I have so many friends ... thought I'd have a friending frenzy, so folks can come and get to know one other, friend each other, etc.... something fun!

So, tell us about yourself, and all that...

One caveat, you have to add a pix of yourself or your animals!

Me: I am in Canada with my current and retired guide. I am currently unemployed, but actively looking for a job while volunteering working for two different places during the day, by night and weekends, I am mainly busy with work with Guide Dogs for the Blind and various alumni chapters I am parts of....

During my spare time, I tend to play on Facebook and Twitter, watching TV on my computer, playing Scrabble, 5-pin bowling once a week, visit with friends (including one who is helping me keep up with my ASL skills), etc.

THis is me and Nixon decked with Santa hats with our fireplace in the back ground. Bronze is retired, who I dedicate his screen name to, despite his short working career.

**please invite your friends over, i am having this public for a few days**

For my Birthday, instead of gifts, I'm asking for donations to Guiding Eyes for the Blind. It's of course entirely optional, but I figured I'd put a note about it in my journal just the same. More information and the link to donate can be found here. Thus ends this perhaps shameless plug. Thank you.

Current Mood: okay

I just wanted to write that I just did a massive cleanup of my LJ Friends' list. Kind of like Spring Cleaning, except with no mops, cleaners, and...well...okay, never mind the fact that it isn't Spring. The basic idea was to delete any journals that hadn't been updated in a long while or communities I was no longer interested in. I want to get back into LJ again, and having a smaller Friends' list should hopefully help that. If I accidentally deleted someone who wants to be added, or if anyone new would like to come aboard, now is the time to speak up. Now for those Christmas cookies in the kitchen...

Current Mood: hungry

A more substantial update to come soon, but I wanted to check in and say that my Christmas was very enjoyable. The time spent with family was very nice. All gifts that I gave were received well, and I got some very nice things, including a few books, CDs, a sweater, an elephant puppet and a luggage set to name a few. I'm particularly excited over the luggage set, which might be strange, but it's what is. It's a very nice set, and I really did need a new one...

I'm incredibly tired, and so should probably end this before I start rambling about nothing whatsoever at all. That, and I have no idea what else to say as it is. My brain is shutting down on me rather fast. With that, I take my leave. Take care all, and I hope all had a good holiday, whatever it is that you celebrate.

Current Mood: happy

I just wanted to take a minute to come in and wish all who celebrate Merry Christmas/happy whatever holiday it is that you celebrate. I've been up since around five o'clock, and can't for the life of me get back to sleep, which is beyond annoying, but so it goes.

Later today, in the late afternoon, I'll head over to my grandparents' for our usual Christmas Eve get-together. Peperoni bread and sausage soup and Christmas cookies and family and...oh, did I mention Christmas cookies? I finally concluded all of my Christmas shopping yesterday, thankfully. It's a big relief to have that all done. Take care all, more soon.