I went into the bathroom recently and saw this nasty spider, so I courageously found the kleenex box and smooshed it. (with the appropriate "hi-ya!") Then, when I lifted up the box to clean up, I realized that I had just courageously defeated a clump of hair. But it was a very scary clump of hair ( Read more... )

Alert the media.

Because I'm in a typative mood, I present the lj-cut.

( of waterbeds and weird weather )

The family computer has had a mental breakdown. Everything is on the fritz, and even my techno-geek computer whisperer of a father can't seem to fix it. This, boys and girls, is called "bad news." Which means that my computer has become de facto family computer for projects that need Microsoft Office and games. (i.e. the things that can't be ( Read more... )

I don't know why I bother checking my email at 6:30 AM. No one will have written me back between midnight and now. No one. I wouldn't have written anyone back between then and now, yet what's the first thing I do after I get back from the Seminary run? I check my email. And not only that, I still have that faint glimmer of hope that someone ( Read more... )

...my friends leave me messages and postings and facebook!gifties to lift my spirits. And lj gives itself a little romantic glow spitshine. The universe conspires to try to get me well again ( Read more... )

...I'm a moron. I can't believe I didn't post that before I went to bed last night. *headdesk ( Read more... )

because I felt I had to bring some sort of omiyage after coming back from my absence

My headache finally departed, but only after concentrated effort on my and several tylenol's part.

In order to avoid tripling the size of my friends "friend" pages with my self-indulgent postings, I give you...*drumroll*...self-indulgent lj cuts!!

( Thursday, the day of the musical )

We did "family calendar" tonight, an activity which entails going through the week, determining everybody's activities and, most importantly, how we're going to stretch our vehicles to meet the demand. There's school and work and practices and math competitions and church activities and meetings and basketball, and then there's me with I think 2 ( Read more... )

...or not ( Read more... )

The boys went to Greeley (about 2.5 hours away) for a 3 hour math test/competition they both got into, and Dad went with them so he could go to the solutions seminar and hear how one arrives at the answers for said test. I was going to go with them, but I spent most of the day attempting to lure in some wild dogs for a tasty snack. Thankfully, ( Read more... )