1) get back to exercising. THREE times a week, not two. Haven't been to Curves in about a month now, so I need to decide if it will be there or not. Without a place to go work out, I tend to never work out, so I'll stay there for a while.
Though DH is going to have a new contract (YAY!!!) and might not be home when I need him to be. Which also might mean cutting back on volunteer work at school...
2) query agents. Get one to take me on. I'm thinking with my were-fox/shapeshifter story.
3) finish and edit French historicals as well. Amp up the suspense.
4) finish the book that I have not told anyone about. It'll be fairly short and I'm getting close to the end.
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
And to all a gooooood night!
I tried. I did.
Most of the things on the boys' lists were either expensive ($250 Lego set?) or no-gos (a cell phone? You're 10. And you never make calls) or just not happening (pet).
So I found stuff they would like, not necessarily what they asked for.
I was also trying to get out a bit cheaper than usual - though I don't spend all THAT much any year.
So DS2 didn't like anything. At all. The remote control car he wanted - because his cars and only his cars never work right - DH got him an RC helicopter that is mostly uncontrollable. He got one, small lego set because I thought someone else was getting a big one for the two of them to share. He had already read one of the books (though he will likely want to read it again!). He liked the bathrobe until I went to take a picture of him in it. So, of course, the boring stuff like clothes were an affront and an offense.
DS1 was happier, but then, he got three small lego sets.
DD is pretty happy all around. She's easily pleased and we did get her stuff that we knew would please her.
I got some cool stuff and some chocolate. Woohoo! I'm waitin' and hopin' that my present from my brother was a couple of books that don't come out until the 28th.
DH didn't get a whole lot. He never tells us what he wants and then the slippers allegedly in his size don't fit him.
I'm trying to talk DH into the pet still. I think a cat or two would be great.
Most of the things on the boys' lists were either expensive ($250 Lego set?) or no-gos (a cell phone? You're 10. And you never make calls) or just not happening (pet).
So I found stuff they would like, not necessarily what they asked for.
I was also trying to get out a bit cheaper than usual - though I don't spend all THAT much any year.
So DS2 didn't like anything. At all. The remote control car he wanted - because his cars and only his cars never work right - DH got him an RC helicopter that is mostly uncontrollable. He got one, small lego set because I thought someone else was getting a big one for the two of them to share. He had already read one of the books (though he will likely want to read it again!). He liked the bathrobe until I went to take a picture of him in it. So, of course, the boring stuff like clothes were an affront and an offense.
DS1 was happier, but then, he got three small lego sets.
DD is pretty happy all around. She's easily pleased and we did get her stuff that we knew would please her.
I got some cool stuff and some chocolate. Woohoo! I'm waitin' and hopin' that my present from my brother was a couple of books that don't come out until the 28th.
DH didn't get a whole lot. He never tells us what he wants and then the slippers allegedly in his size don't fit him.
I'm trying to talk DH into the pet still. I think a cat or two would be great.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sunday rambles
So far today:
I've spent far too much time hoping someone would post something funny on facebook.
I printed out Raley's coupons and went grocery shopping. With sales and coupons, I saved a lot of money, but still was well over $50, which is the cutoff for getting 50 cents off per gallon at their gas station. The Toddler behaved as she ran around in a Christmas sweater and charmed people.
We got two fairly large "ponkins" at $1 each (coupon!) and then paid whatever per pound for a smaller white one. I'll probably still take them to a pumpkin patch next week when they have half days due to conferences. Maybe even Apple Hill?
There's a neighbor across the way cutting with a chainsaw. I might take my computer and move someplace quieter, ie not right by the front window.
They are predicting a little rain for this afternoon. It looks, feels, and smells like it and there are already a few little sprinkles.
I'm getting excited for NaNoWriMo. I have an outline that I want to read over and add some things to. I'm also reading a book about Louis XIV and might even get to Mme de Sevigné's letters. Maybe. I got distracted yesterday by a contemporary romance by Jill Shalvis that I bought when it first came out about 3 weeks ago and which has been langushing, unread, until now. I also went through my library requests and put a freeze on everything that I could that's not a movie for the kids, etc. I'm already returning more books than I read these days.
We just had grilled cheese for lunch. "Grilled" in the sense of toasted under the broiler, because the Brits call that the grill. See? At least I amuse myself, right?
