tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33276882011-04-21T15:12:05.813-04:00...living in a Castle with a nice garden, reading HPatHBP, but that is beside the point... Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1159979039749579422006-10-04T12:21:00.000-04:002006-12-25T17:53:19.530-05:00

Wolf asks for an update, well, I'm in the middle of our tenth anniversary trip to Scotland. I found a lovely little place in the Highlands with wireless internet access, so I can post all the pictures that I want, so look for updates.Link

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Yes, I know it’s been over two months since I last updated. I’m a slacker, what can I say.The dogs are doing wonderfully. It took them no time at all to learn the boundaries of the yard and they can run freely with the wireless fence. Stick chasing is a favorite pastime along with doggie wrestling.Me? Well, we now have a DVR which is one of the most wonderful/evil things in the world. I need to

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1126194174385931222005-09-08T11:42:00.000-04:002005-11-11T14:41:40.753-05:00

This is absolutely killing me. FEMA will have to pay for their gross mismanagement of the operation.

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Play TimePosted by PicasaSebastian arrived on Saturday much to everyone's delight, especially Lilo's. He's a very sweet dog. Very gentle and quiet...unless he's playing with Lilo, then it's a different dog altogether.

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The bad news is that our adoption councilors at the shelter called and it appears that Sebastian has gone into a depression since Lilo left. The good news is they're bringing him over this Saturday! A full week early! I can't wait, he seems like such a sweet dog and Lilo will love to have a playmate. Now we have to go spend another fortune at Petsmart.

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1122892286137787612005-08-01T06:31:00.000-04:002005-08-01T06:31:26.190-04:00

Sebastian and Lilo looking out.Posted by Picasa

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1122840152114525972005-07-31T15:59:00.000-04:002005-07-31T16:02:32.120-04:00

...lilo is doing wonderfully. She only barks when someone comes to the door. She plays and romps and sleeps. She's not eating too much right now, but our adoption councilor said that was normal. She also hasn't made any messes in the house yet, but we've been diligent about watching her. I can't wait to get Sebastian in a couple of weeks.

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LiloPosted by Picasa At noon today Lilo gets to come home. We went and saw her on Wednesday evening. They were testing her with cats to see if she showed any agressive traits. She didn't show any, but they'll still have to test Sabastian with the cats as well. The one thing we did find out on Wednesday is Lilo is very afraid of Thunderstorms. They're predicting some this afternoon, so it should

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1122209144601818952005-07-24T08:25:00.000-04:002005-07-24T08:45:48.176-04:00

Yesterday we went down to this lovely no-kill animal shelter to pick out a dog. We've been discussing this for awhile now and had decided to rescue an older dog and then get a kitten. I figured this would be the best if one wanted to have a dog and a cat.The process at the shelter is you are guided through all of the kennels (which are quite large) and you try to pick out someone to meet one on

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1121879906698292812005-07-20T13:18:00.000-04:002005-07-20T13:18:26.766-04:00

Note this will most likely contain spoilers, so if you are among that minuscule minority of fans that haven’t finished the book, all I can say is that you have been warned… My mom and I went to release party at our local Border’s despite my slight agoraphobia. My mom was particularly proud that I didn’t kill anyone. I wore my “Mischief Managed” Leaky shirt and was surprised to see 5 others at

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1121306208139458762005-07-13T21:51:00.000-04:002005-07-13T21:56:48.146-04:00

I have been trying to distract myself these past few months so as not to get myself into a hyper frenzy over the book coming out on Friday night. I must say I've done a really good job. Yes, I am excited and eager for the book, I just seem to have developed more patience.In the mean time I read Hallowed Hunt twice and Locked Rooms once. I loved both. I know at some point I shall reread both again

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1117037746412111572005-05-25T12:10:00.000-04:002005-05-25T12:15:46.456-04:00

Since Wolf and Laura tagged me on this I thought I'd give it a go.1) Total number of books I've owned?If we are counting the books I’ve inherited from my parents plus any books I’ve sold or lost over the years I’d say it’d be close to a thousand. Books I currently own has to be several hundred.2) The last book I bought?Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold. Bought yesterday.3) The last book I

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1114562379853640772005-04-26T20:36:00.000-04:002005-04-26T20:56:56.610-04:00

Chapter 1 of The Hallowed Hunt is up. Whoohoo!

