Odd thing for Beep Me, but it seems the best place:

Mac would like a GameBoy Advanced, yes, the old GameBoy. If anyone has one in a back drawer and would want to sell it. holler at me.

Similarly, we have a version 2 of the iPod Shuffle with charger cord that works great. Would be happy to sell that to anyone interested. $20.

Bad day. We heard from the IRS about our audit (DH is self-employed) and we owe 8k. Then we took our doggie, Layla, to the vet and she has terminal cancer. We have a week, maybe a bit more, with her. She is the first dog I ever had and is a sweet, joyous soul.

It went fast--we had Layla put to sleep this morning. She was in so much discomfort that it seemed selfish to keep her here. Several of the people who loved her the most came by this morning because they wanted to say goodbye, which shows you what a loved doggie she was. Thank you all for your kind words yesterday, they really helped.

Thanks for the continuing ~ma. My sister got to hold her son for the very first time today! The hemorrhaging in his brain appears to have stopped and the heart murmur is getting fainter--which means it should be closing. If it continues, they will be able to start feeding him the breastmilk Lori has been pumping.

All in all, a good day for the family!

OK, y'all, I need Buffista magic here.

Please vote for my entry, Erin G., at [link]

I'm 35 votes behind the top contenda, and I want to win this web design course. I need it BADLY and cannot afford it, although I've been eyeballing it for about 6 months. (It burns me that some of the entrants with more votes ALREADY HAVE COOL SITES! WTF?!)

Thanks to everyone who has voted already, and if you vote, thank you, thank you!

I just got back from having to put Perkins the cat to sleep.

He may not have been the smartest cat around, but he was pretty fucking awesome all the same and I'll miss him, a lot.

From Stephanie via Twitter:

Water broke; see you all in the flip side (and feel free to share info). I'm a little preoccupied.

I'm taking the liberty of posting here because, see above, preoccupied.

Until late last night was "dark" in a more literal sense than the term is usually used here. No power, no heat, snowed in, so no mail, trash pickup, newspaper delivery. phones worked, gas burner for cooking worked, phone worked, so could have called for emergency vehicles if it had been life or death. Turned refrigerator/freezer into old fashioned icebox with snowpacks made from plentifully available snow and garbage bags. Really nice not to have to shave by flashlight this morning.

Samuel Eric was born at 12:03. He is 7lbs even and 19 inches. And perfect!!

Is there a shuttle from LagAudia airportis to JFK. We have been in Ct, but igot way to sick to go home today. Heading home tomorrow eve, trying to make it easy on me

Eta found what I needed