Peepee and poopoo in the potty sometimes seems like the biggest moment of the day, you know? Toddler's, not mine...
I've spent far too much time hoping someone would post something funny on facebook.
I printed out Raley's coupons and went grocery shopping. With sales and coupons, I saved a lot of money, but still was well over $50, which is the cutoff for getting 50 cents off per gallon at their gas station. The Toddler behaved as she ran around in a Christmas sweater and charmed people.
We got two fairly large "ponkins" at $1 each (coupon!) and then paid whatever per pound for a smaller white one. I'll probably still take them to a pumpkin patch next week when they have half days due to conferences. Maybe even Apple Hill?
There's a neighbor across the way cutting with a chainsaw. I might take my computer and move someplace quieter, ie not right by the front window.
They are predicting a little rain for this afternoon. It looks, feels, and smells like it and there are already a few little sprinkles.
I'm getting excited for NaNoWriMo. I have an outline that I want to read over and add some things to. I'm also reading a book about Louis XIV and might even get to Mme de Sevigné's letters. Maybe. I got distracted yesterday by a contemporary romance by Jill Shalvis that I bought when it first came out about 3 weeks ago and which has been langushing, unread, until now. I also went through my library requests and put a freeze on everything that I could that's not a movie for the kids, etc. I'm already returning more books than I read these days.
We just had grilled cheese for lunch. "Grilled" in the sense of toasted under the broiler, because the Brits call that the grill. See? At least I amuse myself, right?
Peepee and poopoo in the potty sometimes seems like the biggest moment of the day, you know? Toddler's, not mine...
Monday, September 20, 2010
If you're going to rant
about the state of education today
(based on an Oprah show, because you know that Oprah IS an expert in EVERYTHING)
then don't make the plurals of "moms" and "dads" with apostrophes in them.
Because guess what? Looks like the schools failed you 30 years ago.
(based on an Oprah show, because you know that Oprah IS an expert in EVERYTHING)
then don't make the plurals of "moms" and "dads" with apostrophes in them.
Because guess what? Looks like the schools failed you 30 years ago.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
whining
That's ME who's whining.
The little handle of my Brita UltraMax water filter pitcher broke. Just the teeny-tiny little knob that holds the handle onto the nozzle part, so while it's not catastrophic (especially because we've had the pitcher for ages and only paid a couple bucks for it at a garage sale in the first place), it's now unusable. I emailed Brita to see if I can get a new little handle. If not, I'll have to decide if we're getting a new one or relying on the fridge's water dispenser, which is slooooowwwwww.
I have a weird rash on my belly. I thought it was mosquito bites when the little dots first appeared two weeks ago, but they spread and raised up and itch like a... itch. I finally started using topical steroids left over from about 5 years ago when I had a really enormous rash. I hate using weird stuff like that, but it was out of control. I thought I threw the ointment away a long time ago and now feel bad because DS2 is allergic to something out in the yard, too and has suffered a couple of rashes and the benedryl ointment stuff didn't help much. Not that i wanted to use steroids on him unless absolutely necessary, but, well, poor guy.
And though I have been fake-gloating on facebook that I gave my cold to all of my kids as revenge for all the colds they've given me, it means that DD had a couple of bad nights. Last night, she had a hard time getting to sleep because she was coughing, but she then slept for a long, long time, so we were nice and rested this morning.
And I needed to be rested, because DS2 didn't want to go to bed last night and so was tired and cranky and difficult this morning - didn't want to get dressed, didn't want to eat breakfast, didn't want to tell me if he wanted hot lunch (grilled cheese) or a packed lunch, so he got a packed lunch because it's slightly cheaper and because I'd had enough by then. Oh, and it's standardized testing this week, so we'll see how well he does.
At least it's sunny today, so they will play outside at recess and maybe not be as hyped as they were yesterday.
Oh. and the big thing? (yes you have to read all the way to the bottom to get to the big thing.) I got a letter from the agent who had my partial manuscript and she didn't like it. So poop.
Better get to work on that query letter.
The little handle of my Brita UltraMax water filter pitcher broke. Just the teeny-tiny little knob that holds the handle onto the nozzle part, so while it's not catastrophic (especially because we've had the pitcher for ages and only paid a couple bucks for it at a garage sale in the first place), it's now unusable. I emailed Brita to see if I can get a new little handle. If not, I'll have to decide if we're getting a new one or relying on the fridge's water dispenser, which is slooooowwwwww.
