... I did nothing but exist ( Read more... )

... and it's probably past time, for all that I love my permanent account here and the styles that it affords me, with the movement of all the servers to Russia and my own lack of doing a lot of writing, I'm finally moving everything over to DreamwidthIt's all up-to-date there now, and if you were following me here through whatever means, the link ( Read more... )

So for the last couple of weeks, we've been prepping Jet for his Colorado Music Ambassador's to Europe trip. He's going with Voyager's, a group that solely sets up high school bands, orchestras, and choirs for trips to Europe. Yesterday, we managed to get Jet checked in and off through security with 500 other kids. It was pretty crazy, and took ( Read more... )

And now I am unofficially done with being moderator ( Read more... )

I am done with being moderator of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Longmont, Colorado.

It's official.

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Halloween was fun. For the first time, I actually went out with the parents and the kids to go trick-or-treating. I'd always chosen to stay at home, and this time I decided to just leave the bowl of candy on the front doorstep with a sign, and I went with John and Jet through the neighborhood ( Read more... )

I had a Day, yesterday, which I was glad I finished ( Read more... )

Amazingly grateful for being able to walk around the neighborhood in the sunshine today, with Jet. I'm happy that I can cook again, that I can wander around the house again, that I can actually drive to church and do everything that I needed to do there. I'm amazingly grateful for just the simple act of being able to put my hair in a ponytail and ( Read more... )

On the 14th of February it was pretty obvious I had an eye infection of some sort in my right eye, but I'd had a bunch of those in the past, and on the 15th John was going to Fort Collins to do a talk about the flood recovery work he was doing, so Jet and I went with him as support and as witness. It was important and a good thing, but that ( Read more... )

There is a follow-up. I made them! I am so happy, too. It was pretty straightforward, and I just mostly followed the Japanese Cooking 101 recipe for An Pan, but used canned Anko (about half a can per batch).

( Cut for pictures... 'cause It didn't happen if there's no pictures! )