It's been awhile... beware the following. It might seem depressing to some. But to me, it is what it is.

( Thoughts on Christmas )

( House!!! (finding, buying, and the ensuing craziness) )

So there's a lot of stuff that's happened. And just some of it leads up to the week I've had ( Read more... )

My aunt just called. Apparently one of her cats was just put down. Dusty was the youngest. Apparently he had some sort of heart disease and his lung collapsed and started taking on fluids. 2 days later, she waits long enough that she can't take him to the regular (cheaper) vet, and has to take him to the emergency vet. She doesn't have the ( Read more... )

I'm nearly finished Christmas shopping. I have a couple more things to get - uniform pants for my aunt (but we'll get those when I'm home for xmas since I can't get them here and she knows a place that sells them in WDM), the last gift for John, and I still need to finish the homemade gifts (Mary's, cookies, pretzels, Nancy and Carol's). All the ( Read more... )

Since September there hasn't been too much going on ( Read more... )

Back in high school, I had need of a car to get me to school and to work and everything else I did. On May 19th, 1999, I picked up Otis from Des Moines Chrysler Plymouth. Thanks to the trust my mother left for me, Otis was paid off in early 2001. Otis went through college with me. The move to Chicago (and damn was that an expensive move for him ( Read more... )

When last we met, it was right after John and my anniversary. Many things have happened ( Read more... )

So even though I can access LJ from the office.. I've been crazy busy and haven't had time to do so ( Read more... )

Lets see. It's been a month ( Read more... )