I had this whole post prepared about how I spent about twenty minutes Friday listening to a couple of my coworkers discuss the proper way to cook squirrel and possum. And about how on Thursday I had bought farm fresh eggs from another coworker, and about how while nothing is wrong with any of that it just goes to show that I do live in rural, ( Read more... )

Having done the mother's day thing yesterday, today was all about getting projects done as I think part of the reason I've been feeling so overwhelmed lately is that I've got about a dozen started that I've made little to no progress on ( Read more... )

Dear Romance Authors,

Due to the nature of the genre, there is a certain amount of purple prose I'm willing to put up with in the name of a good story or a steamy sex scene. The phrase "rampant penis" is not covered under this rule, and will instead cause me to startle the cats with my laughter before chucking your book in the donation bin.

Just

Happy birthday to redplaidspunk! Hope it's awesome.

Lately the girl cat has become much more active during the night hours while she spends most of the day sleeping, and has also become much more bitey. Last night she decided to attack my feet under the covers (something she's done like once in the entire time I've had her) and left two perfect fang marks ( Read more... )

Happy birthday wishes to settiai!

Over Christmas I received a set of really nice knives, a set of metal measuring cups, a bundt pan, and one of those ninja blenders that is also a food processor. And as I was putting this all away in the kitchen I had this moment where I found myself worrying that I was never really going to get into cooking and or that I would be terrible at it ( Read more... )

The cats invented a new game after discovering the stash of bouncy balls in the cabinet above the fridge. It involves knocking over the bag, then opening the door just enough for one of the balls to go bouncing down the fridge and across the counter to the floor. They would then race each other after the ball ( Read more... )

Apparently I'm starting a tradition of rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer throughout the season and coming home from Christmas with the family with large amounts of alcohol.

It's a tradition I think I'd like to continue.

So I spent a couple of hours earlier this evening sitting around in my living room wearing a formal dress and drinking martini's ( Read more... )