I am stunned how fast the parenting thing has rooted into the pit of my stomach. Not stunned how rewarding it is ( Read more... )

So I'm really happy. Really really happy. If I had written a wishlist, I wouldn't have done this well ( Read more... )

My car is packed with the second load of stuff going up to therandver 's house. Boxes are ID'ed for the third load - he'll be here next weekend, for Yule, and I can send him back with stuff. We'll do the last trip together - he's coming down for New Year's with more carrying capacity, and we can bring the rest of my furniture and boxes then ( Read more... )

Well, my horoscope threatened a higher level of mental organization today, so perhaps that's why I managed to remember FLYladyFor those impressed with my productivity, who have picked up my use of timers, etc...this is where I learned to do that, from about 2001-2006 ( Read more... )

This moving business, at the holidays, with everything else that's going right in my life...well, it's all exhausting, and I'm just not going to manage being a good correspondent for a bit ( Read more... )

The advice to subscribe to steampunk groups here on LJ was REALLY GOOD. I like steamfashion in particular - many pictures and general crowdsourcing. Good stuff ( Read more... )

One of the things that therandver and I have fun with is the serious enabling that goes on between us on our various interests, which are hugely complementary. I've been asked to come up with something steampunkish for D-C next summer, to go with a 'crewmember of one of Her Majesty's Airships', and I'm feeling simultaneously spoiled and challenged, and I ( Read more... )

(my life coach would say, celebrate! yes, yes, going out to dinner ( Read more... )

So it seems arranged that I'll be moving to N. AL "in the New Year"...actual date not yet set, since mom's b'day is the 2nd, and I'm not going to ditch her right on the day if I can help it.  (Just checked - it's a Saturday.  Helpful, that.)

I am valiantly trying to stay on task, listening to my mp3s.  They are helping - my second practice exam ( Read more... )

 My perception of my life and what I want to do with it is changing so fast, I can't keep up.  I took a social media webinar today, and the ideas just poured out of the ether onto my page - and I know a lot from the presentation went over my head, I should retake it after my exam.

What I've been up to in the past few years, things I like to think ( Read more... )