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I'm reading a book about Elizabeth of York, and it has a portrait of her on the cover. Sarah was sitting on my lap, looking at it.

"This lady is a princess. I am not a princess, but I shine so bright, like the Moon."

Sarah: What's your job, Mama ( Read more... )

Dear Danica:

You're better than this GoDaddy crap. It's horrible and sexist and you could not possibly need the money that badly. Please stop. I want to like you, but this makes it so difficult. (A beaver? Really ( Read more... )

I'm on a mailing list. I've been on this mailing list for a long time--I joined in either 1997 or 1998. It's a list that has to do with my field of expertise, and I know most of the people who participate. It is sometimes infuriating and sometimes very useful. In an odd way, I am fond of it and even at times when it seems to have outlived its ( Read more... )

So, a lot has been going on and I don't have time to write about that now but I will later. But tonight at 5 pm I am going to get my hair cut. I am bored with it and everyone has this haircut and I want to change it up some. I am thinking about going short, but we'll see.

Should I cut it all off? Help me, LJ!

So this is my go-to bread recipe. This bread is always good, and it's not too sweet but still smells like honey (or maple syrup, which I have also used with success). I make a batch nearly every weekend and we eat it all week ( Read more... )

Several times a day Sarah says "I want to give you a BIG HUG and a BIG KISS and a nice pat!" and then she does. It makes my day every time she does it, but I have no idea where the "nice pat" comes from. But I get a nice pat every day, and it's wonderful every time.

Some days I just feel blessed.

So, MAAWG is over for another few months, at least. (MAAWG is an industry group of which I am a member, and there are three meetings per year ( Read more... )

I have never been very good at Lent. I understand the reasoning and I value the spiritual discipline of it, but I have always felt awkward about it, like I was showing off or something. But Lent, as I understand it, is about renewing our commitment to three things: justice towards God (in the form of prayer), justice towards ourselves (in the form ( Read more... )