Happy holidays ( Read more... )

How am I supposed to delete my account here at LJ? A search in Help for "close account" or "delete account" yields nothing. I looked at open requests for help, and the most recent request by someone else for deleting their account has no responses at all ( Read more... )

I am moving to Dreamwidth, with the username of maryosmanski. I will be cancelling my account here at LJ as soon as I can be sure I haven't somehow done the joining and setting up wrong over at DW ( Read more... )

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Yesterday evening, Steve and I were chaperons at the very first Career Magnet School Prom. The theme was 1930's Hollywood, and we tried to dress the part!

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Some photos for those friends who aren't on FB.
The front porch after a little shoveling

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For the first time in many years, I had a birthday party (arranged by Steve, my husband). It was a day late because it is probably not going to work very well if you ask people to come to a birthday party on Dec. 25.


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We were shopping for some new furniture today and I happened to see the chest pictured below with the butterflies (and some words in French) painted on the drawers. The second photo is of the fabric I bought in July to sew the valances for the windows in the new bedroom. I really think I do have to buy the chest to sit against the wall opposite ( Read more... )

For those who didn't see the new exterior shots elsewhere. 1) front view 2) side view showing new deck 3) back view showing the new addition.

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First, the new laundry room. Next, the living room stripped to the bare walls, etc. Last, a good bye to the wall between the living room and the dining room which is being taken out even as I type this.

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