Food poisoning? Seriously?

Nothing is quite so bad for our relationship as when people come to visit. I'm such a nervous wreck about people seeing the house without realizing that this isn't the way I would choose to live but is rather something I've inherited by falling in love with a hoarder. We end up fighting because I bust my nuts trying to get the house ready and he ( Read more... )

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I wish LJ had a like button.

What is Dying?

I am standing on the sea shore.
A ship at my side spreads her
white sails in the morning breeze
and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and I
stand and watch her until at last
she fades on the horizon.

Then someone at my side says
There, she has gone -
Gone where?
Gone from my sight - that is all
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I came across this guy in the card shop today and instantly fell in love!!  John has Monkey, who is a knit stuffed toy of about the same size and when we saw this one, we loved him.  He was ‘spensive, and I knew I shouldn’t get him when I’m worried about money but I couldn’t help but tuck him under my arm and wander about the store with him because ( Read more... )

If I’m being honest, then the reason I was so upset about my last tutorial was not only because it meant that I’m not as far ahead as I’d like to be…but because I felt a bit like the reason he kept me was because he thought I could be a star pupil.  And when he treated me so offhandedly, then I felt less good, less important.  I want, like everyone ( Read more... )

Well, in an effort to extend my good wishes to my Dad and his new wife *gag*, I commissioned a portrait by a friend of Ms. Floatyfish named Joanna Barnum, who I think did an impressive job.  Here’s the before shot.


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