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Urs,
I'm so glad to know you and call you my friend. You are probably the kindest and my loving person I've ever met. Thank you for your friendship and caring. I appreciate it more than you know.
Love,
Kate
P.S. Click the cut for something ridiculous.
( The story of Ron's birthday wish. )
I'm so glad to know you and call you my friend. You are probably the kindest and my loving person I've ever met. Thank you for your friendship and caring. I appreciate it more than you know.
Love,
Kate
P.S. Click the cut for something ridiculous.
( The story of Ron's birthday wish. )
Happy birthday to my official source for sunshine and lollipops, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elle_blessing!
Love and smooshes,
Kate
(and Susan, Romy, Sam, Bishop, Miles, Graham, Emma, and Reilly) ;D
elle_blessing!
Love and smooshes,
Kate
(and Susan, Romy, Sam, Bishop, Miles, Graham, Emma, and Reilly) ;D
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First off, let me apologize profusely for not having wished Ayla a happy birthday ON her birthday. So, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, AYLA!
And a big happy birthday to Yssa, too!
( Random newsiness and babble )
And a big happy birthday to Yssa, too!
( Random newsiness and babble )
It's snowing! Potentially up to 8 inches, although I don't think it will come to that. I'm getting ready to leave work, saving things to my laptop to be worked on at home. *is giddy*
Happy birthday, Natasha! I'll do a pretty post from home, but I didn't want you to think I'd forgotten.
And woo! This is a busy, busy Caliga week. Romy's even got a scene without any sex! *gasp* I know, it is shocking.
Alright, I'm off! Happy Snow Day, everyone!
Happy birthday, Natasha! I'll do a pretty post from home, but I didn't want you to think I'd forgotten.
And woo! This is a busy, busy Caliga week. Romy's even got a scene without any sex! *gasp* I know, it is shocking.
Alright, I'm off! Happy Snow Day, everyone!
It's positively painful to be at the office today. Very few people are in this week, and those that were here have mostly gone for the day. I'm very tempted to sneak out myself. Seriously, this place is tedious over the holidays.
However, my fellow project controllers surprised me with cake today. I really had no idea what was going on, despite being perfectly aware that my birthday is this weekend. So that was nice. We munched and chatted just enough about work that we could justifiably charge the time.
My boss and one of my co-workers were no here to partake. Jeff left early, and Tiff has been placed on bedrest. She's 19 weeks pregnant and they are hoping to keep her from delivering until week 25 at least, but her pregnancy history is not great. This is her 5th pregnancy, I believe. The child from her only successful pregnancy was born in October of last year. Keep her in your thoughts, please.
I need to go to the grocery and get staples, at least. I'm out of milk and pretty much every other type of drink save Gatorade (blech!) and old beer. Beer's just not good on cereal.
I actually did go to dinner with my dad and my brothers last night. We went to Clyde's. Dad and I had a relatively friendly argument about illegal immigration. He also offered to pay for my divorce lawyer. Fun family moments. Clyde's beef stew is pretty yummy.
Meredith took the hermit crabs to her little cousins last night. Tommy is 7 and Joey is 5, I think. Tommy's scared of them. Joey doesn't mind them as long as Mer doesn't take them completely out of the tank. Hopefully Mer's Aunt Sherri will take proper care of them. I sent all their provisions, and a paper full of instructions. I also re-iterated my threat to Mer's dad that if he shows up with any more living creatures, expecting me to house them, I will remove his bits with a dull knife. He still thinks I'm joking. I'm not.
I had a bit of a scare just before Christmas. I was out shopping and suddenly my check card started getting declined. As I had gotten paid just two days before this occurred, I was a bit perplexed. Fortunately, I had done all the immediately necessary shopping and was only working on the last few things I need to mail out. Anyway, I went to the bank yesterday to ask about it. It seems there is a daily limit to how much you can charge on the debit card. I don't think I reached the amount they told me, but the balance they showed available was pretty close to what I expected to be in the account, so I guess all is right with the world again. I'm glad it didn't screw up my Christmas shopping too badly.
Yesterday I also went to the DMV for two flippin' hours. I needed to:
- renew my license
- change my address
- provide proof of insurance
- change the address on my registration for the Sebring
- register the Buick
- update my voting registration (Yes, we do that at the DMV here. Motor voter.)
I managed all of it except the parts to do with the car registrations. I couldn't change the address for the Sebring because James' name is first on the title. So he has to go in and change it to my address, even though I'm the one using (and paying for) that car. Or I can try to get his name taken off, but then I'd have to re-do the loan paperwork and blahblahblah. Too much hassle.
