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Crazy!
Well, results are in and I have actually made it to the Top 20 in therealljidol.
No one can be more surprised than me - my goal was to survive to 50, so I'm pretty stunned in a positive but freaked out manner.
This past week the choice was made by 5 "gatekeepers" who had a fearfully tough job of releasing up to 12 contestants back to the wild. We lost some ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol - Week 20 - Open Topic - The Rocking Chair
There is a rocking chair in the corner of my daughter’s bedroom. The chair is heavy, stained a chestnut brown, and the lacquer on the arms has worn dull from decades of sleepy children sliding into their embrace at bedtime. My grandmother gave it to my mom and dad as a wedding present.
Gramma Morgan moved in with my parents before I was born, and ( Read more... ) -
I Got an E-Pet?
I say that as a question because I am not quite sure what to do with the little guy now, but I could choose from a whole e-pet shop and they had any color hedgehog that I could possibly desire, so it had to be done.
LJ, meet Hercules, the handsome, happy-yellow hedgehog!
Isn't he sweet? You can click/pet him to make him jump and roll or feed ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Polls are Up!
And we want YOU to vote!
This week I am partnered with the fabulous elva_undine for Week 18 of therealljidol. Her fantastic piece about the wild manuscripts she reads at her vanity press job can be found HERE.Me, I wrote about the emergency birth-day of my daughter, an exciting, scary and at times, even funny event that changed my life forever. (And it includes a topless ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol - Week 18 - Unsatisfied
The look on the nurse's face told me something was wrong before she even said a word. She glanced at me and back at the blood pressure cuff and gave a tiny shake of her head.
"Ms. Morgan, I need you sit right here for me while I go get Jennifer. Please don't move." She hurried out of the lab, a blur in her Curious George scrubs.
Anxiety caused ( Read more... ) -
Totally Conflicted - Idol Topic?
Poll What the Heck Should I Write About???
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