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I had a fabulous Thanksgiving break. I want to stress that it went very well — exceeded my expectations, even — and I am very grateful for that. Our turkey even had legs, for crying out loud! That said, there were a couple of big disappointments along the way, namely: The 178 Club was out …

You can now view new pictures of the house, Thanksgiving, and moving fun at my Yahoo photo album.

Thank goodness. My computer (i.e., my personal desktop machine) is FINALLY up and running again — for the first time in at least three weeks. I am sooooo relieved. Daniel and I had our second Thanksgiving today with his dad and Tammy, and then went desk comparison shopping before buying our first choice — which, …

Daniel and I got up reasonably early Wednesday and, after some frenzied packing (me) and working on our DSL/network (him), headed north to Arkansas to visit my family for Thanksgiving. When we left the new house in Plano (and YES, there are pictures forthcoming!!), it was very windy and a colder-than-it-has-been 55ish degrees. A stop …

Here’s a small collection of moving day (well, weekend) pictures… Daniel’s bringing in my vacuum! As Daniel heads back for another load, Paul brings in a garbage can and the very last box we packed. Thanks for your help, Paul! Daniel’s unloading the very last item from my apartment — which was the first thing …

The moving extravaganza weekend went better than I’d hoped. Thanks to the help of some wonderful people — Paul, Robby, Rhett and Sandra — we got all of my stuff and most of Daniel’s stuff moved in a single day. Now all that’s left to do is the nesting, which we all know is MY …

{stunned stupor} I won’t speculate what’s behind this unprecedented occurence, but my mother implicitly agreed this morning not to make an issue of sleeping arrangements at Thanksgiving. There was no fighting, no begging, and no bargaining involved in the discussion or resolution. {/stunned stupor}

There are many reasons I can’t wait to see “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.” Renee Zellwegger is one of my favorite actresses, and then there’s Colin Firth … ahem. My longstanding theory has been that every woman who’s seen the A&E rendition of “Pride and Prejudice” with Colin can share in and empathize with …

According to Four Day Weekend, a comedy troupe in Fort Worth: 1. We will listen to you when you tell us all about your day if you’ll just add some sex and violence to spice up your story. Read more …

I was listening to an older CD last night on my way to Plano, and heard a song (“One Sweet Day“) that always makes me think of two people I’ve lost over the years — my grandma Avis and my high school friend Tracy Douglas. What I realized, though, is that it’s been eleven years …