I am so there on the whole getting out thing, except I'm not sure I'd get out and do anything even without the boychild. Last night was the Marine Corps Ball, and I'm just relieved I didn't have to go. Today was the (entirely awesome) Anglican Christmas Bazaar at the Zappeion, and I'd planned to take Mal to see Father Christmas, but just didn't feel like the benefit would be worth the cost.

Lameness.

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I have a cold. I'll give it away for free.

Suzi looks wonderful.

for the librarians ( and anyone that liked the first movie ) The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines is on tonight

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Congrats to Kalshane and GF o' Kalshane!

Also, count me in among those who are boggled that Nick is 21.

Warning: Severe whininess ahead

Thanks to the ice storm, I have been without power since Thursday night, and they are dicking us around w/ the estimate as to when it will be back. I am currently hanging out at my mom and stepdad's hotel room (internet, yay!) but will be heading back home tonight (power may be on, might not be, because I need to be vigilant re. freezing pipes. Plus, I am not comfortable leaving the cat alone in this kind of weather. (I will be charitable and not describe to you just how bad mom and stepdad's snoring is. Suffice it to say that it is bad enough that I will be returning home for the evening.) Fortunately, the basement is reasonably warm thanks to the hot water heater (gas, yay!). It also has a daybed. which is now piled high with quilts and comforters.

I am increasingly bitter about the fact that this weekend was supposed to be a vacation, but instead, I have come thisclose to ending up in a ditch, am freezing my ass off, have nearly flooded the house twice, am not getting straight answers from the electric folk, and am seething in rage when I see my across-the-street neighbors' Christmas lights twinkling merrily away, and so on.

I had a screaming meltdown this afternoon, right about the time I nearly flooded the house for the second time (first time, filling a kettle and forgetting that it was being filled) when the tub drain spontaneously closed, so that the water I was running to keep the pipes from freezing nearly reached the top of the tub before I caught it.

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The only rule I have is "No walking on the keyboard." Which my cat still breaks sometimes - he'll just walk on it really fast so I don't have the chance to shoo him off.

Puppycat steps onto the laptop and then freezes. She knows she did something wrong and just stops while she tries to puzzle out what.

Cats really have no sense of right and wrong. But they do understand that their actions (such as doing things their humans don't want them to do) can have consequences, and they decide on a case-by-case basis whether it's worth risking the consequences.

So true.

When I went to Portland for a few days, they came over to re-do my bathroom. My Aunt Teri set her tape measure down, wrote a measurement on a piece of paper, turned around to pick up the tape measure and it was gone. The Aunts looked all over the place and I've looked everywhere upon returning home. It's just gone.

Your glee at having it happen to someone else was adorable.

Also, thanks very much for corrupting my house. I am positive certain that you handed my lighter back to me and it just disappeared. It wasn't something I care about but now I am just waiting to see what the house demands as a sacrifice next.

I had a screaming meltdown this afternoon

((Anne)) I would have had a meltdown *much* *much* earlier than you did. I hope you have power back as quickly as possible.

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When I went to Portland for a few days, they came over to re-do my bathroom. My Aunt Teri set her tape measure down, wrote a measurement on a piece of paper, turned around to pick up the tape measure and it was gone. The Aunts looked all over the place and I've looked everywhere upon returning home. It's just gone.

Where is Bailey during these disappearances?

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{{Anne}} How awful. No doubt I would have melted down long ago. Much electric~ma headed your way.

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Anne, shit. I'd be completely "off the hook". Sorry about all that stuff.

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Oh, Anne. You poor baby. I'm so sorry. I have a lot of extra rage floating around, today. I'm glaring in the direction of your electric company. Please stay out of the ditches. Bitches don't do ditches.

Gutters have a whole other vibe.

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sending eletric ma~~ your way - and really fast

and congrates to Kalshane and GF. Haveing the thoughtful discussion makes me sure things should work well for all three of you

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