Yesterday I left work a little earlier than normal because I needed to make it to town hall with some tax bills to be paid.  I was grumpy -- not an unusual state of mind for me these days -- and the wind was blowing tablespoon-sized globs of more-than-freezing-rain-but-not-quite-all-snow, which didn't make me any less grumpy. As I drove my car ( Read more... )

• Three stories back out to new markets (CHECK!)
• Query to market that has had another story for, er, months (CHECK!)
• Begin revision of story that worked its way up to the top of the marination drawer. (CHECK! So far, over 500 words and two dreadful scenes surgically removed, bringing it under the ominous 5000 word ceiling.)

Reward: early to bed with stealthmuffin ' ( Read more... )

I was planning to get to Arisia at least one day this weekend, but the cold, my cold, and the growing list of other things that I need or should get done have made me at last decide against it.  If it's this cold again next month when Boskone rolls around, at least I'll have a shorter to-do list to feel guilty about ignoring -- and I hope I'm in ( Read more... )

I've been fascinated by some of the ideas that come out of Wardrobe Refashion for quite some time, and finally made the decision to join up. In the past I have been too easily tempted by the winter clothing sales at this time of year, when I have perfectly-good-but-not-currently-wearable stuff in my closet.  (Not to mention my fabric and yarn stash ( Read more... )

Both internet connection and furnace have been working without a hitch (knock wood) for over 48 hours.,but sometime yesterday, the speakers hooked up to the JZ's computer (and therefore his audio system, video and TV) stopped working ( Read more... )

The Internet connection at home stopped working sometime last Sunday night, which complicated doing some simple things like keeping in touch and paying bills this past week. Finally last night, during our second lengthy go-around on the phone with Comcast, it was determined that a certain button -- which we were unaware even existed --had been ( Read more... )

Just feel like writing again, which hasn't been the case for a while. The last six weeks three months have been challenging, to say the least, and a lot of my creative energy has been going for other things, like dealing with the effects of the economic crisis daily in my job and reeling from the effects of the same on me personally (can't afford ( Read more... )

1. Not thinking about market volatility, portfolio values or The Bailout.
2. Catching up on chores and errands that hadn't been getting done because of too much thinking re the aforementioned topics.
3. Writing on new story which had been long-neglected for same reasons. *
4. Celebrating my mumblety-mumble-eth birthday leaf-peeping, art show viewing and festive ( Read more... )

That is all.

...a writing post!

I've got a lot of work-related stuff going on tomorrow -- a couple of not-so-fun meetings and their potentially even-less-fun aftermaths, and (thank the gods) not one but two potentially fun after-work get-togethers -- so I'm pretty sure I'll won't be able to do the officially month-end stats I had planned.  (Seeing as though I'm ( Read more... )