On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

cross posted (to a point) from lj_nanowrimo

I've been floundering around for the past week, trying so very hard to come up with more of a plot than I'd already had tucked away in  my brain. Basic story: magic vs. technology; magic wins - yay! But I only had one really stirring event planned, and had ended up with a whole ton of character development tucked ( Read more... )

The Girl just got the results from the two AP tests she took back in May. She passed both! So she now has some college credit under her belt.

The Hubby is home today, and has finished the last fence post across the back. We're talking about what we want to do with the fencing across the front, and the gates, and the fact that I want to put the dog ( Read more... )

A double drabble written for prompt 136, "footprints in the snow" at

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Several weeks ago, I was walking Lacey down the driveway when I noticed the remains of something that had once been living in the leaves by the side of the drive. The remains consisted of some odd bits... and a hunk of flesh with a light gray furred tail attached. To me it was obvious that - whatever it was - it had been caught and eaten by our ( Read more... )

Weirdness abounded tonight...

I took Lacey outside to do her business - she's getting good at telling us when she needs to go. This time, however, she was on the poky side, taking her own sweet time with it. Cotton came moseying on up to see what was what, when all of a sudden this big ol' bug started banging around our front porch.

Now, you have to ( Read more... )

Uh, yeah.

Today we got a new member of the family....

Her name is Lacey.

She's about  6 weeks old, has a golden brown coat with white boots and a white muzzle. She has a white  "collar" and a white tip on her tail, and right now she's sleeping on a bed of newspaper in a clear plastic box.

We're not exactly prepared for her.

It used to be that you'd ( Read more... )

her name is penny... can you guess why?

the neighbors brought a kitten to us today. they found her in the wheelwell of a car across the street. they were going away for a few hours and asked if we could watch her for a bit. i was under the impression they were going to keep her, but this turned out not to be the case.

she is a sweet little one. ( Read more... )