thank you!

Thank you all for birthday wishes! It was a very nice birthday. Ted got me a couple books and a DVD I wanted, and put them in a very silly bag that sings a birthday song. My sister called me from the fairy tale palace she’s studying at in France, and my dad made me a birthday cake! I literally can’t remember the last time somebody made me a birthday cake. I don’t think it’s been since I got married, so at least 11 years (I love to bake, so…

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this would be a long post if i had more brain

Lucy’s much perkier today, and is scent-glanding things and popping her claws on the cat tree, and consequently I’m much happier. Zilli is *extremely* sullen over Lucy getting gooshyfood and him not. Actually, he’s sullen in general. He thinks we’re paying too much attention to Lucy. I told him we’d paid lots of attention to him last year when he broke his leg, and that Lucy hadn’t hissed at *him*, but he doesn’t seem to care. Anyway. Things are getting better. We’re going up to Longford tomorrow to visit my…

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As I Went Up to Dunamore

As I went up to Dunamore along the river way I heard the blackbirds fluting low Among the osiers gray. And they were tuning for themselves In sweetly stumbling rhyme Half-minded chords learned long ago From harps of olden time. –F.J.J. Malone

todaaaaaaaay…

Today is my Mom and Dad’s 40th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary, youze guys! I love you!