In order to register the Buick, which is currently titled in Florida in both of my grandparents' names, I have to bring in both of their death certificates and my mom's paperwork stating she is the executor of the estate and has authority to sign the title over to me. The Florida registration is good until February, so that gives me a little time to gather all that crap. Ah, the DMV. Second only to the IRS for most hated government office.
Well, that's all the stuff I can think to gripe about at the moment. Is it time to go home yet?
However, my fellow project controllers surprised me with cake today. I really had no idea what was going on, despite being perfectly aware that my birthday is this weekend. So that was nice. We munched and chatted just enough about work that we could justifiably charge the time.
My boss and one of my co-workers were no here to partake. Jeff left early, and Tiff has been placed on bedrest. She's 19 weeks pregnant and they are hoping to keep her from delivering until week 25 at least, but her pregnancy history is not great. This is her 5th pregnancy, I believe. The child from her only successful pregnancy was born in October of last year. Keep her in your thoughts, please.
I need to go to the grocery and get staples, at least. I'm out of milk and pretty much every other type of drink save Gatorade (blech!) and old beer. Beer's just not good on cereal.
I actually did go to dinner with my dad and my brothers last night. We went to Clyde's. Dad and I had a relatively friendly argument about illegal immigration. He also offered to pay for my divorce lawyer. Fun family moments. Clyde's beef stew is pretty yummy.
Meredith took the hermit crabs to her little cousins last night. Tommy is 7 and Joey is 5, I think. Tommy's scared of them. Joey doesn't mind them as long as Mer doesn't take them completely out of the tank. Hopefully Mer's Aunt Sherri will take proper care of them. I sent all their provisions, and a paper full of instructions. I also re-iterated my threat to Mer's dad that if he shows up with any more living creatures, expecting me to house them, I will remove his bits with a dull knife. He still thinks I'm joking. I'm not.
I had a bit of a scare just before Christmas. I was out shopping and suddenly my check card started getting declined. As I had gotten paid just two days before this occurred, I was a bit perplexed. Fortunately, I had done all the immediately necessary shopping and was only working on the last few things I need to mail out. Anyway, I went to the bank yesterday to ask about it. It seems there is a daily limit to how much you can charge on the debit card. I don't think I reached the amount they told me, but the balance they showed available was pretty close to what I expected to be in the account, so I guess all is right with the world again. I'm glad it didn't screw up my Christmas shopping too badly.
Yesterday I also went to the DMV for two flippin' hours. I needed to:
- renew my license
- change my address
- provide proof of insurance
- change the address on my registration for the Sebring
- register the Buick
- update my voting registration (Yes, we do that at the DMV here. Motor voter.)
I managed all of it except the parts to do with the car registrations. I couldn't change the address for the Sebring because James' name is first on the title. So he has to go in and change it to my address, even though I'm the one using (and paying for) that car. Or I can try to get his name taken off, but then I'd have to re-do the loan paperwork and blahblahblah. Too much hassle.
In order to register the Buick, which is currently titled in Florida in both of my grandparents' names, I have to bring in both of their death certificates and my mom's paperwork stating she is the executor of the estate and has authority to sign the title over to me. The Florida registration is good until February, so that gives me a little time to gather all that crap. Ah, the DMV. Second only to the IRS for most hated government office.
Well, that's all the stuff I can think to gripe about at the moment. Is it time to go home yet?
Happy birthday, Urs! I will make you a pretty post when I get home, but I didn't want you to think I'd forgotten about you. I hope you're feeling better and mending well. *snuggles*
(On a non-birthday related note, I got some of my Christmas pressies mailed and got stamps for my international cards. The next shipment of pressies will probably not be until Monday, so everything will be late, but they'll get there eventually. Additionally, I've not been good about acknowledging the mail I've received. I will remedy that tonight or this weekend. Please don't think I'm unappreciative, I love my friends and every card makes me giddy. I'm just very disorganized this year.)
(On a non-birthday related note, I got some of my Christmas pressies mailed and got stamps for my international cards. The next shipment of pressies will probably not be until Monday, so everything will be late, but they'll get there eventually. Additionally, I've not been good about acknowledging the mail I've received. I will remedy that tonight or this weekend. Please don't think I'm unappreciative, I love my friends and every card makes me giddy. I'm just very disorganized this year.)
I've gotten Christmas cards! Yay! Thank you rainpuddle13, lyndsiefenele, and 60sfreak!
