So, the craziness that has been my life for the last several months has settled down for the holidays. Now there's just your average pre-Christmas craziness to deal with, which I'm ready for. I do have a nagging feeling deep down that really, I ought to be studying at least a little. But I'm ignoring that feeling until after Christmas ( Read more... )

I know I know, I've been horribly remiss in posting. Bad, bad Verity. Life's been crazy crazy. It gets that way occasionally.
I think I will soon be turning this journal into a venue for my HP story, and will cease posting about my personal life.

Well, I'm officially discouraged. FA sent chapter 2 of my story back, again. Twice now. They were more specific this time about the errors. They seem to be really very picky little things. I thought I was good at the grammar stuff. Ah well. Back on the horse I suppose. I'm not really getting any feedback on my story at all though, so I'm ( Read more... )

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Well, I got the book. I read the book. That's right, folks, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Rue and I (accompanied with great amusement by Greg) got the book at midnight at Chapters. There were a bunch of kids running around in costumes, and a lot of people our age, though mostly not in costumes. We stood in line for a bit, and then, ( Read more... )

First off, another big huge
WELCOME TO THE WORLD!! to kare43's little Caleb! He's beautiful, and her other children are beautiful. He's going to be well taken care of, with all those sisters looking out for him. And later, when he gets older, he'll be easily embarrassed, with all those sisters looking out for him. :) Congratulations Karen and Dave, I' ( Read more... )

Guess what I learned today? After 20 years of pride and laziness and sheer stubbornness, today, I bit the bullet, and learned to RIDE A BIKE. Yup, that's right folks, Verity Evans can now ride a bike. Not well, mind you, but I can do it. Rue's Fiance set me up yesterday on Rue's bike, gave me some tips and encouragement (have I mentioned that I ( Read more... )

So THAT'S how the other half lives ( Read more... )

So, happiness, I got an editorial published on Mugglenet! Go check it out, in the Editorial section of http://www.mugglenet.com
I'm so proud, I've written editorials for mugglenet before, but they've never published them before now.

Well, things seem to be looking up ( Read more... )