I'll thank you not to handle me with kid gloves
Yesterday was Sven's dad's 80th birthday party. It was an excellent bash, although the weather was entirely too hot to be anywhere in fancy clothes, and sitting inside to eat was a bit of an ordeal....
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Our kitchen STILL isn't done. With a little luck, we're hoping to be finished around the 3 month mark. That is. A long time. To live in your utility room. Yes, we were lucky that we had the space and...
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Woke up to a cold sore - on my nose! Ugh! Thank goodness for modern medicine. I'm popping anti-cold sore pills, so hopefully it won't be so bad. Still. This is not a good look, and not too pleasant...
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I've been awake since 4.30. That is a thing that sucks. This is the second morning in a row I've woken up at some godawful hour. Yesterday was even earlier, but I was able to go back to sleep. Today,...
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Another fretful night. But that's really nobody's fault, because my sleep schedule was completely upended this weekend, so that was to be expected. Still. There were factors that contributed, like the...
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For the past week, my "musical" neighbors at the office have been driving me especially mad. Between the discordant violin lessons, and the awful honking saxophone, and the near constant piano playing,...
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High School Memories
Stolen from kiwiria.Tell us about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be!!My senior year of high school was 1997-98.1. Did you know your spouse?No. I...
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Sven and I went to the island for my favorite BIL and SIL's shared birthday party. It was a great party, however...For once, I would like to get through a celebratory event at their house without being...
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Our house is finally finished enough to be considered Completely Finished. Ahhhhh! (We still have to switch out the overhead lamp in the kitchen, because the first one we got was WAY too bright! But a...
View Article"Don't care, it's a wonderful day!"
Omg, I had the best dream! I think it was trying to be a stress-dream, but dream!me just wasn't having it, so it turned out awesome! It started out that I was late for school, but I took a different...
View ArticleI broke my car...
My car started acting weird. The engine didn't seem to have as much power as I was used to. It made for some interesting situations, like, when you're trying to overtake someone, and you push down on...
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Trip! Trip! Triiiip!!
I'm off to the States tomorrow, for my niece's wedding. And after, I'm meeting up with gammameta and we're gonna go adventuring, and I'm so excited!! Yaaayyyyy! I already have a shopping list as long...
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Article 6
Happy birthday to my favorite bibliophile, kiwiria!!I hope you'll have a wonderful day, and that all your wishes come true. :)
View ArticleAirport griping
I am seriously out of practice with public transportaion... I'd forgotten just *how* irritating strangers can be. While waiting at the gate, there's a grown-ass man playing a stupid cellphone game with...
View ArticleLeave a message at the tone....
Sven has gone hunting today, which means I'm manning the phones. I really hope the opening call doesn't set a precedence for the rest of the day:"Yes, I need to speak with Sven.""He's unavailable...
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2016 recap
2016. This year, man…. To me, it feels like it’s simultaneously been the longest and the shortest year of my life. A lot happened.So, I thought I’d weigh it in gains and losses.I started the year by...
View ArticleGood things!
Things have been kinda awesome lately. As in very recently. But I am glad for the change. Not that things were not awesome oherwise, but there was a lot of "this is water" which does not make for...
View ArticleEmotional hurdles and displacement activites
I just had a visit at the office with a guy we work with fairly regularly. He's going through some stuff, and was clearly barely holding it together. And he just came in for a coffee and practically...
View ArticleDreamwidth
So... It looks like the LJ exodus is well underway. Which is sad. It's the end of an era! We can back up our own history, but we're saying goodbye to a lot of shared history, a lot of communities that...
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