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The fabulous snipeyhead is one of the 2006 Animal Planet "Hero of the Year" finalists! Vote for Alison Gianotto -- vote early and often! (It doesn't seem like there's a limit to the amount you can vote, so make with the clicky! Voting continues through October 30th.)

If she wins, her organization will receive $10,000, and she will get a trip to Hawaii. She'd vote for YOU...go now!

EDIT: I just got off the phone with the Discovery Channel webwoman, and she's fixing the "About Alison" link. She also said that it's only supposed to accept one vote per day, but until that gets fixed, to keep voting until we cain't vote no more!

It occurs to me that it is THURSDAY, and I have not yet posted about last weekend at faire.

It was FABULOUS. :D I can't say enough how much I love singing with pyratelady and mydwynter! And now, I believe we have a Vision for our Future ::dumdumDUMMMMMM::. And while we were sad that scheduling prevented seeing more of Gypsophilia's performances, it did mean that we had a lot of concurrent downtime and were able to indulge in the OHMY (Osmin/Hamid/Marco/Yasmin) goodness. A big thank you to pyratelady for introducing us to the combined musical fun and prettiness that is l'Ensemble Cercamon.

I got to see so many friends who I see so rarely (and pardon the lack of LJ tags, but I'm lazy like that): Sunni, Geoff, Jacqui, Russell, Vyxen, Keltik, 3RR, LIZ, Tom (such an obliging dragon), Sophie (scarred for life), SoulStealer, Audrey, Dee (yes!), Diego, Cyd, Joe, Eowyn, Cozit, Dave Lister, Dawny, Whitey, Queen Maggie, Kee, and about 12 thousand other people whom I'm sure I'll remember right after I hit "post."

And can someone explain to me why it has taken until now for me to meet Falafel? I MUST have her contact information, because she was just far too fun to let slip away. (Falafel goes well with Turkish Delight, for sure.)

Now I can't wait to come back!! September 30/October 1, if you haven't marked your calendars yet.

Hippo birdies for the ever-lovely kaliopi! I love that I can call you 'friend'!

I'm drinking my first mocha cappuccino Perfectly Protein drink from the good folks at Bolthouse Farms, and DAMN it's tasty! Just as good as the Starbucks bottled frappuccinos that I love, and much better for me. And now I have a choice for days when I'd rather not have chai.

Happy birthdays to scaleslea and whizzrjohn!

I'm not achy from my golf lesson. This is encouraging.

(Wherefore art thou, cake_o_rama?)

"These festivals are the best diet ever." Perspicacity, in a rare moment of rational eloquence.

We had SO much fun this weekend! ( Read more... )

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. (Alpaca, for "Belgium")

Friday afternoon saw the arrival of pyratelady and skivee to FP South, which we heralded by eating Mexican food. Everyone who visits must go have Mexican, mostly because it involves me getting to eat That Yummy Sauce. Then Brewster's for ice cream, then bed.

Pedro says "Come to South of the Border after you have dental surgery!"

Saturday morning, the pyratical types headed to some field someplace, and Family Love piled in the Magic Car and went to Williamsburg for PALS class. Returned late Saturday, reconvened with guests, ate a thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until the next morning, when we did it all over again (sans dog, who got to enjoy the a/c at the house).

I passed PALS with a 91%, so now I have more knowledge that I can't implement (not being an advanced provider myself). Still, knowledge is good. I know how to get an intraosseous stick in a baby's leg now, f'rinstance. On Saturday someone called the cops for a "suspicious looking vehicle," so Officer Rick came by to grill us about the Magic Car and the Big Vicious Dog therein, and ended up playing with Hagen for a while.

Dana and I had squad duty last night, but I wasn't feeling well at all so we marked down after only 6 hours and came home to collapse. We had 2 calls though. Dana had to check his math about 17 times, because our second patient had taken NINE HUNDRED doses of a prescription medication "to get high." Which is 450 times the dose for sedation. Kids, don't try that at home.

This coming weekend we get pyratelady AND mydwynter (and likely Mr. Pyrate Lady) for the whole weekend, and there will be much singing by Us in a Field. Come and get your Cup on!

Why am I on your friends' list? I'm especially curious about those of you whom I haven't met in real-life. :)

Happy birthday to a Squeakybird (and her Momma and Daddy who do all the heavy lifting)!!

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Propped up drooling at my computer, I remain your faithful correspondent.