Letter meme, given the letter P by Cat. Leave a comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you like starting with that letter. Post them in your journal and give out new letters to your commenters in turn. NO TAGBACKS ALLOWED, unless a commenter specifically requests to be given a letter ( Read more... )

One Word Meme ( Read more... )

Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They MUST be real places, names, things -- NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question ( Read more... )

I've been remiss in posting - we got a parakeet a couple weeks ago and I'm only now posting a picture! Here is Keiko, wunder-keet:


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My parents are going to Venice! I'm so psyched for them. They NEVER travel except to visit kids/family, so this is going to be a real treat for them. It's also serving as a LONG-overdue honeymoon.

As a birthday gift to my mom (they'll be in Italy for her birthday), my sis and I bought them a half-day package to go on wine tour outside the ( Read more... )

Jumping on the Susan/Cat/Rachelle bandwagon! :)

Let me make you a Top 5 list. Name a topic, subject, category, whatever, in the comments, and I'll post my top 5 things in that category/subject/topic. Anything goes!

It has been so gray and wet here lately. It HAS been a bit warmer, which I do appreciate, don't get me wrong... but DAMN I want to go somewhere with soft breezes, sandy beaches, warm ocean water, and frosty pina coladas. I wish travel wasn't so expensive!

Le sigh...

We had our wedding announcement run in this weekend's local Albany paper, the Times Union: http://www.legacy.com/TimesUnion-Albany/Celebrations.asp?Page=Announcement&PersonID=86239921

It's "official" ;-)

I am embarrassed to say it, but I *LOVE* pictures of baby animals. Intellectually, I know that those calendars of baby kittens/chicks/puppies/chimpanzees/etc. should remain in the domains of children under the age of 11 and/or middle-aged women with Santas on their sweatshirts, but... I can't help it. They're so cute and fuzzy! So... here is a ( Read more... )

The concerts this weekend were great - I didn't screw up my duet, yay! It was soooo awesome to see Heather and my parents, even though I felt a little stressed about dividing my time between them so that neither would feel ignored :) Tuesday we start rehearsal for the Bernstein Mass, which should be an amazing and REALLY challenging piece. We're ( Read more... )