Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Year: 2006

  • I am losing my frigging mind

    the following may turn out to be a raving rant. Just so you know. So we went to look at the house on Monday to see if the electrical stuff had, indeed, been fixed. We took my stepdad with us because he has worked in construction and maintenance all of his life. Our realtor told…

  • An interesting turn of events

    Okay, so I told you about how the seller is in Mexico and stuff? And that this is just about the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Well, Raf and I have been discussing, even before the whole Mexico thing, how we should file a complaint with the Board of Realtors. We really, really feel…

  • Bloomsday times

    Raf: 2:01:13 Me: 2:01:14 We made better time than I thought!

  • Bloomsday. A day in pictures.

    I made it back alive! Here are some pictures. We walked down to the race from our house. It was actually a really quick walk and I was surprised. Walking into the downtown area I saw this shop. I was really quite repulsed by it, for some reason. But I thought I’d take a picture…

  • Another house update.

    Ever the drama. Well, we’ve been waiting since monday for the seller to decide on fixing the electric stuff. We haven’t heard a thing about it all week. Actually, it was kind of nice not having to think about it all week. But we did get kind of worried when yesterday rolled around and we…