http://www.gilajenn.com/blog Author of fact and fiction Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:54:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My daughter decided to trick or treat as Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd. I'm sure she'll have a lot of explaining to do about it, but she's ecstatic about how it turned out. Huge thanks to Grandma for sewing the dress! [caption id="attachment_21" align="aligncenter" width="227" caption="Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd)"][/caption] http://www.gilajenn.com/blog/archives/20 This weekend has brought one of those rarities in upstate New York -- absolutely gorgeous weather. Clear skies, slight breeze, cool (but not too cool) temperatures. After a very wet summer and a couple weeks of heat and humidity, the notion of a brisk walk to observe the changing leaves ... http://www.gilajenn.com/blog/archives/17 According to Wiktionary.org, yak shaving is "any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on." For writers, yak shaving goes something like this: you're under deadline and go into your office ... http://www.gilajenn.com/blog/archives/14 After endless problems with my old blog, I've made the switch to WordPress. Hopefully, this means I'll be able to update more frequently and share more kitten pix. http://www.gilajenn.com/blog/archives/3