I'm aiming to send out my international cards this weekend.
I'm WAY behind on my Christmas shopping, but my child support came in today, so I can start getting busy with that. I'll still be doing last minute shopping, but I can trim it down a little.
Mer's boyfriend has gotten her two gifts, his mom has gotten her two gifts, his sister has a gift for her, and his little brother wants to get her something, too. She's tried to tell him that they need to chill out with the presents because we can't afford to reciprocate in kind, but I'm not sure he's passed the information along to his mom. I may have to give her a call. It's very sweet that they like Mer so much, but it puts us in an awkward position.
And Mer has lost her glasses, which means I've got to shell out another $200 (assuming I can still get the sale price). She's well aware I'd like to throttle her right now.
There is a plan for my ficmas fic, now I just need to write it.
Hey, how do you pronounce Caliga? Perse voiceposted recently and pronounced it differently than I do, so now I'm curious what everyone else says.
I need to post answers to my lyric meme. I know you're all waiting with bated breath.
I hope all of you that have exams going on are getting through it without too much stress and exhaustion.
Happy birthday to the token male on my flist, Brenton! I hope it's fabulous.
I totally forgot my happy pills this morning. Damn. I need to keep them in my purse.
My office firewall has not blocked LJ in over a week. Not sure how long this will last, but I'm very happy about it right now.
rainpuddle13, lyndsiefenele, and 60sfreak!I'm aiming to send out my international cards this weekend.
I'm WAY behind on my Christmas shopping, but my child support came in today, so I can start getting busy with that. I'll still be doing last minute shopping, but I can trim it down a little.
Mer's boyfriend has gotten her two gifts, his mom has gotten her two gifts, his sister has a gift for her, and his little brother wants to get her something, too. She's tried to tell him that they need to chill out with the presents because we can't afford to reciprocate in kind, but I'm not sure he's passed the information along to his mom. I may have to give her a call. It's very sweet that they like Mer so much, but it puts us in an awkward position.
And Mer has lost her glasses, which means I've got to shell out another $200 (assuming I can still get the sale price). She's well aware I'd like to throttle her right now.
There is a plan for my ficmas fic, now I just need to write it.
Hey, how do you pronounce Caliga? Perse voiceposted recently and pronounced it differently than I do, so now I'm curious what everyone else says.
I need to post answers to my lyric meme. I know you're all waiting with bated breath.
I hope all of you that have exams going on are getting through it without too much stress and exhaustion.
Happy birthday to the token male on my flist, Brenton! I hope it's fabulous.
I totally forgot my happy pills this morning. Damn. I need to keep them in my purse.
My office firewall has not blocked LJ in over a week. Not sure how long this will last, but I'm very happy about it right now.
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I hope your day is wonderful and filled with friends, family, love, presents, and (of course) lots of yummy cake.
And I've decided to rec some fics because I am procrastinating getting ready for work.
1) Wishiwereaweasley – The Grey Lady’s Love
http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/viewstory.php?sid=46377
A look at the life and death of the Ravenclaw ghost. Written prior to DH by my very insightful friend, Lys.
2) sunnycouger – Somewhere In Between arc
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/138271/sunnycouger
There are a number of short stories in this arc. It's rather angsty, and there are some glaring grammar errors. The overall plotline is pretty good, though. D/G
3) Fanny T – Ginny Weasley and the Wholyblond Ponce
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2339157/1/
Total crack-fic wherein Draco pursues Ginny, who is completely insane. It's not really a D/G fic. It does make me giggle a lot, though.
4) Yazethet – The Painting
http://www.dracoandginny.com/viewstory.php?sid=4080&warning=3
Draco blackmails Ginny into something she really wanted to do anyway. Kink! Smut!
5) Cinnamon Badge – Three Thousand Days of Innocence
http://www.dracoandginny.com/viewstory.php?sid=5552&warning=2
Ginny's an Auror assigned to find Draco, who has been missing since the final battle. What she finds is not at all what she expected. Seriously awesome story. Still in progress, but updated regularly. Did I mention that it's seriously awesome? Because is totally is. Has one naughty scene (so far).
6) Mynuet - Proper Incentive
http://www.toujourspur.com/viewstory.php?sid=19
Lucius is displeased by Draco's new love, Narcissa ensures he accepts it. Superhot kinky sex! I love me some Dominatrix!Narcissa
Sorry if I have not been terribly interactive this week. I've been running my behind off. I'll catch up with everyone soon, I promise.
Also, Chelley sent me music! YAY!
