So, yesterday I finished a draft of a new novel (which may or may not suck, but that's beside the point). Today I've got the day off and am actually washing clothes, vacuuming, and 'blogging. Sure, vacuuming doesn't sound too thrilling, but I am so happy to have my living room clean and all my Christmas decorations out. I love Christmas as a time ( Read more... )

Welcome to the Christmas Edition of getting to know your friends.

Okay, here's what you do: change the
answers so that they apply to you. Duh!

Tis the Season to be NICE! NO
SCROOGES!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?    Wrapping paper.

2. Real tree or Artificial?    My parents were real-tree ( Read more... )

My dad is worrying that Mom might be stressing her broken fioot by trying to walk on it too soon after surgery. Gark! She'd better not mess it up again, esp. not by washing dishes that the men in the family are too lazy to do for her (and I can't do because I have a job and life of my own ( Read more... )

Got this idea from Isinglass ( Read more... )

The Princess Bride meme...

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favourite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech.

"Jesus, Grandpa, what'cha read me this for?"  (what I say every time a piece of supposedly escapist fiction gets realistic/depressing)

Well, today I got my first mammogram, walked my mom's dogs, wrote a couple pages on the current novel, went for orientation for the new job (which brings the total of my part-time jobs, not counting writing and sewing, up to 3, officially making me Jamaican, according to an old SNL skit), did laundry, dishes, and bathed the kids, and still feel ( Read more... )

So, maybe my life lacks direction. Me, I see myself as someone who will change a situation if it isn't working for me ( Read more... )

So, this morning I got the call that I've been waiting for, from Mermaiden telling me her father has finally passed on. He's had Alzheimers for many years, and has been in hospice now for over a year, so, in a way, I've already been missing him ( Read more... )

Words of warning to all friends: Do not expect me to join in or comment on any political discussions. Politics is one of the worst possible topics to bring up in my family. I have relatives at the utmost extremes of BOTH SIDES of the political spectrum, and if politics comes up, it is almost always ugly.  I can not change my relatives to be more ( Read more... )

1. Sewing. Working on a wardrobe for my 17" male doll. Have pants. Need shirt, vest, coat, and big-ass scarf. Yes, he is Doctor Who's love child ( Read more... )