You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.


Deena - Oct 18, 2012 12:33:05 pm PDT #2156 of 3094
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I have been meaning to check in, but daily naps have taken over my brain, and so I was surprised to discover a) it's time for the delurker thread again! and b) I haven't been on the board since April! Shock. In May, some kindly buffistas helped dig my family and I out of a financial crunch, and it was lovely beyond belief. We'd gotten behind on everything and were panicking trying to figure it out. I didn't say thank you because someone was going to send a card, but I didn't get it, or I lost it (mail is a little iffy around here), and I was for some reason waiting on that to say it, and then lost track. I lose track a lot. I'm very sorry for not being more visibly thankful. You guys deserve to know how appreciated you are. It was no indication that I wasn't saying prayers of thanks for you all at the time, and still, both for that and because you're you.

Kara is in 6th grade now, and instead of the Fs and Ds (with one A) she got last year, she's got all As and Bs with one C this year. She gets funnier and more interesting every day. Aidan is in 4th grade now and doing pretty well. He was terrified because he had to switch schools, and lost the teaching group he'd had since Kindergarten, but he's doing well. He plays Plants Vs. Zombies and Angry Birds a lot, and still draws at least one something every day-haunted houses lately, along with the busses and trains. He's crazy cute and a snuggler still. Greg is still a librarian, his thyroid still isn't under control, and I still nap almost every day, though I'm trying to do better. I contacted a local friend a few days ago and discovered that it had been a year since we talked, so I'm not just neglecting you guys. Um...my house is clean, my desk has art supplies on it. I did a little bit of paid work last month. Things are going along. If you need/want to contact me, my email address is in my profile. My love is all yours. I'll try to check in again before April of 2013!


Calli - Oct 18, 2012 1:52:50 pm PDT #2157 of 3094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Deena! I'm so glad to see your pixels. It sounds like things are on an upswing for you. I hope that continues.


Deena - Oct 19, 2012 10:09:14 am PDT #2158 of 3094
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Thanks, Calli! I think things are. Knock wood and whatnot.


SailAweigh - Oct 19, 2012 10:57:08 am PDT #2159 of 3094
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Upswing~ma, Deena! So very nice to see you here. Massive hugs to you and the family.


smonster - Oct 19, 2012 2:39:51 pm PDT #2160 of 3094
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Hi Deena! So glad you checked in. Keeping fingers crossed that things continue to improve for you and your family. Are there pics of the kids up anywhere?


Burrell - Oct 19, 2012 3:41:12 pm PDT #2161 of 3094
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

4th grade and 6th grade?!? If mine weren't doing that same growing older thing I'd hardly believe it!


§ ita § - Oct 19, 2012 9:34:02 pm PDT #2162 of 3094
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So...I'm just going to put this list out there. There are a million reasons these aren't all potential posters, maybe some are just calls for pages that came from IP blocks for these countries, or searches that went nowhere, but.... the list is 50 long for September. Here's the top 20:

1 United States
2 Canada
3 Unknown
4 Australia
5 Germany
6 Russian Federation
7 China
8 Israel
9 United Kingdom
10 Ukraine
11 Malaysia
12 Turkey
13 Sweden
14 France
15 Jamaica
16 South Africa
17 Switzerland
18 Venezuela
19 India
20 Netherlands

If you're here, come on out and funkify our map! Tell stuff! Say hi! Get said hi to!

Bots and spiders also welcome! We don't discriminate!


omnis_audis - Oct 20, 2012 11:19:49 am PDT #2163 of 3094
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Well, Jilli might discriminate against t JilliFont


Deena - Oct 20, 2012 5:23:36 pm PDT #2164 of 3094
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I don't have pics up of the kids. They stepped on my camera, but I will scan their last year school pictures and put them somewhere and link them, okay? Tomorrow probably. I did grocery shopping yesterday and I'm kind of exhausted today, so using the scanner might end in tears.


smonster - Oct 20, 2012 7:10:58 pm PDT #2165 of 3094
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Deena, no stress!! I'll just not believe they're all big and stuff, which is fine with me.