I have a weird rash on my belly. I thought it was mosquito bites when the little dots first appeared two weeks ago, but they spread and raised up and itch like a... itch. I finally started using topical steroids left over from about 5 years ago when I had a really enormous rash. I hate using weird stuff like that, but it was out of control. I thought I threw the ointment away a long time ago and now feel bad because DS2 is allergic to something out in the yard, too and has suffered a couple of rashes and the benedryl ointment stuff didn't help much. Not that i wanted to use steroids on him unless absolutely necessary, but, well, poor guy.
And though I have been fake-gloating on facebook that I gave my cold to all of my kids as revenge for all the colds they've given me, it means that DD had a couple of bad nights. Last night, she had a hard time getting to sleep because she was coughing, but she then slept for a long, long time, so we were nice and rested this morning.
And I needed to be rested, because DS2 didn't want to go to bed last night and so was tired and cranky and difficult this morning - didn't want to get dressed, didn't want to eat breakfast, didn't want to tell me if he wanted hot lunch (grilled cheese) or a packed lunch, so he got a packed lunch because it's slightly cheaper and because I'd had enough by then. Oh, and it's standardized testing this week, so we'll see how well he does.
At least it's sunny today, so they will play outside at recess and maybe not be as hyped as they were yesterday.
Oh. and the big thing? (yes you have to read all the way to the bottom to get to the big thing.) I got a letter from the agent who had my partial manuscript and she didn't like it. So poop.
Better get to work on that query letter.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Birthday! Take a ch-ch-ch-chance.
Well, I have a head cold along with the allergies I've been dealing with for a few weeks. I thought it was just extra pollen, but starting yesterday, i realized that it was more. I woke up with a blazing headache, so got up earlier than I would have liked. DH wasn't exactly leaping out of bed when the kids started making noise anyway. Maybe I'll sleep in tomorrow...
DH cleaned the car. I hate doing it, hate vacuuming in any form, and just can't get my head around paying a detailing place to do it, so now it's all happy clean as a birthday present. Thank you, Alexis :))
I baked a double batch of (box mix) brownies, some for the neighborhood dinner we're going to, and some for home. I made frosting from scratch, though. Well, I still have to mix it up, but I boiled it to the soft ball stage (har har) and am letting it cool a bit. I'm thinking of sticking strawberries on the one I'm taking out.
Oh, and I did vacuum the hallway because it was beyond dirty. I swept the dining room and kitchen, too, but not the living room, because when I was sweeping, there was stuff ALL OVER the floor.
I did not get to the library, though. I'll have an overdue book on my conscience and a fine that will be, oh 50 cents or so. Horrors!
And now I am contemplating what to wear out tonight. Ommmmm.... What I have on works. There, easy.
So, for my next year (year number, um... lots), I will: send queries to more agents and get signed on. Finish another book in the spring/summer and then another at NaNo time. Do massive editing on the books I have already finished so that they are pretty and shiny and salable.
I'm going to go check my frosting now....
DH cleaned the car. I hate doing it, hate vacuuming in any form, and just can't get my head around paying a detailing place to do it, so now it's all happy clean as a birthday present. Thank you, Alexis :))
I baked a double batch of (box mix) brownies, some for the neighborhood dinner we're going to, and some for home. I made frosting from scratch, though. Well, I still have to mix it up, but I boiled it to the soft ball stage (har har) and am letting it cool a bit. I'm thinking of sticking strawberries on the one I'm taking out.
Oh, and I did vacuum the hallway because it was beyond dirty. I swept the dining room and kitchen, too, but not the living room, because when I was sweeping, there was stuff ALL OVER the floor.
I did not get to the library, though. I'll have an overdue book on my conscience and a fine that will be, oh 50 cents or so. Horrors!
And now I am contemplating what to wear out tonight. Ommmmm.... What I have on works. There, easy.
So, for my next year (year number, um... lots), I will: send queries to more agents and get signed on. Finish another book in the spring/summer and then another at NaNo time. Do massive editing on the books I have already finished so that they are pretty and shiny and salable.
I'm going to go check my frosting now....
Sunday, January 31, 2010
hang on. This one is post #1,000. anyway. Drought.
I misread the number when putting up the last post. It said that there were already 998 posts, so that last one was #999.
So yippeeeee!!!!!!!
Anyway.
