I am turning 35 next Friday, the 29th and I thought I had a plan for celebrating it.  Now, the plan has gone to shit.  I do want to see people, but I am just not sure what I want to do.  Do I want a bunch of people over at my place?  Do I want to find another bar type place to go?  Do I want to stay home by myself with my hubby and my all male pet ( Read more... )

I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to those of you who posted such kind, caring words in the posts regarding my dear, dear Mother in law, Karen.

Your words really helped.  Friends can be wonderful people.

I would also like to thank alierajean for her wonderful, selfless act of house/dog/cat/fish sitting for 8 days while we were up north ( Read more... )

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Earlier this week I aggravated the sprain in my left ankle.  Stepped on snow that was half really solid and half not so much.  Turned the ankle hard enough to bring back the burning pain.  Nice.  I was wearing my brace at the time, but with all the weight loss, it doesn't stay tight anymore.  And then this morning I discovered, quite abruptly, that ( Read more... )

 I got my first betta!  See http://mrsmodew.livejournal.com/18055.html  (some day someone should tell me how to edit a link to show different words than the actual link) .

Bud is doing well.  He is showing his age now and I really hope he stays with me for a long time.  He is a tough bugger and I love him to death.  Full of attitude, he is.  He ( Read more... )

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Chef Emery just told me the review of the Bull Dog just came out in the City Pages.  Not only does the review ROCK, but he is mentioned in this one.

http://www.citypages.com/databank/28/1370/article15191.asp 

That is Bud, the tail biter betta and the first boy that started my obsession, in the user pic.

I love naps.  Just took a nice one in warm, clean bedding.  I love clean bedding.

The car is so quiet now.  I took it for a drive after Michael got back with it.  I had to relearn shifting for the first mile.  It is so quiet that you cannot hear it with ( Read more... )

The userpic I am using here is one of two photos I have of Lloyd, the first of my Bettas that died.  I wish you could see the black polka dots in the blue at the base of his tail where it joins to his body.  Not to mention how silver his gills were.  Sigh.