Turkey Day yesterday was good, although I think that I might have overdone the turkey a bit. But it was really *good* turkey and it was nice to spend the day with my mum and aunt ( Read more... )

So I'm nearly done with my dw_femslash fic (I should make it just under the wire). Hitting the word count has not been the problem. *Stopping*, that is proving to be the problem. What is it about ficathons this year that is making be break the 2,500 word mark when I hadn't managed that for eighteen months before ( Read more... )

This week seems to have been busier than ever, although I'm not sure how much actual useful stuff I have achieved ( Read more... )

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Yesterday was as lazy and relaxed as I'd hoped for. I went to church with Mum at the little baptist church down the road in the morning. Everyone was really friendly - the geniune sort of friendliness - without being pushy and signing me up for three committees and the choir before I'd sat down. They are starting up a walking club and I put my name ( Read more... )

Friday was fairly unremarkable except for one teeny little thing ( Read more... )

I'm starting to feel a little more settled now. It helps that yesterday we got the Internet hooked up at the house. No computers yet, but Da has his laptop here (old and tends to get crotchety sometimes) so we can actuallly use the Internet without having toddle over to my aunt's house every time we need something ( Read more... )

The last two days have involved shopping, more shopping and then for a change, some more shopping ( Read more... )

Well, I am posting this from my aunt's computer (800 x 600 display is painful!) so I must be in Canada! Yesterday wasn't much fun, but all the bits that I'd been worrying about went smoothly so I'm feeling much happier now. It's not really sunk in that I'm here for good yet, it still feels like a holiday even though I've been out to buy a TV and ( Read more... )