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[Apr. 18th, 2009|05:42 pm] |
I'm still alive.
I had a tooth extraction yesterday for a tooth that was growing down into my jaw.
And now the right side of my face looks like a potato. And I want to eat something in the worst way.
But I'm feeling better. |
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| No, I cannot do NaNoWriMo... |
[Oct. 30th, 2008|03:59 pm] |
But I *will* do...a IJ post every day this month. I can handle that. :D
I need to get some of the Very Important Topics out of the way. Like My Spiritual Journey, My Political Journey (which might end up going together, actually), and the Journey of Housewifely Productivity (Just made that up now, how do you like it?).
And perhaps I will blog about my fiction writing. It isn't precisely at a standstill, but some of the stories have taken Very Weird Turns and I need to get a hold on them.
There will be certain things that will happen in the beginning of November, including a picspam of my son's Halloween costume. OMG, he looks ADORABLE. :) Really.
Hey, give me some other topics that I can sort of toy with! I really want to do this, I will feel very good if I can. :) |
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| Breaking radio silence from work... |
[Sep. 23rd, 2008|01:40 pm] |
An Open Letter to All Republicans From a Former Religious Right Activist
THIS.
I often try to explain to people why I am not on the Religious Right (in any way, shape, or form) anymore. This man explains it so well--if a little snarkily. But you see, you deal with this sort of pain with snark.
This doesn't even begin to come close to my own personal story. That one is full of my stupid naivete, my betrayed trust and a semi-nasty case of brainwashing. What it does explain is what is wrong with the Republican party as I see it, and specifically, the Christian Right.
(I'd have NO problem with the Republicans if they would just be fiscal conservatives, and stop trying to make this a "Christian nation"--which it NEVER was. They certainly are not right now, no matter what they say.)
As for what I am right now, I am an Episcopalian. That was what I was raised in for the first 13 years of my life...and now it feels like I am back home. My priest saw my hubby's Obama button and gave him a high five. It feels so good to be able to be a liberal--even in church. |
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[Sep. 8th, 2008|01:37 pm] |
In an unsual Twist of Fate (tm) I am home for the day. Turns out there's a power outage at work, therefore, I am home. Rawk!
I know I haven't been on LJ, but that is mostly because I can no longer go online during work. Someone downloaded a virus that crashed the e-mail system, so...yeah, no more personal online time. Woes.
I have uploaded some but not all of my vacation pictures...I'll post a link a bit later. It's been an insanely busy two weeks, featuring car trouble, day camp trouble, child care trouble, beginning school trouble and hubby gaining more work non-trouble.
I've been RPing and having a good time, and I think I shall use some of this time to post into my various RPGs so that I can garner activity. Tags will be forthcoming very soon, too.
Politics is frustrating the hell out of me. I want it to be over, already. *sigh* I can't stand the back-and-forth thing where both sides snipe at each other. It makes me want to pull my hair out.
:) |
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| And so... |
[Aug. 15th, 2008|01:23 pm] |
It is my birthday. I do not feel older. :) Thank you to everyone for birthday wishes, I have a very nice f-list.
I am heading off to Maine tomorrow for a week, so if I'm not around, that's why. I cannot wait. I need this so much.
I have books to read and a notebook to write in, so that should be enough to keep me occupied when I'm not staring in wonder at pink granite cliffs.
I should be around tonight, but if you do not catch me, I'll see you on the flipside.
Or whenever I make my online presence known during the week.
*hugs* to all. |
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| Update... |
[Aug. 1st, 2008|01:35 pm] |
Apparently, I have lost 3 pounds between last night and this morning.
This brings my total of pounds lost in the past month to NINE.
d00d, I haven't lost that much in ages.
I am *so* going to the gym tomorrow. :) |
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| Health thingies. |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|01:37 pm] |
One Day at a Time (no, not the one with Valerie Bertinelli), Day Three:
I feel so great, truly. I'm drinking water, avoiding sugar, and that's about it. Oh, and the Tea of Awesome.
My joints actually bend decently, I can walk a distance without a)getting winded, b) having excruciating calf pain. My blood sugar is coming down, and I'm AWAKE during the day, which is a big plus.
I have also lost three pounds of water weight. My pants aren't tight anymore. :D!
I am doing this for ME. I don't care if that three pounds is water-weight. I'll take it! I am losing weight for my health only, so I can be around for my husband and son. I'm going to take care of ME. I can't wait for anyone to do it for me.
I will concentrate on one day at a time, one meal at a time, one decision at a time. I will have my water each day and I will not eat anything that comes out of a drive through window.
Eventually, I will incorporate more fruit and vegetables into my diet. But that will come in time.
This time, I must succeed. And I will.
(wow, maybe I should have the music from a battle scene in LotR inserted here) :) |
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[Mar. 27th, 2008|01:17 pm] |
Last night, my sciatica acted up at three in the morning. omg, excruciating pain! It hasn't acted up that way for ages, to where I couldn't move, for a few moments it hurt to breathe and all because of my sciatic nerve. Sheesh.
Anyway, I'm at work, the Aleve took the edge off things enough so I could get moving around. Once I start moving around, most of the time it stops being so painful. I'm just hoping I can sleep without mishap tonight.
I have Writerly things I need to do! I have to dig out the early notebooks for my Treetalker story because there's some scenes I wrote a couple of years ago that I need. I'm really trying to go in order and put scenes together so that I can really figure out where I am in terms of the story. I've got a beginning at at the very least a good chunk of the early middle. The problem is that I've got a couple (or more) of versions of many scenes and I need to choose the ones I like the best.
RPG at Chaos Cube is teh bomb and I am having so much fun. I am going to have to write some backstories for my character because CC!Elaine is totally different from Milliways!Elaine.
Elsewhere, all is happy and good. Well, it tries. :) People in the family are pretty happy and stuff.
How's everyone else doing? |
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