According to the drought monitor map, our county is mostly in D0, which is abnormally dry, though some is finally listed as no drought.
And guess what? It's supposed to rain tomorrow!
Still a couple of years' worth to catch up on and they're saying the reservoirs aren't full yet, but it's still good news.
So yippeeeee!!!!!!!
Anyway.
According to the drought monitor map, our county is mostly in D0, which is abnormally dry, though some is finally listed as no drought.
And guess what? It's supposed to rain tomorrow!
Still a couple of years' worth to catch up on and they're saying the reservoirs aren't full yet, but it's still good news.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Post #998 - closing in on 1,000 posts
Only took me more than 3 years. Well, that's a bit less than one post a day, so I guess it's neither wimpy nor excessive.
Rough day today.
I tweaked a nerve in my back last night just stretching and so didn't sleep well and woke up even stiffer this morning, one shoulder higher than the other and unable to turn my head very far to the left. I felt a twinge under my right shoulder blade every time I moved my right arm.
So The Toddler caused me to spend almost 5 minutes changing her diaper and I yelled, so DH got up - bloody miracle, really - and I ended up leaving her here while I drove the boys to school. I don't have to look over my left shoulder too much on the way there, but managed it, then called my chiropractor as soon as I dropped them off. He told me he'd be in his office at 10 anyway to do paperwork and to come in.
So I come home and soon get a snotty, sarcastic call asking where I am because there's a field trip. Uh, we filled out those forms 2 months ago, right? Would you mind giving us a head's up the day before? My fault that I didn't have it written down, but I usually write that I'll drive if they need me, because all I have is a small car and I can't attend half of the actual events because I'll have the toddler in tow.
So I go to the chiro and we catch up and he tries to make my legs the same length again and then improves my mobility in my upper back with the pop heard around the world.
So I come home and there's a message from my sister that my dad is in the hospital again because he fainted again, just like he did last year.
So I talked to my sister and my mom. And we still don't really know why, so he's having more tests and at least it's not a blood clot or something from his knee surgery a week or so ago.
And DH tells me he won't be home until extremely late because there's this monthly meeting he goes to.
So I finally get DD down for a happy nap and finally lie down with my neck on a rolled-up towel and an ice pack under my upper back like I was supposed to do 2 hours before.
Oh, and I've been comfort eating. A lot.
And then I forgot DS1's karate gear so he'll have to go tomorrow.
And then pretty soon the boys are screaming and wrestling and running and fighting and I told them to get off of my bed and out of my room about 5 times and they were still szcreeching and kicking and rolling around and yeah, I totally lost my rag.
And then DS2 was totally not even trying to read what he needed to do for his spelling homework. And now instead of doing his math, he's bouncing a ball off the wall.
And did I mention that I have PMS?
Rough day today.
I tweaked a nerve in my back last night just stretching and so didn't sleep well and woke up even stiffer this morning, one shoulder higher than the other and unable to turn my head very far to the left. I felt a twinge under my right shoulder blade every time I moved my right arm.
So The Toddler caused me to spend almost 5 minutes changing her diaper and I yelled, so DH got up - bloody miracle, really - and I ended up leaving her here while I drove the boys to school. I don't have to look over my left shoulder too much on the way there, but managed it, then called my chiropractor as soon as I dropped them off. He told me he'd be in his office at 10 anyway to do paperwork and to come in.
So I come home and soon get a snotty, sarcastic call asking where I am because there's a field trip. Uh, we filled out those forms 2 months ago, right? Would you mind giving us a head's up the day before? My fault that I didn't have it written down, but I usually write that I'll drive if they need me, because all I have is a small car and I can't attend half of the actual events because I'll have the toddler in tow.
So I go to the chiro and we catch up and he tries to make my legs the same length again and then improves my mobility in my upper back with the pop heard around the world.
So I come home and there's a message from my sister that my dad is in the hospital again because he fainted again, just like he did last year.
So I talked to my sister and my mom. And we still don't really know why, so he's having more tests and at least it's not a blood clot or something from his knee surgery a week or so ago.
And DH tells me he won't be home until extremely late because there's this monthly meeting he goes to.
So I finally get DD down for a happy nap and finally lie down with my neck on a rolled-up towel and an ice pack under my upper back like I was supposed to do 2 hours before.
Oh, and I've been comfort eating. A lot.
And then I forgot DS1's karate gear so he'll have to go tomorrow.
