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Reply #875 - Nov 16th, 2009 at 7:09pm
 
Got the "check thing" decided. I'm gonna HATE not having Star Wars checks. (Yes, serious STAR WARS geekhood in this household.  Where do ya think the "DarkLady" user title came from?)
Finally getting around to some breakfast.
Later.
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Reply #876 - Nov 16th, 2009 at 11:25pm
 
Okay. The turkey bucket is filled and in the Guest House refrigerator.  Yeah. I wanted to get that done over the weekend but the turkey wasn't cooperating with the whole "get the gravy packet out" thing and I didn't want to force it. It'll thaw the rest of the way in the brine and all will be delicious come Turkey Day.
Ick. My hands still smell like raw turkey! Guess I'll scrub them down with dishwashing liquid!
  

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Reply #877 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 3:52am
 
Got a bunch of other stuff done. Pizza dough is rising. Getting ready to fry the sausage. Dinner soon.
  

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Reply #878 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 5:47am
 
Heading out. Early morning and busy.


Everyone sleep well and be safe. Smiley Smiley
  

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Reply #879 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 12:55pm
 
Morning.
Waiting for the furnace technician.
It's too damned early.
Need tea. Bad...
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Reply #880 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 2:34pm
 
The guy is here. Furnace checking is underway.
NAP in future, fer sure!
  

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Reply #881 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 3:11pm
 
The guy's left and I'm going to crash.
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Reply #882 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 6:43pm
 
Had nap and some breakfast and I finally feel human this morning. Skywise is about to leave and I'm going to settle down for an afternoon of writing.
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Reply #883 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 9:52pm
 
I wrote for a while and then laid down again. The War Queen was being insistent and since she spent most of the morning under the floor hiding from the strange human in the house (the furnace man) I figured she needed a little cuddling. Now I'm up again and back to writing. Book 3, Chapter 1 is almost finished....
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Reply #884 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 11:13pm
 
Book 3, Chapter 1 is finished, pretty much. I may find places that need tweaking later on but the lion's share of it is there.
Gonna take a break and do my workout.
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Reply #885 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 1:51am
 
Workout's done.
YaHooing with Nike.
Gonna start dinner soon.
  

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Reply #886 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 4:45am
 
Observation: One is under no moral obligation to keep someone from doing or being criminally stupid. Especially if said person has already decided that they are going to do what they're going to do regardless of what anyone says and MOST especially if that someone is someone you barely know. In that instance, one should simply stand aside and let the idiot learn the hard way. While is it admirable to heroically refrain from saying "I told you so" when the StupidOne goes "splat" it is in no way required.


Yes, I've been abroad on the internet again tonight. The lack of intelligence, common sense and knowing when to stop arguing with "the Stupid" out there is most disheartening....
Some people will NOT listen and WILL do precisely what they please regardless. It is a waste of time, energy and breath to try to convince them otherwise. I say save those precious personal resources and let the idiots learn the hard way. Lavish the time, energy and breath on those who can and will appreciate your efforts!
  

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Reply #887 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 5:31am
 
Exhausted and heading out.

Everyone sleep well and be safe. Smiley Smiley
  

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Reply #888 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 6:57pm
 
Ran around like crazy people this morning but everything that HAD to be done this morning was. The rest can wait until tomorrow when we'll have more time due to Skywise having the super late shift which will now be even later since they've moved his report in time back 30 minutes.  Smiley

Just ordered a book in the "Missing Manual" series. Book 3 is the last one I'll be writing using AppleWorks which has been replaced with Pages. So I ordered the "MM" for IWorks so I can have something to refer to while I'm learning the new program. Skywise has been using it but he isn't usually around when I'm writing so I need a book! The neat thing with Pages (IMHO) is that you can easily add photos and other illustrations to your word document. That will make doing the supplements that go with the Books much easier. I'm also going to convert the electronic copy of my BOS to Pages and I don't wanna mess that up!
Right now... fresh tea, maybe a little cinnamon snack cake (loving cinnamon!) and Chapter 2. I don't know if I want to tackle the HUGE fight scene that starts the the chapter off or not. May do some "clean up" work first.
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Reply #889 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 8:52pm
 
