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 It's been one heck of a busy week.  

My mom's been in town, I've had several meetings (unpleasant, at best) Ethan's gotten in trouble at school twice, and I may or may not have screwed up something (that I love) royally.  I just don't know.  On top of all that, my sweet Katie Belle (no, not you, elle_blessing) had to go to the vet again yesterday; she's on four different kinds of medications.  She is, thankfully, feeling much better today, I think, but I've been worried about her, nonetheless.

We leave this morning for our cabin, I think we'll be gone through Monday unless Nolan has to come back early for work.  Oh, I forgot.  Nolan. Nolan is having a bit of a mid life crisis.  I wish he'd just buy a car and have done with the whole thing.  Being moody and morose is just not cutting it for me.  I'm moody enough for the whole family, thankyouverymuch.

I also started a new project. 



Aaaand it's embe11ished's birthday on Sunday!  *hugs*  I'm sending you a great bottle of virtual wine.  That really sounded better in my head.  Ah, well.  Best wishes, and I hope you have a lovely day.

 I can tell the hormonal surge for the month has abated somewhat.  You know how I know?  Because I was able to resist the siren call of the tire iron begging me to beat down the idiot mother drivers in the boys' school parking lot this morning.  I told that silly tire iron, "No, you'll just have to catch me earlier next month," and gave it a blithe smile and a pat.  In addition, today I was able to smile and say hello to the shirtless, well-muscled, but Probably Gay Neighbor taking his dog for a run, instead of snarling.  (Why do I think he's gay?  He's way too pretty, his workout shoes match his shorts, no girl is ever with him, and his dog is a Pekinese.  It's just a feeling I get.)

Then there's the October podcast.  I'm trying to put music into it, and as most of you know, I am woefully deficient in the technical arena.  And by woefully deficient, I mean CRAP.  So, I'm working on it.  I have recorded three of the four fics, and I have only the 21 page monster left, as well as the editing.  *rolls eyes*  The editing.  *shivers*  My itunes freaked out yesterday and I spent most of the morning trying not to lose the kagillion songs I have on it.  The up side?  I fixed it (wonder of wonders) and now have Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and The Pharohs.  I really do like that song.  It's a classic, and it's perfect for the fic I recorded.  It's actually part of the fic I recorded. (Little Red Riding Hood by StrangerWithMy Face) Anyway.

Playwrighting went well last night.  It appears as if we have a premise.  We'll finish the plot outline and cast of characters next week, hopefully, and then begin some actual dialogue.  Thank God.  caliga_rpg is all kinds of fun so far...  lots of ideas, lots of scening possibilities.  All I need is time, right?  Riiiiight. The fun starts October first, y'all.  Come and play.  There's caliga_fanif you want to comment and squee with the rest of us after the posts start.  Put it on your f-list.  You know you want to.

The boys had their first date last Friday night.  alittleredhoodtook them to the Amarillo High homecoming game. They had a blast. (She was actually babysitting on a night she had something else to do, so I owe her.)


Aaaand I've watched the first two seasons of Veronica Mars.  (I love Logan.  I can't help it.  It's the bad boy project 'fixer' in me.)  The 3rd comes out on DVD in late October, and I'm going to die before I get to see it.  Why was it cancelled?  Why do I watch cancelled TV series and torture myself?  First Dead Like Me & Firefly, now this.  

Okay.  That's all the news that's fit to type.  Have a lovely day, all.

Labor Day has been lovely.  The children had school (weird) so Nolan and I spent the day together at home.  It was so nice.  I got back from Santa Fe last night, and the trip was fantastic.  It actually rained the night of the concert, and as it was in the Santa Fe Opera house, a kind of open air theatre, Bernadette got rained on!  The wind was blowing, it must've been miserable to sing in, but she was great!  She sang "Fever" and it's my new favorite song, I think.  Meeting celebrities is a bit surreal, but we had a great time.  Pictures below, you know.


I also bought an antique tray, an antique stained glass window, a red corduroy peacoat (that is FABULOUS, seriously) and at the fair on the square, I bought a sweet little yellow vase with the lyrics to "Here Comes the Sun"  written on it.  Bargains, all.  A really, really, great trip.   To finish the weekend off spending it with my sweet little family is the best part, I think.

So I was recording the podcast earlier today and Ethan asked very politely if he could stay and listen.  

After checking the content, I said, "For a while."

Then he grabbed the camera and started taking pictures.  I really hate to stop Audacity, it's a nightmare to cut and paste (I always screw it up) so I let him.  The result was interesting.  Just how many different faces can I make?
Eventually, he got bored and left.  I can only hope you people don't do that.  ;)

Here's my desk.  All the magic happens here!  Recording podcasts, reading fic, generally wasting time.... Things of note:  The Wizard of Oz calendar, the well-thumbed thesaurus, and, instead of an inbox, I have a cookbook holder that keeps all of the stuff I'm typing where I can see it.  Lots of other stuff gets jammed in there, as well.  Looky looky what's on the screen!



xposted to desk_pics.

EDIT:  OH.  MY. WORD.  Have just realized that MIL's family reunion is this weekend an I will not be able to get DH til SUNDAY, as will be in Red River, NM.  Does Red River have a bookstore?  Does anyone know?  THIS IS A CRISIS!
BAD WORDS!

There were a lot of tries.  I set up the camera on a tripod and let the timer go...


I've uploaded a ton of recorded stories to FIA (for the Audio Fic File) today.  I got approval from all the authors I'm reading for next month, so I start to record July's podcast this week!  I'll have LOTS of time, cause the boys are going to camp!  YAY!

The Much Anticipated Family Reunion was this past weekend, and it came and went with much fanfare, lots of gin and tonics, a couple of Mai Tais, and some fine rum punch made by Aunt Virginia.  It was Hawaiian themed, thus all the loud floral prints.


We had Ethan's 7th Birthday party today & saw Shrek the Third.  Stinking funny movie.  I want the soundtrack.




The June Podcast is out at FIA!  Go listen!