My sister in law is a genius.  She has been married a gazillion years, is happy and is a good person.  Her secret to a happy marriage and a happy life?  "Get over yourself".  She only admitted this after a few margaritas, but it is very true.  This philosophy goes well with another sage piece of revelation I have recently been mulling, "I have no ( Read more... )

 I dunno... lillisonna answered these and I thought it looked fun ( Read more... )

I am the unkind person who does not like having kids at my larps.  I worry too much about the kids.  I fully feel it negatively impacts the combat of a larp to have little persons about.  Feel free to argue with me, but you will not convince me otherwise.  That's just how it is for me.

I have 3 kids.  Yup, 3.  They are all quite small and will never ( Read more... )

Not having a good day.  Went "out" last night... really just did quiet socializing.  Feeling off game.  Feeling totally off game.  Frustrated with tavern, though I have no reason to be.  I got every ounce of help I asked for... I think I'm just stressed, as usual, the week before the event.

Feeling not very "heard".  I mean, I'm loud and people ( Read more... )

Mojo is tall.  Appa is tanklike and Momo is making baby sentences while army speed crawling across the floor ( Read more... )

Being around small children for 20 hours a day will make you crazy.  Or crazier.  Happily, it just makes small children act like small children.  They are basically happy.  They love to run around like wild, rabid monkeys and on occasion scream as if they are caught in razorwire.  And yet, they are happy.  A pack of crayons provides hours of ( Read more... )

v bad car accident on Thursday. v bad. v v bad. Trucky truck is totalled. Mojo and I are very lucky to be relatively ok. Mojo went to Grammie's for Thursnight, Joe and I stayed at lovely Chateau Kennestone Hospital for Ellie monitoring. Ellie's okey dokey. My ankle/arm/chest not broken but DAYUM does my sternum ache. Breathing not so easy ( Read more... )

Yearly update ( Read more... )

It is. It's true. Mucus is the bane of mankind. I'm sure there's some easy biological mumbo jumbo on the inherent usefulness of mucus, however... to paraphrase a brilliant blue hero "Could you be any more gross ( Read more... )

It occurred to me randomly, as these things do... to follow along and emmerse myself in quizzy things. Well, one anyway. I blame Holleyberry. I was looking for pictures of her garden and saw this. By the way... schweet work on the yard, Ms.berry and Mr.sanct.


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