Which is not to say I didn't wake up with one, for the 5th day in a row, but that the Maxalt and Excedrin and Oolong tea before I got out of bed (thanks to Shelby for making the perfect cup of tea) worked today for some reason. Maybe I was the doing them all before moving. Maybe it was the Oolong, that was different. Who knows. So I had a great day, today. I've had oodles more energy. You don''t realize...

Well, somehow, I brought home a dog today. A papered, two yr. old neutered male for free. There's some story about divorce and money, etc, but I don't understand why they aren't trying to sell him. I haven't found out what's wrong with him, except that he's a little aggressive with Katy and Rusty, but that's the whole male thing, and will probably sort itself out quickly. It only took one hiss...

Sparkle! I likes it!

At 3:11 this morning I was wide awake, and hungry.  So much so that I just got up and ate a bowl of cereal and read some. Then, at about four, still quite awake, I decided that if I didn't get to bed before daylight, I wouldn't get to bed, and that maybe 4 hours wasn't quite enough sleep.  So I went back to sleep, and woke up again exactly 4 hours later.  I've had this happen to me before.  Back in...

Thomas and Shelby and I went to the Franklin School Medieval Feast.  Four removes.  Enough food to kill a fellow, and delicious!  We all wore costumes.  Greens, veggies & fruit, two different kinds of bread with spreads, chicken in orange sauce, stewed apples, bowtie noodles, and the cake was shaped like a castle, with strawberries on top and snow (whipped cream) all around the bottom. And of course...

I told the guys that I was taking the weekend off.  I wasn't going to fold laundry, remind them to take baths, cook, or entertain them.  They were on their own, don't talk to me, live if you can. Day one went fairly well.  I only had to remind the boys once or twice (each) that i was off, and they had to find their own shit, put together their own food, and not bother me.  Stayed in my PJs until 2pm...

I got a volunteer/internship for Shelby out at a teaching stable.  For Shelby.  Really.  But I am having a ton of fun.  I get to pet horses, and put halters on horses and lead them around, and groom them. Here's Shelby and his favorite horse :

I'm all nuts now about the Twilight series.  I can't believe I am completely sucked into a young adult book with teen-aged characters about teen-aged angst.  With the major female being as close to the definition of a Mary Sue as any I've ever seen.  But I'm just loving it.  This woman can write emotions and angst. I will have to go see the movie and see how well they handled everything. I've...

What is your first reaction when someone says "I need to talk to you"? View other answers Oh Lord, please let it not be as important as all that!

As a side note, I might add that it's not unusual to get a call from my mother that begins with some strange or interesting question on a point of trivia she can't remember or the name of a song she can only remember one line of, etc. So my mother calls tonight, and the conversation starts with: Granny:  in a business letter, what punctuation comes after the 'Dear Ms. Smith'? me:  Uh, colon?  (the...