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- 20:04 This is mine. Love love love this book! RT @dearauthor: New post: REVIEW: ePistols at Dawn by Z.A. Maxfield bit.ly/4ONBdg #
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27 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
26 December 2009 @ 10:47 pm
Chicagoland for Christmas with my living brother and his family. I am glad to see them, but my brother would drive me nuts if I saw him often. I love my sister in law tho'. And saw my mother, who is doing better right now, and my father. Also took my grandmother home from the hospital, where she had spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, so I got to see her (92 years old), and my grandfather (94 years old).
Overall, I would rather see them once a year in the summer, not at this time of year when I am homesick for chosen family in Michigan. Or just being home in Michigan. Coming back to Cincinnati was even harder, since I wasn't even leaving Chicago to come home, just coming "home for now."
Still, it was a nice enough visit. Three days, always a good enough time. Missed seeing my other sister in law, my other nieces and nephews, and all my cousin-nieces and nephews. I had to miss them in September, too, because of work. If there can be a time when my work schedule is more people-friendly, I will be happy.
I am glad to be in my apartment with the cats. I think it's time for some introspection. Also some cleaning and bill-paying and Board chores.
Overall, I would rather see them once a year in the summer, not at this time of year when I am homesick for chosen family in Michigan. Or just being home in Michigan. Coming back to Cincinnati was even harder, since I wasn't even leaving Chicago to come home, just coming "home for now."
Still, it was a nice enough visit. Three days, always a good enough time. Missed seeing my other sister in law, my other nieces and nephews, and all my cousin-nieces and nephews. I had to miss them in September, too, because of work. If there can be a time when my work schedule is more people-friendly, I will be happy.
I am glad to be in my apartment with the cats. I think it's time for some introspection. Also some cleaning and bill-paying and Board chores.
25 December 2009 @ 11:56 pm
- 10:21 Merry Christmas, tweeple! Thanks for a wonderful year! Hope y'all got just what you wanted for Christmas and this year. 2010 will be g8! #
- 11:28 I'm such a dork. Couldn't play Mario Kart race in the mines b/c it set off my fear of heights. #
- 12:54 twitpic.com/v6aah - My new Christmas shirt! :) And cool Christmas wrap/throw thingy! #
25 December 2009 @ 03:00 am
Tweets For Today
- 22:21 Sorry it took so long to post picts of the puppy, Kibo, you can see then at my Flickr page: bit.ly/6HxJWU -- Lots more tomorrow!
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23 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 16:48 Ew. What's all this white stuff on the ground? #
23 December 2009 @ 03:03 am
Tweets For Today
- 13:38 Who wants to see Avatar tonight?
- 22:16 Title of the day: "Crispy Cubes of Fried Pig’s Blood" (bit.ly/65OCer) Eeek!
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22 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 09:27 This was fun to do: RT @dearauthor: New post: Top 100 Romances by Dear Author bit.ly/7MUj2I #
- 10:03 Don't forget that @IASPR's CFP is still open for the conference in Belgium! iaspr.org/conferences/belgium See you there! #
- 14:49 Why do I suddenly have 870 DMs instead of the 900-some I know I had a few days ago? I didn't delete them. #
21 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 14:56 Epic emails sent. Must now pick up car and dog (different places!) and do more Christmas shopping. #
- 16:42 Greater love hath no woman: I'm going into Walmart at DH's request. #
- 20:04 twitpic.com/ukscy - The Christmas hippo! For my mother. :) #
- 21:33 OMG! Pride and Prejudice in emoticons! bookshop.livejournal.com/1010612.html #
21 December 2009 @ 03:02 am
Tweets For Today
- 20:39 HVHS named the puppy "Mikalo" which doesn't really work for us.
- 20:40 Liam wants to call him "Mitch Mikalo" ... Mitch may work, but isn't very exciting.
- 20:41 "Sabachi" was my old dog's name (given by the shelter), and it was great. To this day have no idea what it means.
- 20:41 But we should pick something pretty soon.
- 20:43 Anyhow. New puppy snoozing, Liam to bed early. I think an early bedtime for me too. It's been a very exciting, hectic day for all of us.
