Long, long day at the office. Well, I worked from home, but it was still pretty bad ( Read more... )

Went to the doctor today. No, it's not strep. Didn't even bother to have them check for mono. 4 days of swollen lymph nodes in my neck and a scratchy, raw throat ( Read more... )

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OK, round about 11 PM I hunkered down to do the last bit on my UWW application (college program). I've got the 2 essays done, most of the transcripts (the rest I'll pick up tomorrow), and then drop off the completed application tomorrow. The deadline for the application was moved up one month since the UWW office is moving to another building ( Read more... )

Day 101, Sat May 13, 2006 ( Read more... )

Nice, peaceful night at home. No joust camp (first show of the season in NY this weekend). Everybody is gone. Had a nap this afternoon, have the house to myself ( Read more... )

More new birds at the feeders. Or maybe they have always been there, and it's me who is finally noticing them ( Read more... )

Marathon day of sewing. Started early. Way early. Finished Apollo's blue/gold light caparison, then started on a new black/gold/purple one for mister_mister00. The least time-consuming way to do make a unique-looking light caparison (that wasn't either a solid, or a half-and-half one like Apollo's) was to make a large checkerboard pattern of purple ( Read more... )

Long, long day of making new caparisons for the horses ( Read more... )

For all of us who have thought about losing weight, this is a cool story ( Read more... )