Unfortunately, most days go like this ( Read more... )

I had to go back to the start after watching the season 6 finale - almost like I had to see if I was making up how good it used to be. The differences jumped out instantly, though they weren't entirely what I was expecting ( Read more... )

Pipes burst all over our brand new wood floors. Fourth serious and expensive emergency in a year not yet half done. Guess I won't be going to the wedding and seeing family this weekend after all.

I am very tired.

I've already been given some excellent pointers, but I need more! I've been horribly out of touch with music for years due to not being able to afford any, but lately people have been giving me fancy iTunes giftcards. Hooray!

What do you like? Tell me!

And my tastes?( Read more... )

You may have noticed that Reflection's Edge has put up a final issue - a very final issue, after six years. After one too many exhausting problems, after one too many staff quit unexpectedly, after one too many months of putting in dozens of hours on my second job, it was time to quit. The decision to quit was, to say the least, difficult, but ( Read more... )

Crunch: Total Resculpt Rating: ***
This program focuses on toning arms and legs.
Required equipment includes free weights (preferably 2 lb or 5 lb), though a yoga mat might be helpful in the last 5 minutes.

Led by a man I can only describe as Sergeant Cheerleader and with warm-ups that felt torn from the pages of jazzercise and Dance, Dance, ( Read more... )

(Feel free to skip if you have no interest in random exercise videos ( Read more... )

My dog was violently ill for hours yesterday and had to be taken to the vet, terrifying both C and me, where he was pumped full of fluids and antibiotics and given a special diet to recover on. He's doing much better, but I keep having to check on him and give him little teaspoons of water and medicine and as of this morning a little food, plus ( Read more... )

I just realized today that in the past six months I have moved, gone to two out-of-town weddings, took two 10-day business trips, took a trip back home just to visit family, got a dog (and put him in therapy), and entertained 14 (as of tomorrow, 18) guests. Plus day job, plus writing, plus running online magazine ( Read more... )

There are any number of productive things I could be doing right now, stuck in Utah, having arrived at the airport after my departing connecting flight, but I am terribly tired and my mind is all mush, so I am mostly looking at clothes online as I wait for another connecting flight. This is a little masochistic, but I am enjoying it nevertheless. ( ( Read more... )