7/13/12

So, the doctor went well. Looks like the last tweak to the thyroid meds was the right way to go. Still need more Vitamin D, but I’ll work on that.

Re-read the fairy tale I am going to work with today. I continue to think it has potential to be a perfect little paranormal tale.

My husband told me Wednesday that he bought me an Amazon Gift Card for my birthday, and I have been waiting for the notice. Duh! When he went on to Amazon to check on it, he had had it delivered to an email address I seldom check, so it’s been sitting there for days. *blush*. But on the good side, I have $100 to spend on Amazon…the possibilities boggle the mind. 🙂

We went to Kerbey Lane for dinner, and they have a version of Tacos al Pastor on their summer menu. I’m not big for tacos, so I had them hold the tortillas and the rice and beans that come with it and put it on the optional side salad instead. Yum! I think I invented something cool. (Newell helped.) It was delicious. And I have leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

Looking forward to doing nothing I don’t want to tomorrow. Maybe writing a bit. And then Sunday is the family birthday party. It’ll be a nice weekend. Maybe I’ll finally play with the fans I ordered months ago to be crafty with. 🙂

Till tomorrow — (and thanks for hanging in here as I DON’T clean my house…)

UPDATE: I figured out one thing to do with my gift card and pre-ordered the first season DvDs of Once Upon a Time. Can’t wait to see the whole thing together when you can pause and go back and so forth. 🙂

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7/12/12

Did get a dishwasher full of dishes washed today. (Remember, my dishwasher is broken, so it is currently a bi-level drying rack.) That made for a big improvement in the kitchen.

Other than that, I handled some Zumaya business and read more Chinese Fairy Tales. I think I have one picked out to adapt for my next naughty one. 😉

I didn’t do a whole lot else — walked over to Chuy’s to meet Newell for dinner, and helped him focus on some work he brought home. Made us miss Burn Notice and Suits, but it’s more important. There is always Hulu or Amazon to catch up.

Oh, and I returned the call I got yesterday from the doctor trying to schedule MY appointment with the endocrinologist, so we will both be going in tomorrow. Which means little housework, but hopefully I can take my computer and actually write while I wait for it to be time to go this time. 🙂

Tomorrow —

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7/11/12

Didn’t get to sleep in as late as I wanted due to a phone call, and then had to go run some errands, but I did get taken to Threadgill’s for a nice lunch. The rest of the day has been mostly watching The Mentalist, reading Chinese Fairy Tales for inspiration and taking a wee nap.

My second short of the month did release over at Mocha Memoirs today. Of course, between yesterday and today, the site where they had their main shopping cart decided to shut down, so it is currently only over at Barnes and Noble…but there are several of my other books up there too.

Tomorrow it is really back to work. I need to wash dishes desperately!

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7/10/12

Funerals are never fun, but it was good to see my friend Vivian again, even if it was under trying circumstances. She is a “Cybrarian/Information Scientist” now, living in Hawaii. What a terrible burden to bear! I didn’t get to talk to her much, but did get an email address. Having access to someone who specializes in finding information on the web might come in handy. 😉

I am happy to have my Kindle back from my mom. (That’s not quite my version…mine is the one without the ads, but it’s close.) It is so much easier to see the writing on the bigger screen, though the “back light” on my phone is nicer. And I was productive today, downloading three volumes of Chinese Fairy Tales to use as research for the erotic stories I have promised.

The rest of the night was spent watching Bones and Rizzoli & Isles.

For some reason, I am absolutely exhausted today. I think I will treat myself to sleeping in tomorrow…

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7/9/12

Well, today went as I said it would…though I didn’t get any work done. I decided I would finish Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy first. That took longer than expected. Actually still not through with the “bonus features” but at least I finally finished the saga and can quit. It got really boring to me by the end of the third one, but I rarely don’t finish a book. I really enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy better than I expected, but the sex got silly and repetitious before too long.

I was really looking forward to tonight’s resumption of The Closer, and I thought it was a great episode. Showing that Brenda can be wrong once in a while was refreshing.

