| Saturday, January 28th, 2012 |
| 10:35 am |
Chuck Farewell, Chuck Bartowski and Charles Carmichael. Unlike your poor sibling Heros, you never lost your focus or your sense of fun. Jeffster will live forever. Current Mood:  nostalgic |
| Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 |
| 5:52 pm |
Game of Shadows Saw Sherlock II at the theatre last night. Enjoyed muchly, even if 15 minutes could have gone without hurting anything. Love Mycroft calling him "Shirley." Have to cover the City Council meeting tonight. Ugh. Current Mood:  tired |
| Sunday, January 8th, 2012 |
| 8:29 pm |
Happy Birthday, Severus Snape And other things. Survived my first 40 hours week in 13 years. Well, sort of. I left early on Tuesday to go home and nap. When I showed up at 8 a.m. on Monday, nobody was there to give me instructions or papers to fill out. They thought I wasn't coming in until Tuesday. The editor did show up eventually and we got started. I am familiar with the layout program but not an expert and by the end of the day, my neck and shoulders were TENSE. Had a full glass of wine, which I never do, with dinner and fell asleep on the couch. I'm getting the hang of it but my rear end is not used to 40 hours a week sitting down. I will be getting out more in the future, as I start doing actual reporting, but am still sitting down a lot. Ow. Seriously. My butt hurts. Learned about Bountiful Baskets. (www.bountifulbaskets.org) That's the great thing about this job. I learn new things instead of old things. My SIL is clearing out the basement. I have boxes and boxes and boxes of stuff from her to go through. It's a bit emotionally draining for me but I admire her ambition. I'm also serving as editor for my older brother's novel. He assured me he could take constructive criticism. I gave him some. He then admitted it did sting a bit but it was exactly what he needed. He had time while taking care of my mother to get the book in rough draft so good came out of that. So, the new year begins. Current Mood: tired |
| Thursday, December 29th, 2011 |
| 9:11 pm |
Muppets! Walter was Sheldon! Sheldon was Walter!!! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! Current Mood:  happy |
| Friday, December 16th, 2011 |
| 7:54 pm |
More changes I will have even less time and brain power for writing fiction as I start a new job on January 2. I am going to be a full-time reporter at the newspaper where my mother worked for 30 years, where I worked in high school, where my brother worked in high school and where my husband now works. I am not actually trained as a reporter, but they know from many years of working with me as a contract columnist that I can be depended on and I can write. The salary increase won't be huge (I will actually start out at 25ยข less an hour than I make now) BUT I will get my own health insurance so we can save $6,000 a year that is being taken out of my husband's measly salary. Yahoo! I am a bit nervous and guilty (guilty about leaving the historic preservation folks in a bit of a lurch) and not looking forward to getting up and to work by 8 a.m. every day but. . . Some financial security would be nice. We live paycheck to paycheck and really had to struggle to pay all the bills that came at the end of the year this year. We pay our property tax separately, and the house insurance, not as part of our monthly payment, so that makes for some BIG bills twice a year. I have been spending like a fiend (for me!) on Christmas presents. My husband is getting four sweaters, four shirts and two pairs of trousers!!!! I can hardly decide what to blow the bucks on next. Insulation for the 1910 frame addition to our 1882 brick house that unfortunately contains the bathroom with the shower and is therefore the coldest room in the house? Wood for bookcases so we can get piles of boxes out of the garage and unpacked 12 years after moving! New faucets and pipes so we can re-install the old clawfoot tub upstairs! The possibilities are endless. The opportunities to write porn will not be. Current Mood: nervous Current Mood:  hopeful |
| Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 |
| 9:19 am |
Furnace con't All the plumbing in our house is at one end, since the house was built long before plumbing. We have space heaters enough for the pipes. Plumber was over first thing this morning (Bless our local plumbers. We have them on speed dial and they know our address.) He fixed the fan and we have heat. I blame my husband. He changed the furnace filter on Sunday and I suspect the fan was so used to blowing through six inches of cat hair that a clean filter confused it. Current Mood: relieved |
| Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
| 9:24 pm |