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20 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 09:52 Off to church (!gasp!) for the Christmas pageant. In which Isaac is supposed to be a sheep and Theo is one of the "teasing angels." o_0 #
- 13:43 Two things: my son is NOT going to sleep for his nap! Halp! Halp! And I'm reading a paper of mine from 2006. It doesn't suck. #
- 13:43 In fact, not only doesn't it suck, but I'm thinking of doing the work to send it in to Persuasions (JASNA Journal). #
- 14:20 Okay, 2yo really NOT napping. Do we go get him? leave him in there until he starts crying? throw him to the wolves? #
- 14:20 And OMG, I refuse to have a 2yo who doesn't nap. SRSLY. #
- 15:30 Just cut my boys' hair. All three of them (boys/man, not hair). They all look super-cute now. :) #
- 17:46 I grated my thumb knuckle. With a super-sharp grater Twice. #
- 18:41 I love making reservations at completely swank restaurants. I can request lactose-free stuff. Not that I'll get it, but I can request it! #
20 December 2009 @ 03:22 pm
Current Motor Co and I are in today's Sunday Detroit Free Press. You can see it here:
http://www.freep.com/article/20091220/B
I'm a bit disappointed in the article, but hey, any press is good, right?
We also got a very brief mention in a front page article in the Wall Street Journal on November 13, that one is here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1257980
http://www.freep.com/article/20091220/B
I'm a bit disappointed in the article, but hey, any press is good, right?
We also got a very brief mention in a front page article in the Wall Street Journal on November 13, that one is here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1257980
20 December 2009 @ 03:02 am
19 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 16:12 Right, everyone needs to read Astrid Amara's "Carol of the Bellskis". Brilliant, wonderful, funny, heartwarming. @RRRJessica, you listening? #
- 22:34 Dammit. The one job I applied for this semester received 400 applications and I wasn't one of the 1% of callbacks. Sigh. #
19 December 2009 @ 10:45 pm
Liam has been asking for a dog for years, and this year I decided that I'd finally give in and make it his xmas present. Now is a good time, since I'm home all day and I can devote as much time as is needed to housebreaking/crate training/etc. So today Liam and I went doggie "window shopping" today at the humaine society (at least that was the plan...).
We both fell in love with a 4mo old hound/mutt mix, and almost brought him home today, but the staff there was *very* concerned about it being alone for ~9 hours while I'm at work. I agreed and was hesitant. I was originally considering a beagle or Lab since both are fairly good with kids & cats, and 'tend' not to be super-high energy. But the staff said even those breeds wouldn't do well being alone all day long.
The staff was very kind and are keeping him on hold for us for 24 hours. Of course Liam was *quite* upset we weren't bringing the puppy home today.
I've talked to Tammy (today and prior), and we're agreed that we're going to share some of the responsibility since it'll be "Liam's" dog, it will usually stay wherever Liam is staying for the night. But Tammy's schedule is even more busy than mine most of the time.
I'll try to hire a someone from the neighborhood to give the dog a walk every afternoon while we're away, and make sure he'll be as stimulated as possible. The dog seemed pretty mellow and laid-back, so that's promising (although it's hard to tell in only the hour we spent with him). And who knows how the cats are going to react to all of this, or if he'll get enough stimulation via torturing them (or vice-versa?).
But I think I'm somewhat committed now. Liam would be totally heartbroken if we didn't get this dog tomorrow. And I think it's a pretty good choice, considering it seems we may have problems with almost any dog we were to choose.
What do you think? Do you think the staff is being overly cautious and he'll be fine, or am I setting up myself for a dog with behavior problems?
We both fell in love with a 4mo old hound/mutt mix, and almost brought him home today, but the staff there was *very* concerned about it being alone for ~9 hours while I'm at work. I agreed and was hesitant. I was originally considering a beagle or Lab since both are fairly good with kids & cats, and 'tend' not to be super-high energy. But the staff said even those breeds wouldn't do well being alone all day long.
The staff was very kind and are keeping him on hold for us for 24 hours. Of course Liam was *quite* upset we weren't bringing the puppy home today.
I've talked to Tammy (today and prior), and we're agreed that we're going to share some of the responsibility since it'll be "Liam's" dog, it will usually stay wherever Liam is staying for the night. But Tammy's schedule is even more busy than mine most of the time.
I'll try to hire a someone from the neighborhood to give the dog a walk every afternoon while we're away, and make sure he'll be as stimulated as possible. The dog seemed pretty mellow and laid-back, so that's promising (although it's hard to tell in only the hour we spent with him). And who knows how the cats are going to react to all of this, or if he'll get enough stimulation via torturing them (or vice-versa?).
But I think I'm somewhat committed now. Liam would be totally heartbroken if we didn't get this dog tomorrow. And I think it's a pretty good choice, considering it seems we may have problems with almost any dog we were to choose.
