WHen my brother was injured in 2008, he came to stay at my house for a week after leaving the hospital. He slept in our living room. One night, when we were all in bed, he came darting into Richard's and mine room, and asked 'Sissy, is it normal for that light to turn on by itself?" He had been dozing off when the overhead light turned itself on ( Read more... )

Today is my sister Cl's birthday! She's a wonderful sister, a great friend, a fantastic mother, and I love her to pieces!

Today is my baby brother J's 18th birthday! Woo!

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Aw, my stepbrother joined FB! He sent me a sweet message:

It's your lost brother. Lol princess I'm glad to see you're ok and I like your hair but I'm not going to brush it. I hope your mom's ok, I cried cried when I left y'all. And my dad's still trash.
Heh heh I bet he remembers the screaming and drama whenever my mom would brush my hair... she ( Read more... )

Saturday was my nephew's third birthday party. He is my sister JL's youngest child. He's also very smart and freaking adorable ( Read more... )

Yesterday my sister L woke me up by banging on my bedroom window. She came by unexpectedly, and when I didn't answer the door she looked in the window and saw me sleeping and decided to wake me up. Yay! What a great way to wake ( Read more... )

Today we went to Arlington to meet my great-uncle H. He was my father's father's brother. He is so damn nice, I couldn't stop grinning. I also met most of his kids and their kids. One of them, a cousin, looks so much like me, she could be a sibling. Uncle H and his daughter both said I favor his sister. My cheekbones obviously came from the ( Read more... )

Wednesday night R and I got some shopping done for the niblings. For my wee nephew, I got LINCOLN LOGS! I wanted to get him something building-oriented and I didn't want plastic or painted blocks. Amazon ran out of the logs I was originally planning to get, but Big Lots had a big set of Lincoln Logs for $20 ( Read more... )

I have a dear friend, T, who lives in Portland. He's an OTO brother, which is how we met, but he's also a kindred spirit (I love that OTO gives me the chance to meet those ( Read more... )

I am sick. Some sort of tonsilitis. Swollen throat, swollen glands, horribly sore throat, etc. Losing voice too. Yay ( Read more... )