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So, it occurs to me that I haven't been on LJ in nearly 9 months (the last post was in January to say that Jim and I were talking again, funny how that roller coaster never seems to end, lol). And a lot has happened in that time. To me, to my friends. I've missed out on so much. As always. And I feel guilty about that. In fact, every time I would ( Read more... )

"The secret of
getting ahead
is getting started."
~Mark Twain~

...if Princess could figure out a way to turn off my alarm (on my cell phone) in the mornings, I think she would. She (1) always looks very annoyed when it goes off as it wakes her up as well, and (2) much prefers it when I stay in bed so she has company to be lazy with all day. Not that I blame her. The life of a cat seems quite nice on an ( Read more... )

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So, I'm at the end of another winter break and for once, I am SO looking forward to the semester starting. I know that I promised to write a nice long update post while I was "vacationing" in Texas, but, obviously that didn't happen. So, here's a summary of the two weeks I was "on break", divided into easy-to-read (and easy to write without ( Read more... )

"We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to turn it all around or to throw it all away."

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So, my mom is stuck in the Philly airport because of the big snowstorm we had Friday-Saturday. Waiting for her to find someway to get to State College so we can begin our long drive to Dallas with the cats. I'll be down there about two weeks and then drive back. Hopefully I will find time to post some while I'm there! Have lots to say and do to ( Read more... )

"She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world."

-Adlai Stevenson, Eulogy of Eleanor Roosevelt, November 7, 1962