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GazeboPosted by HelloFinally got the gazebo levelled a couple of weeks ago. Decided to wait until the cherry tree was in bloom before snapping a picture. Hopefully we'll be able to use it a bit before the wasps take over.

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I am going to really try to complete some posts here. I can't tell you how many times I've started a post and for whatever reason it never gets finished...Anyway, over the weekend where we spent a lot of time with my husband's family I was rather shocked with something my Sister-in-law was bragging about. It appears that she found it funny to convince my 14 year old neice to close her eyes for a

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1109463531036500402005-02-26T19:08:00.000-05:002005-02-26T19:18:51.036-05:00

I’m doing much better now, thank you Teri and Laura for your kind words. I can tell Spring is right around the corner even though we still have snow on the ground from Thursday. I’m really looking forward to getting started on building our garage. Not only will it give us a ton of extra storage space (the computer room currently houses the compound miter saw among other things) but it means

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1106523528608770922005-01-23T18:26:00.000-05:002005-01-23T18:38:58.276-05:00

If the first month is any indication on how the rest of the year will go then I won't be able to take it. Two weeks ago our beloved dog Klepto died. I'm still not over it. I knew it would happen soon since he was 14, but it doesn't really make it any easier. The other thing that is bothering me is that my office mate has gotten a temporary promotion. Which is all well and good, but now I have to

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1103733298515411742004-12-22T11:29:00.000-05:002004-12-22T11:34:58.516-05:00

When I last checked TLC on Monday it was probably just after lunch, so when I get in to work on Tuesday and find out from the newspaper that the announcement of the year was taking place that morning I was flabbergasted. The good mood was more than doubled when I got home to find out that my Mother and my husband were quite sneaky and had a gazebo delivered and installed in the backyard while I

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1100710725631225022004-11-17T11:39:00.000-05:002004-11-17T11:58:45.630-05:00

I received an email from Laura asking why I haven't updated in awhile. Things got real crazy for awhile there. My Dad is back in a nursing home, indefinately this time, unless he starts to take a real interest in pushing himself in therapy. Our dog has cushings disease and some of his new medicine almost killed him about three weeks ago. He's doing much better now. I purchased a new computer

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1096940493022931732004-10-04T21:41:00.000-04:002004-10-04T21:41:33.023-04:00

Ocracoke was wonderful. I'll put up a more detailed account tomorrow, when I have more time.Posted by Hello

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We're planning on leaving tomorrow morning. I need a vacation. I really, really need a vacation. Paul really, really needs a vacation. I'm almost finished packing (Paul hasn't even started) and am beginning to get really excited. I just hope Jeanne weakens and goes a totally different way. I hope we'll get a couple of days to relax before any need to evacuate. I'll take lots of pictures.

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1095608403081272192004-09-19T11:30:00.000-04:002004-09-19T11:40:03.083-04:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Ivan tore through our area on Friday evening whipping up numerous tornados and heavy rain. No damage here at my house, but some people a little south weren't so lucky. Our internet was out all day yesterday, which made for a very long day. In other news, Paul and I leave leave Saturday for our much needed vacation. We're planning on staying almost a week in

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The Shenandoah River. Posted by Hello We were invited this past weekend to the riverfront cabin my husband always goes to when he fishes. Lovely place.

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This is a picture from our side yard. A little bit creepy, wouldn't you say? Posted by Hello

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So I took a little break from reading to play some video games. I picked up Carpe Jugulum yesterday and began reading. Since Jennifer is out sick I decided to bring it to work with me to read on my breaks. Little did I know that my copy of the book was missing 32 pages! Right when it starts to get really good. Needless to say a trip to the bookstore is in order after work. It's lucky that I was

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1090454106706588682004-07-21T19:47:00.000-04:002004-07-21T19:55:06.706-04:00

Once one is out of school and working a full time job, summer loses the majority of it's charm. To make things worse, I have missed out on purchasing a new swimsuit this year. The only one I've seen that I even remotely like was on sale for $112 and I'm not that fond of periwinkle. I don't know why I balk at that price. Maybe if I actually went swimming more than once a year...