A great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to lyndsiefenele, whose tireless and often unacknowledged efforts keep the greatest fic archive of all time running smoothly. Thank you, Lynds!
And a random number meme-y thing I copied fromwater_jade and luridlysteph. Looking at it now, it's a bit melancholy.
2138 songs in my iPod
61.5 inches from head to toe
55 mutual friends on LJ
34 years of age
34 contacts in my cell phone
33 contacts in my cell phone who are still living
24 is the day of my daughter's birth
24 is the age I got married
24 is the day I got married
24 is the day two of my nieces were born
24 is a rather important number to me
17 is the age of my daughter
17 is the age I was when I had her
14 is the age at which I got my first job
12 years since I moved out of my mom's house
12 is the age at which I was first kissed
10 pets I've had
10 years since I married
10 months since we decided to separate
4 is the approximate value of the change in my wallet in U.S. dollars
3 illegal drugs I have tried
3 pets I have now
2 homes I have owned
2 brothers
1 child I have had
lyndsiefenele, whose tireless and often unacknowledged efforts keep the greatest fic archive of all time running smoothly. Thank you, Lynds!And a random number meme-y thing I copied from
water_jade and luridlysteph. Looking at it now, it's a bit melancholy.2138 songs in my iPod
61.5 inches from head to toe
55 mutual friends on LJ
34 years of age
34 contacts in my cell phone
33 contacts in my cell phone who are still living
24 is the day of my daughter's birth
24 is the age I got married
24 is the day I got married
24 is the day two of my nieces were born
24 is a rather important number to me
17 is the age of my daughter
17 is the age I was when I had her
14 is the age at which I got my first job
12 years since I moved out of my mom's house
12 is the age at which I was first kissed
10 pets I've had
10 years since I married
10 months since we decided to separate
4 is the approximate value of the change in my wallet in U.S. dollars
3 illegal drugs I have tried
3 pets I have now
2 homes I have owned
2 brothers
1 child I have had
I need a memory stick. Badly. Badly like 'OMG I NEED A MEMORY STICK!' Must stop by Walmart on the way home and get one of those.
Still no phone or internet at home. Can't get to AOL or GMAIL from work. Can't see attached pic images at work. Can't post/send fic from home, don't have a memory stick to bring it in to work. Going insane.
Why is it only 2:30ish? I want to go home.
Did I mention that I ordered new sheets as a treat to myself? I totally did. I slept on them for the first time last night. 600 tc Egyptian Cotton sateen in a gorgeous, deep red. HEAVEN! Overstock.com is officially my best friend.
Celebrated Mer, James and Manny's birthdays over the weekend. Loads of fun, except Sheridan hogged the baby all night. *giggles* How many nine year olds can happily sit holding a baby from 3:30 - 11:00? She only gave Grayson up when Becky needed to feed her, except for about five minutes each for Richard and Tracey to hold her, and about 30 minutes at the end of the evening when I claimed 'Aunt Kate' privileges.
I've done a little bit of settling in the apartment, but between birthday stuff and just recouping from exhaustion, this weekend was not terribly productive. Little by little it will get done. Want to spur me on? Come visit!
Mer's going to the beach the first week of July with her dad, aunt, and their friends. A week to myself! I'll be simultaneously thrilled and bored.
That's all for now. How are all of you?
Still no phone or internet at home. Can't get to AOL or GMAIL from work. Can't see attached pic images at work. Can't post/send fic from home, don't have a memory stick to bring it in to work. Going insane.
Why is it only 2:30ish? I want to go home.
Did I mention that I ordered new sheets as a treat to myself? I totally did. I slept on them for the first time last night. 600 tc Egyptian Cotton sateen in a gorgeous, deep red. HEAVEN! Overstock.com is officially my best friend.
Celebrated Mer, James and Manny's birthdays over the weekend. Loads of fun, except Sheridan hogged the baby all night. *giggles* How many nine year olds can happily sit holding a baby from 3:30 - 11:00? She only gave Grayson up when Becky needed to feed her, except for about five minutes each for Richard and Tracey to hold her, and about 30 minutes at the end of the evening when I claimed 'Aunt Kate' privileges.
I've done a little bit of settling in the apartment, but between birthday stuff and just recouping from exhaustion, this weekend was not terribly productive. Little by little it will get done. Want to spur me on? Come visit!
Mer's going to the beach the first week of July with her dad, aunt, and their friends. A week to myself! I'll be simultaneously thrilled and bored.
That's all for now. How are all of you?
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