Well, chaos and uncertainty aside, there are some good things going on right now, that I can try to focus on ( Read more... )

2 codes this week. It is a sad, sad thing, but expected in the ICU :(. We've had a bunch of employee pets put down too... January has been a bad month all over ( Read more... )

Hrm... between my birthday and my seething depression I seem to have put on 6 pounds. This is no good, and needs to be rectified immediately o_O ( Read more... )

Last week was ok. Not too much to Devin was constipated all week, it sucked. Friday we had dinner with her grandparents. Saturday morning Devin and I saw How to Train Your Dragon. It's REALLY cute!! I'm going to own that movie ;). Devn sat through the WHOLE thing too, including the 20 minutes of previews. I'm so proud of her. She got excited during ( Read more... )

*contented sigh* Thunderstorm!! Big crashing booms, brilliant streaks of lightening and pounding rain. Perfect chilling at home and nesting weather. AND thankfully I drove home in the sun, so it's like the best of both worlds ( Read more... )

I found some neat patterns, wanted to keep track of them ( Read more... )

I felt like collecting all of my info post links into one post. Heh. Like, the mega info post of DOOM(tm). This will be updated as I rediscover lists ;).

Shopping
Sales and Deals
Free Books!
TV shows
Amigurumi ( Knit!!)
Things to Do in Chicago
Events Calendar
CE Resources
Comics
Trivial Info
Names
Fonts
Authors
Smellies
Tea
Tribal Belly Dance
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As "bah humbug" as I've been feeling all month and after all the ice picking I had to do this morning, I think a Christmas spirit was with me today. I ( Read more... )

These sound right up my alley: Cinnamon-Spiced Hot Chocolate Cookies. And THESE are *definitely* up my alley: Cake Sachets*sigh* I keep wanting and meaning to update, but it's just like... there's no time! I don't even know where it's all going o_O. It's not like I'm DOING all that much, I don't think... yet here I am, it's almost 10pm and I have ( Read more... )

I discovered amigurumi almost exactly 2 years ago. I already loved crocheting, but this just took it to a whole new level. With so many wonderful things that could be made, I was in heaven!! A new obscession was born ;). Since then I've made so many fun toys, gotten Simple Making of Dolls -Hello Kitty, Amigurumi Patterns Cosmic Mook and Amigurumi ( Read more... )