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[averygoodun42]

You Are The Stuffing

You're complicated and complex, yet all your pieces fit together. People miss you if you're gone - but they're not sure why.

What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?

Um, maybe I should have placed these memes in separate entries... *snort*


It's raining. If the rain freezes on the trees, at least it'll be pretty tomorrow morning (assuming the sun shows it's shy face). I once thought that I would like to live in England (or Britain somewhere). New England is enough for me, thanks.

Actually, based on my experience in Britain (granted it was only six weeks in the middle of summer), it rains more here than it does there. But then again, I was with my dad at the time, and weird weather follows him all over the place.

Seriously!

The winter we spent in Tucson it snowed FIVE times (and it didn't get mentioned once). Whenever we went to San Diego during that really, really bad drought ten-fifteen years ago, it rained several inches per day (always on our way in, or out, during rush hour). When we went to New Zealand, the drought was so bad the sheep population was down to 40 million. The hills were brown. When we lived in Germany for a year it was the coldest winter in 50 years. The Amer See (sp? the lake we lived near) froze over completely. Hmm... and then there was that bad fire in CO right when he started working with fire... He moved back to Canada, and BC had a bad rash of wildfires.

We are convinced this goes beyond bad luck. He is such a workaholic, he takes his work with him wherever he goes.
Thinking about it, maybe that was the reason I liked Australia so much. It was immune to my dad's influence. Yeah, sure there were bad wildfires in the bush that summer (actually, they were really bad... I think several NSW firefighters died that year), but there's going to be fire somewhere on that continent, so that isn't unusual.

But... then I go to Chicago for a year and get the mildest winter in 150 years. Not kidding. It snowed three times, and never got below 0 degrees F. I move here and it's the harshest winter in 20 years. Nothing to compare to, say, the Dakotas or Wisconsin, but still frickin cold, and snowy. For someone whose inner spirit is a snake (pretty sure, either snake or lion, and I thought this before reading HP), cold is not on. So, maybe it's a genetic thing instead. ;)




Snape's Journal

Jan. 22, 1998

Received a note from Lucius saying that Narcissa finally died. The Healers told me she was making progress last time I visited.

Hard to tell from the letter, but he seemed relieved. Wonder how Draco is taking it. I wonder if Draco has even heard.

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Comments

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

It rains off and on out here. It rained more in Florida when I was living there, though--as with anywhere--it does vary depending on the time of year. Really the problem is that it's always damp, even if it hasn't been raining. The feeling of dampness never goes away, and makes winter seem much colder than it actually is. Blargh!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Time of year matters a lot, but it seems like it rains here more often than not, no matter what the season. I'm just glad I don't live on the coast, as then the bite would be unbearable here thanks to the moisture. As it is, it's a hella lot worse than CO.

[ginny-weasley31.livejournal.com]

I love Snape's journal... I must've missed it, but I'm taking that he's compelled to write the truth in it, is that right? Forcing him to deal with emotions that I think he prefers to supress?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Pretty much (dead on). He's a persistant bastard, though. He likes being afloat in DeNile.

I love your icon, btw!

[ginny-weasley31.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, thanks. I loved the movie, but I'd made the icon months ago. After seeing the movie though, I realized how well it fit. ;-)

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the movie yet. (gasp!) DH is not keen on crowds, though we did go see HP 1 on opening night (he even won a poster!).

[ginny-weasley31.livejournal.com]

HA HA! My hubby isn't keen on crowds either. He refused to go opening night, said that we wouldn't go for a couple of weeks. I won, though. I took 2 kids to opening night and I enjoyed the crowds. He took child #3 on Saturday morning... 10:30am... no crowds then, LOL!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

LOL! Babe is still too young to take to the movies, and I'm not sure I want him to see this one for a while yet. Mostly it's just schedule conflicts for us. He's not here, or babysitter isn't available, or yadda yadda yadda. Ya know?

[ginny-weasley31.livejournal.com]

Yep, i totally know. My youngest is 3 and I refuse to take her to the movies. One reason that hubby and I started switching off to take the older kids... one of us is here to watch the youngest. Don't get me wrong, hubby and I still go to the movies together, once in awhile... but that always involves more $$$ b/c we have to hire a sitter and such. Blech. We're doing something similar to see Narnia in a couple of weeks... hubby taking one child one day, I take the other 2 another... ahhh well. When babe is older things will get easier... for both of us, I think! LOL!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the only reason DH and I don't switch off (yet) is because we get so little alone time as it is... I'm sure you know how that goes with 3 kids! At this point we'd rather rent and watch a movie after Babe's in bed than go separately. (saves $$ as well)

[ginny-weasley31.livejournal.com]

Hehehe... actually, I have 4 kids. We just don't take the 3 yr old out much. ;-) But, yeah, finding time alone is hard, and can be rather stressful when you don't get it.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

4?! Good gawd, I'm barely coping with 1! More power to you, though!

(Any tricks to getting a one year old to eat?)