I've been depressed. I've felt boring, been boring, and mostly just tried to get through every day. I finally called my psychiatrist (after what is about a month and a half of at least being exhausted tired, but I didn't realize was worsening depression until a couple weeks ago--it's weird how that can work) and she had me start taking an ( Read more... )

Since my last update I've finished 3 books:

First up was Anansi Boys
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The most randomly kind person I know: jj212. I know many kind people, but not often do I receive pleasing gifts in the mail :) Thank you!! I am sure to be as inspired by it as you intended. I'm excited to start on some arts/crafts projects again as my energy picks up.

(On that note, I also want to thank apeystar for her recent sending of a monkey card to me! ( Read more... )

Yesterday we tried to eat out at our favorite Indian restaurant, just the two of us plus Alyssa. Ha. She is now officially at an age where eating out is a big mistake. I watched with jealousy as a child probably only slightly older than Alyssa sat quietly in her high chair and watched her parents eat dinner. My kid wouldn't sit still in our laps ( ( Read more... )

We took so many photos of our trip in Michigan this year, and since LJ is my scrapbook, there will be many of them (truly crappy photos not shown, and others tastefully cropped) posted. There are SO many, and it's so much work for me to get it in here, that I'm doing this in several posts over several days time, organized by activities ( Read more... )

I read back 2-3 days worth. I'm totally exhausted and I miss my husband, so I guess I won't be posting the pics tonight, and tomorrow is really busy with things for all the children. I am an el jay failure. *shrugs ( Read more... )

Hi y'all. I've actually been back since Sunday night, but I've been pretty tired and just doing baby and other family care type things. And reading my yummy book. I didn't like it at first much, and it took some forcing to get me through to around 150 pages. But then it perked up for me remarkably ( Read more... )

"Trust that what you have to say needs to be said, and be authentic.” --Paul Williams, songwriter.

But that applies to more than just writing songs, doesn't it?

(That was a Talking Heads reference, somewhat ( Read more... )