Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.

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Goodbye and Good Riddance 2011: Maybe the even years are better  

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. 2011? Room for improvement. Srsly.


Java cat - Dec 07, 2011 11:16:48 pm PST #21 of 408
Not javachik

I'm grudgingly coming around to believing it's the middle of December. The trees *still* have red and yellow leaves! and very little rain. Dark at 5:30 is a pain, so I'm glad we have only two more weeks heading to the solstice and then start getting our light back again.

2010 was pretty good. It's so great to not have to commute 25 miles across a bridge to That Place and deal with a frequently-crazy boss, and still get a paycheck from early retirement. I love it.

Activities this past summer were fabulous. I got a ton of work done on the house before leaving on a 2-week, 93 mile backpacking trip, followed by 3 weeks of car camping, and fit in a week-long trip to Monterey and a two-day river rafting trip down the So. Fork of the American River. On the down side, I've been really lazy since getting back, oh, five months ago, and that will be a very hard habit to get out of. School is going well. I'm taking community college science classes for fun because I love them.

My mother is having a really tough time with ADL - activities of daily living, and it's just going to get more difficult. My hat's off to her for being 96 years old and still walking up and down the stairs on the campus where she lives for two of her three meals. I hope the new year is kind to her.

And to all of you, too. Best regards!


aurelia - Dec 09, 2011 9:51:25 am PST #22 of 408
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Today I sent out my part of the TJ's exchange with non-TJ's goodies.

Which rocks! It will take extreme effort on my part to resist living on cookies all weekend. I can't wait to try the Cider Fixins. And the ornament is all beautiful and delicate looking. Thank you, Suzi!


quester - Dec 10, 2011 4:21:19 pm PST #23 of 408
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

We need a "like" button.


§ ita § - Dec 10, 2011 4:53:42 pm PST #24 of 408
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nope, you're not getting one. I can't be bought off.

Feel free to try (chocolate and bacon).

But it won't work.


aurelia - Dec 10, 2011 5:30:23 pm PST #25 of 408
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I dread the day I first hear someone in meatspace say "like" the way some people will say "LOL". I fear it is inevitable.


quester - Dec 10, 2011 6:26:33 pm PST #26 of 408
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

ita !, how about a chocolate, bacon donut? I think I know where I can get one. Of course, it's in Iowa...


Fred Pete - Dec 12, 2011 6:12:09 am PST #27 of 408
Ann, that's a ferret.

Let's see.

Early 2011 was dominated by Marie's illness, then the merry-go-round of eye infections among the cats and me, then Victor's FIP and death.

Then I got a cat scratch got infected (IV antibiotics) and bone spurs in my neck (surgery). Just as the physical therapy ended, Hubs landed in the hospital and is working on disability retirement.

Vacation was nice, but I'm over 3,000 posts behind in Natter and over 1,000 behind in Bitches. Which is why I've been so quiet the last few weeks.

Overall, though, I'm more than ready for 2012. Even if I do turn the Big 5-0.


Ginger - Dec 12, 2011 6:27:49 am PST #28 of 408
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Just jump right back in, Fred. We've missed you. I hope Hubs is doing better.


SailAweigh - Dec 12, 2011 11:09:43 am PST #29 of 408
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

The big 5-0 ain't no big thang, let me tell you. Now, even though 60 is only 6 years away, I'm cowering, I tell you, cowering.


Ginger - Dec 12, 2011 11:10:47 am PST #30 of 408
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Ha! I'm cowering faster.