So, Mate and I got to bed at one in the morning, following Christmas prep, and then, BAM! 3:30 a.m., we were up again.  I dropped Mate off at the airport,  from which he’ll fly to San Diego where Chicken is going to pick him up and promptly return him, so she can have some… Read More

It’s true. Dogs hate Christmas. I know my dogs are totally baffled. We went from walkies nearly every day to being ignored for most of the day. There is no sausage patty from McDonalds, strange shit has invaded our living room cage-match space, and at night, after the mandatory snuggling hour, there is this weird… Read More

Mate and I finished shopping today while my car was in the shop, and at the moment, we’re sort of wandering around, lost. Did we…? Yeah– but have we…? We were going to do that after, but don’t we have to…? We’re not doing it this year, but I still have to….! Oh, did you… Read More

I promise, tomorrow will be Fanfic Saturday, and I swear I’ll stick to happy things and Christmas and joy and lightness for the rest of the holiday season. I loathe political diatribes– I even loathe writing them, although I find myself ranting more times than I’m comfortable with. I wanted to talk about the Force… Read More

A. Squish had a choir performance.  She was lovely–and I’m pretty sure she sang the loudest of anyone there. B. I had a hat to finish. Which I did. It’s really large and DAMN me for making gauge assumptions. I knit REALLY LOOSE to accommodate the way Fair Isle tends to schwack your knitting in… Read More

Okay– so it’s getting close. I admit it. And not all my shopping is done, and I’m still thinking I’m going to make my January deadline and my kitchen table is terrifying. That being said, there were a few Christmas things that caught my attention today. #1– Wayne Newton’s approach to Christmas certainly has changed… Read More

*** When you realize your son still has three paragraphs of his paper before he gets to go to the King’s game. *** When you realize your kids’ reading room with the great couches is named after Ben Carson, a horrible politician and a really awful human being, and your son thinks that’s okay because… Read More

She’s SNORING in my EAR.  *whew* Well, you guys really seemed to love the Dex and Kane short yesterday, and this makes me really happy. I think I’ll do another one this Friday with another couple. I’ve done Jeremy and Aiden on Amber Kell’s blog in November, so maybe not them, but, well, you know–… Read More

Okay– First of all, I WILL write a fanfic this week– just not today. I had a REALLY busy week, and an edit I needed in, and now I DESPERATELY need to write on my actual WIP. Anyway– A couple of fun things before I bail to do just that. First of all– Last night… Read More

Okay– so three things, and then I’m going to call it a night: A. Back when I was teaching, I used to walk a mile four or so days a week. It’s not a lot, but my job was pretty energy intensive, and it got so I was fat and fast. I could walk across… Read More