We has it.

Aaron and I are hanging in there. We still have no power, which also means no heat and no water. The estimated time for restoration of power in Hollis is Friday, which will make 7+ days in the dark. We've borrowed a small kerosene heater from our neighbors to keep the pipes from bursting. We've been staying at home on nights with temperatures ( Read more... )

Thanks for the comic info, folks. It turns out that for ease of categorization by people who know nothing about the genre, we're going to do alpha by author (harrumph ( Read more... )

If you were going to the library to browse their graphic novel selection, how would you want it to be organized ( Read more... )

Starting Aug. 20, I'll be working in the Young Adult section of the Nashua Public Library! 15 hours/week--just enough to give me a little bit of schedule and spending money and time out of the house. And I'll read YA fiction for my job! Hurrah!

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The dress is for realz all done. This is the last I'll post until I have pictures from the service itself.


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I'm all done with the skirt part of the dress!


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So you'll recall that way back in May, I made a muslin for my wedding dress, the giraffe dress. Stuff has been happening since then, but it hasn't been visible, exciting progress. Until now.

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I learned the following things about my almost 11 year old cousin Katy on Saturday:
1. She has a nearly complete super schmancy dollhouse and needs dolls to play in it with, but she does not like the regular kind because they have creepy faces.
2. What she wants for Christmas is "anything with fairies."

Something clearly had to be done.


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