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No, my windows aren't exceptionally dirty. The humidity level outside is so high it'll frizz anyone's hair.Posted by Hello

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Just to let everyone know I'm still here. Just reading a whole lot. I predict I'll finish the entire Discworld series before summer is over.Posted by Hello

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I have been absolutly horrible about updating. Let me give everyone a quick update. -Saw PoA opening day. Loved it overall. I really need to see it again since I now know what was left out/changed. There were a couple of times when something was missing and I'd focus too much on it instead of enjoying the whole production. -Started decorating the shelves, soon discovered that not only do I

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1086111556888837352004-06-01T13:35:00.000-04:002004-06-01T13:39:16.886-04:00

Last night I finally finished the entertainment center. The last unfinished piece in our living room. I will take pictures, but not until the room has been cleaned. Oh and even though I now have three very large bookcases I still have too many books and I'm not even counting the paperbacks.

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I have the rather (un)fortunate luck of living in one of the 17 year cicada areas. During daylight hours the din reaches such a decibel that one tends to shout responses. If one is working outside over an hour your ears will actually start to hurt. I've noticed that the other noisy insects sound pissed with this new competition and their little shouts try at times to crescendo about the noise. I

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One bookshelf down. One to go.Posted by Hello

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Sunday we went to Home Depot and picked up paint for the walls and stain for the shelves. For the walls I finally narrowed it down to a sagey green instead of the red. I already have a couple of red chairs so I decided to go with a neutral that wasn't beige. The stain for the bookshelves is called dutch chocolate and let me tell you it really does look like chocolate and chocolate always makes

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1084464093546276082004-05-13T09:07:00.000-04:002004-05-13T12:02:05.816-04:00

Last night we went and picked up our bookshelves at the unpainted furniture store. They are gorgeous! Recessed panels on the side, Seven feet tall, but only 9 in. deep. We had them custom made since our house is small and our books rarely get over 8in deep. I have refused to actually place the shelves in the room properly, because 1. We need to finish them, 2. Things would start to pile on them,

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1084226434052641982004-05-10T17:59:00.000-04:002004-05-10T18:19:03.906-04:00

Testing the new comments thingy.

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For the past 3-4 weeks I've been helping out this other team in our office because they lost two employees to transfers. It's easy work, but there is this one woman.... I really just want to slap her everyday. She has a complete hissy-fit if you want to change anything to make it easier. I mean We can't even change the log book! I personally wanted it saved as an excel spredsheet, but noooo. We

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1082897910019436922004-04-25T08:58:00.000-04:002004-04-25T09:02:48.090-04:00

It appears that I've lost remote linking with my photo at the top. I don't really have the time to search out another free linkable site, so I decided to take it off for awhile. It's springtime here. The birds are singing their hearts out while a gentle rain pours down. We are very pleased to see that both redbuds bloomed and all of the wild cherry trees. There are a couple of trees in the front

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1081947816924261072004-04-14T09:03:00.000-04:002004-04-14T09:06:28.043-04:00

If I ever complain about not having enough to do, please shoot me.

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Yes, I know, I’ve been a complete ass not posting anything. Basically I am really tired of posting bad news. Actually I’m really tired of getting bad news, I am so over it. So without further ado I can announce that my father has come home. He was released from the nursing home rehabilitation department on Friday. He’s so much better. It’s wonderful to have him home. Nothing much has happened

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1078612518999491282004-03-06T17:35:00.000-05:002004-03-06T17:37:31.216-05:00

There's a Service Announcement over at the old boards. Just in case anyone wants to go over and save anything before the boards are deleted on March 26.

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The Game was purchased Friday night at Border's. I can't believe she did it. (ref. to what almost made Holmes faint).

