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8th Anniversary
I created this LJ account eight years ago today. The landscape certainly has changed. Well, it was nice while it lasted....
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Happy Birthday, K-gal!
Birthday greetings to karaokegal!
I hope it's an epic one, Sweetie! Sorry, no fic this year. I tried to post a cute puppy, but couldn't get the stinking site to import it from my camera roll. So here's my traditional cupcake, with love:
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Voyage of Discovery
I just finished hanging up a bunch of clothes that actually fit me. I didn't stop because all my clothes were hung, I stopped because I ran out of hangers. Imagine a huge grin on my face, because the last couple of months have found me standing in front of my closet on Sunday mornings and swearing--everything I had was too goddamn big and looked ( Read more... ) -
Fic -- Blue Bloods, Danny, OC Matthews -- Dinosaurs on the Ninth Floor
From a prompt at comment-fic: Any cop series, any + any, "What do you mean, dinosaurs?!?". This was *supposed* to be a 50-word fic, but I got carried away---it's 150.
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A little good news
The dates aren't set yet, but it looks like I'll be house-sitting for the C's in July. Hooray! Whole-house a/c and just *one* self-sufficient feline (and the Rosenweasel). There are other benefits, but those are the biggies.
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In which, blah....
I was supposed to go up to Mb's on Tuesday--she had her carpal tunnel surgery last Friday, and I'm to do her heavy lifting for the duration. (Taking out trash, etc.) Except her hand is inordinately swollen, so her mom is taking care of her, and the new plan puts me there on Friday ( Read more... ) -
Really most sincerely dead
Car is dead. Got an estimate from my guy, whom I trust. He enumerated various things wrong wih It would have been cheaper to replace the motor, except I don't have a spare $750 ( Read more... ) -
Wonderful weekend, not-so-amazing Monday
The check finally arrived late Friday afternoon. Mb ran me to the bank, then kidnapped me for the weekend. Having spent the last couple weeks "married to my mailbox", as she ascerbically put it, it was wonderful not to have that weighing on my mind ( Read more... ) -
Good news....
After waiting to hear back from The Beatle (I emailed her on Friday and haven't heard a peep back yet), I jumped the chain of command and left a polite but urgent email message for the gentleman who contacted me regarding my W9, Figured if he was handling that, he much have *something* to do with payroll.
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Ladyhawke -- "The Squire's Horse"
From a prompt at comment-fic. Set about a week after the conclusion of Ladyhawke.
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