I would like to have just one good hair day. Where my hair was beautiful, and long, and luscious. As opposed to fuzzy and unmanageable.

I must go out at lunch and get a little fish tank for my new desk fish - Elizabeth won him at our Hallowe'en party, and I've been tempted to take him home and put him in our tank there, but I like having a fish on ( Read more... )

It's been a hectic week, so I haven't had much of a chance to update. Or knit. Bah.

Friday I was home sick with the flu. I think that's what it was at least. I had a fever of 101, I was dizzy, my throat really hurt, and I was achy all over. I ended up sleeping all day, except for an hour around lunch time. Then I got up at about 7. James was ( Read more... )

Well, we packed up serendipity_1's kids yesterday and put them on a bus back to Texas. Of course, now I really miss them. :( While having two teenagers in the house is stressful at times, they were helpful and fun to be with. Maybe for Christmas vacation or something... Although I will say that I am looking forward to the weekend, with no one around but me, ( Read more... )

I stayed up way too late last night playing World of Warcraft. RIGHT before I logged off, I had a purple drop in Searing Gorge that absolutely made my night. Yay for new purple mage-y robes!!! I took it as WoW karma for the extreme number of people that had been pestering me all night. I'm not the guild leader. I'm not a raid leader. I have put a ( Read more... )

We are at the stage in the home study where we need to write autobiographies of ourselves, without consulting with each other. We have to write about our feelings and reactions to people and events, rather than minute details. I've found this to be harder and harder as I go along. I didn't realise how many unresolved issues I had with my family, ( Read more... )

It was hectic, and happy, and chaotic. I got a yarn ball winder and a book of romantic, sappy coupons all lovingly made by James. Elizabeth loves her Dora dollhouse and all her stickers. Everyone loved their handmade gifts. James loved his movies and his partially finished afghan (hee!) There was much food, family, friends, and lots of other f ( Read more... )

Ok, so last night I was discussing the use of recreational drugs with my younger brother. Since we've been going through adoption training (and let me tell you, if everyone had to go through this training before they had kids, there would be a lot fewer kids in the world!!!) we've been studying the cases of children that end up in the foster system ( Read more... )

Yesterday’s doctor’s appointment did NOT go as planned. Apparently my lungs are not healing up very well. He mentioned something about closed channels, scar tissue, heart damage, all that good stuff. So I need to do some walking and deep breathing exercises to stretch my lungs out. But apparently that’s causing my chest pains more than the pleurisy ( Read more... )

In the few days my mother has been very communicative and friendly. Given our strained relationship over the past few years, it's been hard for me to just have normal, non-sniping conversation with her, because I know it's only a matter of time before I do or say something that destroys it all again. I'm just not very good with the 'walking on ( Read more... )

Last night shaped up much better than I thought it would have, given the general nastiness of the day. I pestered James to stop at the library which is only about half a mile from our house, and went in to peruse the knitting books. I picked out the 5 I was restricted to (since it was my first time) in 10 seconds flat and headed off to find James ( Read more... )