Saturday, March 14, 2009

Movie Day

I get to go to the exciting Race to Witch Mountain with the younger two while Tamara,Mike and Duncan finally get the opportunity to see Watchmen. To be honest I could care less about either, hence me taking the young'uns fits well. We just got done eating lunch now will wait for the next event...movies. Then come home eat leftovers and be slugs the rest of the night.

Tomorrow we'll do some basic chores and make sure Tamara gets in a haircut, other than that a nice slow weekend. Hope you all get the opportunity to enjoy some of it as well.

Back to the regularly scheduled fun.

Elisa

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Another Friday the 13th

I'm a little bit superstitious. For example...I have three watches. I wear one for a full week then I go to the next watch. When two of my watches ended up with dead batteries I was a little upset because I was going to have to wear a watch out of order. When nothing catastrophic happened I was relieved. Of course, once the batteries arrived from Ebay I went right back to my watch schedule.

Today is Friday the 13th. A day that many feel is unlucky. Not me. I got the day off from work. I picked up two weeks' worth of comics. I purchased tickets to the Emerald City ComicCon and got a buttload of clothes and rugs washed. I also managed to get both kids to tidy the living room at Mike's house. Duncan was supposed to do it on Saturday but it always ends in frustration. Mike is less than helpful when it comes to tidying his house. Duncan gets ticked off at him, mouths off and the fight begins. This way I've assured myself a peaceful Saturday.

So...this Friday the 13th has turned out to be a good one for me. Now I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the rest of the day goes as smoothly.

Tamara

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

All blank

Not many words from me tonight, hence enjoy your updates!

Elisa

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Nail-biting

I hate penalty shoot-outs. I really, really hate them. Especially when it's my team doing them. We're through to the quarter-finals but oh boy was it tense. I really hate penalty shoot-out. All four English teams made it through. Surprised the hell out of me. There are some good - no - some great teams in the quarters with us. I'm pessimistic about getting any further.

Got home early today. Since somebody broke the mini-digger yesterday we couldn't use it today. This meant all the work was done with hand-tools. Again!! The only bit I didn't like was clearing & levelling the bank. It was covered in primroses and it seemed such a shame to dig them all up. Once we'd done as much as was possible the boss said we might as well pack up. After checking that this would be paid time (very important to make sure of these things when you're a self-employed sub-contractor) we went. Happiness is sitting at home, starting a riot in a yahoo group and being paid at the same time.

Ze

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

I swear...

it wasn't my fault. Honest. That is unless I'm such a disaster area that, in addition to my own calamities, I have a one-hundred-metre radius of doom that infects all around me. I wasn't the one operating the mini-digger (back hoe) when the motor over-heated and engine seized. And I wasn't the one operating the replacement digger when that threw a caterpillar track. So I can hardly be blamed for the fact that the aforementioned caterpillar track flew through the air, hit a pile of scaffolding poles and sent one spinning end-over-end like a tossed caber. Or that said pole then did a number on the windscreen of the boss' Mercedes while he was visiting the site, can I?? I didn't suggest parking there. In fact I told him it wasn't a good idea to park that close to the poles. I said if one of them slipped it might hit his car. So how is it that he's blaming me?? He said I made it happen by saying it might. He said I'm a self-fulfilling prophecy all of my own. He also said that I could stand stock-still. in the middle of an open field, totally silent and still cause an accident. He said if I wasn't such a damn' good worker he'd have the digger scrape out a trench to bury me in. And if his car didn't need a new (and expensive) windscreen he was going to give me a raise. Anybody know a good way to remove a digger-driver (and hide the body??)

Ze

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Monday, March 09, 2009

Better

Today went much better than I expected. Yesterday we did the spring forward and sometimes it can hurt. The kids were hard to get up and going this morning, which I expected. I made sure and got to bed nice and early so I'd be ready for the day.

I thought we might have some issues at school but the day went pretty smoothly. Nothing out of the ordinary for a Monday anyway. Short week for me (off Friday). It's nice to be well on my way to the week being done.

Tamara

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Sunday, March 08, 2009

American Car Company

I don't own one. And after having to deal with Tamara's this week I know why. I can also make assumptions about why they are in serious trouble with their future outlook.

Tamara's car contains a recalled item. She actually has a letter with all the appropriate numbers and such. The dealership doesn't give a shit about the letter since the car VIN number did not show up on the main web site, hence sorry, cough up the $500 dollars for something that we know is faulty.

I don't do well with that kind of stupidity so a letter was written to Chrysler LLC and perhaps in 6-8 weeks we can see her money returned. One way or another.... I'm confident that I will not buy an American vehicle and I can guarantee that no one in this family will return to that dealership for ANYTHING.

So now I'm done venting ...you all have a great night, and enjoy your updates.

