I started out the day pretty depressed. It was a carry-over from yesterday's depression, actually. My husband made the effort to cheer me up, and it worked. Yay for my man ( Read more... )

Thanks to all of you who helped me with my latest bout of being plagiarized. Thanks to you, the situation is now resolved to my satisfaction. And, believe it or not, the plagiarist actually apologized, and quite sincerely. I actually had a good talk with her, and she took complete responsibility for her actions. That's a first! I'm not one to ( Read more... )

It's official. World of Warcraft has officially tainted my 22 month-old child ( Read more... )

For Halloween, I give you all an old, cheesy photoshopped picture.


( Read more... )

After going 37 years (ie; my entire life) without ever being stung by a bee, that record came to an abrupt end yesterday when I walked barefoot across my own kitchen floor and stepped on what must surely have been the last living bee of the year in this increasingly cold climate. How it got into the house and onto my floor, I'll never know, but in ( Read more... )

This morning I got this email from my brother ( Read more... )

So... we've moved ( Read more... )

My mom bought Morganne an Easter dress and had her picture taken at Kiddy Kandids last month. Since I'm coming out of LJ hibernation today, I thought I'd share.

( Pictures under the cut. )

When I married Mike, I kind of suspected that any children we might have would be smart, if only because Audrey, Cc and Michael are so brilliant. I'm pretty sure I've referred to them as "frighteningly intelligent" in previous LJ entries ( Read more... )

At 15 years old, Penny was an old, old dog, and the pet to live the longest in my parents' household. She was a sweet, precocious black cockapoo who was always beside herself with joy when she met loved ones at the door, especially my mom, who was her mom ( Read more... )