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I swear, if I hadn't posted about being bored at work I never would've gotten my latest project. Updating our internal ordering guide. Unfortunatly it involves Frontpage, but there's nothing I can do about that at this moment. Dad's doing fine. We're planning on taking him out Sunday for lunch. I know he really wants to come home. Hopefully he won't have to stay in the nursing home too much

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1077308189849858432004-02-20T15:16:00.000-05:002004-02-20T15:18:27.093-05:00

For some reason this has been an extremely boring day here at work. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that it's 60 degrees outside at the moment, could it?

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Here is my sad, sad listing of the books I've read. Bold means I've read it while italics means that I've read parts of it. 1. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne

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I'm finding it real hard not to drop into a full fledged depression. My Dad has taken a bad turn over the weekend. It appears he has suffered another mini-stroke and all the progress he's made over the past couple of weeks is gone. The therapists seem reluctant to resume his exercise regime. I still have hope that he'll be able to come home before too long, but the date keeps getting pushed back.

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Had a meeting today with the Nursing Home. Dad appears to be really progessing, which is a great relief. We have no time-table as to when he'll be able to come home, but I hope it won't be too long. We keep getting hit with more snow/sleet/freezing rain. There's some due tonight. It's getting to the point where thoughts of flying away somewhere warm keep drifting through my head...

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The past three days feel like some of the longest in history. Let's backtrack to Saturday. Mom was still down in Memphis with no exact date of return. She knew it would be either Sunday or Monday. I get a call from my Mother-in-law who informs me of the horrible weather they were predicting for Sunday through Wednesday of this week. I call my mom and told her that if she needed to get back by

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1074629509037613362004-01-20T15:11:00.000-05:002004-01-20T15:13:16.093-05:00

Lou sent me an email yelling at me for not keeping everyone updated. Dad is still in the hospital in the transitional care unit. I hear today that he’s not doing too well in his physical therapy. He was going to come home this week, but now I don’t know. Last week he seemed to be trying more. We think it’s because the doctor finally got through to him that if he didn’t get better he would have

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1073679101204404782004-01-09T15:11:00.000-05:002004-01-09T15:12:56.640-05:00

Sorry about my recent absence, but last Friday my Dad had to go into the hospital. We're not sure what exactly is going on, but it looks like some more mini-strokes. He's refused to try to get better from the last time he had some and now he's too weak for us to care for him at home. Right now we're looking at some sort of nursing home rehab for him. It's an extremely stressful time right now.

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1073053043759812052004-01-02T09:17:00.000-05:002004-01-02T09:18:31.920-05:00

I hope everyone had a nice New Year. We stayed home and managed to stay awake until the gunshots started after midnight. Gotta love living in the country. Tuesday we went out to dinner to celebrate my birthday. Now the depressing month of January begins. Maybe it’s just the rain we have today, but I’m beginning to see why so many people here use all their vacation during this month.

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050256836619561951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327688.post-1072578411455894562003-12-27T21:26:00.000-05:002003-12-28T08:27:27.263-05:00

Well, it's been three days of lounging around, playing games, and eating whatever. I know it will come to an end when I have to go back to work, but it's great while it lasts. Must go kick more Orc butt...

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Yup, tomorrow we're going to see RotK at the 12:50 matinee. I can't wait.

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Work parties are not fun. I should just have someone shoot me if I ever decided to go to another again. The food even sucked. The driest chicken known to human kind. I should've just stayed home.

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I did go out to the mall last night, but ended up buying just for myself. Tonight is the office Christmas party and I thought it might be nice to have a new outfit. I've decided I hate shopping. I saw some of the ugliest outfits known to mankind in the two department stores I went into. Outfits that wouldn't even work on a 12 pound model. I ended up getting a new sweater to wear. Very plain in

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I've been meaning to change things for quite some time. Finding the time to fool with the code and picking a new template is something else all together. I will have to figure out how to fix the archive later.

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All things must change.

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First snow of the season We got about 5 inches of snow so far. It's always so humurous how people around here forget how to act when it snows. We already have people whinging to go home. We supposed to have a lot more tomorrow. I think I might make a snow-person if I can find a poop-free zone in the yard.

