i was drawn to the ocean

Word of the day is
tarmacadam - a pavement consisting of layers of crushed stone with a tar binder pressed to a smooth surface

i've finally caught up with y'all after not being on LJ for several days.  i'll be posting more myself soon.  But for now, i'm still busy!  Yesterday i found the kitchen.  There were counters in there!  Apparently they had been hiding under 20-some boxes.  Today i started on the bathroom.  But mostly just read LJ.  There was a lot to catch up on.

And, i must wish a Belated Happy Birthday!!!! to box_o_spiders

OK folks, this is the last call on these FREE items up for grabs.  If you don't claim it by 5 p.m. Friday August 11th, it's gone.  Comment to claim, or you can call or text my cell phone.  (you can easily text my cell phone from my userinfo page and it won't cost me anything)




Also, this is probably the last time i'll be on LJ for a few days as we finish up our move!  Please wish us luck--especially now that we have The Twins complicating things. 

Love and Peace to all!

When i walked Evan to his bus this morning, the sky looked downright wicked. Something about it just seemed so ominous. The wind was blowing really hard which made it feel a lot colder than it actually was. i felt really twitchy/uneasy out there.

As you may have (or not) noticed, i'm back online. i am so tired but i have soooo much i need to do today--take care of cats' box, do a TON of dishes, work on laundry--those things HAVE to be done at the very least. *grumble*

kerinda and her boys came over yesterday and it was great to visit with them! i hadn't seen V in two and a half weeks, and the last time i'd seen her was only for a few minutes!

doss may be coming over to visit tomorrow, which would be way cool because i haven't seen her in even longer! Not since we moved here at the end of July.

In other news, Avery no longer says "oarport." :-( But, he does still say "hostabill" for hospital. :-)

Evan has made a lot of progress already since he started attending LECC. He probably says at least ten new words. That means he's nearly doubled his vocabulary. Last night, i got him to say "cheese fries." It was so cute!

Well, i think i'm going to go try to rest for a little bit, and then take a shower before Evan gets back from preschool. i don't know why i'm so horribly tired today. *yawn*

We were without a computer for several days but thanks to the helpful generosity of a friend we have a loaner machine to get us by for a while. You know who you are -- thank you!!!

So. i have a lot of catching up to do. And by "a lot," i mean A FUCKING LOT. It's not gonna happen now. It's not gonna happen tonight. It might not happen tomorrow, or even at all. i've read a little, skimmed a little, but i have a terrible headache so i'm not going to look at my flist any more tonight. If i've missed something important, please let me know?

Word of the day will (hopefully/probably) resume tomorrow. i'm sure you've all been lost without it. *rolls eyes*

And now, grats.

Gratitude List:
1. the aforementioned helpfulness and generosity of a friend
2. getting to hang out for a while with someone we don't get to hang out with nearly enough
3. the beautiful moon
4. when a problem turns out to be not nearly as bad as i was expecting it to be
5. almost finished with the current portion of the blanket i'm working on