So I'll begin with the most saliant question... Who's still here, and how are you?
Because I'm well and missing this medium and missing you guys and wanting to be in the loop again!

Seriously guys, I think I'll need you to start smacking me around whenever I start posting about cooking, because this is turning into an obsession! I don't think it's normal to spend the entire afternoon preparing lasagna sauce/filling and baba ghanoush, only to come home from work and go back into the kitchen to play around until you've ( Read more... )

For a variety of reasons, this journal, at least for the time being, is friends only. There is much to write about, but at least for now, I'm not fully comfortable with public exposure. If you would like to be added to my friends list, please go ahead and leave a comment and I will likely add you back.

Back, at long last, from Quebec. Actually, I got home yesterday, but I haven't had the balls to recap the weekend until now. I warn you all that there will be much biterness in this post. Kindly humour me ( Read more... )

I'm off there tomorrow for my grandmother's funeral. It will take place on Saturday. This weekend will be horrendous for many reasons. A funeral it self is no great raison d'être for a trip. Spending time with my mother who continues to make remarks on my appearance and fuss over my clothes is more stressful than I can explain. I will hate being ( Read more... )

For the past few years, I've felt that I've failed to make any significant progress or changes. Not so with 2005, even though the constant flux of the past twelve months have contributed in a major way to a lot of the emotional difficulty I ran into. When I compare my life to what it was on this day last year, there's very little about it that I ( Read more... )

So gone. No clue how that happened. only drank that much wine to keep Corey from sloshing too much.. Woops!! I've retyped like 2 of hose sentences ( Read more... )

I want to thank all of you, first, for your many kind comments to my last post. I definitely appreciated your thoughts, and I will be responding in time ( Read more... )

My grandmother died last night surrounded by family. She wnt peacefully, and after spending only a few days receiving intravenus and subcutaneous morphine. She will no longer have to cope with the struggle to recall French words, walk, or care for those she loved.

Je t'aime, Mamie Jeanne.

In just under an hour, my Mom will board a plane bound for Quebec City. My grandmother had a second stroke on Thursday but seemed to stabalize shortly thereafter. This morning, we got the call that she was going downhill fast and is presently on a morphine drip to dull the pain. On thursday, I asked Mom to reserve tickets for two if she had to make ( Read more... )