Furnace We replaced it last year because the heat exchanger cracked and it was trying kill us. Even though it was under a recall, that recall didn't cover the over $1,000 in labor to install the new one. Guess what just failed? Yup. Buzzing noise and nothing else. It will get to 20 degrees tonight so I have set up back up heaters near the pipes and will call the plumbers in the morning. I'd replace it if I could afford to but I'm not sure I can even pay to have it repaired. Oh,snap, but life is full of fun, isn't it? Current Mood:  angry |
| Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 |
| 8:48 pm |
She is visiting Five months without a sign of Aunt Flo. Sadly, she decided to drop in today. I have NOT missed her. Current Mood: tired |
| Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 |
| 6:10 pm |
To My Jewish Friends "Shanah Tovah" Current Mood: chipper |
| Thursday, September 8th, 2011 |
| 7:08 pm |
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| Friday, August 26th, 2011 |
| 9:19 pm |
Batman met Elvis tonight and took him to the Fair Seriously. We have a local Elvis impersonator who, I gather, as I am not an Elvis fan, is pretty good. There is also a lady in town whose nephew is an authorized Batman. His jaw looks like Adam West and he has an official costume and--get this--an official TV series Batmobile. He makes a living going to conventions. So, it is Elvis' birthday and to surprise him, his wife gets together with Batman's aunt and arranges for Batman to pick Elvis up and take him to the Fair where Elvis is performing. My husband went to take pictures of this event. He said Elvis was going to be late to his performance because he made Batman pop the hood and they were talking car stuff rather than getting going. Sadly, the repro Batmobile does not have turbo overdrive. They were going to drag Main a few times, then go to the Fair. All in a normal day here in the strange little Montana town I call home. Current Mood: amused |
| Monday, August 22nd, 2011 |
| 9:04 pm |
Boots I am a poor person. Seriously. I do not have a closet full of shoes. But I do wear boots a lot in the colder weather and my old black boots were literally falling apart. So. http://www.zappos.com/annie-button-up-black Current Mood: cheerful |
| Saturday, August 20th, 2011 |
| 12:57 pm |
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| Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 |
| 11:18 am |
15 minutes I did 15 minutes on the elliptical this morning. Marathon racers may larf but overweight, sedentary over 50 ladies can sympathize. It was my first time since I can't remember when and I had to give up because of a foot cramp rather than running out of breath! Go me. Of course, I will feel this later as my left calf is already complaining. Current Mood: tired |
| Monday, August 1st, 2011 |
| 10:48 am |
Muse dropped by After watching that movie and those scenes, my Muse made an unexpected appearance, determined to fix things. I don't know how long she'll stick around, but I may need an actual beta reader in the near future. Current Mood:  accomplished |
| Saturday, July 30th, 2011 |
| 4:37 pm |
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| Thursday, July 7th, 2011 |
| 9:54 am |
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| Sunday, June 19th, 2011 |
| 1:21 pm |
What I love about the USA When you are hit with a wave of vertigo and nearly fall over and your first thought is, hell, no, I'm not going to the doctor. I am still arguing with the insurance company over the last bill they were supposed to pay and I haven't begun to work on this year's deductible yet. Am taking sinus pills and lying down. Current Mood: aggravated |
| Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 |
| 11:54 am |
On Stranger Tides I finally saw it last night. GIBBS, GIBBS, I love you Gibbs!!!! Current Mood: amused |
| Monday, May 16th, 2011 |
| 9:48 am |
Update on Life and the Universe 1) Cats do not feel that repainting the guest bedroom and hanging new drapes is a worthwhile activity even if you feel the new color is lovely. 2) When the wind blows in the spring, sinuses complain. A lot. Sniffle. Sneeze. 3) We are the masters of half-finished projects. The bathtub is stripped but not sanded and definitely not repainted. 4) Being constantly broke is annoying. I have a fabulous credit rating for a poor person but, man, I would like to not have to buy the new drapery rods on clearance but pick some based on what I like rather than what is cheapest. 5) The new color in the guest room, in spite of the cat's opinion, is LOVELY and I adore the new drapes. Now to get my parent's old bed set up (can't afford the new mattress it needs, though.) and make a final rearrange and hanging of pictures and whatnot. 6) Openings for original fiction are tramping through my brain. Absolutely nothing beyond the first few paragraphs, brilliant though the are. Sigh. 7) Lilacs are COVERED in buds. I love lilacs even if lilacs hate me. Current Mood:  okay |
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