I was watching LotR: Two Towers yesterday while unpacking some of my stuff at my house.  The scene of Theodred's funeral is emotional to start with, but when Theoden stated "No parent should have to bury their child,"  I was especially emotional because of Uncle Jack's death.  Granny (Uncle Jack's mother) has really taken his death hard.  She's 87 if I remember correctly, and she hardly left his side the entire time he was in the hospital this last time.

Tags: uncle jack's death
Current Location: Aunt Eileen's house
What I'm feeling: drained

I don't go as often as I'd like, but I love to go swimming.

Tags: writer's block
Current Location: hospital
What I'm feeling: awake

Sorry I haven't been around much; haven't had consistent internet access in just over a month and been dealing with other issues. 

I've gotten most of my stuff moved but I still have boxes of stuff to unpack still.  I've got my computer mostly set up, but I haven't got any sort of internet access yet.  I think I'm gonna like being in my new house.  I'm glad I got moved in before Uncle Jack went into the hospital.

I'm at the hospital now because Uncle Jack has been here since Tuesday around lunchtime.  He's unresponsive though I don't think the word coma has actually been brought up.  Family has been staying by his side constantly because we're just waiting at this point.

Tags: house, uncle jack
Current Location: Ephraim McDowell Hospital
What I'm feeling: anxious
What's in my head: hum of machinery

Today is the first Father's Day without my biological father.  I went to dinner in Gravel Switch and no one has mentioned this fact.  I'm not sure what I think of this at the moment.  My father could be tempermental at times, but the fact remains that he was my father. 

I know that Uncle Jack's health is declining fast due to the cancer found on his brain.  That's the main reason I came to Gravel Switch today.

I hope others have a better Father's Day.

Tags: father's day
Current Location: Gravel Switch
What I'm feeling: indescribable

I would love to have a large mansion with a bunch of rooms and secret passages and secret rooms. Of course, I would have one kickass staff to keep up the place.

Tags: writer's block
What I'm feeling: curious

I do not have a particular favorite but I like some of the threads from the comms ljdq and metaquotes.

Tags: favorite comment, lj birthday, writer's block
What I'm feeling: accomplished

I`ve disconnected my internet until I move so I`ll be available sporadically.

Tags: internet, moving
Current Location: Danville
What I'm feeling: awake

God, it'd been over a month since I've updated. I've checked in often to read my friends' list, I've just not had the gumption to say anything. There's stuff about my house that I want to talk about, but I wat to upload some pictures first.

Tags: nothing to say
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: bored

Just drug out my father's charcoal grill and cleaned it up; I've got hamburger patties and chicken breasts in the freezer and will be firing up the grill the next day that it's nice and I'm awake. Aunt Eileen called today to tell me that the site for my house passed the perk test and the plans are good for go. The guy that's going to build it will set the foundation as soon as the ground is agreeable, which will hopefully be sometime later this week. Had to change the floor plan slightly because the door was moved from the side to the back (the open kitchen/living room is on one end, which is where the door will be). The farm/home/garden show in Marion County is this weekend and I plan on attending to get a few ideas and hopefully a few food type plants to get started.

Going to a send off party for Maria Montgomery, who is my cousin Tyler's girlfriend. The party is because she is Miss Kentucky and is going off to Vegas to participate in the Miss USA pageant. The winner of the Miss USA goes on to participate in the Miss Universe. I didn't know until I read an article in the local newspaper, but at age 19, Maria is the youngest participant. I hope she does well.

Tags: grill, house plans, maria - miss usa pageant, outdoor activities
Current Location: Danville
What I'm feeling: cheerful
What's in my head: radio

I'm making a mix cd for a friend who is getting married in a few weeks. She is looking for a good father/daughter song to dance to with her father. I'm already considering Bob Carlisle's Butterfly Kisses. My question is: what are some other songs that you would suggest.

