went to my parents' last night and visited with my mom and grandpa. dad was at a political meeting (we were actually in town for a separate political meeting, too) so it was just the four of us ( Read more... )

A list of the top 110 banned books. Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you've read part of. Read more. Convince others to read some. Fear no art.

#1 The Bible
#2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
#3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
#4 The Koran
#5 Arabian Nights
#6 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
#7 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift#8 ( Read more... )

David had another kidney stone today...this is getting really worrisome. hopefully we'll find a good clinic or be able to afford health insurance, at least for one of us, next month ( Read more... )

my grandma is coming home from the hospital april 6. =D my mom will stay with her and my great-grandpa for two weeks to see how she gets on with her daily tasks, and if all goes well, my mom then finally gets to return to her own home and her own life. i'm relieved on behalf of everybody involved ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went to the hospital. grandma was up and about, totally lucid, talkative, and in excellent spirits! =D we had a nice visit, and then we went to a therapy session with her. They have this apartment setup in the rehab center, where they see how you're progressing in terms of being able to get back into doing everyday things. Her ( Read more... )

yesterday, i went to work with David again. spent the day trying to avoid getting high off the fumes of the paint thinner i was scrubbing the floors with...these people did a number on that house, in six small months. It's amazing how much they managed to screw it up, and I think a lot of it was done maliciously. :/ It's unfortunate that there ( Read more... )

i went to work with david today. he was cutting honeysuckle vines out of the bushes, i was cleaning the interior of the carriage house (which is a huge house, don't let the name fool you), and i dunno what royce was doing, but it was on a tractor. it was nice getting to spend the day with david even though he was working, and we weren't actually ( Read more... )

New journal style. :) i like the new look, it's refreshing. I'll likely switch color schemes often, as always.

I'm going to work with David tomorrow, so I'd better turn in.

we have aquired....(pause for drumroll)....a couch! :) and we got it free, too. =D the renters of the carriage house (on the property David works at) just moved out, and they left behind a fair amount of stuff they didn't want. so we now have a very comfortable (albeit a bit worn, since they have three kids) couch in our living room, and it ( Read more... )

i locked myself out of the apartment this morning. damn spring locks. lol. In retrospect it's funny but at the time i was none too happy about it. i did handle the whole thing well, though, i think...a few months ago I would've been steaming angry over it and dwelling on how stupid it was. and i did think a bit about how stupid it was, at ( Read more... )