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I'm here Sorry I haven't blogged much lately. This week is a bitch since my office mate is in Disney World. Yeah I know I did it to her earlier this year, but she's gone for a whole week a pre-paid vacation. A gift from a friend of her sister's. Lucky dog! Anyway I'm having to cover her shift which begins at 6:15 in the morning. I know it's only 45 minutes earlier than I normally do, but it's

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So this is the first Thanksgiving in a very long while that I haven't helped out in the kitchen. I've come down with the flu. Seem to be getting better though, no more chills. I hope everyone has a wonderful, sick free Thanksgiving.

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So I 've found a new diversion. Multimap.com You might think, "Oh, what's so great about an online map." Well, what's great is that if you pick a place in England and start zooming in you can switch to aerial photos of that place. You can even have an overlay map on the aerial photos. I think it's neat to see Stonehenge from the air. Yes, I'm weird.

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Today we did some cleaning. Well, not really. We basically just moved boxes around, but the guest room looks better. Someone could actually use the bed to sleep on without having to leap across cartons and wedging themselves onto a tiny bit mattress poking out from beneath more boxes. It's all better now. Some boxes were transferred to the crawlspace where we wrapped them in plastic to keep the

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The Teaser Trailer is Here! It looks so good. I have to say that this might be the first Potter soundtrack I buy if they have that song "Something Wicked This Way Comes", one can't resist a school choir.

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What's going on? Nothing much. It appears that Autumn is almost over and we're finding amazing how much of the neighbor you can see without the leaves on the trees. It's been difficult not trying any landscaping here at the new house, but we really need to see how things look through the seasons. I do know that some sort of evergreen shrubbery will be added, but not until after we build the

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Screw it! I've created a new forum at a different site. Hopefully the solar flares won't knock this one out. It now means everyone will have to reregister, which sucks. SuperSecretForum

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Cannot Find Server Yes, yes, I know. It really sucks when you set up a forum and then the server goes all whacko and we can't access it. Damit. Oh well. How long should we give them before I look for a new host for us?

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Blackmail works! Wonderful Teri! Oh, and since comments aren't working I'll post the link here. Shhhhhhhh!

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It took me a week, but finished the five Laurie King books. Wonderful series. I’m now torn between reading the stories at The Hive and rereading the series. We never made it to see the new niece. The wind we had last week brought down a huge tree, so Saturday was spent with the chainsaw. We did build our first fire in the woodstove. I’ve never lived with a woodstove before and I am now a

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I can’t believe it’s already the middle of October. The autumn seems to be whizzing by. I hate that since it’s my favorite time of the year. Spring is a very close second and only falls behind because of the pastel colors the stores try to get me to add to my wardrobe. Last Friday I stopped by the used bookstore and happened upon Laurie R. King’s The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. I know RJA mentioned

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Slacker Sorry for the lack of updates. I wasn’t feeling too well at the end of last week and the weekend. Let me bring everyone up to speed. -I’m now an Aunt once again. Emily Nicole was born this morning at 11 am. -Yesterday was our 7th wedding anniversary. We went out for a nice dinner. Paul expressed his opinion that we need to always plan a trip away for our anniversary (even if it’s just a

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Weekend Saturday morning started out bad. The internet connection was down. When I first called they told me that it was a problem on my end they'd have to send a technician out next Thursday. Talk about not being a happy camper. I fiddled around trying not to think about going online when I saw a car pull into the driveway. It was the postman with my long awaited copy of Paladin of the Souls.

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Here is a quick photo I just snapped of the family room.

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This week is going by pretty fast. I like that in a week. This past weekend we painted the family room. Since the room is off my parents bedroom I told mom that she could decorate it however she wants (with in reason) so she picked out a nice spicey yellow for the walls. It's kind of retro, but kind of not. I like it. The next project will be to create the built in shelves for the room.

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We had a thunderstorm a couple of weeks back that was a whole lot worse than Isabel was for us. Basically the wind blew. We were very lucky from what I can see of the damage she caused south of us. I'd like to thank Laura, Emily and Lou for obviously making the storm bypass my house. What would I do without you.

