Bit of Ivory

There is a bit of happy news in all this grief. I just opened my mail, and I have been accepted to BYU Graduate School! Wahoo!

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is here. I think it turned out wonderfully. A fitting tribute. My mother was much too tired to cook last night, so we went out. Our waiter was very cool. We were reminiscing about our high school choir teacher, and my sister Laura mentioned a comment he’d made once about Britney Spears: “Not much upstairs, […]

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My grandfather died at approximately 11 o’clock this morning, just as I was being interviewed at BYU. It’s almost a relief. He’s past the pain now, and the anxious waiting is over. Now we just have to learn to adjust to life without him. My grandfather was a great man. As a child I was […]

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Grandpa is still hanging in there, which amazes all of the hospice people. My parents are both up there, so I’m home alone again with my thoughts. Except this time Wedgewood’s in the corner, which makes such a difference. She’s been acting strangely– very clingy, which is extremely odd. She usually doesn’t like me very […]

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Well, I just got back from visiting my grandfather. He looked pretty bad. He was sleeping the whole time I was there. It was so hard to hear him breathe. He only took a breath every 30-45 seconds, and then it was raspy and labored. So so hard. I told him I loved him and […]

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My grandfather is dying. He has Parkinson’s disease, and has been going downhill for years now. Just after Christmas, he took a turn for the worse. Grandma started getting hospice care in. Last Sunday we went for dinner, and I kissed him on the cheek and told him I loved him. Last night my uncles […]

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I finished chapter 1 of Albus! *does happy fic-writing dance* It’s still an early draft– I must go back and fiddle with the dialogue. It still sounds too modern. Maybe I’ll rewrite the whole thing in Austenian. Oh, and I need a title for the story. And a definite plot. But hey, I’ve got a […]

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That’ll teach me to use Ginny almost exclusively. You see, while I have both a desktop (Harry) and a laptop (Ginny), I almost always use my laptop these days. I can use it upstairs with the rest of my family, where it’s warm. Harry’s in my room in the basement where it’s COLD. And besides, […]

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Go Johnny! Go RotK! Go Tony Shaloub! Billy was in a kilt! Whoot! Go Screen Actors Guild! Now lets hope I’m this happy after the Oscars.

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New Harry Potter toys, right? All well and good. But look at this: Harry Potter and Hermione Granger Fashion Dolls – The two main characters in the Harry Potter literary and movie series’ come “to life” as fashion dolls. Each comes dressed in the clothes made to look like those worn throughout most of the […]

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