Dad sent me the photo he took at Erie which I loved in particular. It's one of the five of us ladies enjoying the beach. I'm the one on the far left. Mum is beside me. I'm probably reading The Ripple Effect during this photo. I decided I wanted to make another Lake userpic, so this I have done.


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As promised, here are some photos that I took in Chicago and in Galena when elsaf, judiang, and I got together the past week.


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Alas, one of my worst months ever as far as updating LJ. And it's not as if I'm doing nothing. (Sadly, I suspect it's the doing World of Warcrack which is preventing me from doing things like this, grading papers, cleaning house, etc... MMORPGs are bad, mmm'kay ( Read more... )

As I promised back on the 18th of May, here are some photos from my weekend in Washington DC with mom. Our time on the National Mall was... extensive. Mom swore to dad that I was trying to kill her again (the previous time was on our cruise when we took the hellish hike). Dad e-mailed Amy that I had taken mom on a DC Death March. Amy responded to ( Read more... )

I'm a collector. When I get interested in something, I have a tendency to collect stuff regarding that thing, usually to obsession. I got to thinking about it recently when I was talking in SMAS about my Sylvester McCoy photo collection. I was ruminating that I now had so many photos, it was hard to find one for sale that I didn't already own. ( Read more... )

I'm back in the Windy City - a mere month from my last visit here. Indeed, this is the first time since I was a kid (I think) that I've been here in the summer and it's not around Taste of Chicago. No matter, there's lots to do (and eat) even though that festival isn't going on.

Today's flight was uneventful - yay. ( A grand day out behind the cut. )

Like others in my friend's list, we were part of the Winter Storm that swept quite an area of the US. Thankfully, since I'm a school teacher, I had yesterday and today off. And I had fun documenting the storm with photos. :-)

Oh, if you haven't already, be sure to check out my Valentine's Day card. Linus and Lucy posed especially for it ( Read more... )

The kitties are finally used to my house, I believe. They're eating like birds (ie 10 times their own weight in food), they're doing their business in the litter boxes, and they're exploring every nook & cranny they can get their claws on. Yesterday was "spend as much time in the reading room as possible" day. The day before was Lucy's "hide in ( Read more... )

Jul. 28, 2005

Thursday morning was another up early day. I don't think I went swimming in the morning, but we got off to Venice as early as we could (7am?) There were only 8 of us going. Weavers, Amy & Kathie, O'Neals, judiang & me. That seaside drive killed the desire to drive around & go on long day trips. I think it's good that the other couples ( Read more... )

Jul. 27, 2005

Wednesday was a goof off day for everyone after that long drive to the seaside. ( The morning bits... )