IV's - no, not 4's

I had my last anti-viral IV Monday!!  I didn't realize it until I went in yesterday and the nurse told me I was done.  She was out sick Monday when I went in, which is why I didn't get told then - the sub didn't know.  So YEAH!  That's over two hours twice a week freed up and, hopefully, a little more energy.

Today is beautiful and I had hoped to work outside a little.  I did, clearing away last year's growth of vine and perennials on and by the iron fence along the driveway along with piles of dead leaves that collect there.  The hard part was stopping after an hour. By that time I had filled the big trash can.  That sounds impressive, but vine and leaf and branch take up lots of room.  If Daddy were to squash it down - which he will have to to put in any garbage - it wouldn't be so impressive.

Only a smidge tardy

Hi family! I'm catching up on all 7 posts and loving this blog thoroughly. Good call Anna! Somebody's gunning for Golden Child '08.

I'd like to say something more insightful, but unfortunately I'm watching a reality show called "Pussycat Dolls Presents: Girlicious" and so my brain cells are pretty much numbed for the evening (at least). I believe my quote of the day from that would have to be "miss thing has some sass!".

I finally followed TMB3's recommendation and purchased "East of Eden". I was chagrined to find that it is by the same author as "Grapes of Wrath". I can only explain my literary ignorance of the author by saying that I have avoided that book like the plague after Mom's apparently very influential review when I was 8(ish), and so never learned anything about it or the author other than its a VERY HORRID book about the depression and farming and stuff, and in my head I often confuse it with Animal Farm (which I also often confuse with Charlotte's Web cause of the farm animals and the pigs and the joyful singing about keeping your chin up during the Bolshevik revolution). So Tom, if I made it up and you didn't recommend this book to me, I'm screwed. Although I did see that it's in Oprah's book club so that's something to hold onto if I start wishing the book were over sooner.

Love to all!

PS: My battery on my computer died, but I'm cheap so I'm clinging to life support on my wonky power cable which I just knocked loose, causing my poor puter to die. Can I just thank Google and their "we are automatically saving your draft" because I would've had to rewrite the whole thing and we all know its never as good the second time around. Thanks Google!

F-105

 Foxy got to look at an F-105.  Really made his day.

nano

My assigned trainer at the Y has been upping the aerobic time in my exercise program.  Now anything more than 10 min of moving but going nowhere is annoying, so I decided to get an ipod nano to listen to audiobooks while on the exercise machines.  There's now an Apple store at Northpark Center.  I brought my nano home in its transparent plastic box.  Couldn't get it open. Then I discovered it was sealed by plastic tape the same shade of transparent as the box.  Once the box was open I couldn't get the device out of its plastic clip that held it in place in the box.  I think, "I haven't even gotten to the technologically challenged part yet."  The owner's manual consists of about a dozen pages, mostly pictures.  That's the way they write owners manuals now.  They know my children's generation will already know what to do by intuition; why waste paper?  I really like using it.  It's just so much work getting it going.

I just noticed...

the URL name of our website.  Guess I'm outed - along with the rest of you.

I got paints!...

Eleven colors, plus white. It was agony narrowing it down to the bare minimum. At the last minute I gave up the magenta. I'll survive, and come back for it later. I also got four canvases. I didn't get the easel or tripod, they were quite poor in quality. One gust of breeze through our windows would have caught the canvas like a sail and sent the easel flying. Not to mention I'm always tripping over stuff.

The good easel was Rs. 2600, which is over $60. It's always funny to me that anything under 500 rupees sounds like less than $12, but once you get up to 6-700, it starts sounding really expensive to me. Spending Rs. 2600 on something happens so infrequently, it seems staggering. Anyway, I figure I can always just prop the canvas up on something on the floor, and that'll be cheaper and more stable than what they were offering.

I'll have to wait until the morning for good light to start. Oh, and I should probably collect some newspapers and tape for the floor. Details, details.

Amit got in safely to L.A. after a delay and extended stopover in Hong Kong. Since he's flying business class, thank goodness, he got hooked up with a lounge, internet access, and a hotel room until the morning. He got into L.A. at about 2am, and will hopefully wake up fresh and ready to go. It sure is worth someone else's extra money. I wonder if he'll ever be able to fly cattle class after this.

Glad to hear Mom is feeling better. :)

Here I am

I'm here.  Congratulations to me.  Anna, your fish story is priceless.  I do remember the shrimp story.  I wonder if you remember Gpa doing things to fishies at Tiki?  This is a tired day for me, but only after several good days.  And I think the good days are getting better.  So I get to read more Lord of the Rings, which is my latest re-read after going through all the Jane Austin again.  I saved P&P until last because I felt like it was getting almost too familiar, but the characters never let me down and I learn something new every time about human nature and relationships.  Have fun skiing, Tom Brown!  Now.  Sam and Kathryn, where are you? Love to all my babies.

U23D

I just got back from seeing U23D. Spectacular! I guess it's about as close as you can get to actually being at a U2 concert. In some ways it's better because you can really see the band. They haven't quite perfected the 3D technology yet but it was still stunning. Highly recommended for all the U2 fans out there, especially if you can see it at the IMAX!

What Can Brown Do For You?

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