I've been following the news story of the murdered model found stuffed into a suitcase and the pursuit for her reality TV show star spouse. Tonight I learned that he'd apparently pulled out his wife's teeth and cut off her fingers in an attempt to hide her identity before stuffing her into that valise. At the end of the article, I got to this ( Read more... )

Thanks to furloughs, I have an extra day off tomorrow! I'd kind of rather have the money though. Either way, I am glad I looked the schedule before showing up at 9 in the AM. Tomorrow I am picking up the lady's writing desk I found at an antique store. When I saw it, my little heart swooned. It still swooned even when I was informed the desk ( Read more... )

I live in a conservative state and I work in public service. As a result a great number of people feel open and entitled to bombard me with their offensive conservative rhetoric, assuming not only that I will be as conservative as they are but also thrilled to hear their natterings, no matter how insane ( Read more... )

Various things I plan to do with the fleeting remainder of my weekend:Learn how to change the shower head in my bathroom. I got to a certain point and now it looks like I need a wrench. I do not own a wrench, at least not one bigger than an over-sized pair of manicure scissors ( Read more... )

If my parrot doesn't stop screaming today I think I am going to lose my mind. Imagine the loudest, most ear-splitting scream in the world. That's Oliver. He shuts up for a little while, and then he starts again. If I am at all pissy or out of sorts myself, he picks up on it too and screams in sympathy with my mood. Today I got up early to deal ( Read more... )

I saw a headline today: "Do pets really need to have a trust fund?"
Is that a serious question? OF COURSE THEY DO!

No, just kidding. Even an animal wacko like me doesn't set up trust funds for her zoo.

Gigi is delighted to see her dinner ---


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Had a dream last night that I owned a huge house. I'd been living there awhile but had somehow never noticed, never paid attention to the potential. So many rooms I could use. So much I could decorate and make mine. I was walking through the house, noticing all the space and rooms, wondering how I'd bought a house and not realized what was there ( Read more... )

( On Friday two friends and I drove up to Sedona and went to Slide Rock. )

I went here today:

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