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It's snowing!

Soooo pretty :D

Current Mood: giddy

…and this post shows me that if I would just

PICK ONE THING AND FINISH IT

That maybe I wouldn’t have a billionty things in progress with nothing to really show for it.

Have I learned my lesson? Nope. I almost think I work better this way. Or else that’s just one of the nice things I tell myself.

(Warning – this post could not be any less dial up friendly if I tried)

( I finished a couple of scrapbook pages )

( Realized I never posted pictures of Sharee’s doll )

( The start of Rochelle’s doll )

( RLBFs oh-so-ugly hat and a couple other things )

AND THERE ARE ALL THE THINGS I’M WORKING ON
*whew* I got tired out just listing them all.
You’d think spending most my time this week home sick I would have gotten more done. Not so much. Starting to actually feel better today, so maybe next week will be different.

Current Mood: bored
Current Location: Stuck at home "resting"
Current Music: dinky

( Do you see what I see? )

Current Mood: refreshed

( Now with bonus puppy-pic-spam )

Current Mood: crazy
Current Music: watching glee finale. again.

Book meme (tagged by

morgia)

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
6. Tag five people.

“Your father is a washed-out clock jockey. I think you over-estimate his chances – and his talents. Besides, we’ve got the summer of 1947 locked down so tight not even a transtemporal gnat could get back there without us knowing about it. Retrieve Jack from ‘The Raven’ and you can have your own dear hubby back.”

You made me read ahead and spoiler myself Nadine, hope you’re happy :P

The book is Lost in a Good Book (Jasper Fforde), and lucky for me I was reading it on Thursday (haha Thursday Next) Sorry. Moving on... The book underneath it is The Complete Sherlock Holmes, much much heavier.

Not going to tag anyone, but do it if you feel like (and don’t think the book you’re reading is too embarrassing)

( Now for a few pictures from our trip into the mountains this weekend. Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends mean the giant flea market takes over Packwood and we usually try to make it to at least one. )

Current Mood: tired

Why oh why did I fight getting a laptop for so long? I am currently on the computer, but outside, enjoying the humidity. When it’s cool and humid I am a happy camper, usually we get impossibly hot and dry days the closer it gets to summer.

( Since no one is online and I'm bored to tears - well not quite, but close - you get a random post of random from me today. Sure I could stop procrastinating and work on my todo list, but where's the fun in that? )

Current Mood: chipper

( Care to take a quick mini tour of my yard? )

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Outside *insert gasp of shock here*

Today was mostly spent over at

tardistenantsue's house.

( Couple pics this way )

Current Mood: amused

Now I realize this isn't quite on par with the freaky orange dust storm that Australia had, BUT this is not moving weather. Especially when we only had the pickup to use until RLBF gets to borrow the furniture truck from his work (tomorrow I think).

So consider these pictures my excuse for why we only moved two loads of boxes this weekend:

This is a valid excuse, right?

edited to add:
Satellite picture of all that damn dust

Current Mood: frustrated
Current Location: stupid old house
Current Music: watching castle

So this last weekend was a blast for me...

( Lots and Lots of Pictures…And this is nothing compared to how many I took! )

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Location: Not on either TARDIS...bummer

I was going to put this up on Monday, but I spent most of the day huddled up in a blanket burrito catching up on recorded shows (one eppy of Being Human left) between naps and coughing fits. That’s what I get for spending the day in the mountains in the pouring down rain. We had loads of fun though. It was good to get out of town BUT by the end of the day I was soaked through. I actually stood in a two inch puddle and didn’t even notice until RLBF pointed it out. I was upset that I forgot to charge the battery on my good camera, but it turned out not to matter since there is no way I would have carried it around in that storm anyway.

Thanks to my “get better drink” this morning, I made it through the day at work and now I’m huddled back up again, tea in hand, trying to type this up before I get too sleepy.

( Recap of our day at the Packwood flea market in the mountains. Cut for randomness and pictures )

Current Mood: sick
Current Location: Blanket Burrito
Current Music: SPN S4

Here’s a little story of how we had the best lightening storm in ages and why I only managed to get one (admittedly crappy) picture of it.
It will also go to show you how far I will go to defend my stance, even when I’m lying and know I’m wrong. I figured I should start with this disclaimer so I don’t get any emails or comments telling me “Um Patelyne? You are an idiot such and such is just not true…” I know this, but it doesn’t stop me from trying to argue against it. In fact Anthony -I wonder if I can get him to actually answer to RLBF hmmm...maybe if it was actually pronounceable? - anyhow he was in fact right about everything, not that I’d tell him that of course. Well everything except the killer corn people. He’s wrong about that. I hope.

( *goes to double check deadbolt* )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Hiding from the corn people
Current Music: Shhhh! They'll find me!

( The Further Adventures of our feathered friend Jack, including some more pictures )

Current Mood: relieved
Current Location: Home Again
Current Music: TV in the background

For the past few months we have had a couple of birds nesting in our tallest tree. They were a little noisy, but other than that they have pretty much kept to themselves. This is the story of how one member of their family has tried to branch out on their own.

( Read more -- Cut for size and number of pictures )

Current Mood: anxious
Current Location: peering out my porch through my camera lens
Current Music: SKREE!! SKREE!!

Getting my scrappin’ act together last year by having pages for each month seemed like a good idea at the time. However, it is now a brand new year and I have yet to finish. This is the latest installment in the adventures of my long overdue scrapbook pages…

( For more/larger pictures and crying about how I’m just now getting around to a Halloween layout click here )

Current Mood: cranky and creative
Current Location: *looks around* where AM I ?!
Current Music: random on the player (really really random)

Here’s a page I did of my niece-to-be when she was over at our house one day last summer. Not only is this my first try on making a scrapbook page on canvas, this is also the first time I’ve tried to take a picture of a page to post it. Strangely enough I had more trouble with that part than I did taking the pictures to put on the page itself!

( Close-ups and such )

Current Mood: artistic
Current Location: under a huge pile of paper
Current Music: Dinky

Even though I don’t happen to have any of my own, I absolutely love taking pictures of kids. Unfortunately, it sometimes just doesn’t work out for me.

( Read more and see the evidence )

Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Location: behind the camera lens
Current Music: voices singing in my head