-Sigh- Does anyone have InDesign CS4? Is there a way to save down to CS3, and could someone do so for a file I've got? My trial has expired...

So, these are not nearly as artistic as the previous photos, but there's only so much that can be done with our lighting....so Amanda, here it is as of Monday. I'm entering the home stretch, now. Down to the last skein each of Chocolate Dahlia and Snapdragon, and just about to change back from Cayenne to Paprika for the finishing rounds!
( double bed )

I'm posting this, instead.

Stolen from 'Lura

Rules:
Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
Post the first definition it gives you.
Tag 3 people.

( Lalalalalala )

Test, story, chiro, paper, test, test, chiro (probably), case study. Thank whoever, Thanksgiving is just around the corner. >.<

Travis is back in the states! He sent me a text this morning around 0700 Central, and that totally made my morning. :)
He's spending Thanksgiving with the Yorks, so I'll actually get to see him here in a couple weeks.

It became apparent this evening that I have now done myself a disservice by teaching Valkyrie to stay out of the kitchen....another four-legged, furred friend (er, fiend) has moved in, and by the crazy amount of mouse droppings, I suspect they've been throwing parties in my pantry. Good thing we don't keep our food in there (it's on a shelving unit in the dining room), but egad! It's only been this past week that we haven't really been cooking. Of course, that coincides with a batshit crazy ton of rain and cold weather, so they must have decided we looked like a welcome place to stay.

What the hell? Took yesterday off for the sake of my hips, but got up and was able to walk to class this morning. Make it almost the whole mile in, and here comes a classmate - class is cancelled today and Friday. Are you freakin' kidding me? Luckily she was cool enough to give me a ride home, but it just...we have e-mail and are encouraged to check it every day before classes for a reason, and this is it, sister.

Downloaded a bunch of Halloween sounds the other day, keep putting the howling wolves and  barking dogs on to confuse Val. She marches around the house searching for them. She's also developed a new command response, which we never taught her, she just figured it out. If you're roughhousing with her and she gets too mouthy, just say "Ouch" and she closes her mouth and turns her head to the side, away from whatever she was trying to gnaw on. It's pretty strange. But then, she's pretty strange on her own.

No class tomorrow, which means I can actually synthesize this random collection of details and quotes into a passable profile story. Harry's classes make me anxious about my writing. Don't know why. The man's just upsetting to my sensibilities, I guess. But I have until four, so I should have plenty of time to get it done.

Did advising with Mac this week. Just one required and one optional class next semester. That's it. Two classes in the way of me having a degree. Whew.

Val keeps licking the blankets. It's driving me crazy, because she uses it as a sneaky way to suck on the loose yarn ends. She's a strange dog. She's also learning how to climb the tree out back in an attempt to be a better squirrel hunter. I'm attached to her when she makes these mad dashes across the side of the house and into the back yard, so it's not as enjoyable to watch as it would be if she were free-ranging.

My left hip is killing me. Damn you, you one in 900 genetics. The sudden change in temperature here in BG messed me up bad. I've spent this week working back to actually being able to walk the mile to my classes. It hasn't gone well. Going to start doing sun salutes and such in the mornings again, work back up to the long walks with Val and Jared in the evenings.

Working on a blanket for Amanda, a quilt for Kellan, and a spare afghan for some poor cold Peace Corps volunteer...mainly because I don't have anyone it's actually intended for. In fact, I think I'll go work on the spiral of doom for a while.

For spirally goodness....( Clicky )

Happy Birthday Amanda!! Take it easy, and enjoy every minute of it, you fantastic woman! LOVE YOU BUNCHES!

P.S.: You'll be getting teaser photos as your gift...later today, though.
<3 <3 <3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/pundit-contest/index.html

Take a gander at the link above - the Washington Post is holding a contest to determine who will get a 13-week opinion column and $2600 for writing it. If I can get off my ass and do something NOT college-related, I'm totally going to do it. You all should, too.

Apparently, Val's new snack of choice is cabbage leaves......she's a bizarre puppy.

I'm in the living room, Jared's in the bathroom, and Valkyrie's laying on our bed in the dark. Suddenly, she lets out a "Woof!" and starts her little huffing mode. I go check on her, and she's staring out the window (even with the blinds down) and alternating huffs (think of the noises the Cowardly Lion makes) with little growls. I go in there, so she jumps off the bed and goes to the window, then charges to the door. It was one of the neighbors, moving back in for the coming semester. ^_^

She saw strange men standing at the end of the driveway, and a strange car pulled in, so she decided they were threatening her property and people. I had to take her outside to see that the people were not actually on our property or threatening the house in any way. She sat in guard mode and huffed some more. It's such an unthreatening sound, it's too cute!

I finally brought her back in, and she went right back to sitting in the dark, keeping an eye out the window.
( Woof! )

We found the entrance the damn ants were using in our bedroom and sealed it up. We figured out what they were eating and threw it away (open candy cane in my mini-cooler). They found another entrance. We starved them out. Though we'd won.

Nope, they just moved to the living room, found a way in there. The whole fucking colony must be crawling on the one wall! And of course, I can't tell which end they're coming in at, and we've got furniture at both ends that I'll have to move to find out. Way to go, Monday, you found a way to piss me off before noon.

Trav recently made E5! I had no freakin' clue! Last I really discussed it with him, he was still an E2 (admittedly, he was just out of basic when I last talked to him about it, haha). That's three ranks in two years. Color me proud of my little bro. :)

THE RULES
Using only song names from ONE artist, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to some people you like and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)."


<lj-cut text="HERE WE GO...">

1. Pick your Artist:
Brooks & Dunn

2. Are you a male or female:
Rock My World (Little Country Girl)

3.Describe yourself:
You Can't Take the Honky Tonk...

4. How do you feel:
She Likes to Get Out of Town

5. Describe where you currently live:
Play Something Country

6. If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
South of Santa Fe

7. Your favorite form of transportation:
Red Dirt Road

8. Your best friend is:
Hard Workin' Man

9. You and your best friends are:
Good Girls go to Heaven (Bad Girls go Everywhere)

10. What's the weather like:
Days of Thunder

11. If your life were a TV show, what would it be called:
See Jane Dance

12. What is life to you:
Neon Moon

13. Your LAST or current relationship:
My Heart is Lost to You

14. Your fear:
I Fall

15. What is the best advice you have to give:
Deny, Deny, Deny

16. Thought for the Day:
Lucky Me, Lonely You

17. How I would like to die:
Straight Tequila Night

18. My soul's present condition:
It's Getting Better all the Time

19. My motto:
Go West

Two days ago, I found a four leaf clover in the back yard.
This morning, guess what I discovered? Yep, a second four leaf clover.

What is the universe about to dump on me?

I'm feeling pretty good right now (well, aside from the irritating heat acne). Took Val and Jared on a 3-mile walk tonight, got in about an hour ago. Puppy's only now passed out. When we got home, she found it necessary to run around the house at breakneck speed for 15 minutes. O.o!
Hopefully, I'll be not-sore enough tomorrow to take the pup (maybe two) out in the a.m. as well as that night.
Oh, and watched the first three episodes of Being Human this morning - fantastic!! Love it, love it, will be watching more of it tomorrow!