Well, tonight was the last night I actually had to teach here at Vacation Bible School. I've decided that 5th- and 6th-graders are really not a bad age group. I've enjoyed these kids. (They're off doing their craft right now, while I finish up some copies for tomorrow's newsletter assembly, hence the online-ness at VBS.) Very likely I will be ( Read more... )

For yesterday: Happy birthday, engchik!

For today: Happy birthday, clairie!

My very bestest friend nentikobe has issued a plea for help on behalf of one of her friends, whose beautiful dog Kyla is in severe medical need. If you can help, even just a little, please consider making a donation to Kyla's treatment fund. (Unlike that horrid debacle with the fake cat injury last year, this is real. Jess wouldn't go to bat for someone ( Read more... )

Swiped this out of a back entry of engchik's.

WEIRD QUESTIONS

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? The closets in my bedroom (yes, there are two, I have one and Kevin has one) don't have doors. They did, once upon a time, but one of the past tenants removed them.

2. Do you ever steal the shampoos and soaps from hotel rooms? Heck ( Read more... )

I know I've been pretty much out of it lately as far as LJ posting, but the truth of the matter is that I really haven't had much of interest to say. I'm a boring sort of girl ( Read more... )

The adventures of my British Invasion, broken into two picspammy posts.

Part One: http://ladynorbert.livejournal.com/190326.html
Part Two: http://ladynorbert.livejournal.com/190651.html

Went to church today for the first time (not counting work) since Nana died. I cried, although it took me a while to realize why. It was the smell of the hyacinths that people had bought which were on the steps to the altar; Nana loved hyacinths ( Read more... )

Thanks, gang, for all the hugs and sympathy wishes. It means a lot. Incidentally, since I think one or two of you did wonder, that photo in the last entry was taken at my wedding reception. It's the best one I have of them ( Read more... )

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I have a bunch of extra cards in my HP collection (the Wizards of the Coast cards) and would like to unload them. Anyone out there collect ( Read more... )