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Dinner and Done
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*iz ded*
So, yesterday, after the Christmas family brunch (and the unofficial gift-giving that took us over 2 hours to unwrap everything, ahem...) I took my 4 y/o nephew home with me for a little sleep-over ( Read more... ) -
More OTW and a family visit
Clearly, the OTW elections and discussions have touched on a sore point, as proved by the number of posts chiming in. I do have more Thoughts, but they're all ajumble in my head. As it's really hard to say things without risking stepping on toes-even more so in a foreign language-I think it's better not to try to say too much at this stage.
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Bullet point catch-up
- Am enjoying the holiday, even if I had to work yesterday (it was scheduled, so not like a bad surprise or anything).
- On Sunday, my new niece was born! 50cm, over 3700 grams, ten fingers, ten toes, a very healthy baby. I visited her (and her parents) on Monday.
- I'm making good progress on Reorientation!verse, the slash novel about the Greatest ( Read more... )
- Am enjoying the holiday, even if I had to work yesterday (it was scheduled, so not like a bad surprise or anything).
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Geekdom
My mom brought me a 6-page stapled-together scrapbook today, that my aunt had found among my grandmother's things. It was a "travel report" written by yours truly, about a joint trip to London, back in 1982 ( Read more... ) -
Fic progress charts and RL news
Because I like seeing that I'm actually making progress.
Fic Progress and Word Count
Created with Google Docs
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Last day on Ameland
Judging by the weather forecast, tomorrow is a good day to go home again.... But today was lovely. Mom's 65th b'day, so we started with coffee and cake. After that, I took a long walk through the dunes and along the beach, having lunch is a wind-protected hollow in the dunes.
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Am back! And AO3!
The last week and a half I spent with my family vacationing in Lanzarote, in the Canaries. We had lovely weather most of the time, and it was great fun to spend so much time with The Nephew - who is really adorable... (but 11 days in one house with the family is enough, hee ( Read more... ) -
Tidbits, and fic
I've been away on a little trip with my parents for a few days, sightseeing in a different part of the country (yes, we have actual "parts"... :)). We visited the world-famous Kinderdijk, as well as Slot Loevestein, and wandered about some of the old fortress towns like Heusden and Nieuwpoort (the latter was a pleasant surprise, since it's too ( Read more... ) -
Christmas 2008
Hope you all (who celebrated) had a good Christmas! I did; had a nice, quiet day yesterday with filled with cooking for today, and fic'ing an unexpected Bobby-plotbunny ( Read more... )