I'd much rather live in the fandom. I've been away on vacation, so I've been in a sort of suspended reality. Now that I'm back home and back to real life, I find I'd much rather be dealing with Voldemort, or a pack of vampires. Not to be a downer, but I wonder what demons Voldemort, the Dementors, and the Death Eaters represent for JKR? If we could ( Read more... )

I took a prediction test about Deathly Hallows at TLC. Let's see how wrong I'll be.
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My Mom had her pacemaker replaced on Tuesday the 21st. The surgery was scheduled for 5:30 pm, but actually took place at 9:30 pm, so again with the pacing of the hospital floors. She was released the next day (the day before Thanksgiving). So we brought her home to recover, and then my husband came down with some sort of virus. He was sick all ( Read more... )

My daughter is going to be the flower girl at my sister's wedding and she is taking the responsibility very seriously. Today was my sister's shower, and my daughter was my sister's official helper in everything, from greeting the guests to opening the presents. She has been practicing her walk for the big day. She's been giving my sister advice ( Read more... )

The munchkinator got dressed up as a firefighter for Halloween. No princess or ballerina for her. No siree. It's official, I'm raising a tomboy. Well, at least she comes by it honestly--a girl after my own heart.

Sooooo.... I volunteered to accompany my daughter's class and the rest of the pre-schoolers (all 40 some-odd of them) on there first school trip. Why, you may ask? This is a good question. I have no answer. I guess I was trying to be a supportive, involved parent. We took them to a pumpkin patch so the kids could visit a real working farm with ( Read more... )

Well, things are a bit calmer now. Mom hasn't had a chest pain episode for about a week now. Of course, she is taking 13 different meds.  ::sigh::   I shouldn't complain. Things could be worse, but I am just so tired of dealing with that hospital. Bah! There must be something cheerier to talk about. Ah yes, I've lost about 10 pounds! Go me! Of ( Read more... )

My mom keeps having chest pains that the doctors can't explain. This is not good. Not good AT ALL!! I am now in hyper-vigilant mode, creeping up on full panic mode if we don't find out something soon. Aaaaargh!!

So the other day, my husband and I were out to dinner with friends and we were discussing Lists. You know, The List that everyone one makes up of celebrities or whomever that they are allowed to sleep with without repercussions from their significant others. Jessica Alba seemed to make it onto to a lot of the men's list. Charlize Theron was ( Read more... )

Ok, so it was really only a half day--a sort of orientation for all the nervous kids and their even more anxious parents. I walked the mnuchkinator to class, and she seemed relatively okay (better than me anyway). I was worried she'd start crying because some of the other kids were, but as soon as the teacher's assistant asked her to go make some ( Read more... )