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Kayley came in yesterday in a  bad mood.  When I asked her what was wrong, she said that her backpack was a white boy's backpack and that the kids had made fun of her because of it and then the handle broke and her dad said he didn't have the money to get her a new one.  She said she wanted a girly backpack like all the other girls but she probably wouldn't get one because her daddy couldn't work because he had gotten hurt.  She was also upset because her class had gone to the zoo while she had surgery.  I can't help but wonder if it wasn't for the best because I doubt that her dad could afford her ticket.  Her dad is just trying to squeeze by and honestly I worry if Kayley is eating right.  All I ever see her eat is junk food.  She's soo tiny.  She's six and in a 5T.  The shirt she was wearing yesterday was a 3T.  It didn't fit quite right and I still wonder if her mother took back all the clothes we bought for her.  She begged once again to come home with me and I had to put her off.  When my mother and I left we went by Target and Walmart.  I found the cutest pink, frilly, Tinkerbell backpack with wings.  Yup, with wings, pink, sparkley fairy wingas that can be worn on the backpack or taken off and worn on their own.  I also got her a pair of Ariel socks and Mom got her a couple of shirts, one of them Hanna Montana.  The look on that little girl's face when I brought her that backpack and the clothes....even now I just want to cry.  She was so happy.  She said she didn't even want to take the backpack to school because she didn't want it to get messed up.  She had to have the wings on, right then.  She only took them off to slip her Hannah Montana shirt on and then they had to be put right back on.  As I walked her back up to her dad in the Women's Center room they'd been given for the night she took so much pleasure in telling everone that she had grown wings and they had sprouted right out of her back.  It was just too cute.  Of course then she begged me to stay and spend the night with them.  When I told her they wouldn't let me because I wasn't family she got upset and insisted that I was family.  It took a promise of a trip to the zoo to get her to let me go.  I've already told her I'd take her back to the mall and to Chuck E. Cheese for supper next weekend.  Little scamp gave me the innocent look and asked if we could go to Disney World. *rolls eyes*  At least we made her happy.  It's a good feeling.

Well, It's my birthday and my wings have been clipped due to this horrific weather. *sigh*  It's been raining all day.  Thunder and lightening have driven my poor cat Chloe Katherine as far under me as she can go without going under my skin.  Tornado warnings are all over the state.  We're being blown away by 80 mph winds and some places are getting hale the size of dimes.  For the sake of my poor car, I hope we avoid the hale, but they say it's not going to be over any time soon. I had planned to go out and spend the Barnes and Nobel gift cards I was given, go out to eat and go bowling for the first time with my friends, but I guess it will have to wait.  My birthday's been pretty good other than that.  I lazed about most of the day on the computer.  I'm eagerly awaiting the fic </a></strong></a>sirenprincess is writing for me.  My internet family has been really great.  I've gotten birthday messages and comments from a lot of my friends.  I've even gotten them from as far away as Alaska and Japan.  I'm so glad to have so many good friends.  My parents have promised to take me out to BoneFish Grill Saturday night.  YUM!  Bang Bang shrimp, here I come.  My mom surprised me with the prettiest ring.  It's an amethyst  set in silver with two heart shaped garnets and four blue topazes set under the main setting.  It's really unusual, but I love the unusual.  My cousin presented me with a poison ring with an amethyst  set in the top and scroll work everywhere a few years back, so it fits right in.

I know I didn't post anything for Christmas.  I was sooo busy.  I hope everyone had a good Christmas, I know I did.  It's sad but I'm already looking forward to MTAC (Middle TN Anime Convention) this year.  It's in April but the hotel is already booked solid.  We reserved in...November?  I think it was November anyway, and they had to put us on the hall opposite the convention because they were already packed then.  Is there anyone going to MTAC?  I went for the first time last year and had such a great time. ^_^  New conventions are always coming up.  We've already done the AWA thing.  My friends Amanda and Heather are going to the new Yaoi Jamboree in Arizona later this year.  I want to go. TT_TT  I'll have to wait and see if I have enough cash.  I doubt I'll be going.  I'm moving into a new apartment and I just don't see it.  I'm going to be in a jam trying to save for MTAC.  Oh well, I guess only time will tell.  

Oh, and my mom completely freaked me out yesterday.  She was talking to me, then she looked into my bedroom and dropped her glass.  She wouldn't say anything for a while but then told me she had seen a young woman, about my age, with long red hair and a flowing white gown standing in my room and then she was gone.  Great.  Just Great.  I got No sleep last night.  Every little noise woke me and I kept thinking I saw something in my mirror. I'm going to learn to just not ask when mom acts freaky. *shakes head*

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I had a good one after I got off work and tried to burn my finger off.  It's never a good thing to hear your skin sizzle and have it stick to a hot surface. Ocean Potion Blue Ice does help.  I know it sounds odd to put something made for sunburns on a kitchen burn, but it works.  Enough of that.  I'm still stuffed.  Good food.  My Mother cooks enough for a small army, no matter who's coming.  I told her we have enough leftovers for a small third world country. LOL.  I know I complain alot, especially recently, but I have so much to be thankful for: A wonderful family, great friends, a roof over my head, enough food to eat, and alot of the finer things in life.

Speaking of being thankful, I went to my mailbox today and found the newest copy of NewType USA!  Someone must have filled my wish from my Holiday Wishes list, because I know I didn't order it.  I'd love to know who to thank, but there was nothing to let me know who paid for it.  Even if you don't want to come forward let me just say "Thank you so much!"  I never expected anyone to actually shell out that kind of money.

I'm about to send out all of my care packages and cards for Christmas.  I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Nicked from just about Everyone!

I think this is a wonderful idea!

Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your IJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use—or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free—do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf—to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not — it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.


1. I'd love a Snape/Lily fic where Snape winds up with Lily and is Harry's father.

2. I'm also a Snarry fan so I'd love a sweet, fluffy fic with this pairing as well.

3. I'm not really expecting this one, but I'd love a subscription to Newtype USA.

4. Some hot Snarry or Drarry artwork. I'm up for anything but bloodplay or watersports.

5. A Snape-saves-harry-from-the-Dursley's Severitis or adoption story.

6. Clocky: The alarm clock that runs away. I'm not a morning person and I sleep through most alarms. I'm willing to try anything.  
     I just got Clocky!  He's awesome!  Try something from my J-List wishlist.   http://www.jlist.com/WISHLIST/160022 

7. Pretty, unique picture frames

8. Christmas Cards. I'd love to be part of the Christmas Card Exchange. If you want a card from me, or want to make one of my wishes come true, send your address or ask for my address at Yadira021881@aol.com


9. Anime - I'm looking for Kyo Kara Maoh! or God? Save Our King! However, Yaoi is nice, too.

10. Do a random act of kindness. Make someone's day and tell me about it. I don't care if it's something as small as helping a little old lady across the street, helping her put groceries in her car or paying the bill of the person behind you in the drive through window. Compliment someone, anything. You never know what a difference you could make. Last Christmas I watched in awe as a man walked up and payed for a woman's groceries in front of me. He didn't know the woman at all. Turns out the woman's husband had left her with three little ones and she didn't even have a job. She was planning on buying groceries with her last hundred dollars. His kind deed ment the world to her and enabled her to actually buy presents for her children. If not for him, her children, the oldest of which was five, would have had nothing to open Christmas morning. The beauty of kindness is that it doesn't even have to be a large deed, like the man in the grocery store. A simple "You look very nice today." can make someone's day a little brighter.