Need a name for a relatively minor but nonetheless PITA character in Book 3. Something that gives the reader an instant "handle" on the character.
This will require some thought and since my eyes are hurting from staring at the computer, I'm gonna take a bit of break.
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Reply #890 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 11:07pm
 
Still don't have the name so I've moved on to another section of Chapter 2.
Someone decided to mess with Our Hero's head.
Very naughty.
Our Heroine is gonna have to DO something about that.
Something drastic.
Maybe more drastic than what happened originally since I don't have to worry about anyone's tender sensibilities....
Oh yeah...... Smiley Smiley
  

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Reply #891 - Nov 19th, 2009 at 3:27am
 
Palace made of glass....
Lit by large pans of burning oil....
Enormous, glass shattering shockwave on the way...

Fun times...
  

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Reply #892 - Nov 19th, 2009 at 5:03am
 
Skywise is home and I'm heading out. Been Yahooing with Nike so the fun times with burning oil and flying glass are going to have to wait until tomorrow!  Smiley

Everyone sleep well and be safe. Smiley Smiley
  

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Reply #893 - Nov 19th, 2009 at 11:01pm
 
Evening.
Been doing mundane "stuff" so I've yet to write today. Changed the glass palace to crystal.... nice, sharp crystal....
Fun times ahead.

Still have a couple of things to do, including my workout before I get to writing. Better get busy!
Later!
  

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Reply #894 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 1:28am
 
Workout is done. Feeling it a bit more than usual. I increased the weight for some of the exercises as they were beginning to get easy. "Easy" doesn't get results, or at least, not speedy ones which I'd like to see! You have to tax the muscle a bit or you're wasting your time.
Anyway, gonna start dinner in a little. I'm hungry and since Skywise's super late shift got changed to an early shift at the last minute, he'll be home at midnight instead of 3:30ish.
I'm going to spread bloody and fiery (literary) mayhem while I wait for him.
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Reply #895 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 1:34am
 
Grrrrr.... it's not really raining that much but the upper atmosphere must be pretty saturated 'cause the satellite keeps cutting out.... Smiley
  

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Reply #896 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 2:10am
 
Penthesilea wrote on Nov 19th, 2009 at 11:01pm:
Evening.
Been doing mundane "stuff" so I've yet to write today. Changed the glass palace to crystal.... nice, sharp crystal....
Fun times ahead.

Still have a couple of things to do, including my workout before I get to writing. Better get busy!
Later!


Gonna have to change the quartz back into glass..... Quartz isn't .... hmmm.... sharp enough for what I have in mind..... Smiley Smiley
  

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Reply #897 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 5:35am
 
I've got the basics of the bloody mayhem down. I might embellish it some more -- I don't think that the "Minor Villainess" has screamed nearly enough -- but that can wait until tomorrow. Right now, I'm going to take sleepy little self to bed.

Everyone sleep well and be safe. Smiley Smiley
  

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Reply #898 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 3:53pm
 
Morning!

Special day today.

On this date in 1972, I was introduced to the company's new hire, a tall, lanky young man with the blackest hair and the brownest eyes I'd ever seen and he had (and still does!) eye lashes to die for. It was Skywise and I had just turned 20 years old. I was seeing someone else but I still accepted Skywise's invitation to lunch a couple of days later. The other guy didn't last long after that (he was a pig anyway!) and by April, I knew I was in love.
Still am.

Happy Anniversary, beloved.
  

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Reply #899 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 5:18pm
 
I've pretty much finished up with the flying glass and burning oil which provides a logical explanation for why two serious "pains in the butt" are "off stage" and NOT causing trouble during Book 3.  Since Book 3 sees Our Hero and his chosen Lady getting handfasted and "being naughty" every chance they got beforehand, it doesn't make sense for these two characters not to be around causing trouble but now it does so I iz happy writerperson.
Now I have to work on setting up the whole new subplot I have to write 'cause I had to scrap the old one. Much thinking in my immediate future. Smiley
  

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