What I didn't mention about yesterday is that Christy finally had her family's old piano brought to the house. It's a massive 100-year-old upright with some nice carving, but it needs to be tuned. Not that the cats care. Within ten minutes of putting it in the living room, both Xander and Pierre were on top of it. To save the wood, Christy put ( Read more... )

Well, today Daniel and Lisa were in town and came to church, and so we got to show off Toby to everybody who came near. It was awesome. And then we all went over to Mom and Dad's for lunch (to celebrate my birthday), and while Toby was fussy for some of it, he was good during other parts and I got to hold him and rock him. He's got the most ( Read more... )

So I told my dad what songs I was thinking we could sing as a duet for my senior recital, and he got a sort of flabbergasted look on his face. After a minute or two, my mom looked at me and said, "He's agonizing. Can you give him a day?" I promised my mom I'd call in a day or two, and then we can discuss things ( Read more... )

Xander is curled up in a furry little ball, sleeping next to my monitor. It's incredibly cute. I suppose it's warm there, next to the monitor's heat vents. Anyway, just thought you all ought to know.

Today a white cat from our neighborhood got stuck on our porch roof.  I saw her as I left for school this morning, and since she was still there when I got back four hours later, we decided to get it down.  Poor Christy, the cat just about took her arm off as she carried it down the ladder!  It meowed this really pathetic meow that was almost like ( Read more... )

Daniel and Lisa came up on Friday for lunch, which was really nice.  So I got to hold Toby.  ::grins manically::  He wasn't in a very good mood, and cried quite a bit, but still.  We went to a lovely restaurant downtown where we had beer cheese soup and I had a wonderful chicken sandwich.  (Toby slept through that part, thank goodness)  Then we ( Read more... )

Today I had Ethics, a class which has rocketed to the top-ten list of classes I have ever taken. Not that that was unexpected: Eckman teaches it, and anything that Eckman teaches is going to be good! Anyway, we're reading Hunter's Culture Wars and we got to the part about the debate going on between the two main poles of society ("progressives" ( Read more... )

Xander loves chasing pens.  You leave one on the floor of the kitchen and within moments it's halfway across the floor or under the oven.  It's fun.

Well... um, you know, I was going to put something in my journal but it apparently has all flown my mind... goodness' sakes...  wow.  'sbeen awhile since my mind went this blank.

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So today I had American Lit. class, led by my brother's old friend Darby (though she insists that we call her Miss), and as she called roll, she asked that we tell her the best movie of 2003--or rather, our favourite. But then she said we couldn't say Return of the King. ::pouts:: That is so not fair. So I said Pirates of the Caribbean, since I ( Read more... )

It's not terribly easy, trying to type with a kitten on your lap.  However, it is warm and soft.  ::pets Xander::

Today I went to a baby shower for Lisa, which was fun.  It was at her parents' house, and I went with my mother.  They had a pretty good crowd, including several aunts and a cousin from my side and quite a few friends from Lisa's, as ( Read more... )