Furby Wranglings

I'd love it if we had a bit of a thaw, as long as things didn't refreeze right away. As it is, there's a couple of inch thick ice-covered snow patches on both the back and front porches I keep hitting with the ice-melt -- not that it will MELT, but at least it provides some traction when we go out to get the mail or put the garbage/recycling in the appropriate bins.

Have a dentist appointment this afternoon. Happy, happy, joy, joy. I thought about calling this morning and rescheduling for next week, but decided to get it over with. Cue the scolding for not flossing...

1) Happy Birthday, grieving_plain!!!! Many Happy Returns of the Day!!!!

2) Hang in there, Lucidscreamer.... help is on the way. *Hugs*

3) Osama bin Laden.... First reaction: "They finally got the bastard, YES!!!!!" Second reaction: "They killed him. Oh shit! And now he's a martyr for the miltant Islamic radicals to rally around." Third reaction: "Stop showing all the bloody details, CNN! I'm trying to eat my breakfast!"

4)We've been watching the anime "Spice and Wolf"; one of the main characters is 'Holo the Wise Wolf', a nature spirit who (obviously)incarnates as a wolf/woman.... so now the fur-hooligans have new nicknames. Bel, the elder and more dignified is 'the Wise Chow'; Jethro, younger and more vocal, is 'the Whiny Chow', lol.

The family budget took a nasty hit the last week of April, with TWO emergency visits to the dentist (me and Daughter). Ugh. (waves 'bai' to TARDIScon savings stash - at least there's still time to build it up again).

And that's the news from not_hathor land....for now.

Eh, it's been a week, and I just wanna forget about the broken water main/boil order at the church and the pharmacy screw-up, and the Annual reports and all, because it's been a week, and it's all fixed now.

so, That's all I have to say about that.



New lock came for the back door, I picked up Series Three of "Sarah Jane Adventures, finished watching NewWho Series Three (waves 'bye' to Martha -- "see you around!"), and started Series Four - Donna the Super-Temp!!!!
Ten is really starting to slide into the Abyss; Donna needs to smack him upside the EGO good and hard, and often.....

Could have sworn I had an authorized legit copy of SJA One, but darned if I can find it anywhere. Did you borrow it at Christmas, odyssia?

I just checked the Theatre listings for the new Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary movie -- I've got my pick of theatres, if I so choose. Dunno, I still haven't seen "DawnTreader", and I'm wibbling on 'The Green Hornet' which I've read & Heard about and it doesn't sound quite as camp-awful as I feared -- thing is, I <3 the old TV series and the NOW Comics version from the 1990's, with the female Kato. I don't want to ruin the memories.

And why hasn't ANYONE picked up on the crossover possibilities of N.C.I.S and 'It Takes a Thief' -- surely ITaT isn't THAT obscure???!!! I thought I'd found one over on the Pit, sure sounded like it from the summary... but no..... I guess the 'Daddy DiNozzo as Abusive Monster/Mobster' fanon trope is too deeply entrenched.

meh

This past week I watched S2 Doctor Who --finished the last eps. this morning -- it's official, Rose Tyler is a speshul snowflake who expects two entire universes to cater to her sense of what should be.... *sigh* -- looking forward to S3 and S4 (especially Donna, even though I have to turn on the captions to understand half of what they say).

Over Christmas *odyssia* gave me six knitted hats that she made to donate to the Homeless Teen center (I *finally* remembered to take them over to the church!) -- I need to ask her where she got the yarn, the colors were so pretty! (TARDIS Blue, I swear!) Right now I'm working on hand-warmers for my husband to wear at work; I'd really like to find a simple two-needle pattern with half-fingers, as he does electrical wiring, and my attempt at DPN before Christmas was a bit of a mess. Also scarves -- I found a lovely one-row lace pattern that knits up so fast, but I have to be careful with it; if I mess up a YO-Ktog, I end up with a larger hole and it doesn't look quite as nice.

Read manga: Ghost Hunt #11, which got them out of the jam they were in, but still left the mystery of Naru's brother up in the air, and no hint as to if and/or when #12 is coming out; Natsume's Book of Friends #5, which develops some of the secondary characters a bit (very enjoyable); and re-read the first couple issues of Fruits Basket (we gave step-granddaughter the anime slimpack for Christmas because she'd enjoyed the first couple episodes last time she visited).

Thought about writing, read fanfic (a couple of AU Harry Potters recc'ed by *rhye*, a YuGiOh-HP crossover that looks promising, and some lovely SHERLOCK recc's courtesy of *neadods*); tried to read Bujold's 'Sharing Knife' but got interrupted and haven't gone back to it yet.

I need a new pair of "Around the House" pants -- which is an oxymoron, because by definition AtH pants are anything BUT new! They're old and comfortable and worn and maybe a bit holey, and you wear them around the house (hence the name) when you're just puttering around, maybe straightening up a bit but mostly lounging with a good book, a good DvD, and cup of coffee or tea, and just barely decent enough to wear on a quick trip to the grocery store or a fastfood drive-through.

I had a couple of pairs last year; but now they're either too small, too holey & indecent, or lost somewhere in the bowels of the back bedroom! grrrrrr.....

I WANT to go to the WashingtonDC BBM Slash Bash so badly! I have vacation time coming, but I can't think of a reasonable excuse to give the Husband -- plus, there's still Bell's ligature surgery to get through.

*whimpers*

ETA: I found the cutest 'Lost Sheep' graphic earlier this week whilst compiling the Sunday Worship bulletin! I'm going to try to turn it into a BBM-ish icon.

"We're s'pposed ta watch the sheep, Jack, not turn 'em inta tacos!"

Sorry about the emo, earlier. But while I was checking my fList, I noticed that I had a few new friends on there! I like friends! The more the merrier! But I would like to make certain that you all are aware that this not A Fiction Journal....I put all kinds of things here -- EMO outbursts like the one earlier, natterings about my dog(s) past and and present, my daughter, husband, job, etc., and every so often a post might be Fanfiction, and I have a multitude of fandoms.

*** Just to be Absolutely Clear: I am NOT de-friending ANYONE ***


And I will not be offended if anyone decides they don't want to slog through 'cute dog' anecdotes, or Anime squees, or Brokeback Mountain references. I don't 'friends-lock'.... if I think it's too personal, I don't post it.

I hope you all stay; I just don't want it to be under false pretenses!

*HUGS*