I also absolutely LOVED Perception, which I had been looking forward to as well. Eric McCormack has been on my radar since Lonesome Dove. And Newell and I both liked Trust Me. In fact, I think I’ve seen him in more stuff OTHER than Will & Grace than I ever saw episodes of that, though he was great in it as well.

But, I did get a load of laundry washed and put away, so that is more housecleaning than I have done in weeks. See, Liz — I took your advice. 😉

See you guys tomorrow.

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Gotta Get Away From That Same Old, Same Old…

…but it doesn’t look like it will be this week after all.

We need to go get bloodwork done tomorrow morning, because Newell has an appointment requiring it on Friday, and I am on a waiting list for the same doctor. (Routine checkup with the endocrinologist.)

Tuesday my mother would like me to go with them to the funeral of an old family friend. And I need another fitting for the Jacket from Hell.

Wednesday is my birthday, and I don’t plan to clean house for darn sure.

Thursday I might actually get a breather and get some housework done.

Friday, aforesaid doctor’s appointment…and I have other errands to squeeze in here and there SOMETIME this week.

BUT, I will be taking my laptop with me tomorrow, because I have many projects bubbling in my brain writing wise, and I want to get on some of them.

I need to get back to the “always working, slaving, everyday” mindset. But at least I WANT to at the moment, instead of slacking off and being okay with it. 😉

I even have a blog post for my other website I want to write! Maybe I can get that done tomorrow while I am out of the house…

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7/7/12

Mostly took it easy today…goofed off, played games…but I did have a story idea in the shower. So that’s something.

I know I have been saying “I have to get back to work”, but I really do want to start a regimen again on Monday. It’s easier to do things like that at the start of a week.

I am intending to make time for writing and cleaning both each day. Probably start posting word counts as well as cleaning stats to make myself do it.

What do you think? (And why no one comment on my pretties yesterday? 😦 )

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7/6/12

Another long day. Newell actually got up in time for his meeting this morning, which meant he set the alarm for 7, and it seemed only minutes since I went to bed at midnight…

I had to go in with him, because he had a dentist appointment. Plus there was a lunch for Logan today.

We went out to dinner with Logan this evening…but he has to go back to California on Sunday.

Anyway, I promised fireworks, so here are my best shots. I actually checked for techniques on how to photograph fireworks immediately before they started. 😉

I may or may not post more later here or on Flickr…but I am very proud of these:

(one of my two favorite shots of the night)

(most of these are a bit blurry, but still sharing the ones I like)

(my other favorite shot.)

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7/5/12

Totally wiped out today. Yesterday was a big adventure which involved walking a couple of miles to the fireworks. It was fun and worth it, but I have been doing well to keep up with the chat I had promised to do today.

Though I did come out of it with several new potential projects to write…*sigh* 😉

On my other computer I’ve been reading a manuscript under consideration. I’ve really been working…if not cleaning.

Will post firework pictures sometime soon. I haven’t even had the wherewithal to upload them to my hard drive yet! But I do think I got some nice shots amidst the blurs.

That’s it for me today though…

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7/4/12 — Happy 4th Everybody!

Love midweek holidays, don’t you? A nice lazy day.

We saw a grand fireworks display out the back window last night. Someone getting a jump on everyone else, but the most impressive batch I’ve seen in quite awhile. Didn’t know they were going to be doing it, or I would have gone and tried to take more of my lousy firework pictures. 😉 Only way to get better is practice, right?

We slept in a bit today, but not as long as I would have liked…Newell’s dad called to say hello. Didn’t mind the interruption in the least — we don’t hear from them enough — but I needed a nap in the middle of the afternoon.

We will be leaving for dinner with Newell’s best friend in visiting from California in a few minutes, and then (hopefully) will be early enough to get a good seat at the park for tonight’s big firework show.

Tomorrow I will be chatting on the Chatting with Drea Facebook group. Looking forward to that.

Just wanted to pop in and update before we left. I will also be cleaning a bit tomorrow, or I will have to change the name of my blog!

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