stoney321 posted a fabulous, detailed blog about taking inspiration from this advent calendar, and making her own. I so have to replicate it! Or, rather, take inspiration from her inspiration, and make my own version. My hands have been restless since I finished my holiday gifts, and I love me a good craft project -- not to mention birds and advent ( Read more... )

( Let's go back to those skates, shall we? )

This Christmas was perfectly lovely (although, admittedly, pretty much anything would have been an improvement over last year's hell-iday). My brother Jon and D's mom are both currently living with us. The four of us had a nice dinner together on Christmas Eve, after driving around looking at neighborhood Christmas lights. Christmas morning, we ( Read more... )

The number one perfectly ordinary thing that utterly creeps me the hell out: pepper seeds. Not the seeds themselves, but when you cut open a bellpepper and there they are, all lined up on the core... Don't get me wrong, I LOVE peppers, and cut them and cook them without complaint, but I have to mentally detach myself from the chore of coring and ( Read more... )

Do you remember the first Hallowe'en I was here, how we got a strange note on the doorstep? I finally know what it's about! I came home this afternoon to find a pumpkin basket laden with goodies (including a super cute Frankenstein's monster coffee mug) on the doorstep, and an explanatory note. Basically, "boo"ing your neighbor is like Secret ( Read more... )

On friday, D gave me a beautiful, unique bouquet.  On sunday, we went and got long massages (with my favourite massage therapist, no less). We had a nice dinner at one of our favourite places, saw a movie, and stayed at a fun hotel. In the morning, on our anniversary proper, we had champagne (in our lovely new celebratory flutes) and cake (from ( Read more... )

I had a lovely dream last night.

I don't remember the premise, but I had to go back in time for some reason. I was on whatever mission sent me there, and realised "OMG my parents are getting married today!" I rushed over to the building where they were getting married. There were several groups of people waiting their turn to be married at this ( Read more... )

Today's offensive signage: two red-white-and-blue bumperstickers on the same car, driven by a frumpy 40-something lady with a pre-teen in the passenger seat.

1. One flag. One language. One nation under God.

2. Republican women like MEN!

I haven't wanted to rear-end a vehicle that much in a long time.

On a nearby church's sign:

THE EARTH IS NOT OUR MOTHER
BUT GOD IS OUR FATHER
AND HIS SON IS OUR LORD!

Does anyone else find this horribly offensive?

I tend to keep my head out of the news for reasons just like this one. It's infuriating and frustrating and completely unfathomable ( Read more... )