Yay! I have written up all my holiday cards - those requested plus a few more. AND scheduled a couple to be sent via the intrawebz. This really is fun. Why do I procrastinate so horribly? Tomorrow to the post office to mail them off, and tra la, all done. Before Christmas! This might be a first ( Read more... )

Hey guys,

Here's my holiday wish list.

Several of you have probably already seen this. I found it on jennem's journal. It strikes me as a damn good way to spend some holiday dollars this season. If you're leery of donating to a stranger on the internet, you could do something similar for kids in a shelter near you.

Happy holidays~

As many of you are no doubt already aware, Keith Olbermann did a special comment on Prop 8 a couple of nights ago. Now, I usually enjoy Keith's comments, sorta in spite of myself and my usual distaste for name-calling and general unkindness ( Read more... )

My daughters LJ post today.

That.Is.All.

Hello friends, I've not been posting (or even commenting much) lately. Consumed with my daughter's Bat Mitzvah - it was GREAT! - parent producing my other daughter's school play, and politics.

The last thing galvanized me enough to post. NOT about politics (well, not about the US election), but because of a comment to a post over at ontd_political. The post ( Read more... )

We are a small and lonely human race ( Read more... )

I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy. The lovely badgers over at hogwarts_elite awarded me an honorable mention in their superlatives! Lookie:


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as seen over at Rotae's:

dakinishir is emotionally distant. I bet no one's surprised that you never post your current mood. In fact, I bet most of your friends are so sick of you locking them out of your life that they hate you behind your back. Shame. wanna know your lj's moodring color? enter your user name and hit the ( Read more... )

Sorry internetz friends.  I haven't even had time to catch up on all my emails, and I'm galivanting off again tomorrow, and will be without access for a few days.

I'm not ignoring you, really.  I PROMISE I WILL CATCH UP WHEN I GET BACK!

eventually.

See ya when I get back from Maine.

Cheers~

Thanks to everyone who sent good wishes on our way to camping.  It was lovely of you to take the time to do so, and it worked!  We had great fun.  Here are some of the highlights, in no particular order, and with input from the kinder:

• We love kayaking!  First time for three of us, and we all adore it.  Want to buy kayaks, use often.
• Stars - ( Read more... )