*whew*

Further confirmation I’ve been doing some bits in my book correctly.

Good to know! I also do a fair amount of Spotify perusal as well. Tchaikovsky is my classical jam, maaaan.

The introducing yourself thing is hilariously true – but it’s not just English people I think, but rather Britain and Ireland too.

“Fox points out that it’s not wealth or birth that determines your class, but […]

Two words: mattress protector, saviour of my shame 4eva, about £25.

(Also, I once vomited on a mattress…not my own, not my finest moment… and while the smell and some of the staining came out with Oxyclean, […]

My husband is a big fan of Charles De Lint novels, which are urban fantasy. I haven’t read any of them yet, but he says they are among the best he’s read, some of them among any genre.

I hate, hate, HATE “just saying,” or, even worse, “just sayin’.”

YES, YOU JUST SAID IT. I HEARD YOU. FFS.

If you want some interested stuff without a major investment, Pandora has a GRAMMY classical station that is really, really good. It’s got some great recordings of traditional works as well as modern things that […]

I’ll send you a friend request on FB if you’d like.

It’s always the people who are concerned about overstepping who probably aren’t overstepping. I think the big thing, though, if you are worried about asking the wrong questions is to remember is that most adoptive […]

Just the fact that you are concerned about overstepping probably means you wouldn’t. Also, if you are interested in adoption, many adoptive parents would be glad to discuss their decisions with you at length. I […]

I still can’t believe I didn’t know I needed to vacuum my mattresses. :-/ This is why I need P’Mag.

Nice! I love it when reviewing gigs work out to provide something you were excited for anyway.

I concur on the peroxide for blood, since my son recently managed to cut his head open when he and his sister were wrestling around on her bed (he hit the corner of the side table, earned himself some medical […]

You know, I always mean to listen to more classical because it’s often good writing music, so I should check out your recommendations.

And Santigold! Yes, I really like her too.

I rarely buy albums, but I totally bought Fiona Apple’s album last year and I think I listened to it on repeat for weeks. I really, really loved it.

I also got a lot of play from Santigold’s stuff last year. […]

I’m not a fan of, “It was meant to be.” But my least favorite phrase of all is, “I don’t mean to sound racist/sexist/homophobic/etc., buuuutttttt…”

Seriously people. Just stop right there.

oooowow hurray for showers!

I was away on vacation all last week and got back Sunday. I turn my phone back on and see that my landlord/neighbor has texted that, while digging up their yard with a backhoe to put in a new deck, they […]

Ugh, what a JERK! Now I’m worried about him visiting your Nana, too.