My brother annoys me SO MUCH over the holidays. He's so damn selfish and antisocial. Heaven forbid my mother ask him to help with ANY of the zillions of tasks that need to be done in order for the family to have a nice celebration THAT WE *ALL* ENJOY!!! I have spent hours since I've arrived in VA doing various christmassy things that my mom ( Read more... )

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

So...a little bit of this isn't recent - it's just that I'm finally posting it.

( Jewelry, blanket, and stencils! )

This is absolutely amazing. You guys should read these articles about how art affects people with alzheimer's. It's totally fascinating ( Read more... )

Informed by my dad today that Mom has decided to stop chemo treatments. Dr. wouldn't estimate a timeline, but says that things "should go quickly" now ( Read more... )

Ok...quick random thought...

I'm the one who does all the dishes in our house, and I've noticed that things have been getting lost. For example, we're missing several steak knives. Now, I know I don't take steak knives anywhere, and I'm assuming Holly doesn't either, so...really...where do they go?

I haven't updated about anything real in a very long time. Mostly because I've been in a very ugly place that I didn't want to share with the world, but I'm feeling immensely more positive these days ( Read more... )

This has got to be the most amusing help wanted ad I've ever read. I think I'll be working at Amy's this summer. ;)

I sent John (from the Deathray Davies) the picture of the print I did. He asked permission to send it to his wife...who I'm guessing sent it to others...but anyway, tonight I got an email from John saying that he'd just found the print here. His friend maintains the site, and apparantly put it up without telling anyone ( Read more... )

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