 |
|
 |















 |
crankyasanoldma | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
I had one of the nicest New Year's Eves I can ever recall celebrating. We went to the local hockey arena to see a game with my sister's family. Afterwards, we skipped the free (and crowded!) open skate and just headed back to our hotel. As soon as we entered, we could hear the noise from the hotel's party. They had told us at check-in that they host a free, family-friendly dance on NYE, but I hadn't planned on going becuase my husband isn't much of a dancer and I doubted my son was. Well I was wrong about that last one. We decided to check it out, and kidlet was eager to hit the dance floor. We spent the last 90 minutes of 2009 cutting a rug, with Mark being a good sport and joining us occasionally. It was way fun. And it was very sweet surrounded by all these families, parents dancing with toddlers in pajamas in their arms, dads dancing with daughters, moms dancing with sons, circles of siblings and cousins bustin' out their best moves. Now we are in omaha, having survived another check-in SNAFU (although nowhere near as epic as last year). Today's plans include swimming, watching my cousin's daughter play basketball for UN-O, and continually screwing up the names of my cousins' offspring. Posted via LiveJournal.app. Tags: via ljapp on the ol' iphone Current Location: US, Nebraska, Omaha
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |



 |
pricciar | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Long time no talk everyone. I still read LJ, but never feel motivated to post to it. I downloaded the LJ app for my phone, so maybe that will cause me to post stupid quick things while away from the computer now or then. I know everyone would just love that! "Why are there blueberries, but no redberries?" "Do you think scabs would taste better if salted?" "Let's remember Jm J Bullock in our prayers today." The cancer/chemo/radiation/surgery stuff is all done. The last couple of Cat(meow) scans have come back clean and hopefully that will continue. Unfortunately, a new problem has popped up that is stopping me from getting back to CA. I've had a bunch of tests for it and it is some dumb disease. Since it isn't even fatal I won't even bother mentioning it. Ironically, through the cancer, the major surgeries, radiation and chemo I never felt as bad as I do now. I have trouble getting more than a couple of hours of sleep and my awake time is filled with uncomfortableness and or pain. But, luckily, next week I will start receiving an infusion of a medicine that will hopefully alleviate the symptoms. Eventually, I will have to go in for an infusion every 8 weeks for a while. Hopefully, once I am to the point where I am at a baseline of healthy I can figure out plans to head back west in the 2 month gap and find a doctor where I can restart the treatments. On a good note I have been finding fun stuff to do all over the place. I got Netflix so I could try out streaming through the PS3. That is seriously pretty awesome. I have been watching a ton of stuff I never even thought to try before. First season of Dexter(thanks daisy_petals!), First season of Friday Night Lights (thanks bristlesage!), Coupling (thanks srb!), some old MST3k (It sometimes holds up to how awesome I remember it (yay Joel!) other times it is just annoying.), Dr. Who not the old crappy stuff with the loser in a scarf but a new awesome one. I have only gotten through half of the first season (series for you stuffy brits) and it is really enjoyable. I know the next one features a new actor in the doctor part I hope he is as good, the IT Crowd Surprisingly good and funny, and a ton of other stuff that I forget about or I just have playing as background noise while I am doing other things. I consider Netflix streaming to be awesome. I wish the wire was on there because that is a show I need to finally enjoy. I got Dragon Age:Origins for the PS3. I was holding off until I had a desktop computer I could use, because the Bioware games seem better on the PC. Finally, I saw it at a good price and grabbed it. It is fun and distracting and so very good! One complaint about the game I saw was that there is too many conversations with Non Player Characters. I think the opposite! I love all the conversations. Especially when you can be a jerk and make them fight you, or be really nice and make them love you with all their hearts. So, if you are into games I would suggest getting Dragon Age. Super Fun! My brother and sister and I chipped in to get my Mom a sewing machine for Christmas. I was pretty excited. I looked forward to seeing her reaction after all of my research and the adventure I had going out to Princeton to find the store that carried the kind I wanted to get. Happily, she loves it and it was a huge surprise when she opened it. I read Shutter Island. Great book! I look forward to seeing how well they handle the story in the movie. I got stereo bluetooth headphones for my phone.Listening to music wirelessly is super awesome. It's also neat that I can take phone calls without even worrying about digging out my phone. I hope everyone is doing really well and had a great Christmas and an even better New Years! Let's hope for (wo)men in 2010!
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |



 |
seadiver | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Happy NYE, everyone! One year ago, I rolled back into town around noon after being fogged out of San Diego and having to overnight in Las Vegas. This year, it's easy-peasy, no such troubles since we had a no-travel Christmas.
When NYE follows one of the big every-other-year family holidays, I'm in a wonderful mood after reconnecting with everyone, but do enjoy the switch to the friends environment. This year, the people we usually go out with are leaning towards something low-key, which will be a nice change. I may even go out in jeans (gasp!). I already got to sate my pretty-dress hankerings with Justin's company party and a friend's bday shindig. I got super killer discounts on those two dresses. Both are that bandage (banded?) style, one looks more cocktail and the other in a bit more casual sweater knit.
ION, the hardwood floor installation wrapped up last night and we stayed up until we had everything put back in its place. I am almost more thrilled about the amount of stuff we were able to gut out of the closets. The name of the game was "let it go". It's all bagged and loaded in the car, and I'll drop it off at Goodwill later today. Ah, clear(er) space!
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |

 |
srb | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Greetings from Easley, SC. My trip has gone quite well so far. Bob's family is great and they all seemed to like me. We spent a ton of time in the car Friday evening through Sunday - Atlanta, Marietta, Rome, Alcoa/Maryville/Knoxville, Easley.
We got back here late Sunday night and Bob had to work this week, so I've been hanging out at the house by myself. He's been all apologetic about me being bored, but I've had three solid days where I didn't have to do a thing except lounge around in bed reading and surfing the internet for fun. I'm kind of bummed that today is the last one, honestly.
He's been coming back here for lunch every day, and we've been going out either on our own or with friends every evening. Tonight we're on our own, tomorrow he has the day off and we might go for a walk in a riverfront park in downtown Greenville if it's not raining, and then we're having dinner tomorrow night with one of his friends from work and her husband. I think we'll probably ring in the new year at home. We'll hang out here until about noon on Friday and then head for Atlanta. If all goes well I'll be back in LA by 6:30 Friday night.
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |

|
|
 |