Special Ordered, Arrived Yesterday
The one little piece of tradition I wanted.
The one little piece of tradition I wanted.
I forgot to mention: new cat pictures on Down time. Kitten from Hell continues to find new ways to apply her expanding powers of wanton destruction. The most recent victim was a model of a cat that I had made and was inordinately fond of. A friend of mine (the one with nineteen cats) and…
I have a living room that I never use. Its design is fairly formal. You step down about six inches into it, and while it is completely open to the dining room, it is divided from the dining room by two pillars and a railing to either side of the pillars. The picture shows the…
A couple of things in the paper caught my eye today. ANIMAL-WELFARE PLAN DRAWS FIRE There is an addendum to the Farm Bill currently in the hands of the House that would regulate how all dog breeders operate. Currently, only breeders who sell puppies through pet stores are regulated, and legislation covering the infamous puppy…
It’s odd. Elder Sister turned 60 this week. It brings home just how close my own sixtieth is, and how much time I’ve already experienced. I can’t find any original words to describe the feeling this inspires, which is as profound, bittersweet and incredulous as any I’ve experienced. How did it come to this? Reading…
The “dick” in “Moby Dick” gets censored by the Dear Diary on the Most Recent Updates List? Sheesh.
One good thing about the Losing My Driver’s License Incident was that it caused The Prof and I to once again do a thorough under-the-furniture seek and destroy mission. This means that once again we have found about two dozen of Adolescent Cat from Hell’s toys that were strewn throughout the apartment. The Prof put…
That is beautiful.
Oooooo…. pretty!
Very very nice.
Wow, that’s gorgeous!
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Oh, my! That *is* lovely. Is it white or rose gold? I can’t tell from the photo.
Oh, it’s so pretty!!!!!
that is absolutely lovely
RYC: ask Yetzirah. She’s the one who redecorated my diary and I know the banner gave her fits but she finally got it 😉
Very pretty – BassPlayer and I both like it!
beautiful!
Very nice!!!
RYC: Is there much of a Welsh population in your area?
You mentioned you might consider refinancing. I’ve found this site useful for monitoring interest rates in general, even though I haven’t used any of the lenders. Just plug in your state, loan amount, number of years, etc.:
http://finance.yahoo.com/rates/result?t=m&u=MortgageRatesByMarket&s=7&e1=8&a=2&b=300000&c=0&st=AL&m=108&d=1&p=216
Wow, it looks like they’ve dropped even more since we applied.