What do you think? Do you think the staff is being overly cautious and he'll be fine, or am I setting up myself for a dog with behavior problems?
19 December 2009 @ 05:12 pm
There was this white drizzle this morning, so everyone stayed in until about noon. Cool for me, I got a lot of errands run this morning.
Yeah, not so much White Death, more like White Drizzle.
More may come over Sunday night. Lots of people staying home for the holiday week will at least decrease the impact for my hospital co-workers.
I am disappointed. I wanted to go to the Zoo tonight and view their holiday light show covered in frosting. However, with temperatures today around 3 C, there's a little snow on some grass, but overall it's just wet.
Another night, perhaps.
Yeah, not so much White Death, more like White Drizzle.
More may come over Sunday night. Lots of people staying home for the holiday week will at least decrease the impact for my hospital co-workers.
I am disappointed. I wanted to go to the Zoo tonight and view their holiday light show covered in frosting. However, with temperatures today around 3 C, there's a little snow on some grass, but overall it's just wet.
Another night, perhaps.
19 December 2009 @ 03:02 am
Tweets For Today
- 16:49 Today is the start of xmas break for Liam - 2 weeks off. A 1/2 hour home from school he says "Daaaad! I'm bored!!" Hooboy.
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18 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 07:13 I have a post on @JessicaScott09's Romance Roll Call today. An honor to be among such wonderful company there! romancerollcall.com #
- 09:37 See? Mine! RT @JessicaScott09: New post: All About The National Guard (cli.gs/TmPQ4) /via @romancerollcall #
- 09:40 Unfortunately true. RT @FakeAPStylebook: Avoid reader confusion about whether Africa is a country or a continent by never writing about it. #
- 09:44 O. M. G!!! RT @carrielofty: You have to see @meljean's book pr0n bit.ly/6rMgwU #
- 10:54 Mmm, Chick-Fil-A. Unfortunately without hunky troopers in uniform but good nonetheless. #
- 11:06 Ew, creepy guy at Chick-Fil-A checking me out. Flattering, I guess, but mostly creepy. #
- 12:09 Hair cut and roots retouched. Now I look like a fuzzy puffball! Thinking about getting eyebrows threaded. #whoamIandwhathaveIdonewithsarah #
18 December 2009 @ 10:32 pm
Yes, that's what it's called down here, the White Death. Snow.
We're getting some this weekend, starting sometime tonight when the rain gets cold enough. Because it's going to snow for the first time, we have a winter weather advisory in effect. Yes, my Northern sisters and brothers, you may snort and snicker. A guffaw or two is not out of place, even.
The expected snowfall is a whopping 1 - 2.5 inches, depending on what really happens.
I think it'll be the perfect opportunity to go to the Zoo for the Holiday Lights display. It ought to look even prettier with snow or ice on it all, and be pretty dang uncrowded.
We're getting some this weekend, starting sometime tonight when the rain gets cold enough. Because it's going to snow for the first time, we have a winter weather advisory in effect. Yes, my Northern sisters and brothers, you may snort and snicker. A guffaw or two is not out of place, even.
The expected snowfall is a whopping 1 - 2.5 inches, depending on what really happens.
I think it'll be the perfect opportunity to go to the Zoo for the Holiday Lights display. It ought to look even prettier with snow or ice on it all, and be pretty dang uncrowded.
18 December 2009 @ 03:02 am
Tweets For Today
- 11:54 Toyota job update: they want me. Yay! Now they have to get upper mgmt approval to hire me while under a job freeze. Odds are ~50/50. :-/
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17 December 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- 08:56 My RTB post today: RT @RTB_Blog bit.ly/6570Cs #
- 10:04 Heh: www.mindcandyclothing.com/drprincess.htm
l I definitely need one of those! :) # - 10:08 LA Weekly cover story: m/m romance! Yes! www.laweekly.com/2009-12-17/art-books/ma
n-on-man-the-new-gay-romance/ # - 12:55 Bah. Feel inadequate as a scholar. Have to look up word from article I'm reviewing. #
- 16:06 That's @EricSelinger's job! RT @ScribblingSandy: @SarahFrantz I wasn't able to explain the term "topos" yesterday. Needed help. :) #
- 18:12 Yes! I knew it! RT @FakeAPStylebook: The plural of apostrophe is "apostrophe's." #
- 20:01 twitpic.com/ty8ol - This is, actually, how my son reads his books sometimes. o_0 #