Mildly productive today as I fixed the gutter that had blown loose in Stormapalooza '09 this weekend. Have dome half the groceries and laundry and am still thinking wistfully of a nap before I have to head out to tutor later today, or more of Neil Gaiman's new "Graveyard Book" and a cuppa ( Read more... )

After the 70 degree days we have been having, I thought it would be safe to dewinterize my car ... Saturday's weather proved me wrong in a big way. Torrential rain turned into freezing rain and a disgusting slush mix designed to turn roads into instant death once the temps hit freezing. It was a race to get out from work before that happened, a ( Read more... )

OK friends-list, help me out here ( Read more... )

Days like this I despair of the future for the human race.

The stupid, it burns!

Life is sucking again big-time. Where is that damn reset button ( Read more... )

I've been having strange dreams and visions of large pools of blue water.
Swimming, floating, drifting in currents underneath the surface.
It's all very odd and disconcerting when I wake up and wish I was back in that element.

.... but slowly, oh so slowly ( Read more... )

I hope that all of my f-list had happy, healthy and above all fun New Years festivities.

I spent mine in the one of the local E.R.s, being pumped full of fluids.

But that is getting ahead of the tale...

( The Long Story )

I'm back after my self-imposed hiatus... actually, I had intended to be back a few days previous but the weather and my ISP had other ideas. My incessant griping however brought about the visits of not one but two technicians, and I am up and running again, able to connect to my beloved internet. Oh, how I have missed you ( Read more... )

And by that I mean, fair warning to some of those who have 'read' my journal and voiced an 'opinion' about things that have been written there...

Firstly: This is my journal. MINE. That means I will write what I want, when I want, and if that happens to tangentially mention you or your family, it is because you are part of my life, and my life is ( Read more... )