Cabin... woods... spectacular mountain views... hiking... mountain flowers... cold mountain run off for water...

Going to visit formal_copy and smittymoo comes with some of this attached. They are indeed in the middle of nowhere, which feels lovely after being trapped in the crush of an urban environment all of the time. *smiles* While I can appreciate my friends ( Read more... )

Had a good weekend. *smiles* Always good to see those friends. Many of them challenge me to think in ways I don't in my average day, which is generally good.

Many years later, I still miss living in the same vacinity as formal_copy and smittymoo.

Of course, we also missed deramani and just_a_jim. Boo ( Read more... )

Tonight, last_bastion and I had dinner with a friend and said friend's wife. We'll call him Zyo, 'cause that's what last_bastion and I call him on the online gaming community that we play with him on. Zyo's a great guy, laid back, and fun to talk to, who laces our conversations over game nights with breaks for beer. Over the year that we've been playing the game, we've ( Read more... )

This is my journal. I have several LJ cuts. Most of them are ones that I arbitrarily choose who gets to see them. There are a few, however, that I'm willing to add others to.

Recipes - Where I will share good recipes, complete with point totals for WW peeps.

Fitness - Not used as often anymore, but I'll be talking here about things like ( Read more... )

Sometimes, you have the most awesome of times completely by surprise.

Now... I knew that formal_copy was coming out this weekend to visit. We had talked about it all the way back in January, when we were visiting her and smittymoo and all of those gathered at their place for New Years. I even knew that where we were going to take her was up in the mountains further ( Read more... )

last_bastion is posting picture happy recently. :) He put a couple of me and one of himself without his head up on his journal. Color me amused. And tickled that he talks about me in such squishy language.

Its good to be loved.

In other news, I realized after the trip that we managed to miss a couple of people while we were in Austin... so, oracle_tx, martythegrey, and stompergrrrl... ( Read more... )

Long enjoyable weekend... now done.

*smiles*

last_bastion hit the tarmack to visit Austin over the weekend. It had been more than a year sinc we'd been there, which we figged to be a bit too long. So we dropped a line to noeticist, who was kind enough to give us sleeping space and cart us around the area for a few days ( Read more... )

Overall, its been a good weekend. *smiles* There was some stupidity at a couple of points... but those mostly involved people who don't realize that a game is a game and people who shouldn't have drivers licenses.

On the up side...

Friday off. Rocks.

Seeing black_king and listening to him and last_bastion ramble at length about Buddhism ( Read more... )

*heaves a deep, satisfied sigh*

Its 5 minutes and change to 1am, and last_bastion and I made it home from the last leg of our Holiday travelling.

2008 is gone, the final moments of it washed away in the love and contentment of close friends only to welcome in the coming 2009 in a similar fashion. New Years with formal_copy and smittymoo and the various friends that are so near ( Read more... )

After waxing philosiphical, I have to take a moment and pout.

I had this absolutely fantastic weekend!

But I had to go back to to work today...

Now... for the shout.

apotropaic!

I have a new cookbook.

It has a healthy section of vegetarian main dishes...

When you coming over for dinner again? :)

Raen.