Ember Case's Blog, page 4

As I was going along, along

The lane that I went was so long, long, long

Long days, short nights.  Except it's October and the nights are getting longer, and the days shorter.  Either my calendar is off, or I'm ignoring my clock. 

That's what I thought too.

So now I've gotten nice pretty art for My Christmas Wish, which I have to sit on until I get the all-clear to share.  But it's shiny!  And FLE's should be coming soon.  Which excites me, because it means that the book is just one or two little steps (hopefully little s...

H1N1

The Princess seems to have bounced back from her weekend of fever / sniffles / cough, and is back to high energy, full speed ahead.

Her father, not so much. Yesterday he started with the sniffles. And aches. Then the fever.

Today, the flu test. It was positive for Influenza A. The clinic we went to doesn't do a strain specific flu test, but since "Ninety-nine percent of all subtyped influenza A viruses being reported to CDC this week were 2009 influenza A (H1N1) viruses" and his symptoms ...

Never a Lemon Tree when you need one

Since the sad death of Mary Travers this week, I've had all the Peter, Paul and Mary in my music folder on my Playlist. I thought I'd share one of my favorites with you – Lemon Tree – but after half an hour searching I can't find any on YouTube or Google Video that are actually PP&M, not a cover.

So instead, here are Peter Paul & Mary singing Jesus Met The Woman At The Well. The passion that the three of them brought to the song makes this one really stand out.

Goodbye, Mary. You will be...

Possibility City

Hubs just came out snickering and took me back to the bedroom.

Hush, the kids are home.

"I just saw a commercial for your hometown. At first I thought it was a Saturday Night Live skit."

It really does look a bit like a fake commercial. But it's also pretty cute, and has me giggling still. He saw it on ESPN, so this isn't just a goofy YouTube viral ad, this is something they're putting some real $$ behind. And you know, I'm ok with that. Also, ok with how they found a voice-over actor ...

Charged up

My old laptop battery finally died it's final death last week, and my new one came last night. This is the first laptop I've owned long enough to kill 2 batteries. *knocks on wood* I'm hoping this battery doesn't live longer than the laptop. I'm glad to have it working again. Things like google reader and and facebook and twitter and chat – I've usually got those open on the laptop, not the desktop.

Batteries are so freaking expensive. In the back of my head I hear this voice saying...

Next! And it was good.

Ever found something that you love so much, you wonder how you went without it? What's even worse is when this same something has been there for years, and you never even knew it wast there.

It's "Yay! This rocks. How the hell did I not know about it before now."

So ok, I've been using an RSS reader to follow the several hundred blogs / sites I keep track of for a couple of years now. I was all sorts of happy with myself about how much time it saved me, because I don't have to sit there...

Fox News : Proving made up news is more fun than actual news.

I can't make this stuff up. FOX News wasn't going to let a little thing like the absence of real footage stop them though.

New FOX promo suggestion : When we can't get real news, we'll recreate stories we hear and call it news. Open auditions for "bear" being held in studio.

Fit enough to be a Marine?

Are you fit enough to be a Marine?

If the 3 pull-up's didn't end my hopes, or the 45ish crunches in 3 minutes, then running 3 miles in less than 30 minutes would. Yes, you can now approximate my age by checking the charts.

I don't think I'm going to be passing this fitness test in this lifetime.

Nostalgia. It's not what it used to be.

After my sadness this week that "V" wouldn't be on ABC's schedule until November, I checked Netflix and was excited that they had the miniseries available on DVD. Three clicks and it was at the top of my queue, and two days later in my mailbox.

I put it in last night after the princess was in bed, and settled in for some warm fuzzy times with aliens-that-aren't-what they seem.

And was asleep in 20 minutes.

Some memories are not meant to be revisited.

Now I'm hoping the new version is as good...

Rearranged

Why am I overcome with the urge to rearrange the furniture any time my husband has to leave town for more than 4 days? Is it because I miss him so much I need to do something to keep me busy, or is it because I hope that after 5 days or more of being gone he won't realize I've moved things around when he comes home? (He's not a fan of change, so the comments are usually more "You moved stuff around again huh" than "Hey, it looks great in here!")

At least the dog's happy, now that his...