I promised stultiloquentia and sylviavolk2000 that I would show them pictures of my garden, so I asked hubby to take some ( since I'm a very bad photographer) and lo, here they are.

ETA: I coudn't manage to link to my pics, so I'm linking you to my LJ-gallery. See if that works...

My face is red with shame! Here come the people I just know I missed. I hope you guys will forgive me, because I haven't had much access to the internet for more than a week, and no birthday prompts...

Happy Birthday to
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Hello flist!

Here I am, on a blisteringly hot Toronto morning, updating my lj before I go off on yet another jaunt into the city. I'm gonna chronicle my journey below...

Thursday
I went out alone, because poor
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So I didn't post about my Toronto exploits yet, because I was either jet-laggy, supine on a couch in chez joniesxxx, or I was busy jaunting all over that beauteous city. But tonight I have a moment to spare before I don my melatonin pills and my sleeping mask and tell you what I did ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here, totally freaking out over my impending departure for Toronto....I wish I could travel without all these nerves, but this long-distance travel thing makes me shake and rethink all my choices a dozen times. And walk around like a headless chicken, going off on new tasks in the middle of the old one. I hate travel ( Read more... )

Trying to cram this day off fuller than full with stuff that needs to be done. Or that my hindbrain thinks needs to be done ( Read more... )

I want to thank my flist from the muddy bottom of my heart for the dozens of birthday congrats I got yesterday. Warms the cockles of my heart, and although I don't know exactly what cockles are (I suppose I could Google it), they must be something good ( Read more... )

I finished my novel yesterday, on schedule. And there was much rejoicing. Yay.The funny thing is, and it always is, that something that you work on for so long and so intensively leaves a big gap. Yes, it's nice to let it rest for a month, do all those things I havent' been doing the past four (editing) months. but right now I'm feeling kind of ( Read more... )

I was all, I'm sooo virtuous because I worked out straight after coming home from work. But ya know, satisfaction will get you nowhere. The rest of the evening I did nothign but eat, watch Medium and Lost, and now I feel sleepy.

I think feeling guilty about not working out is much better, writing wise....

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