I'm not much of a poster, more of a lurker and recently (at least since October) I've had little or no time for computer stuff. However, just before Christmas I found myself the accidental owner of a 6 month old Lab mix and she has dominated my life. I have started a new community called the_roxie_blog where I will be posting a bit more regularly so as to journal my experiences with my new pup. If you enjoy that sort of thing please feel free to read; otherwise you won't have to worry that I will be boring my friends list with incessant cute dog stories.

One of my friends had her house broken into Tuesday morning, sometime between 8:30 and 1:30 in the morning. Bad enough the thieves took all their heirlooms, but they also stole the box containing the ashes of their first born son.

I can't think of a punishment suitable for a crime like this.

First, I want to thank amavel_bel for the great layouts and instructions. I'm pretty comp illiterate but I followed the instructions easily.

Drove Mom to Norfolk so she could spend June with my brother and his family. She'll have some time with the grandkids and I'll have some time by myself. I'll be getting her around the 21st and we'll spend some time at the coast.

Joss says it much better than I can.
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Wow - what a year.
First, I'd like to thank Hollydb,Piksa, Inca and itsabigrock for the wonderful Christmas and Solstice cards.
I didn't get to post much over the holidays as I am a retail manager and every year the job gets more overwhelming. Wouldn't change it for the world, however. Here in Carolina the weather has been balmy so sales of coats and sweaters have been tough. Forsythia and redbud trees have started to blossom however - another sign of global warming perhaps?

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great 2007!

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Wow - LJ seems a little quiet - I guess everyone's having fun on the Queen Mary. Good luck and have fun to all who get to attend. I know you'll enjoy James and i hope you bring back lots of pictures.

My computer crashed yesterday. All I get is a black screen when I turn it on. Any suggestions? Now I have to go to Mom's any time I want to read e-mail.

Vacation in 10 days - last chance before Christmas.

sh*t. F*ck.

Just got back from vacation a few hours ago. Had an e-mail from the chair of a committee I'm on giving the minutes of the last meeting I had to miss, which basically threw out everything I've been working on for the last three months and starting over. Then scheduled the next meeting for another day the chair already knows I can't attend. I sent her a nice e-mail telling her I'm resigning due to other conflicts.

Mom had a minor stroke a week before we left but she was determined to go to the coast. Michael and I spent the entire week waiting on her. My brother came down and we had a discussion of what steps we need to take for Mom and how much she is going to be able to do in the future. I was open with my brother on the financial hardships Mom and I have had since Dad died; he was very good and offered any monetary assistance we needed. I still have too much Norwegian in me to ask him for what we need.

It took 90 minutes to get through e-mail and I scrolled back through LJ to the date we left and have paged forward - I'm still only on August 15! Too much interesting posts to skip however.

I'm tempted to sign up for Fall for SX as I've had a plot bunny in my head for about a year - just not sure it fits the requirements.

What a bummer. I just learned that two of my LJ friends will be leaving or taking a hiatus - one because of evilness on LJ, one because of little or no time. I admire both of them and their writings and will miss them in the fandom. We keep losing writers, don't we?

On the other hand, I just discovered I can store fictions on a flash drive and save my hard drive. I'm such a Luddite! But what fun! Of course it takes time to transfer all my stored fics, but hey, its only time. (Does a dance of joy).

Work has been a real bitca for the last week - no day off, 10 hour days. Who'd have thought, in the middle of summer?

The ankle is healing nicely, tho' physical therapy is a literal pain. I have no energy to do my exercises in the morning and too tired in the evening, but I try so I can get released as soon as possible. Even with health insurance, my fall is going to be costly.

Sometimes I feel I'm the only middle-aged person on LJ. I'll be in dialog with one of my friends and feel we made a connection, then find out they are 20 years or more younger than I am. Guess I'm young at heart.

Vacation in two weeks - I'll be out of touch during that time.

