*Dusts off the cob webs* Been a while since I was here...
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One of my turtles, Yurtle, has begun laying eggs, again. This is the same turtle who did this last year. So I went to Walmart and threw together an gravid box for her to lay in. As it turns out, Yurtle, is a terrible mother. She isn't even trying to dig a hole, just laying the eggs were ever and then stomping on them ( Read more... )

I got an post card today, addressed to me and my middle name. Really, it says "Dear J & P." Appearently some photographer was at Strider's first show and snapped some shots, and is tryng to sell them. They aren't bad shots and I know that having co-owners isn't uncommon, but I don't think I've ever had my name messed up in quite that way before.

Stepped off the porch this morning, the same porch I have stepped off who knows how many times in the fifteen+ years sense it was bult, and fell on my ass. And because the universe is punishing me for being female, I was so full of pain killers I did not actually realise I had sprained my ankle until about 12:30 this afternoon when I noticed it was ( Read more... )

Got home from Strider's first show today. He did well, came home with two blue ribbons, but no points. Really all i wanted was for him to not freak out, so I am happy.

In an amusing side note, he competed against another poodle named Gandolf.

Overall, this book is cute, not great, but it will fill an afternoon. I still think it could have been better, the pacing was slow, with a lot of down time spent on Katniss sitting in a tree/cave. I think focusing on at least one other character would have improved it quiet a bit. Katniss herself smacks of Sue, she enters the games with all the ( Read more... )

I'm about halfway through, and Rue has just died ( Read more... )

The unluckiest of days. I arrived home to find an enourmous limb in the back yard. It had fallen from about half way up an oak tree (maybe a 100 ft tall, not sure). On the plus side, it did no damage; managing to miss the fence, the power/phone lines, and the shed, even though it is touching all of them. Also, no one was home, which means the dogs ( Read more... )

So I had jury duty today (fun fun), and I got in a couple chapters of the Hunger Games in while I waited. I think I should preface what I am about say with this: I read a lot. I am working on a three book series, I have a minor in English, and have been a editor and beta reader, and I am currently a reviewer for You Gotta Read Reviews (shameless ( Read more... )

My parents were changing the batteries in their smoke detector, mom up on the chair, dad on the floor handing up the batteries. Mom hands down the dead battery and while she puts in the new, Tribble checks out the old one in dad's hand. It's a 9v, and if you have ever stuck one on your tongue, you know even a mostly dead one can give you a shock. ( Read more... )