Liz 365/365

*MWAH* to all my Photostate friends. Thanks so much for hanging with me over
the last nine months. What a messed up journey, eh? I'm hoping this next
round is downright boring.
:)

Liz 364/365

Neal's brother D also came up to pick up family photos, etc. from SIL's
house. Here he makes the acquaintance of my iPad.

It's extremely inappropriate, but I think I have a bit of a crush on D.
Probably because he looks so much like Neal. Good thing he lives over 600
miles away.

I had a blast hanging with the two guys this weekend. Reminded me how much I
really like (and miss) men... sigh...

Liz 363/365

Neal's nephew Dr. J is in town to deal with SIL's house. Sweetie is
thrilled!

Liz 362/365

At some point I need to figure out how to get through each day without a vat
of Diet Coke. Not sure how much more my aging bladder can take.

Liz 361/365

I think I've finally decided what to do with poor old Stubby, Neal's '89
Isuzu Trooper. I'm going to donate him to NPR. Neal was a big fan of NPR.

Liz 360/365

C'mon, baby, do your magic! Mama needs to lose the 20 lbs. she gained over
the last 4 years.

Liz 359/365

Finally decided to spend some money on a bag made of REAL leather. I love my
little satchel. The best part is it didn't come from WalMart!

Liz 358/365

Jack has decided he wants to make YouTube videos. I'm hesitant, but he's
having a blast playing with the camcorder.

Liz 357/365

The Devil.

Liz 356/365

Road trip! Jack and I took off for a day trip to the coast. The weather was
perfect, for February.

Liz 355/365

Sweetie has mixed feelings about being at the vets.

Liz 354/365

It's official: Both houses have lost ~$50K in value since we bought them in
2007. I think I just barfed a little.

Liz 353/365

I absolutely HATE it when I realize my pants are too short. Although to be
fair, I did have to bend over slightly to take this pic. But still! Ew!

At least they're not "mom jeans"...

Liz 352/365

Jack started ADHD meds today. Fingers crossed.

Liz 351/365

A Zentangle I made for myself for Valentine's Day.

From a design standpoint it's a white-hot mess (ignore the awkward
sun-splotch on the left- it's hiding a major boo-boo) but I am getting
better at making clean lines. I really like doing it, although deciding
which pattern to use in a space is still hard for me.

Liz 350/365

Jan 2009, pre-Photostate, I took a pic of a fortune I got when Neal & I went
for sushi (see inset). It came true. This is one I got tonight, two years
later. I hope it comes true, too.

(Although my skeptical side notes that just about everyone gets "an
opportunity" eventually, fortune or no...)

Liz 349/365

Time to say farewell to this old friend. This was the first Nordic-style
"stitch-n-cut" sweater I ever made, almost 20 years ago. I used cheap yarn
in case I messed it up, and now it's falling apart. Also, it's HUGE. I'm
going to run it through the washer a few times, see if I can get it to felt,
then make a bag or something out of it.

Liz 348/365

Jack has taken to drawing all sorts of anime-style characters. This is his
latest, nicknamed "L". The orientation of the face confused me but he
explained it's a profile view. The mouth is just a little far from the front
of the face, is all.

Liz 347/365

Today was a complete loss, so here's another from yesterday: This perfect
view of Mt. Rainier as we approached Seattle.

Liz 346/365

Flying home. Today is Neal's 56th birthday. He gave me this empty seat next
to me on the flight home. I can't remember the last time I had an empty seat
next to me! It was awesome.