A crackling fire with dancing embers

Or at least, *a* dancing Ember. :)

Sammy dances. She's been doing it for a while, but its become a constant thing in the past few days. She sways with the music, with this *huge* grin on her face (ok, that was redundant...where else would it be?)

We bought this kit, to cast her hand/footprints in plaster...unfortunately, the mold is heart shaped, and I *would* have preferred a star, but its *so* not a huge deal. But, we're going to have to choose, hands or feet, 'cause whatever's to be imprinted has to hold still for forty five seconds, after which the gel is pretty much set. (The item being imprinted gets pressed into a gel, then the plaster is cast over that, so its actually more of a sculpture than a print.) And she's just not limber enough to put her hands and her feet together for that long. *grin* I know we could get *another* kit and do whatever we decide against this time, but I do think that's a bit excessive.

Got my books from the Cookbook book club yesterday...*way* jazzed. Besides a copy of "How to cook everything" and "Baking with Julia", I got a hardcover copy of "The Joy of Cooking". I've always wanted one of those. Bought a paperback copy for Mum when we were living in San Rafael, but I guess we used it too much, 'cause it broke after a while. So, we ended up having to check the index every time, to find out which half of the book had the recipe.

Mum and Mikeo are loaning us the money for the car. She answered with pretty much "So, how much do you need?" I'm *very* relieved. Feeling not so bad about the whole thing...maybe I'll get over it completely soon.

A crackling fire with dancing embers

Or at least, *a* dancing Ember. :)

Sammy dances. She's been doing it for a while, but its become a constant thing in the past few days. She sways with the music, with this *huge* grin on her face (ok, that was redundant...where else would it be?)

We bought this kit, to cast her hand/footprints in plaster...unfortunately, the mold is heart shaped, and I *would* have preferred a star, but its *so* not a huge deal. But, we're going to have to choose, hands or feet, 'cause whatever's to be imprinted has to hold still for forty five seconds, after which the gel is pretty much set. (The item being imprinted gets pressed into a gel, then the plaster is cast over that, so its actually more of a sculpture than a print.) And she's just not limber enough to put her hands and her feet together for that long. *grin* I know we could get *another* kit and do whatever we decide against this time, but I do think that's a bit excessive.

Got my books from the Cookbook book club yesterday...*way* jazzed. Besides a copy of "How to cook everything" and "Baking with Julia", I got a hardcover copy of "The Joy of Cooking". I've always wanted one of those. Bought a paperback copy for Mum when we were living in San Rafael, but I guess we used it too much, 'cause it broke after a while. So, we ended up having to check the index every time, to find out which half of the book had the recipe.

Mum and Mikeo are loaning us the money for the car. She answered with pretty much "So, how much do you need?" I'm *very* relieved. Feeling not so bad about the whole thing...maybe I'll get over it completely soon.

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Got more address labels in the mail today. Well, actually, they were in Saturday's mail, but Sam had hidden the mailbox key *so* well, it took me till today to find it.

I swear, I will have to live here for seven *years* to use up all the labels I've been sent by the charitable organizations I give my pittances. Or become the worlds best snail-mail correspondent.

Well, I suppose living here till 2008 isn't *that* bad of an idea...*grin*

Its been raining for two days now...everything seems so clean...my flowers *adore* the weather...they seem to be exploding out of the pots. I should harvest some of my herbs soon...I doubt I've really enough lavender to make a difference...but I'm still proud of it all. I do have a bit of concern for the eucalyptus. I think it will perk up when summer gets here...

I have just finished watching "Moll Flanders" and the cadence is still with me. My mother used to think I did it on purpose...perhaps she does still... But I honestly did not notice anything beyond my catching accents for *years*. I think it comes out in my writing more than anywhere else.

Must do bills today...decide which to pay, which to stave off for one more month, and which to carefully ignore for a bit. I will be so glad when the car is fixed. But, at least now there *is* an end in sight.

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Got more address labels in the mail today. Well, actually, they were in Saturday's mail, but Sam had hidden the mailbox key *so* well, it took me till today to find it.

I swear, I will have to live here for seven *years* to use up all the labels I've been sent by the charitable organizations I give my pittances. Or become the worlds best snail-mail correspondent.

Well, I suppose living here till 2008 isn't *that* bad of an idea...*grin*

Its been raining for two days now...everything seems so clean...my flowers *adore* the weather...they seem to be exploding out of the pots. I should harvest some of my herbs soon...I doubt I've really enough lavender to make a difference...but I'm still proud of it all. I do have a bit of concern for the eucalyptus. I think it will perk up when summer gets here...

I have just finished watching "Moll Flanders" and the cadence is still with me. My mother used to think I did it on purpose...perhaps she does still... But I honestly did not notice anything beyond my catching accents for *years*. I think it comes out in my writing more than anywhere else.

Must do bills today...decide which to pay, which to stave off for one more month, and which to carefully ignore for a bit. I will be so glad when the car is fixed. But, at least now there *is* an end in sight.