A Twist of Things to Come

I see from his blog that Neil Gaiman has lost his father, just a few weeks before his parents' golden wedding celebration. My heart goes out to him. The death of a parent is something that changes you, or at least changes the shape of the world as you see it inside your mind.

If you don't read his blog, you should find it and take a look at the picture he posted of himself, his father and his grandfather. His father looks exactly like him, only with more orderly hair and not all in black.

It reminded me of how much I carry with me that is my parents. My dad's crooked pinkies and lopsided smile, my mother's laugh and surprising strength (and a portion of her beauty, or so I'm told).

I miss them.

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My friend who ordered me the book I had been lusting after on Amazon? I had sent her an email the same day she ordered it, and i thought it was odd that she'd buy me a book but NOT reply to the email. As it turns out, she had just ordered the book when she got the email, and decided not to reply until I had got the book.

So we were thinking very strongly of each other at just the same time. How is that for serendipity?

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The website lumbers along with maddening slowness, but my energy and appetite for progress has not waned. I'm learning a lot, and still enjoying myself. Everyone who has contributed has been consistently witty and wonderful to the point I'm almost abashed at my own meager contributions. I will say that I'm sure my output will improve the less time I need to spend fiddling with the technical side. That will hopefully occur in the next two weeks.

My best friend just signed up to be a contributor this weekend, and I'm jazzed about that. She's a smart cookie, and very careful about her facts (which is a very good thing, in her profession). I know she'll tell me when something needs fixing, and I really need that. :)

I shall try to STFU about it for now (here at least). If anyone wants to hear more about what's going on, let me know and I'll put you on the mailing list. :) I know that, to some of you, hearing me talk about learning how to do various things is the equivalent to a two-year-old bragging about her big girl panties, so I'll try not to bore you. ;)

Hope you all have a good day!

Confessions of a Completely Justified Shopaholic by Beatrice Blythe (our own narniadear)

I'm tellin' y'all, my homegirls are funny. This is just a recent example. ;)

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I'm wiped out, so I'm calling it quits on the website stuff for now. The kids will be home soon and I need to get dinner ready.

But...

I'm having fun!!