We tried something a little different this year. We thought it would be fun to do something that’s done in Japan these days, and that’s Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas! My sis and I had a rare and welcome Christmas alone, which meant parade and movies, lighting the Christmas tree and [...]

Just a tad late with this, but we went on an excursion for Mother’s Day all the way to St. Joseph, Missouri to my mother’s favorite place in the world – Ryan’s Grill Buffet & Bakery. I’ve never been a big fan of Ryan’s, partially because I just don’t like buffet [...]

I’m in the jolliest of jolly good moods and I have been since Thanksgiving day (happy holiday, belated, btw!). My mother and stepfather were being asses, my sister was upset, my fakie brother ran away at the beginning of the month and I had to get along with strange relatives [...]

I had such a good day and am in the best mood. I’ve gotten almost all of my work done, the doggy’s been out multiple times which means I got a nice walk away from my computer. I’m drinking iced tea right this minute. Life is sweet. Granted, this is only [...]

I can’t believe I’m going to be passing on Halloween. We’ll hand out candy, obviously, but we don’t have near enough time to even carve Pumpkin Chan. Thank you Mom, The Boy and Hubby for sucking up all of our time – appreciate it! For your viewing pleasure HL isn’t gone [...]

Not a ton of time tonight, but I wanted to wish everyone a very happy new year!

This is a fly by to say Happy Year of the Rat! This is the first year I’ve *really* celebrated this. Laota and I have been scouring the net since we’ve got no book money, looking for any and all information on how to celebrate spring festival properly. One thing I’ve [...]