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A brief check-in
Yikes! How is it September already? I used to think older people were crazy when they said time went faster as you got older (Really, grownups? Isn't time a universal constant? was my snippy internal monologue), but the older I've gotten, the more it seems true ( Read more... ) -
Royal baby
While I'm very happy for Kate that she's safely delivered, I must admit that I was hoping for a little princess. It would have been fun to have the first female to have a direct place in the British succession that couldn't be superseded by a subsequent male sibling. Alas. Although I suppose, a lad is more accurate. -
Another year is past
Today my youngest child turned 14. We're in northern Michigan visiting my father-in-law at his lake house and at her birthday dinner at a local restaurant the waitress thought she was at least 16. I'm definitely not ready for her to be 16. 14 is hard enough to believe. Her big gift is pit tickets to see The Killers next month. It's comforting to ( Read more... ) -
The current state of me
Summer is officially here if we go by the school calendar. Yesterday was the last day for Matthew and Natalie is now an official Middle School (8th grade) graduate. It's strange to contemplate that in the fall I'll have two high schoolers and two college students. I'd always heard people say that you really never feel that much older on the inside ( Read more... ) -
2012: My Year in Books
I'm following the example, mostly, o muffinkath7 nd giving you my list of books read in 2012. It was a relatively light year for me with only 76 and in general I stayed on the lighter end of the literary pool. There has been so much stress in my life in the last few years that I've used reading more for escapism. That being said, there are some more ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas
I just wanted to take a few moments to wish all of you a very merry Christmas. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, may you have a very happy holiday season. With all the sadness of recent weeks, it's important to remember the good things in our lives. You, my LJ friends, are one of the good things in my life. -
Catch up post
I'm happy to say that things have improved since my last post. No new kitten to replace Nicholas yet, but we'll see what happens on that front in the coming months.
( In no particular order, here are things that have made/are making me happy. ) -
Who's going?
Yes, I've been MIA for some time now. Things on the home front continue to be quite stressful, but I'm taking it a day at a time and trying to make positive changes in my own life. I keep telling myself that things will get better. *fervently wishes ( Read more... ) -
Ah, children
One of my New Year's resolutions is to try at least one new recipe a month. I've made several crockpot recipes this month and today's was Split Pea Soup. It was tasty, but not everyone is excited about this change in culinary plans. Natalie, age 12, announced at dinner that "the crockpot was Satan's cooking tool". Who knew ( Read more... )