Tags: wedding songs
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: contemplative
What's in my head: American Wedding

Tags: meme
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: awake

So I've survived the hellish winter storm of January 2009. I lost power Tuesday afternoon. Called in Tuesday night because I wasn't about to try driving to Harrodsburg with the roads as icy as they were; also, tree branches began falling Tuesday evening and some were already somewhat blocking my driveway. Wednesday, I still didn't have power and more branches were falling, one good sized one completely blocking my driveway. Two of the young gentlemen that lived across the street came over to help move it out of the way. That's when I decided to go to my grandmother's house to stay a few days as she still had power and heat. For note, I still had heating and cooking and hot water capabilites as those are controlled by gas for my house.* Called in to work again Wednesday night because apparently Harrodsburg Wal-Mart had lost power sometime Tuesday evening. I was off work Thursday night so I went over to an aunt's house to get online for a bit and to run to Wal-Mart for a few things for my great-aunt. Wal-Mart had been running on generators Thursday after having to bring in refrigeration trucks for all the cold groceries. They were able to put stuff back out after getting the generators delivered. Friday morning, I made it back to my place to check on things. I hade power, so I got some laundry done, but the cable line for my internet had broken so I called that in to Time Warner, my cable internet company. I went back to Harrodsburg because weather reports were calling for another snow system coming through Friday and I didn't want to be stuck in Danville and trying to make it to work Friday night. Went in to work with no problems. When I got there, they didn't have running water and were still running on generators. They transfered back to electric about 3:30 yesterday morning with water coming back online about 5:30. I'm glad I wasn't working in maintenance because people had used the bathrooms without the toilets having the ablility to flush. I had to go to my grandmother's house on my lunch break just to be able to use a toilet. After getting off work yesterday, I came back to Danville an have been comfortable ever since except without having internet until the guy came to fix the drop line today. He was done by 1:00 and I had access shortly thereafter. Been catching up with the news since then. Now I'm off for a nap before going into work tonight.

Tags: winter storm 2009
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: calm
What's in my head: radio

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Before I forget it, I want to wish annathepiper a Happy 40th Birthday today. May all your wishes come true.

Tags: birthday
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: cheerful
What's in my head: Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett

1. Amy Tan - The Opposite of Fate
2. Bertrice Small Abandoned
3. Bertrice Small Deceived
4. Anne McCaffrey Rowan*
5. Anne McCaffrey Damia*
6. Anne McCaffrey Damia's Children*
7. Anne McCaffrey Lyon's Pride*
8. Anne McCaffrey The Hive and the Tower*
9. Naomi Novik Empire of Ivory
10. Andre Norton - Brother of Shadows
11. Lee Nichols - Wednesday Night Witches
12. Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight*
13. Deborah Cooke - Kiss of Fire
14. Katherine Kurtz - Childe Morgan
15. Mercedes Lackey - Oathbound*
16. Mercedes Lackey - Oathbreadkers*
17. Katherine Kurtz - Deryni Rising
18. Katherine Kurtz Deryni Checkmate
19. Katherine Kurtz High Deryni
20. Katherine Kurtz The Bishop's Heir
21. Katherine Kurtz The Quest for Saint Camber
22.Katherine Kurtz King Kelson's Bride
23. Bertrice Small Rosamund
24. Melanie Rawn Dragon Prince*
25. The Star Scroll Melanie Rawn*
26. Sunrunner's Fire Melanie Rawn*
27. The Dark Tide Dennis McKiernan*
28. Shadows of Doom Dennis McKiernan*
29. The Darkest Day Dennis McKiernan*
30. Dune Frank Herbert
31. Star Wars George Lucas
32. The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
33. The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
34. The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
35. Brisingr Christopher Paolini
36. The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory
37. The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory
38. The Blue Sword Robin McKinley*
39. Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey*
40. All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulgham
41. Priestess of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
42. Intent to Kill James Grippando
43. The Black Gryphon Mercedes Lackey*
44. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
45. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
46. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
47. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
48. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
49. Breaking Dawn

