Hey, everyone!   I've been missing my online folkses -- work's been running me ragged.  But I'm still here, healthy and happy and still a fangirl.  Speaking of ( Read more... )

If there's one thing Louisiana is good at, it's throwing a party. During the summer, there is a festival somewhere in the state pretty much every weekend. Jazz Fest is the most famous, but there are many less well known small-town celebrations. Shreveport is home every Memorial Day weekend to Mudbug Madness, a four-day feast for the senses. ( Read more... )

Wow -- it's sure been awhile since I've posted. Time flies when you're having fun, and sometimes even if you're not:-)

In the fun category, Mr. Arkady and I went on a cruise, (we got the opportunity to go on one for 'business' and it just happened to come close to our 25th wedding anniversary.) Here are some pictures: ( Read more... )

Well, poop. Got the biopsy back, and it's not optimal.
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I'm back home from the hospital after thyroid surgery. Still waiting for the biopsy, but I'm so glad to have it all behind me. The great bonus was that several of my fave fics were updated. Can't think of a nicer way to recuperate . . .

I took the age quiz I found on trepkos' LJ and didn't do as well . . .



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Today's my brother's birthday. He was killed many years ago, when I was ten, in Vietnam.

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Took the political quiz, and I've strayed a bit from my conservative republican beginnings, it seems:-)

( I'm greeeeeenn!! )

Update, and the news is pretty good. Doc says there's no hurry, go to the con and have a great time and worry about getting my thyroid out when I get back. He does recommend surgery, but says that he'd also be okay with just doing a biopsy, and then watching it to see if it gets bigger. Trouble is, the lump is in a difficult place for a biopsy, ( Read more... )

Grrrr . . . today's my doctor's appointment to get my throat checked out and set a date for the surgery. I'm going to the Buffy Houston con March 31st, and a big part of me wants to put the operation off until after then. The doc says that it should take me about two weeks to recover 90%, which means I could do it beforehand, but . . . what if ( Read more... )