Thursday’s edition of Will Write for Wine talked about world building, specifically the world building in Firefly and the movie Chocolat (sorry, I’m too lazy to use the proper accents or to ensure it’s spelled correctly).  I’ve been working on a story of my own that requires creating an entire universe (Gah!), so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to look ( Read more... )

Let me just start by saying I am not enchanted by my job this week.  *sigh*

Last night turned into an impromptu out with friends evening.  Kathy, Sarah and I went to CostCo and then out to dinner.  It was trés yummy, and trés fun, especially watching Sarah on a massive sugar high from a brownie.

When I made it home, I sat down to watch/listen to ( Read more... )

On Monday, if I do say so myself, I was made of awesome.  After work, I bought groceries, made my dinner, and then kicked ass.  I tackled one of my big projects by cleaning out my closet and managing to fit all the Rubbermaid containers holding books that won’t fit in my bookshelves into the closet.   I’m not even going to go into detail about how ( Read more... )

I've added my header to my journal.  Thanks so much to 
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I’ve had lots of little things flitting across my mind the past few days, and since I don’t have a great blog topic in mind, I’m just going to share them here.
 

1. Reality TV wrap-up: I don’t know how, but I found myself watching Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelor, AND American Idol this spring. All three wrapped up their runs this week:
   DWtS -- I’m ( Read more... )

One unexpected day away from work, two boxes of Kleenex, and three ounces (of four) into a bottle of cough syrup later, I think I can safely say that I am tired of coughing.

I seem to cough less when I’m sitting up, so last night I slept in my big green chair (with ottoman).  As a result, I only woke up once with a coughing fit (too hot due to ( Read more... )