Most weekends are three days long for me since I usually don't go in to work on Fridays, but this three-day weekend is different. First of all, I DID go to work on Friday, and second, Lee gets three days off--highly unusual ( Read more... )

The rain finally stopped, and today was warm and pretty. I went out and took some pictures.

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Last weekend, Lee and I went with the Hat City Scissor Squad gals to the Connecticut Sheep, Wool, and Fiber Festival. It was barnsful of wool of all kinds, all touchable, all amazing, all fascinating. There were people all over the place at spindles and spinning wheels, spinning. Sometimes when Lee sees me knitting, he'll say, "Oh, spinning ( Read more... )

Last year, I spent Holy Week and Easter with Apeliotes. This year, I couldn't have had all of Holy Week off, but I drove to DC to see Jason and Kate on Good Friday and to stay through Easter ( Read more... )

So on my birthday, everyone on all of LJ and MySpace who has ever had an account or ever will have one wished me a happy birthday, which was really cool. Thanks, guys! AND, when I got up the next morning, I had a special voicemail from the night before. It was Amanda, and she said hello from Fairhope--the MFAers are at the annual conference in ( Read more... )

I have some special things to show you.

First, from Pensacola Beach. ( Click for it. )

I got back to Hartford last night around midnight and back to Waterbury maybe an hour and a half later. I am pooped! Not just from getting back late and getting into work early (okay, not THAT early, but earlier than a person who got in late would like to). The poopedness also stems from the mad packedness of my trip.

I recently joined the LJ ( Read more... )

Lee and I both had the day off today, so we ran around town doing fun, exciting, mundane things. I woke up on the sofa this morning; after dinner last night, I stretched out to rest and maybe nap on the couch, and I didn't wake up for twelve hours. So even though I got up early, I got up very rested, and all day, I thought it was Saturday. It ( Read more... )

It's cold as the dickens today (as usual), and I marched through flurries on my way out of church, but guess what's growing in front of my front porch?


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In the spirit of hawt bitches, I'd like to tell you about a little get-together I attended last Saturday. The purpose was simple: have a good time. The means were noble: sing karaoke ( Read more... )