Monthly Archives: July 2009

Jul
23

The Gathering 2009

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Ok, so I’m only a week late with this…and yay! I finally got to meet La-Tessa! We’ve only been chatting away with each other for over a year now, so it was great finally getting to meet her in person. And hey, we’re practically wearing the same dress…but she wears it way better than I do. LOL. Anyway. The Gathering was a great success. It was nice seeing some old faces from Romantic Times, and connecting with other online friends from workshops or mailing loops or crit groups. It reminds me that even though writing and getting pubbed is a personal journey for many of us, there’s still so many people taking it together. Comfort in numbers, maybe…even with the threat of competition. Though really, I’d prefer to see it as encouragement via proxy. 😉 I’ll admit I was pretty tired that evening, though. Lucy had kept me up the… Read more
Jul
22

Backaches

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It’s no secret that I’m never going to be particularly happy with certain things about my body. At the moment, it’s ‘Mommy Ass’. I mean, seriously – after dropping 30 pounds last year, you’d think my behind would have whipped itself into some sort of shape, but alas, it remains flat and wide. Although, I suppose I come by it honestly. I recall my mother having much the same thing. One the other hand, wider hips means that both my labors were done in 10 minutes or less. (3 pushes for Lucy!). So, I guess it all evens out. The back itself is another story. This is my MRI from last April (2008), about 3 months after I cracked a disk. You can see it there – L5, I think. It’s the black one protruding without any white stuff inside. Even aside from that, I’ve got at least one fracture… Read more
Jul
20

Updates and such.

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Well, it’s not much of an update, really. I’ve seem to have taken to writing my blogs in my head again (whether in the shower or driving to work or folding laundry or whatever.) Not sure if it’s the effort of trying to organize my thoughts that triggers the mental acrobats, but what’s interesting it that once I’ve done it, I no longer seem to need to write it down here. Go figure. (It’s too bad, really -because I’ve “written” some pretty deep and interesting stuff that way. LOL). I would like to put up some specific posts here in a bit, but I’ve got a lot of pictures and I need to figure out how to organize them. Still, most of the last few weeks was spent prepping for The Gathering over at Nationals (i.e the PRISM awards from FF&P). I was in charge of coming up with the… Read more
Jul
12

Shoe Whore Strikes Again

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Tried a girl’s day out today with ms Lucy. Aside from the toy store (Connor’s birthday is tomorrow), I made it to Kohl’s (shirts and capris, whee) and Famous Footware. God knows why I even bother going into shoe stores these days. But somehow I managed, and ooh…sales! 🙂 I bought two pairs of highly impractical shoes. Seriously. I have *no* idea when I will wear them, but here we go. (I took these via reflection, so ignore the fact that you’re seeing the inside of my messy closet. Also please note that I am very much aware I need a pedicure. Hopefully some time this week.) First pair is by RocketDog. Style is Gimme and color is Black Gravel. The front buckle gives it a sort of biker chic thing. They are definitely a bit more casual and something I’m more likely to wear on a regular basis. And… Read more
Jul
11

David Garrett…hellooooo?

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Not sure where I stumbled across this guy, but I wish I’d found him sooner. Hooo. Haven’t updated in a while, but I hope to in a bit…life has been horribly complicated over the last week, but watching this has definitely improved my mood tonight. (And I bought his album off of iTunes, so there).… Read more