, and I can finally share. I had such fun putting this together!

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Having been duly informed that my LiveJournal is apparently the best cure for 4:00 am insomnia (O.o), I endeavor to consider the needs of others with posting more frequently. So like the sign says, "For you, Cindy Sondheim, always a longie!"*

( Cut for staggering length and as a warning against boredom. )

One of my New Year's Resolutions for this year is: Try to negotiate everything; the worst they can do is say no. Score one for that, big time!

You may recall that I complained last week of continued problems dealing with our cable provider, AT&T. I further shared with you that I wasn't happy with their response to my call about these problems, and ( Read more... )

I've hit you with a couple of substantive posts recently -- and I've got another one saved as draft which discusses capitalism, and the witch hunts for socialism and communism. I want to work on that "essay" a bit before I share it so that I can strain out some of the frothing rant that is no doubt included at the moment. Now I thought I'd return ( Read more... )

Today... now this is very exciting, so brace yourselves... today, I made something prettier by gluing pretty paper to it! Exciting, I know. Ian gave me a paperback notebook a month or so ago, random swag from some corporation, I think. I like notebooks -- I have far more than I'll ever use, but still, they make me happy. Today I finally got around ( Read more... )

First, the good news: The air conditioner is not only fixed, but now it's super-charged! The old motor was apparently not moving at full speed in its dotage. Comparatively, the new motor therefore seems to absolutely cranking (well, quite literally, that is what's happening). The house is cooling down quickly, and I feel a gentle cool breeze ( Read more... )