There is a diamond missing from my wedding ring.

Today my car was given the divine knowledge that the warranty had expired. It responded by developing some sort of charging problem and dying in front of my client's house in Mission. The new Dad gave me a jump start, and it is now sitting smugly in the driveway, secure in the knowledge that it doesn't have to start again until it has made an ( Read more... )

This Is My Life, RatedLife:

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( Alice Did This Cut For Me )

All I ever seem to write about is my holidays, so I guess that shows what's important for me. Today the tickets for our Caribbean cruise arrived - paid for 1/2 cash & 1/2 airmiles so I can afford it. The itinerary is too funny.

( Fun day at sea! )

Jimm has joined a new band, so he is practicing a lot. This is good. I am listening to the same songs a lot. This is bad. *stabs Eric Clapton and JJ Cale with a cake knife*

I was at the birth of a baby yesterday who turned out to have a partially cleft lip and cleft palate and some extra digits on both hands. This is not the first time a baby has had a "defect" of some kind, of course, and it isn't likely to be the last. What is interesting is how little it means to most parents, when they don't find out until after ( Read more... )

Well. It's always nice when things work out in a way that confirms the half-empty glass theory. The minute Jimm went back to work after his holiday he was given notice. They are "reorganizing" the company and his job position "no longer exists". Three weeks severance pay and they accompany him into his warehouse to collect his stuff ( Read more... )

Well. This has been an unreasonably long time. If you have a lot of time on your hands, ( read )

I find I'm feeling pretty good about the whole house thing now that the decision is made. It was getting to this place that was painful. Now that I know I'm leaving, my sentimental attachment to this house is minimal. I feel kind of done with it, ready for the next thing. It's only walls, I still get to keep the memories. I still have the ( Read more... )