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Halloween
Finally relaxing after spending the evening trick-or-treating with my kids. It was a success as everyone made it home safely with candy-filled bags. Going to spend some time reading updated fanfics now. Happy Halloween! -
Beach Bound
We're loading up for the beach! This is a much deserved vacation and a rare visit with my dad. He's flying cross-country to meet us at the beach. The last time I saw him was a year ago when I was in and out of the hospital. I'm all healthy now and I'm determined there will be no medical emergencies this visit. My kids have grown leaps and bounds ( Read more... ) -
All work and no play...
...has made me a very dull LJ'er. Real Life has been very busy and full, but I've been missing my escape to the fantasy world. I'm hoping to create regular time to get updated on all my LJ friends and to be a part of the community again ( Read more... ) -
I've been tagged
So our beloved author Adamanteve19 tagged me. I'm a stick-in-the-mud for the most part, so let's see if I can come up with 7 things ( Read more... ) -
Counting My Blessings
It's been a while, but here I am. Still here. I owe my disappearance in part to the general busyness of life, and the other part to my clumsiness. Three days before Christmas I dropped a counter top on my foot. Yes, a counter top. I crushed the bones in three toes. It was painful, but even more than that it was frustrating. I have two small ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye To Summer
I must bid a fond farewell to this summer. It was a wonderful summer and I'll look back on it with lots of happy memories. Some of the stand-outs of the summer are my daughter turning 1, my son starting preschool, a quick beach trip, a wonderful two-week vacation in Wyoming, and Harry Potter mania ( Read more... ) -
It's Been A While...
Real Life has been amazingly full recently. My hubby took a new position in his company and he's had to spend a lot of extra time working while he learns the ins and outs of his job. And today is my son's 3rd birthday!!!! It's so bittersweet for me, but watching him grow up is one of the highlights of my life ( Read more... ) -
I'm sailing away...
Voyager. I'm flabbergasted. For those of you who have not read the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, you must. It is one of the most complicated, but well put together pieces of work that I've ever read. It's such a mixture of things that it could be categorized as sci-fi, romance, historical, action/adventure, and philosophical. I don't think I ( Read more... ) -
The Movie In My Mind
So I rented Bram Stoker's Dracula this week and watched it for the first time. It was really good and I must say that Gary Oldman was awesome. I can see how this movie prepared him for that crazy Azkaban look in POA ( Read more... ) -
Heaven Holds A Place For Those Who Pray
Here is the reading list for the rest of January if anyone is following along with me on reading the New Testament this year. For Bible recommendations, I have the New Living Translation and I must say it reads like a novel. Very helpful for someone like me who finds it a challenge to read the Bible ( Read more... )