Perhaps I'm falling victim to the familiar cliche of time, finding myself all shook up about the prospect of having passed a quarter century without leaving a noticible mark on the world. Alternately, it may be just seasonal blues, or that life feels like trying to scale rock walls with my fingernails lately. Either way, I had a hard day today ( Read more... )

Joey's taking me to New Hope PA tomorrow for my birthday (which is actually Sunday, but everything's open a little later tomorrow, yanno?) I'm going to be 25 - eek ( Read more... )

Went with Joey on some pool jobs yesterday...one of his customers had a whole bunch of wild grapes taking over her backyard. A filter basket lined with grape leaves, a pair of wire cutters, and some fearless treking through overgrown (though thankfully unpoisionous) ivy later, I had a full bag of grapes.

I made JAM this morning yay! Pics? Why sure ( Read more... )

Like, two and a half pages, and Livejournal ate it.

The gist of the last two months, abridged version:

I got c. diff colitis. it sucked. I had to go to the hospital and I had hallucinatory fevers. I'm better now.

I love my job, got a raise and now I'm doing all sorts of stuff like writing descriptions on top of doing the buying. Love it :)

We got a ( Read more... )

May the goddess smile on us all.


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I freakin LOVE my new job. I don't even CARE that I have to get up 2 hours earlier, drive an hour round trip, and only get half my usual lunch break. I haven't looked at the clock once in the two days I've been there.

The drive is fairly nice, decent scenery, I roll my windows down and crank up the music, and it's very zen. I look forward to it, ( Read more... )

Apparently, they aren't even hiring anyone to replace me. No temp, no permanent....nothin. So...in the four months I've been there, the company has:

*Called two meetings to explain we were a different branch/company/affiliate; aka we were bought/renamed twice.

*Canned someone I considered to be a second-in-command for the accounting dept, with no ( Read more... )

....we borrow it from our children.

Happy Earth Day, everyone. :)


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(That's "happy new year" to those of you who are unaware - it is not a sexual position. Today is Chinese Lunar New Year, and the beginning of year of the boar, the last of the 12 yearly symbols in the cycle - it is a year of renewal and rebirth.)

Today was a crazy trip that began with World of Warcraft holidays. WoW is having a "lunar festival", in ( Read more... )

Christmas!

Loot:
Opal Butterfly ring (Joey)
Chia Herb Garden (mom) 
$400 (Dad)
$100 (Gramma Judy & Mum Mum)
White Sweater & Brown Skirt Set (Joey's Mom)
2 My Little Pony Tree Ornaments (Joey's Neices)

Gave:
Receipt Scanner (to Joey)
Pirates 2 DVD (to Joey)
Fat bird squishy stress ball thing (to Mom)
Tarot Deck (to Nicky)
Bettie Page pics (to Stevie)

New Years:

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