And then pretty soon the boys are screaming and wrestling and running and fighting and I told them to get off of my bed and out of my room about 5 times and they were still szcreeching and kicking and rolling around and yeah, I totally lost my rag.
And then DS2 was totally not even trying to read what he needed to do for his spelling homework. And now instead of doing his math, he's bouncing a ball off the wall.
And did I mention that I have PMS?
Friday, January 22, 2010
scientific insight for the day
There was an interview on Fresh Air on public radio today as I came home after dropping the boys at school and doing the homework packets for DS2's class for next week. It was with Jonah Lehrer, who wrote a book called "How We Decide". I had heard part of the interview before when the book was out in hardback and now it's out in paperback.
Anyway, he talked about making a choice of cereal in the cereal aisle and how we can't hold more than 7 variables in our heads at a time and how we're primarily driven by emotions and people who have had an injury or whatever that takes away their emotions can't make decisions.
Anyway, at one point, he said that a study was done wherein some people were asked to memorize a two-digit number and others to memorize a seven-digit number. Then they were trotted down the hall and offered a snack (presumably before they were going to have to spout back the number). Twice as many two-digit people chose the healthy snack as compared with the seven-digit ones.
So.... is our inability to understand that eating at McDonald's every day will kill us due to too much Googling and too many decisions made already? Is eating due to depression because our brains are just too full of the sad thoughts and the emotions to make good choices?
I'm going to see if the library has this book...
Anyway, he talked about making a choice of cereal in the cereal aisle and how we can't hold more than 7 variables in our heads at a time and how we're primarily driven by emotions and people who have had an injury or whatever that takes away their emotions can't make decisions.
Anyway, at one point, he said that a study was done wherein some people were asked to memorize a two-digit number and others to memorize a seven-digit number. Then they were trotted down the hall and offered a snack (presumably before they were going to have to spout back the number). Twice as many two-digit people chose the healthy snack as compared with the seven-digit ones.
So.... is our inability to understand that eating at McDonald's every day will kill us due to too much Googling and too many decisions made already? Is eating due to depression because our brains are just too full of the sad thoughts and the emotions to make good choices?
I'm going to see if the library has this book...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
toddler words part 3
Daaaaa = ta da!
peeeeez = please
dangdoo = thank you
bemmee = bless you (bless me)
ite = light
now
mon = come on
bone = phone
I had some other ones, but can't think of them now
peeeeez = please
dangdoo = thank you
bemmee = bless you (bless me)
ite = light
now
mon = come on
bone = phone
I had some other ones, but can't think of them now
Sunday, January 17, 2010
more toddler words
ousside = outside
in
dow = down
by = belly button
bye bye
ouchie
bop-bop = bottom
poopoo
dipey = diaper
meow = cat
arh! arh! = dog
broom-broom = car/truck
oopsie is actually more like "booptey" - at least it is today
and then there are all the sign language things...
oh and some more additions:
wawa = water
buhdee/tweetwee = bird
bih = fish
beer = bear
in
dow = down
by = belly button
bye bye
ouchie
bop-bop = bottom
poopoo
dipey = diaper
meow = cat
arh! arh! = dog
broom-broom = car/truck
oopsie is actually more like "booptey" - at least it is today
and then there are all the sign language things...
oh and some more additions:
wawa = water
buhdee/tweetwee = bird
bih = fish
beer = bear
Saturday, January 16, 2010
toddler words
dinny = candy
bool = milk
doo = juice
disdan = DS2
dasdan = DS1
bee beh = herself
my = mommy, my, mine
daddy
bee bee = baby, Elmer Fudd (because in one cartoon dream, he's naked except for his hat and what looks like a diaper made of green flowers, so in every other cartoon, he's also a beebee)
dass = dance
neeeeee = horse, cow
mo = movie
dit = sit
boopsie = oopsie
ball
boing boing = jump
ayeee = eye
dass = glasses
peen = paper
doo = show
gock = sock
peeean = pants
deep/nigh-nigh = sleep
book
dee-dee-dee-dee = ABC (as in Dr Seuss' ABC computer game)
bunny
open
NO
bool = milk
doo = juice
disdan = DS2
dasdan = DS1
bee beh = herself
my = mommy, my, mine
daddy
bee bee = baby, Elmer Fudd (because in one cartoon dream, he's naked except for his hat and what looks like a diaper made of green flowers, so in every other cartoon, he's also a beebee)
dass = dance
neeeeee = horse, cow
mo = movie
dit = sit
boopsie = oopsie
ball
boing boing = jump
ayeee = eye
dass = glasses
peen = paper
doo = show
gock = sock
peeean = pants
deep/nigh-nigh = sleep
book
dee-dee-dee-dee = ABC (as in Dr Seuss' ABC computer game)
bunny
open
NO
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
a smart/lucky penguin
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2009/11/smartest-little-penguin-ever.html
Copied from TYWKIWDBI or whatever their initials are.
