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A little update...
I don't really have anything to say about Hurricane Katrina. It's just too big and my mind can't grasp it. I've been watching the news all week and reading all the sad, angry, worried, helpful posts on my flist and I think everything has been said better than I could. My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims... it's so odd to look out the window and see life continue as it always has. It's sort of the same dis-connected feeling I had after I saw 'Schindler's List'. Something's unreal.
The last week has been very nice, if obviously full of parents! But the weather was nice, and we had a lovely time generally. Took them to the train station this morning, waved goodbye and then waited 15 mins for Darcy's friend C. to arrive. Thankfully C. is the nicest, most undemanding house guest anyone could wish for, but still it means that my lurker-status stays pretty much unchanged.
Anyway, I have a bit of time now, since Darcy and C. took the girls to the cinema to see 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. I chose to stay at home to get some stuff done (house mostly tidy again now) and to catch up a bit with LJ. And maybe to get some writing done... only two chapters left! Oh, and the next one is with my beta and I'll hopefully post early next week.
Don't really have much to tell, except that we had a very nice - and still unexplained - surprise last night. After dinner, Darcy was a bit annoyed because there was nothing for dessert (it being my parent's last evening - he was considering running up the road to the local shop). I said: "But what about that ice cream in the freezer?" He looked at me strangely: "What ice cream?" "On the top shelf." I replied. "Didn't you buy it?" He shook his head and went to look. And sure enough there was some nice ice cream (which I had noticed in the morning because it fell out). Only we don't know where it came from. We didn't buy it. Neither did my parents - or Darcy's (it's the sort of his mother might do, but she denies all knowledge). So there you go - a small miracle in our very humble freezer!
See you all next week!
The last week has been very nice, if obviously full of parents! But the weather was nice, and we had a lovely time generally. Took them to the train station this morning, waved goodbye and then waited 15 mins for Darcy's friend C. to arrive. Thankfully C. is the nicest, most undemanding house guest anyone could wish for, but still it means that my lurker-status stays pretty much unchanged.
Anyway, I have a bit of time now, since Darcy and C. took the girls to the cinema to see 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. I chose to stay at home to get some stuff done (house mostly tidy again now) and to catch up a bit with LJ. And maybe to get some writing done... only two chapters left! Oh, and the next one is with my beta and I'll hopefully post early next week.
Don't really have much to tell, except that we had a very nice - and still unexplained - surprise last night. After dinner, Darcy was a bit annoyed because there was nothing for dessert (it being my parent's last evening - he was considering running up the road to the local shop). I said: "But what about that ice cream in the freezer?" He looked at me strangely: "What ice cream?" "On the top shelf." I replied. "Didn't you buy it?" He shook his head and went to look. And sure enough there was some nice ice cream (which I had noticed in the morning because it fell out). Only we don't know where it came from. We didn't buy it. Neither did my parents - or Darcy's (it's the sort of his mother might do, but she denies all knowledge). So there you go - a small miracle in our very humble freezer!
See you all next week!
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Heh, maybe it really is a miracle. Maybe next week you'll find lasagna!
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Lasagne wouldn't be bad... just about anything free is fine with me! ;)
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When is your due date, anyway? It's got to be soon now.
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Um, my date is 22nd Sept, so yes - getting closer. But hey - I've been there, done that, and this time I get to go to a birth center rather than a hospital. It is just *so nice*!!!! Everything is so pretty and there's a pool! :)
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Smoochie smooch!
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And many smooches to you too! :)
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I'm so glad that the parcel got there. Oh - and if your dragon gets out of hand you'll have to get an Angel figure to slay it for you! ;)
(And look at the pretty new icon I found...)
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And oh! icon. :)
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I could finally go out and get some Doctor Who icons! Here's another one. (Both by
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We had the Mystery of the Disappearing Cucumber here lately, which despite the innuendo-laden name was very mundane: I definitely bought a cucumber, but after we unpacked it was nowhere to be found. I am dreading the possibility that we'll eventually find it when a distinctive smell of rotting cucumber is pinpointed somewhere in the house... shudder...
Glad you had a good time this week, and I hope you aren't getting too worn out.
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shudder...
Could it have fallen out of a bag? I still remember a cucumber that had found a very convenient hole in a shopping bag once and decided to leave. We managed to stop it in time though.
Being tired is pretty much a given anyway, so I try to be as lazy as possible! ;)
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Just make sure you rest enough, OK?
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Oh yeah! ;)
And I'll endeavour to sit in front of the computer as much as is possible in the next few weeks! Heh.
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As to the miracle....don't discount it. I have a theory that our lives are filled with these "little miracles" we take no note of or fins other explanations for. Actually they aren't really little at all because they speak to the tiniest details of our lives being as important as the big stuff.
Your need for a dessert being addressed before you knew you had the need was/is as important as a weather shift that prevents disaster or a plane landing successfully with no landing gear...in other words YOU matter!
Not so little then! Yeah reminder ice cream from miraculous sources! Yeah the numbers of hairs on your head matter!
Thanks for sharing that reminder with all of us.
Kathleen
have a scoop for me!
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Many hugs for you - I love the way you look at life. And yes, I certainly believe in miracles. I've even once sat at a dinner table where I *knew* that there wasn't enough food, and yet everyone ate until they were full!
We are worth more than many sparrows...
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Kathleen
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Put your feet up now and enjoy the ice cream.
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Sounds good to me! ;)
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house mostly tidy again now
Actually I'm almost sorry I read your post because this reminded me what it is I should be doing today...
I think you summed it up pretty well about Katrina. I almost wrote a post about it the other day after some comments I read got my blood boiling, but then I decided that emotions are high and it might be best to do some intelligent thinking about the situation instead of knee-jerk reacting.
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Heh. Try it out on two small girls, and you'll understand the word 'explosion'!
House work never stops, does it? I wouldn't mind a bit of magical help in that department...
I think you summed it up pretty well about Katrina.
Oh thank you - it's just such incredible destruction and loss that words feel utterly inadequate. Maybe in the weeks and months to come I'll be able to say something suitable. For now I'm just at a loss.
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Bwah! No, it was a perfectly ordinary Vienetta. We'll just have to find a different source of income...
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