flea! You wrote fic! Did you show it to Nutty? ::grins::

I cannot believe Casper is 6 feet tall, that's not possible.

I forget if I summarized my year yet. Basically it was: Kilimanjaro, then back to regular life, with climbing and baking and bureaucrating and spending lots of time with my family (and maybe occasionally propping my sister up).

My one actual resolution is to buy no new clothes this coming year (other than underwear and socks). I can get stuff used, but not new. I have enough clothes: I need to wear what I have.

Nutty knows that I have written fic, but she is deeply not interested in RPF about Korean boybands for some reason. Although she did provide some useful thoughts about how best to murder people; she can be counted on for that sort of thing.

Hey y'all. I got so behind on reading, then life and crap took over so I haven't been here in a while.

I have received my Secret Santa. I now have a beautiful, fancy paper snowflake ornament, a cool free-trade bracelet, and a box of chocolate truffles, NOM!. Thank you, amyth!

I need to get mine out in the mail to my giftee. Sorry I'm such a slacker this year. I haven't sent out Holiday/New Year's cards - maybe I'll try for a nice Happy January card??

I'll post my goodbye and good riddance later. I miss my b.org family.

Yay, Suzi, glad you got it!

I'm going to post my goodbye and good riddance later, too. Turns out, 2018 is hanging on until the last minute and refuses to be summed up yet.

I got more secret Santa goodness!

A TARDIS stocking with sound effects! A beautiful purple 3D printed yarn bowl!! A bath bomb , chocolate and a really cool music box.

Thank you !

Also to my secret santee I am going to finish up Wednesday after work and get it mailed Thursday.

Getting in an affectionate greeting before the clock ticks over for me here. No summation, moving on. I've wished us all a better year many times, and I'm not doing that this year.

May we help make 2019 a kinder year, with sternness where merited, for the world, for all of us, for each of you. I love you all.

I got a pin that looks like a book with "People to Kill" as the title.ETA: I can be like Jill Wine-Banks, only more lethal than legal. Also, yummy chocolate orange. My Santa has done a nice job!

2019 is the Year of the Killjoys, so I say we make some noise.

By which, riffing off of Bev's theme, we stand up, be counted, practice radical kindness, and take no shit.

I am grateful for this community every day, because you guys are the ones who helped make my current pretty-darn-good life possible.

Hi, Juliana! How is your threenager treating you?

The good: The wedding and joining of families. It was a highlight of my year, and my life as well. Just joyful through the planning and event itself.

The bad: Loss of loved ones and watching others decline. My 3 siblings all have serious health issues and the realization that I will lose them before long weighs on me. My younger brother's MS progresses and his memory is bad enough now that his ex-wife/caretaker doesn't let him drive anymore. We worry that he will get lost, or his motor control will fail at a bad moment, or both. My sister had him over to watch a recorded program and realized he forgot how to use the remote, and he used to work for the cable company. He is 63. One sister has advanced kidney failure from her decades of prescribed pharmaceuticals. Have to give her credit for really working hard to do everything she can to keep it from progressing, and her attitude is excellent. My other sister has a variety of health issues, but she is also working hard on resolving them. They are all at a distance so that makes it harder to be supportive.

The meh: Every year for the last X years I have looked ahead and thought that this would be the year I accomplish A, B, C, and maybe even D. I look at 2019 that way again and I am trying to be optimistic that this will be the year. I guess we shall see.

This home of mine remains my safe happy place. I love and appreciate all of you so very much.