My laptop computer at home is dead. As in door nail. May it rest in peace. Since the new laptop is not due to arrive until Monday, that means that I will not be online at home this week (unless I sneak a look at my e-mail on my sister's computer). Thankfully, I still have my computer at the office, so I will still be able to read my e-mail and ( Read more... )

A not-so-funny thing happened on our way to watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on DVD ... the DVD player broke with the DVD stuck inside it. This was more of an annoyance than anything else since we had of course seen the movie at the cinema. It was not worth the cost to get the darned machine fixed, so we got a new DVD player as soon ( Read more... )

Tagged with the following meme by mpp511Once you are tagged you MUST write a blog entry about your 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next six people to be tagged and list their names ( Read more... )

Happy Froday, everyone! Here's a little ficlet I cobbled together in honour of the day.

Title: Into the Abyss
Rating: PG-13 (for angst)
Summary: Some of Frodo's thoughts as waits for the end after destroying the Ring.

( Into the Abyss )

I just posted my story from Marigold's Challenge #27 to my page at SoA if anyone wanted to read it over there. It's a story about the anniversary of Merry’s stabbing of the Witch King. Sam, Merry, and Pippin would always be a part of Frodo and he had to find some way to help them, especially his cousins, whom he would never again see. Leave a comment

Gacked from Dreamflower02 ( Read more... )

Since it's Tooksday, I decided to post a story I originally wrote for Marigold's Challenge #26, where the required elements she gave me of a bad fall and a trophy were just begging to have this story written. This is a tongue-in-cheek tale of what happened after the death of Lalia the Great. My apologies to the entire Took clan ( Read more... )

Here's a story I wrote for the Shire Kitchen Recipe Fic challenge. There are lots of excellent stories and recipes on that yahoo group's site. I hope you enjoy this one ( Read more... )

Thank you, ran_de_gota and dreamflower02 for tagging me with this interesting meme:

Guilt What is yours? Explain yourself Culinary: mashed potatoes
My all-time favourite comfort food, especially if I am sick.
Literary: Not reading as much non-fiction as I used to. I used to read with a passion about the Shakers, NASA, the Civil War, and American history. That is, ( Read more... )

I'm afraid this isn't quite new, but I finally got around to posting my Marigold's Challenge # 26 stories to my page at SoA. This one seemed to fit in for Cousins' Day. Features 10 year old Pippin, 18 year old Merry, and 32 year old Frodo. (Ages 6 ½ years, 12 years, and 20 ½ years old in Man years ( Read more... )