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Funniest misheard lyric
Yoric: All we need is some ice-cream and a...gun?
Greenchimes:...some ice-cream and a HUG. My, that sure changes the song, doesn't it?
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Foot down!...or is it?
Yoric and I crashed at Casa Woodbury last night, and slept the time away, as we were both under the weather. I get up this morning, feeling quite a bit recovered, and mom gets in my face, saying, "Don't bring someone over who's sick. If you can't be here for me and the dogs, maybe you need to be somewhere else. Don't bring people over who treat ( Read more... ) -
Another lost skill
I picked up my watercolors today after at LEAST a year interval, though I think it's more like 3, and worked on a picture I've been developing slowly. It's ridiculously complicated, a macro shot of iris, but I put aside the self criticism, allowed myself to become absorbed and had a good time ( Read more... ) -
Remainder of road trip
Day 2 in Kansas got off to a rough start. Indy blinked on her "Check engine" light, and as she'd never done that, I was scared enough to demand we take her in immediately. We drove in, and were promptly greeted with a gent from Minnesota! His brother used to live in Woodbury (!). Small world! Anyway, we were given fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies ( Read more... ) -
First full day in KS
All due respect to the great Sunflower State, I was actually surprised to find there IS stuff to do in Wichita, Kansas ( Read more... ) -
Things I have learned from the road trip
1- the lap has a limited amount of space. One's purse, water bottle, book, camera, glasses, Kleenex AND cell phone may NOT all fit ( Read more... ) -
Road Trip!
So Yoric's got some vacation time upcoming this week and we are going on a road trip. We are going to Kansas to see his spiritual sister ( Read more... ) -
Saying goodbye to grandma?
My grandmother has just been diagnosed with an "aggressive tumor" in her liver.
I've never had to deal with a family member and a terminal disease. The doctor thinks we have weeks, maybe months.
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Singing the praises of Savers
I am wearing new jeans. And they FIT.
This is huge. My normal stand-by of Lee changed its pattern so that they fit everywhere but the waist, where there was always a lovely 3-4" gap at my back.
I went to Savers and got 2 new pairs of jeans, barely used, they FIT and cost less that $20 for the both of them! -
Well FUCK
"Magical thinking is often intensified in mental illnesses such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), clinical depression or schizotypal personality disorder.[citation needed] In each it can take a different form peculiar to the particular illness. In OCD, it is often used in ritual fashion to ameliorate the dread and risk of various dangerous ( Read more... )