Doing some online Christmas shopping, findgift.com suggested:



Question 1: For whom, exactly, would either of these be an appropriate gift?
Question 2: What exactly is findgift.com assuming about my friends and family?

So, Merry Christmas ... I'll be giving everyone herpes!

Um, actually ... maybe not ;P

Labels: because we all need a laugh, SHOPPING, the interweb is wonderous

Part of the process of "moving into" a new phone includes, of course, making it 'purty' (everyone knows that!). So I went looking online for ways to beautify my new phone ... and that's when I ran across www.decalgirl.com - where I found (and bought) the following ADORABLE skins:

The only bad thing is that (with hindsight) I now wish I'd bought the dual SIM iPhone knock-off rather than the dual SIM Nokia e71 knock-off because I really would have LOVED to buy this one:

Labels: product endorsement, SHOPPING

My dad and I went out to Valley Falls on Monday (finally the weather cooperated and ceased to be 7 shades of grey). Here are some pics:

Labels: Local Color, Phlogging (aka photo blogging), Wild Wonderful West Virginia

I've been busy, a bit stressed-out, and sort of lazy (a deadly combination for blogging). I'm also developing a serious Midrin dependency ... I've been getting like 2 or 3 migraines a week lately - which is also not good for blogging - UGH!

On the slightly brighter side ... I'm planning a trip to Mexico this Dec. (there's a tour with my name all over it!). If I like it down there, I might go teach English for a few months (until we're actually ready to do something about moving, come next Spring). We'll see. But all I know for sure is that I'm really NOT in the mood for more limbo, and that's what's on the agenda around here for the next little while. If I don't get away from it for awhile I will go completely insane. So, I've been blowing a lot of online time looking up crap about Mexico :)

BTW, we're eying moving back to California again.

Tomorrow is another trip to the vet for the second shot for Princess in our quest to try to improve her arthritis. The shots are designed to increase the fluid/lubrication of the joints. The loading dose is 3 shots, a week apart, and supposedly you can often/usually tell within the few days following the second shot whether it's going to help. So my fingers are crossed very tightly for an improvement in her walking by early next week.

My fingers are also crossed for my dad, who has an appointment with an ENT doc tomorrow AM. He's had a course of antibiotic pills, antibiotic drops, and now a course of prednisone, and his ear is STILL miserably blocked up! :(

Labels: Family, I make myself yawn, moving?, Princess Daisy Zamborski the Duchess of Lewis-Upshur, TRAVEL

I just found out about this really cool thing (thanks to Compulsive Writer and LaYen):

And since I am WAY behind in the assignments, I decided to start off with a simple prompt - just to get the ball rolling. So, I apologize for how boring this might be for everyone, but (per my chosen prompt) here's a list of writing projects I want to finish:

• I want to convert the film script (that I've decided not to make as a film anymore) into a play.
• Finish the untitled novel I started for NaNoWriMo 2007, or possibly wrap it up and be satisfied with it as a short story.
  
• Finish "RC" (novel, I think - we'll see) - preferably without letting it drive me insane.
• Write "FOL" (tentatively a novel).
• I'd like to manage an article per week on Triond, just to foster a habit of regular writing (whether I'm feeling inspired/epic or not).

I used to have an order for these things, but I've found that I can't work that way. I can force myself to keep writing on a certain project, but the forced stuff never comes out as something I like and/or want to keep. So it's better for me to switch back and forth between things I feel in sync with.

But I do want/need to lay out a schedule (and stick to it) to write SOMETHING every day. I now feel like it's OK for me to flitter around wherever "inspiration" leads me, but I do need to get more disciplined about daily writing (finding an hour a week, just ain't cutting it).

Labels: school days, Writing

Just wanted to share with the ladies in the "audience" that I have a GREAT tip for dealing with menstrual cramps (should this be a plague we share). The gentleman, have permission to leave the room ;)

I am ALWAYS looking for something to cure my cramps - I've spent years murdering my kidneys and shredding my liver with Advil and Tylenol, and have tried EVERYTHING from extra calcium supplements to Parafon Forte. I will try ANYTHING that promises me some relief, and I have always kept the faith that one day one of them would work, though none of them ever really have. I read recently, in Good Housekeeping, that a study had been done which said 250 mg. of ginger every four hours is supposed to help. So I decided to give it a try.

Not being able to find a local source for ginger pills, I ordered some online - 550 mg capsules from drugstore.com. It was like MAGIC! For me, it worked from within 20 minutes of the first pill, lasted between 6 to 8 hours per pill, AND left me COMPLETELY pain free (which is much more than I can say for anything else I've ever tried). Es un milagro!

Labels: Gentlemen avert your eyes, i enjoy being a girl