http://allura.blogdrive.com/ Allura's Ramblings Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:05:00 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2007. http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/626.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:45:23 GMT I don't know if I have any readers left here, but I'm moving to LJ. You'll find me under my real name, for now. I'm debating opening a new account vs staying with that. I originally set up the account there specifically to participate in a forum for DQG (which eventually moved to a private yahoogroup anyway). I'm less convinced that I need to use a pseudonym online, and, in fact, I've basically linked my handle & my real name anyway at this point, given my listing of all the projects I worked on. Anyway, it should be easy to figure out; if you're stuck and still want to follow me, drop me... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=626 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/625.html Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:53:31 GMT As some folks may know, I'ver recently gotten interested in pro-2nd Amendment rights. I follow several "gun" bloggers, and one of them posted this recently. I usually stay way out of the back & forth arguments because I'm just not comfortable with them, but this time I felt I had to comment. I don't know if the author at BeggersCanBeChoosers will post my comment or not, so I wanted to repost it here: "Ok, I usually stay way out of these arguments because I just don't always enjoy arguing. But, Marc, I want to respond to something in your angry response, "Oh, and one other thing: please... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=625 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/624.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT DH was headed out to work about 1:30pm today, when he comes back in and announces the front passenger tire is flat. Well...crap. That one's been low before, but we thought it just needed air. He goes back outside, comes up in a bit and announces, "We don't have a tire iron." Err...yes we do. Look again. "No we don't." *sigh* Call B&A, borrow theirs. They're not sure they have one. DH goes to look again. Oh, it's in the grey fabric bag on the grey fabric trunk liner. Of course we have a tire iron *rolls eyes*. Anyway....it doesn't matter, because while 4 bolts come off, number 5 decides... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=624 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/623.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:12:43 GMT I just realized something this morning. The cat is on a once daily pill. I called the vet to confirm my fear: it ought to be given as close to the same time as possible. This could make traveling to visit family....problematic...since we usually stay over at least one night. Logistics for traveling just got more complex. Le sigh. Oh, and I'm still exhausted. Stupid CFS/Lyme/Whatever-the-heck-it-is. I'm on my second cup of coffee. Meh. I have work to do (GR project, Book of Magic for their Mutants & Masterminds line), and I got into the PotBS beta, so I want to try that out once I finish... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=623 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/622.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:46:55 GMT Am I correct that my comments are broken? if you've been commenting and it hasn't shown up, please drop me an email using the contact form, or an IM if you have that or whatever. It looks like it might be time to change hosts, so if you have a suggestion for that as well, I'm open to it... Edit: I'm thinking the problem is that they broke comments outside of IE. IE works for myself & Morte, and Firefox doesn't work for her, nor does Opera work for me. Idiots. http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=622 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/621.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:20:19 GMT Ok, today's been a heck of a day and it's not done yet. Got up at 7am-ish, took Othello to the vet for his ultrasound, went for brekkie at the diner, went to PetCo looking for a new carrier/a catbed or two/a raised food bowl. Then we went to GNC for cat's claw. Next, it was Target, where we got a whole bunch of stuff including a cat scratching board, but I don't remember what all else. Then Bed Bath & Beyond, where we got new bath rugs and a shower caddy. Then we went to the Sprint store, but they couldn't match the $100 off deal on the website, so off to Bridgewater maul. Got a necklace... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=621 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/620.html Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:46:24 GMT Don't taunt the perfectionists (hey SIL, I'm looking at you *g*): I'm catching up on a back issue of Gift of Stitching (which is a very good magazine, actually) and the July issue has a pattern that would drive any perfectionist BATTY. The text says, "I Celebrate Even My Mistakes," and it has what appears at first to be a symmetrical circle of flowers and leave around it. Except, there's all sorts of mistakes throughout it. So far, I've spotted a misspelling, one curlicule missing, at least two areas that don't start where they should, etc. I love it, but I don't know that I could stitch it.... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=620 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/619.html Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:39:20 GMT So, tell me about your stitching rotation or if you have one. I'm starting to think about changing how I work on things, so I'm curious to hear what other people do. Right now, I just have two projects, a travel and an at-home (on the stand) project. If you're not a stitcher, how do you decide on other hobby projects? All those things you "want" to do, but don't have a deadline. http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=619 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/618.html Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:06:44 GMT This SBQ's question has a story behind it and is quite a bit longer than usual. You can find the entire story here. The heart of the story are these questions: What would your stash tell others about you? What would you want done with your stash when you die? Would your family know what to do with it or what its value is? Is it organized enough for them to do something with it? Anything particularly valuable in your stash that should be handled differently? Also, have you ever bought stash from a stitcher that has passed and how did it make you feel? My stash would reflect mildly... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=618 http://allura.blogdrive.com/archive/617.html Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:15:58 GMT I was on the computer, cat snuggled in arms, when I realized something wasn't right. Dammit. Othello was having a seizure of some sort. He's had this before, it's what led me to take him to the vet at the beginning of the year. He sorta freezes, and wobbles, back & forth. He stretched his neck out a lot, too, but I'm not sure if that was the seizure of trying to get more scritch. The whole thing is just...odd. He's had 2-3 other ones maybe, but this was the longest since that first one. I just don't feel the vet gave me a satisfactory answer. I have an appointment for the other cat for a... (more) http://allura.blogdrive.com/comments?id=617