Well it seems the hot surface igniter on the furnace went out. Last year when the furnace wasn't working Bob, the heating and cooling guy, had said it was starting to show signs of oxidation. That's why I was surprised the first time it went out this year that it was loose wiring ( Read more... )

It was 60 degrees in the house when I left. Yes, folks, in the continuing saga of my life, the heater in the downstairs is out again ( Read more... )

As mentioned in my last post, Kaith came on Saturday. I opened the box and the magic I'd hoped occur as it had when I got Murasaki didn't happen. When I pulled Murasaki's head out of the box, I INSTANTLY knew this was the right choice. With Kaith, it was more a case of, hmmm... okay, nice doll ( Read more... )

This weekend, which I had such plans for, went to hell in a hand basket as soon as it started ( Read more... )

Okay, so I did as I said and took some Kiyam hair pictures tonight, right when I got home so there would still be some light outside ( Read more... )

So... I got the pictures of out outing. Since I didn't really ramble much about it cause I wanted to post my pics with it this is how it went down ( Read more... )

Got the beds. Got a mattress and box spring for under the $350 ceiling I'd set. Orryn was a bit disappointed since I'd hoped for $150 and I ended up with a bed set for $320ish. But the cheap ones were well, hard and cheap. I feel it was worth it ( Read more... )

I get home last night and my daughter asks me if I was expecting anything for my doll. I was actually expecting pastels, but when I saw the box, I knew it wasn't pastels. The CoolCat wig for Kiyam came. While it was still in the plastic bag it came in, K-baby asked me if it was another wig for Murasaki, since it really did look very long and ( Read more... )

I decided to try a short photostory for Murasaki a few weeks ago. Frankly, as much as I love photography I suck at it. I have no natural knack for it. I feel the pictures do no really expres the story well, could just be me. I'll blame it on lack of practice. But Kitty wanted me to post them anyway, so here it is.


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Well my beds have shipped and my credit card charged. And then fee-ed again because they were an international retailer. (They looked American enough on the web site, who knew?) I'd love for the beds to be delivered today, but it will most likely be Monday ( Read more... )