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YALJM (Yet Another LJ Meme)
This one comes via micheinnz:
Post a picture in a comment of what you think describes me when you think about what/who I am. Give no written explanation. Just an image.
Copy and paste into your own journal and see what others think about you. (ETA: If you want to, natch.) -
I think dust-bunnies would be better....
I am such a stress-bunny this week (to borrow aquaeri's term). Artyem's out of hospital but not better; more tests are underway to try to figure out why he's still got a kidney infection after a metric buttload of sundry antibiotics have been introduced to his system; and Martindale's going into hospital next week for ankle surgery and we can anticipate ( Read more... ) -
Artyem home again
After another most-of-a-day of sitting around in hospital with Artyem, he was finally released and I delivered him home. He's tired but ok. It turns out that it was a kidney/bladder infection he had, a fairly major one, but seems to be over the worst now. A few days' rest and he should be right as rain ( Read more... ) -
More joy
And to make my joy complete, Martindale's just got back from an appointment with a specialist about his stuffed ankle. He needs surgery to repair it, which we expected. What we didn't expect was the price tag. Martindale, for reasons that elude me, when signing up for health insurance opted for a plan that has a $500 excess. Added onto that is the ( Read more... ) -
Artyem in hospital
It's been a challenging couple of days. It started when I was woken by the phone around 7am yesterday - a rather incoherent-with-pain Artyem asking me to take him to hospital. That pretty much set the tone for the next two days. I drove round, picked him up and took him to the Emergency dept of Modbury Hospital. He was in a great deal of pain and ( Read more... ) -
Yet more yarn...
Remember a few weeks ago when Shansu stole a ball of sock yarn and did macrame up and down the house with it? Well, today she did it again. Under my bed. With eight balls of yarn. Including the ball of rather expensive Noro Kureyon Sock yarn that was sitting all brand new with the label still around it. *sigh ( Read more... ) -
Treasure Hunt!
My Second Life business had its first birthday this week. To celebrate, I organised a Treasure Hunt. I wanted the prize to be something really special, so I spent the last month or so making a Steampunk Kitty. Based on my popular lilac point balinese cat, this one has brass goggles, a winged backpack (with wings that open and close with a nifty ( Read more... ) -
Quite a lot of yarn... *sigh*
I just found out exactly how much yarn is in a 200 gram ball of sock yarn. Lots. *sigh ( Read more... ) -
My cat the Mythbuster
When the folk talk about "catlike grace" I can only conclude that they haven't met Shansu. Just now she tried to jump up onto the kitchen table and missed. How does one miss an entire table, you might ask. I have no idea. I was sitting there minding my own business when I saw the front end of a leaping kitty rise up over the edge of the table, only ( Read more... ) -
The Food Meme
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
2a) Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
2b) Asterisk any items you'd be willing to try but have not yet.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here linking to your results.
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