It's a 5 minute video, but if you start a bit before the 2 minute mark, you will see the pod of killer whales circling and chasing the penguin, who is frantically swimming and leaping from the water. And then just after the 2 minute mark....
And if I were those people? I would have started up the engine about then because the killer whales didn't look like they minded going through the people to get to that penguin, if you know what I mean...
Copied from TYWKIWDBI or whatever their initials are.
It's a 5 minute video, but if you start a bit before the 2 minute mark, you will see the pod of killer whales circling and chasing the penguin, who is frantically swimming and leaping from the water. And then just after the 2 minute mark....
And if I were those people? I would have started up the engine about then because the killer whales didn't look like they minded going through the people to get to that penguin, if you know what I mean...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
pet peeve misspellings
Ah yes. Time for some people to make resolutions regarding spelling.
(and yeah, I sometimes have trouble with affect and effect...)
Via Neatorama.
(and yeah, I sometimes have trouble with affect and effect...)
Via Neatorama.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
NaNo let down
Kind of wandering randomly around since NaNoWriMo finished a couple of days ago.
DS1 still needs a cravat or SOMETHING to tie around his neck tomorrow at Sutter's Fort. No respectable gentleman would be out without one. Poor guy's going to just have a hunk of black fabric. I just have to find the fabric...
Oh, and his shoes are all wrong. Too freaking bad. I am DONE. Well, except for the necktie.
After that... Xmas PJs for all the kids, new PJ pants for me (my zebra stripes have holes. I made them.... 4 or 5 years ago?), then The Toddler pulled out a couple of quilting mags and I was flipping through one and came across a pattern that I like, which seems to eb the one I kept the mag for. And I had a burst of inspiration and know what fabric I will use for it that's been moldering away waiting for a burst of inspiration. So my sewing time will be filled for a bit anyway.
Pizza for dinner tonight. I can't seem to come up with any ideas for anything lately, either.
I need to come up with a present for an English friend. I have a few vague ideas but am a bit stumped. Needs to be mailed ASAP, of course!
DS1 still needs a cravat or SOMETHING to tie around his neck tomorrow at Sutter's Fort. No respectable gentleman would be out without one. Poor guy's going to just have a hunk of black fabric. I just have to find the fabric...
Oh, and his shoes are all wrong. Too freaking bad. I am DONE. Well, except for the necktie.
After that... Xmas PJs for all the kids, new PJ pants for me (my zebra stripes have holes. I made them.... 4 or 5 years ago?), then The Toddler pulled out a couple of quilting mags and I was flipping through one and came across a pattern that I like, which seems to eb the one I kept the mag for. And I had a burst of inspiration and know what fabric I will use for it that's been moldering away waiting for a burst of inspiration. So my sewing time will be filled for a bit anyway.
Pizza for dinner tonight. I can't seem to come up with any ideas for anything lately, either.
I need to come up with a present for an English friend. I have a few vague ideas but am a bit stumped. Needs to be mailed ASAP, of course!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
a few updates
On Monday - or maybe Tuesday? - I completed 50,000 words of fiction this month. Since then, I have hit a huge slump. But hey, I'm a NaNoWriMo winner again. Phew!
Since then, I have helped the 4th graders at the kids' school learn to sew with a machine (even though sewing machines hadn't yet been commercialized in 1847, the date of their reenactment at Sutter's Fort next month. I have also sewed a black vest/waistcoat for DS1, whose role is a 40-something year old businessman named James Reed. I need to find some sort of frock coat for him and some pants. And cravat and hat. Oy.
I also got the kids vaccinated for H1N1 at the county clinic. The line was really short last night when I just went by to check and hte boys got the mist and the toddler got a nasty old shot but recovered quickly. We're supposed to get a booster in a month. I wonder if the seasonal vax is still available, too?
