In spite of three annual floods in my basement, it is cleaned up. Not neat, not fixed, but reasonably clean. If I get a few years without any more floods (please let the new flap thingy work), I'll have the bottom half of the walls put back in and make it a finished basement, minus one deconstructed bathroom ( Read more... )

*crawls across floor to desk and pulls self up to keyboard*

*gulps cold tea and waits for caffeine to hit brain*

*stretches fingers and tries to remember finger positions on keyboard*

*thanks the gods for muscle memory*

Is it Friday at 4:30, yet?

Plan for evening:
Curl up on bed with dog and book.
Cup of Sleepy Time tea on nighstand.
Sleep.

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I celebrated by making potions. More specifically, I made soap.

Irishredlass69 and I had a lovely chat last night and she told me what she wanted for winning the spa set in the TPP Every Flavour Auction. Soap. Lots and lots of glycerin soap ( Read more... )

I was just feeling sentimental and remembered this image from my childhood.


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Every year, I swear that I will go about the holidays in an organized way so I can stay on top of everything ( Read more... )

My box from Amazon arrived! I have season 1 of True Blood and seasons 2 & 3 of The Tudors.

*happy sigh*

I don't have HBO or Showtime, so I haven't seen any of these.

I had three very pleasant days up in Wisconsin with my brother and his family. Mom was in a good mood the whole time and did not behave like a beast, even once. Maybe that's something she saves up for when we visit my sister's family ( Read more... )

If you have any frustrations in need of being taken out on something, try this:

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If you're at work, turn down the volume on your speakers.

I, too, have had an affair with Tiger Woods.

I learned today that five other women and two men at work have also had affairs with Tiger Woods.

It would not surprise me if some of you have had affairs with Tiger Woods.