Friday Five
1. Lost in my fiction world and remodeling, I completely forgot to pay my internet bill. Okay, actually, that's not true. I tried to pay it last week, but AT&T had major issues with their website so I couldn't get through. Then I got busy writing and forgot. So this morning I woke up to suspended email accounts. Oops. Before I even had my coffee down I fired up their pay-by-phone thing. I hate that system. I mean, like, despise it. I kept yelling "Pay my bill!" and it kept going back to the same menu option: "Please say, 'pay my bill.'" Then I said, "Oh my God." And it said, "I think you said,'Other'". I wanted to pitch my phone across the room. But I didn't. Instead I took a large gulp of my coffee and when I tried again my "smart" phone changed screens to tell me my email password was incorrect and it couldn't collect my emails. I had to slide that card off the screen and pull up my phone screen where AT&T had been put on hold. It took forever to pay that stinkin' bill and they still haven't reinstated my email accounts. Word to the wise, don't let your husband sweet talk you into paying the bills while you're in the writing zone.
2. At around 9 o'clock this morning I became the proud owner of a workable kitchen sink again! And a dishwasher! Totally worth several loud and obnoxious SQUEES! We have boards as counters though, because we're still waiting on our tile order to come in.
3. Tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms completely ruined my Vampire Diaries viewing last night. I watched it off Amazon this morning though and OHMYGOD! 2 episodes back I got a little irritated with the "protect" Elana story line that has gone on for waaaay too long. But they twisted the whole thing once again in a very good way. So I'm happy! What I'm not happy about is last week my husband caught the show before I did. Since he couldn't keep quiet about it he went on and on. As he reached the big twist I guessed what happened before he could tell me. He looked shocked at my psychic abilities and confused over my obvious disappointment regarding the whole thing. I took him to my PA file and read that exact twist in my book that I had written two days before. :-( Bummer. Bummer. This morning while I was watching, another plot thing happened that I wrote yesterday in PA. As I'm well aware that there is no new idea under the sun, it still doesn't stop me from being bummed when this sort of thing happens. It also reminds me of the anger I felt when some dummy made a remark about True Blood stealing things from Twilight. Because as we all know, Charlaine was pounding out her vampire books long before Stephenie ever even dreamed her Twilight Saga. But I digress.
4. My little man showed off his new toy to his daddy this morning. It's a John Deere cotton picker. As I helped him get loaded in the SUV, he told me about his friend who has a green bean picker. Hmm... Since I've never heard of a green bean picker I'm awfully curious about how it looks.
5. I checked out my Yahoo news feed yesterday while taking a break from the "writing zone". Bad idea. That thing is depressing. Oil prices are going sky high and the housing prices are dropping. Tiger Woods did something and got mad. Lindsay Lohan got in trouble at her hearing and Charlie Sheen is being Charlie. It appears, I didn't miss much in my week-long absence. Same as always. I then popped over to FB to say hi to everyone, read a few updates on my home page, and happily returned to my book world.
2. At around 9 o'clock this morning I became the proud owner of a workable kitchen sink again! And a dishwasher! Totally worth several loud and obnoxious SQUEES! We have boards as counters though, because we're still waiting on our tile order to come in.
3. Tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms completely ruined my Vampire Diaries viewing last night. I watched it off Amazon this morning though and OHMYGOD! 2 episodes back I got a little irritated with the "protect" Elana story line that has gone on for waaaay too long. But they twisted the whole thing once again in a very good way. So I'm happy! What I'm not happy about is last week my husband caught the show before I did. Since he couldn't keep quiet about it he went on and on. As he reached the big twist I guessed what happened before he could tell me. He looked shocked at my psychic abilities and confused over my obvious disappointment regarding the whole thing. I took him to my PA file and read that exact twist in my book that I had written two days before. :-( Bummer. Bummer. This morning while I was watching, another plot thing happened that I wrote yesterday in PA. As I'm well aware that there is no new idea under the sun, it still doesn't stop me from being bummed when this sort of thing happens. It also reminds me of the anger I felt when some dummy made a remark about True Blood stealing things from Twilight. Because as we all know, Charlaine was pounding out her vampire books long before Stephenie ever even dreamed her Twilight Saga. But I digress.
4. My little man showed off his new toy to his daddy this morning. It's a John Deere cotton picker. As I helped him get loaded in the SUV, he told me about his friend who has a green bean picker. Hmm... Since I've never heard of a green bean picker I'm awfully curious about how it looks.
5. I checked out my Yahoo news feed yesterday while taking a break from the "writing zone". Bad idea. That thing is depressing. Oil prices are going sky high and the housing prices are dropping. Tiger Woods did something and got mad. Lindsay Lohan got in trouble at her hearing and Charlie Sheen is being Charlie. It appears, I didn't miss much in my week-long absence. Same as always. I then popped over to FB to say hi to everyone, read a few updates on my home page, and happily returned to my book world.