Went to the movies today.  It's been a long time. Went to see The Lone Ranger and while the reviews have been, well, less than stellar...as usual, the critics are wrong.  The movie was flat out fun.  Not a children's movie, for sure, but just plain ol' entertainment ( Read more... )

The morning was quiet. Girls slept in.  Grey and rainy, so no one was enthusiastic about being out and about.  Around noon DeeDee and I decided to get away from our routine so she drove over and we went off to Mt Pleasant.  We stopped at Cracker Barrel to warm up by the fire, had a nice fish lunch, lots of tea and talked for hours.  Then we went to ( Read more... )

Right now the lay of the land seems to be in my thoughts on every level ( Read more... )

Naming characters is always fun. Fortunately, almost all of mine 'arrive' with their names already firmly in place.  Khyr arrived fully-formed one afternoon and introduced himself, "I am Khyr Cürfallon, come on, let me tell you my story."

Sometimes, however, names might need changed.  My heroine didn't tell me her name.  She had a 'place-keeper' ( Read more... )

What a whirlwind day!  Heard from Big Brothers...they will be coming out in a week or so to meet with AJ (and me) and decide if they have a Big Brother for him.  He may be resistant...AJ is a very private kinda soul...but oh! what a blessing it would be to have a man in his life.  He is almost a teen.  He shouldn't have to traverse these next few ( Read more... )

It has been a Monday kinda day.  The computer continues to fritz.  It works fine in Safe Mode even with networking, but freezes up like an Alaska winter the rest if the time.  Facebook hates me.  Trying to do im's there is hopeless; it no longer even resembles english.  And sllllowwww?  OMG!  AOL freezes up on a regular basis.  Very annoying mess ( Read more... )

After a long 'off'...from a variety of causes, most notably and annoyingly, computer problems which have held me virtual captive...I have returned!  Be afraid!  Be very afraid!

A brief update to cover the missing time period ( Read more... )

...rain all night long, didn't it? didn't it?  Oh my Lord, didn't it rain ( Read more... )

Welcome to February's first Fantasy Friday!
The weather is coolish (61) but sunny and gloriously beautiful.  And today GRAPEMO begins!  http://onegrapeshy.livejournal.com/  has GrapeMo every February and I am thrilled to be onboard ( Read more... )

A month into the new year...where has it gone ( Read more... )