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November 15th, 2009
 | 07:33 pm - Dudes - I have a grand-great aunt who disappeared (likely murdered or ran away and joined a convent)
Ok, so this is the crazy thing that happened on facebook today. My Aunt Jacque posted up photos of a tablecloth she just finished embroidering, which was started 70 years ago by my great-grandma's youngest sister, Aunt Viola. Aunt Vi never finished it because she disappeared. I asked Jacque what happened to her, and she posted the following excerpt from my great aunt Florence (my grandpa's youngest sister). This is on Dad's side, so for those keeping score, Vi would have been Dad's Great-Aunt.
Aunt Viola was the youngest. She was pretty – high cheek bones, a nice shape and yellow – yes, yellow eyes. I loved her – she lead an interesting life. She married Ebon Peer and they used to go over to the Jordan Valley where his sister and husband had a large cattle ranch. In those days, they had to ride horses to get there – it seemed so romantic to me. They’d work there all summer, riding back out before winter set in. Later, she had a restaurant up at McCall. Actually, my knowledge of her is pretty sketchy. I know she divorced Ebon Peer. Later, she went up to Wapato to spend some time with Dad and Mom. Her boyfriend joined her. He was a crook. One evening, the two of them went for a walk. Auntie Vi had only her purse. She disappeared off the face of the earth! There were rumors she became a nun but no proof. The FBI would check her out for several years but drew a blank. (Her boyfriend probably murdered her) Lee, Don, Lola and Mary all know more about this part of her life than I do.
Mom's Aunt Vi started embroidering this sometime before 1930. It's good linen and needs a crocheted edge. I haven't learned to crochet. Mom offered it to me on the promise that I'd finish it. I did yesterday.
Mom says Viola's boyfriend took a paper with Grandpa's signature on it to the bank and somehow got several hundred dollars on their way out of town. The banker brought the paper out to Grandpa the next day because he was suspicious when he saw it. Too bad someone wasn't suspicious the day before, eh?
The tale is that a family friend ended up in Providence Hospital in Spokane and one day a familiar looking nun/nurse was in his room and, as she left the room, he called out "Viola Clark, is that you?" The nun paused at the door for a few seconds and then walked on through the door. She never looked back and never came back.
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September 20th, 2009
| 10:13 am - LJnes
You know your use of LJ has really declined when 60 percent of the posts from the last 4 days are all done by a single author - and I mean of published books; not 'author'ed by a friend.
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March 8th, 2009
| 03:23 pm - Curse you Jenn
Now that I recognize Felicia Day, it *totally* annoys me to see her in ads for Sears. She's soooo much more awesome than that.
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February 9th, 2009
| 09:25 pm - Logan's Horrid New Habit
Logan is a dumpster diver. He keeps stealing plastic out of the trash. This is deeply annoying because he likes the noise plastic makes when you rattle it. ARGH.
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February 4th, 2009
| 07:04 am - I thought it was Thursday...
Imagine my disappointment when I realized it was only Wednesday.
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October 14th, 2008
October 6th, 2008
| 08:23 pm - Hilarity is...
Putting a belled collar on a kitten who has never worn one or seen one before.
Logan can't figure out where the ringing noise is coming from. It's totally worth it to the bell on for an hour or so ... assuming he doesn't rip the collar off. Too late.
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September 10th, 2008
| 08:59 am - Final Four
Ok folks - I need to pick my kitten's new name by Saturday so the vet can have something to put on his file. So... here's the Final Four.
Please vote (though I'm not going to promise to go by majority rules; I'm curious to hear your thoughts and preferences!).
Logan
Alpine
Jareth
Buster
Thanks for your help!
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September 8th, 2008
| 05:16 am - The Dalek Encounter
I recorded the Dalek Encounter at the Dr. Who Exhibit in London. Here's the video for your viewing pleasure!
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May 28th, 2008
| 10:22 pm - Comcast You Suck
Stupid, freakin' comcast. For some bizarre reason unknown to man the site I use to access my mail on the web is totally down and 'under construction'.
WTF???
So I log onto their live chat to find out why it's all fucked up...
I'm number 213 in the queue. SERIOUSLY???? I *pay* you people for this? Good.Lord.