We all have had sniffly colds for a week or so now. And DS2's friend who spent the night last Saturday has come down with strep.
We have a week off now to come down with or make sure we don't come down with a whole list of diseases.
And geez are we ever off to a flying start. The boys have been cranky and crazy and goofy and just plain pains in the BUTT for a few days. Especially the day we had a zillion errands to do. And now today. I think I'll take them to school all next week anyway.
Since then, I have helped the 4th graders at the kids' school learn to sew with a machine (even though sewing machines hadn't yet been commercialized in 1847, the date of their reenactment at Sutter's Fort next month. I have also sewed a black vest/waistcoat for DS1, whose role is a 40-something year old businessman named James Reed. I need to find some sort of frock coat for him and some pants. And cravat and hat. Oy.
I also got the kids vaccinated for H1N1 at the county clinic. The line was really short last night when I just went by to check and hte boys got the mist and the toddler got a nasty old shot but recovered quickly. We're supposed to get a booster in a month. I wonder if the seasonal vax is still available, too?
We all have had sniffly colds for a week or so now. And DS2's friend who spent the night last Saturday has come down with strep.
We have a week off now to come down with or make sure we don't come down with a whole list of diseases.
And geez are we ever off to a flying start. The boys have been cranky and crazy and goofy and just plain pains in the BUTT for a few days. Especially the day we had a zillion errands to do. And now today. I think I'll take them to school all next week anyway.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
random stuff that I need to clear out of my head
1) The boys taught the toddler how to bend over and make puking sounds yesterday.
2) ds2 was sleepwalking last night. he got up and was babbling and making odd noises and came into my room at about 11 (I was still awake and reading a book) and picked DH's old, broken cell phone that DD plays with off my nightstand and went back to his room. He then went and used the bathroom, still babbling. he then went right back to bed. He doesn't remember any of it and was wondering why the cell phone was on his floor.
3) DD has been trying on her boots. She has one Hello Kitty boot and one Bob the Builder and puts them on and takes them off then puts them on then complains until someone helps her take them off and then she.... Well, you get the picture.
4) Nanowrimo is going quite well, thank you. As of yesterday, the word count thingummy wouldn't load up still, so you have to take my word for it that I passed 17K words this morning. I am trying to get ahead because we are going to be busy with activities and field trips, etc for the next couple days. My characters are finally about to set out on their road trip. They've already learned a lot about themselves and their reasons to want to emigrate, so now it's onward to learning about themselves through being tested by travel (and it'll take 3 -4 weeks to get to Ohio from London, I am guessing).
5) And hey-ho off to the salt mines.
2) ds2 was sleepwalking last night. he got up and was babbling and making odd noises and came into my room at about 11 (I was still awake and reading a book) and picked DH's old, broken cell phone that DD plays with off my nightstand and went back to his room. He then went and used the bathroom, still babbling. he then went right back to bed. He doesn't remember any of it and was wondering why the cell phone was on his floor.
3) DD has been trying on her boots. She has one Hello Kitty boot and one Bob the Builder and puts them on and takes them off then puts them on then complains until someone helps her take them off and then she.... Well, you get the picture.
4) Nanowrimo is going quite well, thank you. As of yesterday, the word count thingummy wouldn't load up still, so you have to take my word for it that I passed 17K words this morning. I am trying to get ahead because we are going to be busy with activities and field trips, etc for the next couple days. My characters are finally about to set out on their road trip. They've already learned a lot about themselves and their reasons to want to emigrate, so now it's onward to learning about themselves through being tested by travel (and it'll take 3 -4 weeks to get to Ohio from London, I am guessing).
5) And hey-ho off to the salt mines.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
mmmmm beer!
Now THIS is important research!
CRAFT BEERS
These specialty made beers get lumped into one category both because there are fewer fans (and thus less statistically significant data) of them, but also because the personalities of one type fairly well describe another. This group is more likely to spend time thinking about beer rather than work. They are more open-minded than most people, seek out interesting and varied experiences and are intellectually curious. Craft-beer drinkers also skew as having a lower sense of responsibility—they don't stress about missed deadlines and tend to be happy-go-lucky about life.Craft-beer lovers are 153% more likely to always buy organic, 52% more likely to be fans of the show "The Office" and 36% more likely to be the ones to choose the movie they are going to see at the theater.
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