Yup! Wherever it is we go when we shuffle off this mortal coil... well, I'm half way there!!

You see, last week was my 50th birthday. It is what I consider the “undeniable half way point” in my life. Now, I may live to see 100, and I may not. But my family does have a tendency to either( die young and tragically )

In my last LJ entry, I mentioned how my workplace was getting really busy, and at the same time, in the middle of making some changes, so work as hectic and stressful. Well, it has not gotten better, it has only gotten worse ( Read more... )

So, the slow transition from winter into spring... its happening. The neighbors are running their sap lines and putting out their buckets, and I am increasing the amount of light that my carnivorous plants get, and that will “wake them up” from their winter dormancy, daylight saving time will be happening soon. In winter, I kind of “shut down”, ( Read more... )

This Holiday season recently passed, like most with me... was a mixed bag ( Read more... )

Yup, that's my story and I'm sticking to it ( Read more... )

Well, for the most part... all of the hectic, legends prep/event/Halloween/storm prep and clean up is now over, and for the first time in a very long while, I can relax just a wee bit, which allowed me to notice that... I think I am feeling “old ( Read more... )

I mean, really... I wonder why that is!

You see, many years ago ( about 8-9), I used to be on staff for a LARP called Legends . I, and many other people were very energetic and passionate about this LARP, and we threw a lot of ourselves into it, and many people loved what we did. But, as the saying goes, the only constant in the universe is ( Read more... )

“It is gone! It is done!”

Yes, I finally finished that “small” project my mother bestowed upon me this summer! Namely, replacing the siding on the small back-porch/mud room. And this is how I feel about that!The porch/room in question was obviously added onto the house, and was not part of the original floor plan. And, just as obviously, the ( Read more... )

So, a few weeks ago I walked into our local lumber yard, and said “I need 600 linear feet of red cedar clapboarding, 10 6x6x18 foot landscaping timbers, 60 feet of number 2 clear pine, and 200 sq feet of Tyvek.” To which the person at the lumber yard replied “Ah, your mom must be visiting again ( Read more... )

Ha! I bet you thought this post was going to have something to do with sex, didn't you? Wrong!

So, I and the Lovely Lady Jaye recently attended Wildfire*One note here. this entry contains links to pictures and video, and also contains a lot of words... so will take some time to view properly. All I have to say is 'Suck it up, it's what you ( Read more... )