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I met Billy Collins today!  And he signed my book and shook my hand. :)

Also, I made chicken mole over the weekend!

No real updates right now... actually, I have updates but I'm feeling exhausted and don't know if I'm up for a long post.  Maybe I'll just give the bullet points sans explanation ( Read more... )

Ok, so I am being good and following through with my updates ( Read more... )

anyone out there?  anyone even remotely considering checking my lj now and then?  I'm not surprised if you aren't...

I'm in one of those moods where I want to be good again and say I'll be posting regularly, but I'm kind of like the boy who cried wolf I guess, so maybe I shouldn't set up the expectation.  I've probably killed this thing through ( Read more... )

I've been sick for too long!  This is like my 9th day with a bad cold.  My chest feels hollow when I cough.  And the worst part is that most of my coworkers seem to be ill as well... I made the mistake of trying to tough it out and saying I was well enough to come in to work.  So now I'm sick and on top of that insanely busy playing catch up with 3 ( Read more... )

Ok, it's been a really long time since I've posted.  I have several *big* updates, but I think that everyone who actually reads this is probably already aware of the biggest...

Being that James and I are now officially engaged!  He gave me the ring on December 20 (his birthday) but it wasn't "official" and we didn't tell people until new years eve-- ( Read more... )

 So we're about to go pick up James from the airport.  It's been a nice holiday so far.  I've had to spend a little too much time with out of town relatives and have not had enough chances to get out and see friends, but otherwise it's been ok.  The really nice part has been being away from work.  I'm so unhappy at my job; I feel like I'm being ( Read more... )

merry Christmas!  I'm at home. =)

I taught myself how to knit last night, whooo!  Now my hands are sore.  I think it's a little bit harder than crocheting, but that's probably just because they're different and I'm sort of programmed to crochet.  There are all kinds of websites with step by step instructions.  It makes me feel crafty and now I am about one tenth of the way into a ( Read more... )