Three weeks ago I broke my friggin' ankle just going downstairs. My foot went out from under me and I landed on my tailbone (one would think I had sufficient padding there to protect me) and that hurts worse than the ankle. But the ankle has been getting all the attention as it dislocated as well, meaning I had to have surgery the next day. One plate and six screws later, I'm finally back together and for the last three weeks have been living in my Mom's house begging rides to work. I can't put any weight on the blasted thing and my tail still hurts. I have a wheelchair at work and am learning the meaning of the word disabled. I'm a retail sales manager in a 160,000 square foot, three floor building and I'm getting intimate with the necessity behind the Americans With Disabilities Act. For me, at least, I'm only temporarily disabled. I can't imagine what it would be like to be like this for the rest of my life.

Excuse me for babbling, but going on-line is one of the few things I can do right now. I can't get the cast wet (besides I can't stand on it) so regular bathing is out of the question. I love to read, but am tired of books right now. I've been working on inventory maps for my store, but have a hard time getting enthused over them.

I've had a lot of time to think about being handicapped, and I can't help but think of all the GI's, male and female, that have been injured, marred, in this bloody conflict. Despite all good intentions, we've gone back into the past and are currently embroiled in another Vietnam style fiasco with wide ranging repercussions. My cousin is a major in the Marines, and he said from the get go (not publicly, that's not allowed) that everything was screwed up from the beginning. He and many of his colleagues, have no trust in the administration or their ability to see us clear of this mess. As a matter of fact, he has hurt his career because he has refused promotions that would place him in the Pentagon because he refuses to work for Donald Rumsfeld. My cousin places much of the blame of the mess squarely on his shoulders.

I think of all the young Americans and Iraqis who have their entire life ahead of them, now maimed for the rest of their lives. Or worse, snuffed out too early. We have to find a peaceful solution and get out!

I'll go back to my "range of motion" exercises now.

I went to listen to Bill Moyers talk last night on religion and the environment. OMG. The man is incredibly clear and gives cogent arguments for his POV. Also not afraid to stick it to the current regiime in Washington. Moyers feels the coming crisis in the environment will be here sooner than we think and the tipping point for reversibility is almost on us. He links the Religious Right and big business as the leaders in the attack on the environment and he chastises the US for falling behind on reversing global warming. He says everyone must take a stand on their beliefs and get involved in politics - regardless how small or petty the problem. Even if it means just getting a stop sign added to your street or pushing for election reform in your community, get involved. Together we can vote the big money out of politics. He is also for publically funded elections so the person with the most money won't always be the big winner.

More later when I've had time to digest.

Okay...I don't update my journal as often as I should. Tuesday I go broadand. Pretty sophisticated for someone as technically challenged as I. I still don't get the lj cut thingie and although I have fic to post, until I get it I can't post a darn thing. Oh, well.

Work will start to get intense soon - Christmas is coming and we have all the junk no one needs to give away for the hols.

Next week we go to paradise for the last time (maybe) this year. Hope to get fish, apples and pears. Maybe figs?

My prayers go out to all in the path of Katrina. Having been through a cat 1 hurricane, I can't imagine a cat 5.

Damnit! I still don't get it. (thinks) does this do it?

It was over a week ago I had to have Bj put down - my puppy is no longer here. There's a hole everytime I go to the house, but at least he isn't suffering.

Bad things come in threes, right? Last weekend my main sewage drain got blocked with tree roots and I couldn't run any water for three days without sewage filling the basement. No showers, no flushing toilets, ugh.

I can't wait to see what number three will bring.

Okay, I'm going to try an lj cut. here goes - ( Read more... )

Okay, so I suck at writing about myself. Would much rather lurk and read vicariously about everyone else's life. But I'm actually getting out of this burg first weekend in March and flying to NYC to sing at Carnegie Hall. It's been at least 20 years since I've been there, at least in Manhattan, and I can't wait. Anyone know any good restaurants?

We made it back home Saturday without too much trouble. It took two days to go through e-mail and live journal updates to get caught up. No internet access at the coast made things slightly difficult but it was nice to be unavailable for a while.

However, I was ready for the computer Saturday night.

Fell down a flight of stairs a week ago, just bruises and a damaged ego.

Back at work Sunday the fourth, inventory in two weeks.

It really bites that A&E no longer broadcasts the Boston Pops Fourth celebration. CBS only shows the last hour of the show. I miss Keith Lockhart!