I want my bloody email.
Which, of course, I can't get because I broke the usb connector for my wireless that goes on the big blue computer.
Murphy is an evil man.
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April 20th, 2008
| 07:50 am - Happy Birthday DJWildstar!
Here's hoping all your piratical endeavors are successful today!
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April 17th, 2008
| 11:59 pm - Chop.
Hair is now short. Ta-Da.
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April 2nd, 2008
| 10:28 pm - Pollux is a dork
Ok, seriously, how bad of a cat do you have to be if:
You lie down on your back on the couch, and have to struggle to get back up.
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March 17th, 2008
| 07:48 pm - Imagine me peering hopefully at my friends in MD...
So - um, Tamora Pierce will be doing book signings in your neck of the words later this year.... *whimper*
# August 14, Greenmount, MD
North Carroll Branch Library System (410-386-4480) (time and additional details TBD)
# November (Thanksgiving Weekend), Timonium, MD
Darkovercon 2008, Holiday Inn Select Baltimore North, 2004 Greenspring Dr. (410-252-7373 for hotel info - address tentative) - Tammy and Tim will be on program there
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February 23rd, 2008
 | 11:11 pm - Stupid fracking smoke detector
I deeply hate the people who made my smoke detector. When the battery is getting low, it makes this intermittent LOUD, High Pitched Squeaking noise. Image the sound of a rubber shoe squeaking on a gym floor and magnify it by about 100 - that's the noise.
This noise never begins going off at a decent time - say, in the afternoon or early evening. NOOOO. It always starts after 11pm - and well before 6am.
Iff you truly and deeply hate the noise, you can't just take the battery out and it permanently shut-up. No, it's hard-wired into the house's electricity. So the damn thing somehow sucks the battery even though it's on house power. You have no option but to listen to his horrible high-pitched squeal whenever it wants a new battery.
Of course, it's so high on the ceiling you can't even reach it just by standing on a chair. Noooo. You have to go out and get the damn ladder from the garage. The evil device also runs on a 9 volt - which is one of TWO devices in my whole house that use the blasted things. Better hope you were smart at some point in the past and bought an emergency supply of them, since there's no sleeping once the noise starts and you'll be making a late-night trip to wal-mart or safeway for batteries if you don't have them on-hand.
Now, I realize this device is there to keep me from getting burned alive. But really, why does its warning device have to be so bloody shrill. Couldn't it just use a blinking light. If I want to wait until tomorrow morning to go to the store for batteries (given that the risk this is the ONE night my house will catch on fire is infinitesimally small - but not one in 1,000, Mr. Prachett) it should be my option to take this "gamble."
So for all the nights (there have been at least 4 since I bought this house) that you have screwed up my sleep, I saw SCREW YOU to the people who made this horrible thing. I hope your alarm clocks get possessed by demons and start waking you up every 15 minutes for the next year, and will continue to do so even after you have unplugged them from the wall. ARGH!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/charitycam/mice/angry.gif) seriously annoyed
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February 18th, 2008
| 03:50 pm - AAAARGH!
Drove all the way to Ikea to buy the last bits of furniture for the guest room.
Bought the WRONG BLOODY COLORS.
Can't take them back until at least Thursday/Friday. Grrrr.
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January 13th, 2008
January 10th, 2008
| 10:30 pm - Video game shirts...
... Now searching for the ultimate shirts to wear to our great PAX adventures this summer.
For Jenn2D2 and my brother, I nominate this shirt:
http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/the_cake_is_a_lie.html
Oh, and because we care about calendaring here in Busy People world... PAX 2008 will be August 29th, 30th and 31st, so save the date!
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January 8th, 2008
| 12:54 pm - Hmmm...
Swiped from Kalanthe, because I could:
| You Are 60% Girly | 
You're a little girly, a little boyish, and probably a whole lot indie.
You have your own unique style, and it pretty much defies gender lines. |
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January 4th, 2008
| 09:28 pm - *thwack*
Don't you love it when you can't figure out why the blanket on the couch behind you won't seem to squish flat and keeps smacking your ear...
and then you realize you're leaning on a cat, and the thing hitting you in the ear is his tail?
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/charitycam/mice/sleepy.gif) bored
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