Well, the weather here has been gloomy and chilly and definitely not spring-y enough for me. It's my sister's birthday and she loves Las Vegas, so we're off for a few days of fun in the sun. I never thought Vegas was the kind of place I'd enjoy until I went for a conference and found that I liked the fantastic aspects of the Strip. We don't gamble ( Read more... )

So for the last few years I've made a trip to NYC at the end of summer term. Usually lots of hot weather and time with a good friend, and some sightseeing around New York and a trip to the beach in Long Island ( Read more... )

If I keep waiting for the time/motivation to actually write a real entry, it'll be another several months, so a quick update on the state of me ( Read more... )

No time to post (no time to think, drowning in end-of-term marking), but I wanted to thank caras_galadhon and laceymcbain for the lovely snowflakes ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, I really loved Christmas. I loved the lights, I loved making decorations for the tree at school, I loved the piles and piles of gifts under the tree, the whole thing ( Read more... )

I have always wanted a papasan chair, and since we're redoing a lot of the house and have thrown out a lot of ratty old furniture, I decided to indulge myself and buy one at Pier 1 Imports ( Read more... )

Hey look, she's posting something! And it's even fannish ( Read more... )

I don't post often, and the last few posts have been mostly about my poor sick cat, Big Bad Bailey Buddy Boy (when I'm feeling alliterative) or my Sweet Babboo. Sadly, Bailey lost his struggle yesterday; he was scheduled for a test to try to figure out what was causing his weird symptoms, but he deteriorated quickly over the last few days, and by ( Read more... )

So in my last entry I bemoaned the condition of my cat Bailey, who now looks very much like the leader of the evil Gremlins (what was his name? I remember Gizmo, but he was the cute little good one, right ( Read more... )

I just haven't gotten into the LJ habit, I suppose. I occasionally compose a post in my head that never actually makes it to the posting page.  But wow, it's been months. Some random stuff follows ( Read more... )