Monthly Archives: October 2006

<3 Halloween

For the 3rd year in a row, I will be finishing my costume the day I wear it to a party. But that’s because I didn’t start until last night. Oops. I’m almost done, maybe 2 hours left, but I needed a break. I got up early to do my hair in pin curls since […]

funerals

Funeral #4 this year for my family is on Friday. Before this year, I’d only ever been to 2 funerals. This sucks.

a few things

Going camping this weekend with my family at Elk Neck State Park in Maryland. It’s a nice place and they have a hike out to a lighthouse. I’m enjoying being able to take a literature course since it lets me read. I never have time to read except for school stuff, which is usually tech […]

big families

Apparently big families are trendy right now. I don’t see how that makes any sense. Having kids isn’t a trend. You can’t get rid of them when it’s not trendy any more. And this article considers “big” to be anything more than 2. I don’t consider my family with 4 kids big, I consider it […]

I just realized

Halloween is in 2 weeks and I have not made my costume. I have the fabric and most of the notions. I have the shoes and stockings. I just ordered black satin opera gloves, and I just found a 1940s purse I can make. It’s in the bottom left corner of the picture below. I […]

Daniela Turudich (Soberman?)

I want all of her books. But they’re all out of print and selling for ridiculous prices, even though they were printed in the last 5 years. Here are some of her books to give you an idea: And I can find absolutely no information on the author either. You have no idea how much […]

free iPod

Google just emailed me that I won their iPod raffle at the conference. I almost never win things! Yay!