Happy Birthday kittybecca! If anyone sees a frantic message posted from my LJ name or sent using any of my chat IDs claiming that someone is being held hostage and starved, it’s just Shelley. We put her on Iams Active…
Katie & Filters & Home Stuff & Books
shadowkatt celebrated the Chinese New Year with the folks from the martial arts studio tonight at an Italian restaurant. There was one other female at the party, but otherwise lots of testosterone. They all seem like polite guys, happily. We’re…
Shared Calendars & Individual Reminders
Edit: This was SUPPOSED to be posted to Geeks_At_Home. There are three people (soon to be four) in our household. We all have PDAs. We all have very busy schedules. The only way we’ve found to keep up with our…
Conventions
I enjoyed GaFilk so much that now I want to go to other cons. I certainly want to go to GaFilk again next year, and now that I know about the dance I’ll use it as an excuse to get…
Weird Dreams
What is it with people having weird dreams lately? I had one last night that was even weird for me (and that’s going a far piece). My parents had moved to a new house, but something was wrong with it…
That Elephant in the Room
I just had an “Oh!” moment while chatting with waya. I’m the “flake” in my family of origin—certainly the black sheep. I was “the smart one” in childhood, but after I went my own way as an adult the family…
Uncle Albert
I just learned that my Uncle Albert had a major stroke a couple of days ago. He’s in serious condition. He already had congestive heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, and insulin-dependent diabetes. He’s just a couple of years older than Daddy,…
Window Treatments
I’m pondering two things about the Castle. First, the fireplace and several interior walls are granite. Not a facade, but truly granite. They show some yellowish discoloration that we think may be due to cigarette smoke. Whatever caused it, I…
Pain Meds!
Happily, the GP visit was much more productive than the rheumatologist visit yesterday. I have pain meds and muscle relaxants. I feel much better, but I’m so woozy that I’m fairly useless. The nurse warned me not to take the…
Wednesday Warbles