Posted in friends, me, tagged friends on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
as part of a post I did on another blogging platform called “Of Strings and Things”
Choices. Everything has a cost whether it’s a tangible cost such as funds or goods exchanged or whether it’s an intangible cost such as funds or goods forgone in exchange.
Sometimes the choices are easy. Other times they’re more difficult.
This weekend I [...]
Posted in family, parkinsons, renfaire, tagged friends, her majesty's hounds, parkinsons, varf, virginia renaissance faire on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
otherwise known as Rewarding Bad Behaviour revisited
As a female, I have a loric given right to change my mind. If you believe some people, then I have a further mandated right to change it with the weather, the temperature, or for no reason at all.
…or maybe for the best reasons yes?
In my zeal, sometimes I [...]
Posted in in the news, rant, tagged gas, gas prices, memorial day weekend, oil companies, travel on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Memorial Day weekend is rapidly approaching. $4.00+ / gallon gas is even more rapidly approaching and has hit in some places.
So you think people are altering their driving behaviours?
That would be a resounding no.
I remember the gas crisis of the 70s. We were very careful how often we drove, where we drove, WHAT we drove. [...]
Posted in music, my photos, photographs, pirates, renfaire, tagged renaissance faires, renaissance festivals, varf, virginia, virginia renaissance faire on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
oh my….
Yesterday was opening weekend at The Virginia Renaissance Faire. The weather was absolutely perfect and sadly I spent more time reaquainting myself with old friends and new aquaintances than I did taking photos.
Here are the few I did manage to get:
If you make it down, it’s well worth the admittance price. The atmosphere [...]
Posted in disabled parent, family, pirates, renfaire, tagged death, fells point pirate invasion, mdrf, parent, pirate festivals, renaissance faires, renaissance festivals, toasts, varf, wakes on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last month we did the official Goodbye to The Wild Granny. Mom had always wanted a wake and while this wasn’t quite a wake it was close enough.
Mom was The Keeper of the Rum for the Polly Dodger. As such, our 3rd in command and Mistress of the Lists (as well as one who loved [...]
Posted in family, parkinsons, tagged disability, medicine, mirapex, parkinsons on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mirapex you are an ugly drug aren’t you?
Of course for an ugly disease like Parkinson’s I guess the ugly drugs are in order but still ….
The balancing act continues. I hate how this drug affects my husband’s personality and yet … and yet … it seems to help him so much. After the dosage is [...]
Posted in me, random, tagged blogging, blogs, random thoughts on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m finding myself in the position of having too many blogs.
Yet which ones do I abandon?
Which do I keep?
Which do I use just for certain things?
It’s difficult. I truly do like this platform but blogger seems to be easy for me to use for creativity purposes. I only use Live Journal to keep up with [...]
