My boys off to a parade, May 12, 2012.
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I am the walrus
I am the eggman
10 May 2012 @ 06:38 pm
Yes, I am still alive! Real life has eaten me alive, but I'm still kicking! Hope all is okay in your little corner of the world, wherever that may be!
Current Mood: 
exhausted
exhausted03 August 2010 @ 03:31 pm
Adding a couple of states, just to keep things up to date in my brain.
create your own personalized map of the USA
or check out ourCalifornia travel guide
create your own personalized map of the USA
or check out ourCalifornia travel guide
Current Mood: 
busy
busy12 May 2010 @ 07:05 pm
Can I tell you how much I love the fact that I can type "robriki has a backseat of dismembered torsos" as her Facebook status?????
Life is good.
Life is good.
Current Mood: 
giggly
giggly08 May 2010 @ 02:23 pm
23 April 2010 @ 04:21 pm
Current Mood: sleepy
sleepy13 April 2010 @ 10:40 pm
13 April 2010 @ 08:40 pm
Probably having the dog put to sleep tonight. DH took her to the emergency vet. Not good.
Current Mood: 
sad
sad26 February 2010 @ 12:24 pm
Last night I was cruising around Dreamspinner Press looking for something to read. I come across this and for some reason it catches my eye.
I buy it and start reading. Takes me a little to get into the author's style of writing (a bit choppy, at least until the story gets rolling, and in fits and starts in the rest of the piece as well) and okay, it's set in the city I live in, and I'm enjoying the mix of real and fictitious locations the story takes place in.
The poor guys go through some angst and gay-bashing and end up in and out of the hospital, which is where it starts to get a little freaky. One of the characters is seen in the hospital BY MY SON'S NEUROLOGIST!!!!! I sat there, gaping. The characterization was pretty good, but he's a little more casual with my 12 year old than with the 25 year old character in the story.
I NEVER expected to read a gay romance featuring anyone I actually know in RL, even if he just appears for a minute as a supporting character.
I buy it and start reading. Takes me a little to get into the author's style of writing (a bit choppy, at least until the story gets rolling, and in fits and starts in the rest of the piece as well) and okay, it's set in the city I live in, and I'm enjoying the mix of real and fictitious locations the story takes place in.
The poor guys go through some angst and gay-bashing and end up in and out of the hospital, which is where it starts to get a little freaky. One of the characters is seen in the hospital BY MY SON'S NEUROLOGIST!!!!! I sat there, gaping. The characterization was pretty good, but he's a little more casual with my 12 year old than with the 25 year old character in the story.
I NEVER expected to read a gay romance featuring anyone I actually know in RL, even if he just appears for a minute as a supporting character.
Current Mood: 
surprised
surprised14 February 2010 @ 10:53 am
So SOT and I went to the mall last night. I wanted to buy a dock for my iPod so I could listen to it at work if I was in the back and too far away from my computer to hear it. I refused to pay Apple Store prices so we found one at Radio Shack.
I needed a new hoodie, too. I've been wearing one of Mr. robriki's and the zipper's broken and it's too big for me and whenever I wear it I expect Stacey and Clinton to jump out at me and physically remove it from my person. We ended up at Eddie Bauer and I think I got four shirts, a sweater, a scarf, SOT got a sweater. I plunked it all down at the register and the cashier was impressed.
"You look like you found a few things!"
"I came in for a hoodie"
*Looks at stack* "Did you actually find a hoodie?"
I needed a new hoodie, too. I've been wearing one of Mr. robriki's and the zipper's broken and it's too big for me and whenever I wear it I expect Stacey and Clinton to jump out at me and physically remove it from my person. We ended up at Eddie Bauer and I think I got four shirts, a sweater, a scarf, SOT got a sweater. I plunked it all down at the register and the cashier was impressed.
"You look like you found a few things!"
"I came in for a hoodie"
*Looks at stack* "Did you actually find a hoodie?"
Current Mood: amused
amused09 February 2010 @ 09:29 pm
jubilant24 January 2010 @ 06:03 pm
My oldest son, "T2" had three grand mal seizures within a half hour period Saturday afternoon. Three firefighters and two EMTs got him out of the house and into the ambulance to head to the hospital. He spent 7 hours sleeping in ER, had a CT scan, then we got a room for the night. He had an MRI overnight, an EKG this morning, and they'd like to do an EEG but the meds they gave yesterday can screw with the results, so we'll do that outpatient. He had breakfast, an EKG and lunch and they sent us home with a script for anti-seizure meds. He's had neuro issues for almost 5 years now but seizures are new.
Current Mood: 
calm
calm24 January 2010 @ 02:35 pm
No matter how kid-friendly they try to make a hospital pediatric unit, it's still a hospital.
Although full lights and sirens on the expressway is a helluva way to get there.
Although full lights and sirens on the expressway is a helluva way to get there.
Current Mood: exhausted
exhausted06 December 2009 @ 09:02 pm
cheerful28 June 2009 @ 03:29 pm
I need a font to go with an image I'm too lazy to scan and upload. Sounds like an futile endeavor.
Current Mood: 
cranky
cranky22 June 2009 @ 08:12 am
It's a museum employee's nightmare come true.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/06/volunteers_work_to_save_items.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/06/volunteers_work_to_save_items.html
Current Mood: 
pissed off
pissed off06 May 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes today! My day involved cake, a chat with the mayor, meeting the Dutch ambassador, a 15 minute phone call with someone at Sotheby's in New York, ANOTHER phone call from NYC about a furnace, a track meet, and dinner at Logan's Roadhouse.
And now...bed.
*collapses*
And now...bed.
*collapses*
22 October 2008 @ 07:33 pm
Last night we reached a milestone here at the robriki household.
R's ponytail...is longer than his sister's.
R's ponytail...is longer than his sister's.
Current Mood: shocked
shocked16 October 2008 @ 10:24 pm
Question. If you're driving down the highway, and you see your spouse on the shoulder of the road, in YOUR minivan, with the hazards on, do you stop?
Oi, what a day.
Edited to make it not sound like mr. robriki was blinking.
Oi, what a day.
Edited to make it not sound like mr. robriki was blinking.
02 September 2008 @ 01:43 pm
Today I sent off not one, not two, but THREE children to Middle School.
Please to be sending tequila.
Please to be sending tequila.
Current Mood: distressed
distressed