So this is the list of novel length books that I reak in 2008. I only made it to 49, but I was half way through book 50 as of the turn of the new year. I will neither include it in last year's list nor this year's, since I've read parts in each. In case you're wondering, I'm working on Pamela Dean's Tam Lin</>. I've placed stars by those that were re-reads for me, so not counting Tam Lin, by my count, I re-read 17 books and 32 books were new reads. This year, I plan to read 50 books of novel length. I would like 40 of those to be new reads. In case you're wondering, the title of the book is italicized and the author is not. I pasted and copied my list from several posts, and apparently, I started out placing one first and the other second and then switched about half way through the year.

Tags: book list, complete 2008 book list
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: creative
What's in my head: song from Master & Commander: Far Side of the World

The one resoluyion I'm making for sure this year is the same as last, to read 50 books in one year.  I was so close this past year at 49.  I also want to read more that I hadn't yet.  I'll make another post about that later.

Tags: books, new year's, resolutions, writer's block
Current Location: home
What's in my head: radio

I'd probably want a combination of telekinesis and teleportation, something like what Dr. Xavier has in the <i>X-Men</i> universe.

Tags: superpowers, writer's block
Current Location: Gravel Switch
What I'm feeling: calm
What's in my head: Mythbusters on t.v.

Before I forget what I've recently read, here's my updated book list:

44. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
45. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
46. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
47. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
48. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Two more books until I reach 50 by the end of the year and just about as many weeks. I've got two started, but I'm in the first chapter of both; one is a new one and the other is a reread, although it's been a year or two since I've read it.

Tags: book list
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: content
What's in my head: christmas music on radio

I want to thank jenniferlupin, littlegreenleaf, annathepiper, cynical_terror, and everyone else who have kept my family in their thoughts and prayers this past week as we have had to deal with the death and burial of my father.

He died two weeks shy of his 62nd birthday. I'm glad that he lived long enough to see Sarah's 30th birthday, which was on the 10th. He had been in the hospital the week prior to his death, only having been released Saturday afternoon. It was the Home health nurse who found him when she came to check on him Sunday morning. Uncle John and Aunt Shirley had visited him Saturday afternoon and they noticed something was off, but couldn't pinpoint anything. My father hadn't gotten much sleep while in the hospital because he had trouble breathing while laying down. I had gotten home about 8:30 Saturday night after going to Sarah's birthday party in Gravel Switch. I had taken some food up to my father. He wasn't in his living room, so I assumed he had gone to his bedroom to at least try to lay down after taking his medicine earlier in the day. I had left his food in a handy location and filled the water pitcher on top of his kerosene heater in his living room. I had thought about checking on him but assumed he was asleep since he wasn't in his living room. My father was notorious for being a very deep sleeper, an earthquake probably wouldn't have woken him up. From what others have said, he had called the police to report that there was a child wandering around his apartment at about 10:00 Saturday night. The police had come over to investigate but found nothing. When the home health nurse showed up the next morning, she found him on the floor by his rocking chair in his living room, he didn't have his nasal canula for his oxygen tank on. The family thinks the child visitation was an angel to take him to heaven.

Everyone was rather emotional at the funeral Wednesday. Grandma Hays said it helped for me to stay with her for several days, but I finally went home Wednesday night. I felt as if I wouldn't be able to begin to come to terms with his death until I had gotten home. I walked up front Wednesday night and Thursday night to get my mail, and had to pass his living room window to do so. That was very difficult to do because I would look over into the window and I expected to see him there.

Depending on the weather, we may begin sorting through his things tomorrow. That will be a long, emotional process that will take many days and many people to sort through everything.

Tags: death, family, thanks
Current Location: home
What I'm feeling: drained
What's in my head: Christmas music on radio

I won't be around the next few days because my father passed away sometime early this morning.  The family is in the proccess of arrangements and canceling items and such stuff.  I'll post later when I can with more information.

Tags: death, family
Current Location: Aunt Cathy's