So, I'm alive and all. I spent all yesterday being sick with a sinus infection. As it is, I sound like a husky transvestite. How I wish I were kidding.

It's been a fun near-48 hours of peppermint oil diffusers, endless cups of herbal tea, Advil cold and sinus, and moisturized tissues. My poor nose is worn out. The worst part is the nights- the air conditioner in our apartment pumps out the dryest air-- I feel like I'm breathing in daggers. Also, my face feels like a beach ball.

Blech.

Anywho, yesterday was 3 years for Mike and I. We celebrated with a nap on the couch, being on duty, and then with me waking him up every hour as I coughed up a lung or blew my nose like a tuba. Ahhh, the romance of it all.

But he brought up his I-Book to play me a song- Schoolhouse Rock's Three is a Magic Number, and he brought stargazer lilies (my favorite!). With the lilies were these tiny buds growing off multi-branched stalks. They're like bluebells, only smaller and fuchsia. Anybody know what they are?

The downside? I have stargazer lilies in my room, and I can't smell them.

Also? Happy Icon Makers Day!!

snoopypez and teddibear were darlings and dropped off cute little banners for me that made me feel a bit better, plus a bunch of you mentioned me in your posts. Thanks a bunch, guys!!

As I am still computerless, I am therefore bannerless, but I can still give props to:

alyfan, behindblue_eyes,writteninblue, girlfromsouth, frillybunny, ispahan, infinite_icons, isabel0329, poisoninjest, girlfromsouth, lm, mpoetess, foggi, desuete, _jems_, mildmay, wisteria_, anniesj, enfaith, myska_x, isabellecs, lauranobaka, sekhmet_ra_,

and especially to my favorite all-around pretty-makers, evergleam83, whisperwords, jacklemmon, dtissagirl, crushw_eyeliner, obsessedmuch, quebelly, puppetoflove, silvercobwebs, and silvergreen.

If I left someone out, please blame it on my sinus headache. And also, thanks to outoftime for spearheading this day of lurve... plus those who make and host caps and brushes. I can't wait to make more icons.

Okay. More advil, please.