I've been trying to write this post for a week now. The 28th of September was the one year anniversary of our arrival on St. Croix and I thought you'd all like an update. But I was so busy getting things ready for the RH Downloadable Patterns launch that I never found the time.

Truth is, this kind of situation has been very rare on St. Croix. ( Read more... )

Well, today marks the beginning of our third week on island. Yesterday I got my VI driver's license. And today we go to pick up our Jeep and return the rental car. Most of our time has been taken up with running about buying essentials for the house and running back and forth to the post office. When you've rented a Toyota Yaris and you have to ( Read more... )

With all the new things I'm going to be doing now, one of the most important to my mind is writing. I want to write everyday ( Read more... )

I had a cars.com contact from a guy who wants to look at my car. He's bringing a certified check and all the paperwork with him.

*crosses fingers*

They're a day late because of the thunderstorms (thank god they waited!) but the RH team is officially on the road. And I have a MASSIVE amount of boxes to take to the post office tomorrow.

I also want to rapaciously clean (<-- look, I split an infinitive! *wink*) this house. I kept joking that I was going to rent a power washer as soon as they ( Read more... )

brickhousewench came to visit this weekend and helped me go through Barney's book collection. We didn't exactly get it catalogued (there must be over 2000 books there, just hardcovers without ISBNs, not to mention the paperbacks and ISBN-holding books in the shipping materials that I will be putting up on Amazon). But we broke down a van's worth of cardboard ( Read more... )

For me, it isn't a reference to an 80s horror movie franchise. It isn't even a quasi-scholarly reference to the Knights Templar. I was born on a Friday the 13th (although in October, not July), and they've always been my happiest birthdays ( Read more... )

Just seeing how it looks.

Movers coming in an hour to do an assessment and estimate. I'm nervous as a cat.

I'm very nervous. I don't know why. Maybe because this is becoming real.

Rash less inflammed. Itchy, though, but in other places. I don't think it's spreading. I think rather we made the mistake of buying the laundry detergent I'm allergic to. I'm only itchy at neckbands, waistbands, and arm and leg openings. Such amazing timing for a shopping screw up ( Read more... )