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Yahoo! Weather - East Central U.S. Satellite That's a nice picture of Isabel's location at the moment. It does appear to be heading right for us. We've battened down the hatches and are prepared to ride it out. So many people are really, really worried about it. I say why worry, it'll come whether you worry about it or not.

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Other than the fact that I am convinced that everyone at work is trying to make me fat it was a nice week. One of the next projects (besides the garage or lack of one) is to build some sort of access for my father off the back deck. This website Accessible Home Wheelchair Ramp Manual showed me that a ramp may not be the best option for us. Halfway down the page you will notice the section on

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This has been a lovely weekend. We spent the day yesterday sorting through boxes and trying to get the kitchen organized. My mom has had a change of heart about a lot of the things she insisted on keeping. Since discovering the meaning of space constraints, keeping 20 plus coffee mugs just didn’t seem logical. If we find we’re short on coffee mugs someone can always use a teacup. I support

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Done.

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It’s almost over…. …and it’s almost killing me. My legs and feet are so sore. I’m glad today will be a fairly tame day. So here’s the update. My parents sold the house on Friday morning. We had found an auction house to take the vast majority of stuff and sell it for us, but they wouldn’t be able to get a truck to us until the next Friday. Well, the man who bought our house would like to be in

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The painting has been completed. Thanks to my inability to avoid getting wall paint on the ceiling or peeling painters tape off in the proper manner we will most likely be applying crown molding. My parents bedroom we painted a lovely shade of moss green which should look great with white trim work. The bathroom color is a shade of beige called puppy paws which has a striking resemblance to Cover

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An Update My husband has left on a fishing trip with his dad for the weekend leaving my mom and I to paint. We decided to paint their rooms before they move in and this is the best time since the floor hasn’t been laid. I’m hoping we can get the ceiling and the primer completed tonight, but I’m not holding my breath. After the painting it shouldn’t take too much longer for the rooms to be

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Things appear to be going better. It’s less stressful at work even though we still don’t have a contract. We’ve been bored recently so we’ve been goofing off with Photoshop. Last Halloween one of our supervisors came in dressed as Obi-Wan Ken obi and made the mistake of allowing me to take a photo. We have since tubed him, placed him on a star field, and in Star Wars font wrote “Use the Force.”

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Sorry for the lack of updates. Everything is so stressful and I decided that I wouldn’t whine about it online too much. I’m really looking forward to setting up the computer room. This is the room I’ve designated to do in the “Harry Potter fashion” much to my husband’s chagrin. I’m finding all sort of things to use in it. Just the other day I found 3 old brass plant pots that look like little

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I really should try to update this thing more often. So, in less than 24 hours I find out whether or not I will be on strike. It’s funny because in a way I don’t care. Either way has it’s bonuses. If we do go on strike I will have time to finish helping my mom and dad clean out her house in preparation of moving in with us. If we don’t go on strike I won’t lose any money and won’t have to

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I have been working on my Nimbus report, but sadly real life has reared it's rather hideous head and has been preventing that. I shall report that yesterday my cable was hooked up so I can now communicate whenever I have the time. As far as Real Life goes: 1. Work sucks. 2. My brother and his family have cut all ties to my parents, my husband and me. I need to find out how things are going in

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I'm back. Nimbus was a blast. I'll have to post more later. Here's the Elf Porn we joked about all weekend.

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No Damn Cable! It appears as though I will have to wait another 3 weeks or so since they'll have to run a drop under my neighbor's driveway (who isn't too happy about it). In the mean time, I'm gathering clothes and stuff in anticipation of Nimbus on Thursday. I can hardly wait. I think I shall live off of caffiene for the entire 4 days.

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I only have a minute to update while here at work, but the most exciting news (besides Nimbus in 1 week) is that the cable guy is coming out tomorrow to hook us up with TV and Internet. Wohoo!!

