Personal Escapes - Where the Sane Should Fear to Tread

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Sunday, January 4, 2009 418pm

Fics read 12/21 - 1/04

Harry Potter - Dukedom Large Enough  by Alysian_Fields
  An after-war story with Draco as the new Hogwarts librarian. This Draco is probably the most insecure I've seen that is actually believable. His back-story is well thought out and reasoned, leaving little doubt as to why Draco is as withdrawn as he's written in this story. The only flaw I found (and it's probably just my personal ick-meter) is the level of sappiness; it's a bit too high for my taste.
Harry Potter - (A) Beautiful Lie  by Abremaline
Harry Potter - (A) Reckless Frame of Mind  by: Lomonaaeren
  Hard work, damned good and involved work, went into this story. A post-war AU where Harry has become the victim of a nasty curse (that is nothing short of fascinating!) and Draco his assigned Healer. Not just a regular Healer, but a highly specialized field that Draco helped create. At the risk of giving a bit of the story away, the descriptions of souls and their cores is so vivid and enchanting it's like really being able to see them.
Harry Potter - (A) Determined Frame of Mind  by: Lomonaaeren
  Sequel to A Reckless Frame of Mind. Worthy and praiseful follow-up to the original story and worth reading again and again.
Harry Potter - Survivor's Joy  by Lomonaaeren
Harry Potter - The Fortunate Fall  by Lomonaaeren
Harry Potter - To Touch a Unicorn  by Lomonaaeren
Harry Potter - He Was He and I Was Bunny  by Bryoney Brynn
Harry Potter - Desperately Seeking Someone  by Alaana Fair
Harry Potter - Getting There  by rickey_a
Harry Potter - Bed & Late Night Snack  by Stray
Harry Potter - (The) Way to Thomason Foss  by furiosity
Harry Potter - From the Brink of Twilight  by furiosity

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Friday, January 2, 2009 943pm

Another Xmas season done and buried - thank the gods.

Xmas morning was fun. Santa, as usual, brought Squirmy carrots. Which Mr. Puppy promptly ate one of. Tied for best present from Santa was the Wii and... a Whoopie Cushon. The cheap-ass little thing from a dollar store was such a huge hit, I think Santa will bring one next year.

Squirmy made out like a bandit (again) this year. New clothes, three Transformers, a couple dinosaurs, giant pirate ship poster to color and numerous other small items I can't remember. Yeah, the kid did good.

Hubby has probably worked enough overtime to pay for the Wii. I honestly do not know how the hell he does it. I tried to keep kid and dog occupied and quiet-ish to let hubby get sleep, but it wasn't easy to do. Normally, I'd have stuffed Mr. Puppy in the kitchen and have packed Squirmy off somewhere. Due to the road conditions, and my woefully inadequate skills, I wasn't able to do that until New Year's Eve. Backing out of our driveway was a task made slightly easier by hubby parking the car on the partially shoveled area. I never would have gotten the sucker out if he parked all the way in. The mall parking lot was well-plowed as I'd hoped it would be.

We hit the mall for two to three computer-related things. I did eventually get them, but the store was at the opposite end of the mall and I had to pass by two kids clothing places that were having incredible sales. When Please Mum and Kids Place are having fifty to seventy percent off sales, one does not pass them by. And when Zellers has a forty-percent off sale on kids outerwear, you don't pass that by either. Six new shirts, two pairs of pants, gloves and a pair of snow pants later, Squirmy and me finally made it to Future Shop. Of course the three things I needed (wanted?) turned into more. Shit, when Predator and Predator vs Alien are on sale (massively so!) and Squirmy sees them, there is no passing by... especially because I love 'em too.

We were going to head over to the iL's today when hubby got off work, however MiL came over our way instead. She's on the short-list for shoulder replacement surgery and this was the only guaranteed-not-to-happen week she was clear to get over and visit everyone. And for an added bonus, MiL ended up rescuing a poor little Shih Tsu dog. Ever since the "Guinea Pig on steroids" passed away over a year ago, FiL has wanted another dog. He and Devil-child came across this free dog on Craigs List and MiL went to see it when she came over. Barney, as he's been so named, is not exactly what FiL had in mind but, as SiL and MiL explained, there was no way on God's Green Earth they could leave the poor fella where he was. Basically, Barney was rescued from starving to death. Calling Barney emaciated and dehydrated really doesn't go far enough. FiL came over, picked up Barney and he's much, much, better - proper amount of food, water and most importantly, love.

As for the snow... it's melted a bit, turned to ice a bit, fallen more (fucking hell!) and is generally being a right royal pain-in-the-ass. At least the roads are being plowed around here; neighbour told me one of the other municipalities wasn't as efficient and it was downright suicidal to hit a side street there. I have to get out today to get Mr. Puppy his license and get my train ticket for Monday so of course it's bloody snowing. It'll probably turn to rain by the time I'm ready to leave, thus making my walk (no point driving, where the hell would I park?) a fracking joy.

The new year started out <sarcasm> nice </sarcasm> - due to an ongoing sinus thing, couldn't sleep, pulled a muscle coughing so hard and a lens fell out of my glasses. The latter was the only thing I could do anything about/fix. So, here's hoping everyone else had a better start to the New Year and many wishes for a great 2009!

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