Best wishes to all of you for a wonderful 2007 ( Read more... )

I really didn't mean to be gone this long, but I took an inadvertent LJ break that turned into a purposeful one. With Arwen leaving for school half a country away on September 7th, I grabbed every opportunity to hang out with her and soak in her happy essence before she flew away ( Read more... )

Well, the landscapers showed up with a bobcat on Tuesday, and tore most of my back yard out. They brought a bunch of new soil in on Wednesday, and started working to shape it, but then it rained. And rained. And on Friday it thundered and poured buckets, so it's all a sloppy horrible mess with huge puddles and mud like I've never seen. So much for ( Read more... )

I just left the bank where I arranged for the payment of Arwen's residence and tuition fees for the fall. (This crazy school requires them by June 15th.)

Now I have an insance craving for chocolate and potato chips.

Do you like music? Do you wish there was a better way to discover new artists? Explore genres you're not really familiar with ( Read more... )

Well, after months of nail-biting anxiety and waiting, Arwen found out yesterday that she has been accepted at Sheridan Institute, School of Animation, Arts and Design. It's the top art college in the country, and I am so thrilled for her. At the same time, my mother's heart is torn at the thought of sending my baby half-way across the country. I ( Read more... )

Life is very stressful right now - between work, health, Big Decisions for the kids, and general OMG NO TIME TO DEAL, I'm getting a little emo about it all. Holding it together on the outside, ready to crawl into a cave somewhere on the inside. Blah Blah coping fishcakes. I'll be fine. Sometime in June. Really I will.

Reaches out and hugs flist. ( Read more... )

Took a second over my first morning coffee to see if there was anything left in my brain after the last insane weeks of my life. Apparently, I do remember a little from my youth, even if the days are blurring together now. Gacked from Ghyste.

( Classic Rock test )

Life is insane. More on this later.

Hey hybridutensil! I picked up Mal and Jayne action figures for you last weekend. I didn't get a chance to talk to you about Jayne before I went shopping so if you don't want him, just let me know. They also had #1 of Tales of Army of Darkness, so I picked that up too ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took the advice of all the fitness people and walked my errands rather than taking the car. Fine, exept for the ungodly prairie winds, the exhaust and noise from the cars, and the fact that some fucker thought it would be funny to swerve over into the nearest lane and absolulely soak me with muddy water. It was still below freezing, and ( Read more... )