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Thanks Emily and Lou for your sentiments. I haven’t moved anything today, but I will say that I did something productive. I finalized our plans for Nimbus! Now since things are a bit hectic here at home I had to shorten the stay to Thursday through Sunday, but it should still be a blast. Now if they’d only finalize the programming schedule… Only 2 weeks away!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I’ve had a horrible week. Last Thursday we found out that my grandmother was going downhill very fast. My parents rented a car and drove down to Tennessee on Friday and got there just a couple of hours before she passed away. I flew down Sunday. I haven’t been back to Mississippi or Tennessee for about 17 years. A few of my cousins have made trips up here in the past 17 years, but a few haven’t

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I thought I should take a break from work to update everyone on what’s going on. I’ll go back to last Friday. We spent the entire day moving more stuff. We came home for dinner and after a shower and a nap my mom and I headed up to Borders. We found out that they were going to give out tickets at 10 pm to buy the book. My mom had to call the store to get the information. Upon arriving at 10:05

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The Move Has Begun After a four-hour closing on Monday and a two day wait we finally took possession of the house last night about 8pm. T only worked half day today then flew home to begin the load up. I was able to make a couple of trips with a truckload of stuff before the thunderstorm hit. My father in law and uncle came over and discussed with my mom about the garage to bed and bath. I came

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I took my mom out shopping today. The first store we went to was a Low-Carb place where she’d hoped to stock up on the No-card Sugar Free brownies (they only had one left). The store manager told my mom that they would have a lot of samples next Saturday and that she should stop by. As we headed for the car I said, “I’m not going to bring you up here next Saturday.” She gave me a strange look,

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So I’m doing more packing today. In a drawer I find my high school and my college diplomas. Has anyone ever had to actually use them for anything? I mean the actual paper diploma, has anyone actually had an employer or anyone ask, “May I see your diploma?”

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Welcome to the longest week of my life. Next Monday we close on the House and next Wednesday evening we have our final walk-through and take possession. Everything is in place so now I just need for time to fly, but alas it won’t. Yesterday I witnessed a father allowing his 4 year old child to pee at the end of our driveway while they were out riding bikes. Right there out in the open where

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Sometimes you find yourself doing something that you’d never in a million years think you’d do. That thought ran through my mind this morning as I held an umbrella out a second story window to prevent the water gushing from a blocked gutter from flooding the downstairs room even more. My husband came to the rescue with the big ladder, overcame his vertigo and climbed up to remove the rotten

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Too many countdowns…. Let’s see, I’m 11 days from closing, 15 till OotP, and 42 (I think) from Nimbus. I should note here that WE’RE GOING! I made the hotel reservations; still have to do the flight though. Tonight we’re moving the armoire. When we first moved over here 15 years ago or so, my mom bought me a rather large armoire since we didn’t have closets. Since we will soon have closets and

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The Cat So, about 30 years ago or so, my cousin painted this ceramic cat for my mother. It’s pale yellow with nasty green eyes. It stands (or sits) about 18 inches high and is supposed to be a Persian. I’ve always hated it, but now I can say that it’s not moving with us. It’s truly a hideous thing. Anyway over the past month my brother and his family have been coming over to get furniture we don

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Logistics I’m the type of person who can’t help but think about logistics. Our move in three weeks is always on my mind. The phone here at our current place is in my name. I can’t hook up the new house phone until I disconnect this one. Since my parents will still be living here for at least a month or so until the room is finished for them I think it would be best to leave the phone hooked up

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I finally saw the sun today for a significant amount of time (even though it did rain). It has been cloudy and rainy for a solid month. Everyone is getting depressed. I’m not sure anyone has even thought about opening their pools, the temperature here has not been out of the 70’s in quite awhile (more often than not it was still in the 50’s). The house stays so cold that I’m still wearing my

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I’m packing away. I’ve got my mom into the daily packing and at times have even got Paul into packing or cleaning out. The other day we cleaned out the bathroom of various expired toiletries. I think the earliest we saw was some aspirin that expired in ’92. That bathroom took two large garbage bags to empty. If you haven’t already guessed, I’m trying to do as much as possible now, in hopes that

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