Elisa

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Saturday, March 07, 2009

Wacky

It's snowing again. Glad we've got the fireplace going. We're more than ready for spring.

Enjoy 'em.

Tamara

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Friday, March 06, 2009

Ramble from phair

Phair once again shares.
TOTALLY F*CK*D

Even now as I think about it, I don't know how this year went so horribly wrong so soon. Hideous weather with snow accumulations climbing higher and higher in sharp contrast to my ever dropping 401K seemed to trigger the chain of disasters. The doc telling me surgery was not optional any longer AND it would be a three for one special was breaking news in January. Oh joy. Why stop the free fall into the abyss? Let's march into February.

Not to be left out of a national trend, my company lost its contract at the location I work days before my surgery. They didn't have another slot for me in any of their other locations. At the very last minute, the location bought my contract out. They tell me because they played such hard ball, the fee to keep me was half price. Great, just what a girl needs to know - she's on sale. But, the IRS doesn't think I'm a bargain. Nope, not at all. I'm a luxury item. It seems they will be needing 2K more from me PDQ, if I could be so kind.

Think it can't get worse. You'd be wrong, friend. In a whooping death blow from the left field, Fanta changed to all natural flavors. And, do you know what it tastes like? The outside of an orange peel - the part most of us don't use regardless of how good it might be for us.

So, tonight I sit here recuperating from multiple abdominal surgeries. The pain is easing and I have a job to go back to in a few days. Ordinarily, I'd be in bed by this time to help the healing process but I can't. I'm waiting for the heater guys to show up. A little while ago I notice the house getting colder and went exploring in my cellar to find the boiler is off...not boiling...silent...not heating...you get the drift. I guess this is how I roll this year.

It is my fondest wish this night finds your situation better than mine. If not, remember misery loves company.

phair


Okay folks, my suggestion is send some better luck her way. She could use the break. Have a great night and enjoy your updates.

Elisa

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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Hype!

A little hype for y'all tonight.
The Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards are now accepting nominations from lesbian fiction readers for our 2008 Favorite Book and 2008 Favorite Writer Awards.

To nominate you need only be a reader of lesbian fiction and a member of the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards. There is no form to fill out, no nomination fees to pay, and no book copies to provide. The award recipients are nominated and chosen by the members.

If you aren't already a member, go to: groups.yahoo.com/group/LesbianFictionReadersChoiceAwards.

Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards book categories are:

Favorite Romance
Favorite Speculative/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Favorite Adventure
Favorite Mystery
Favorite Anthology/Short Story Collection
Favorite Erotica
Favorite Humor/Comedy

For a book to be nominated for the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards, it must have been released between January 1 and December 31, 2008. And it must have 2 main characters that are lesbian. Books released in eBook format are eligible.

Nominations will be accepted until March 31st.

Please join the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards where the readers' voices are heard.

Jo Fothergill
Administrator


Okay, you heard Jo. Nominate those books!

Tamara

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

It's true

And I bet you thought it was a myth. Brits do like to talk about the weather. So I'm going to. We've had a twelvemonth's worth of it today. When I woke this morning there was snow on the ground. Snow!! In Devon!! In March!! (Think that's enough exclamation marks or shall I chuck a couple more in for luck??) Seriously though, it snows about once every ten years here and hardly ever (once-in-a-lifetime) this late. Winter's been weird this year. The sky is falling!! Global Warming!! Any way - by 8.30 it had melted. Come mid-morning it was warm & sunny, so warm that I stripped off my jumpers (2) and my donkey-jacket. Then at lunchtime it snowed. I put my jumpers back on. Then it hailed (oh boy did it hail). We gave up working and huddled in the portakabin. The hail stopped. I went to the dentist (again - more in a mo). When I left the dentist it rained. And rained. It wasn't so much digging as playing in the mud through the afternoon. And now it's snowing again. Heavily. Somebody make it stop. I want it to be spring.

Why the dentist?? You remember that crown I had a couple or three weeks back?? It fell out. I wasn't eating anything that hard either. Just a baked-bean sarnie. I like baked-bean sandwiches - I know - I'm weird. Hey did you only just realise that?? At least it didn't cost anything, since it was so recently done the re-fix was included in the original payment. The only problem was that she told me not to eat anything for 7 hours. Seven!! After a hard day's labouring I was starving of the hunger by the time I could have me tea!! (Stew in case you wondered. and very nice it was too.)

Ze

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Winter

It just won't let go. The past couple of weeks have been positively spring-like, even though we've almost 3 weeks to go until the spring equinox, today though it's been proper manky. Torrential rain and it's blooming freezing again. Got soaked at work. Site clearing this week, with weeks of good solid work in prospect. Even though the construction industry is in turmoil there's a local housing association (social housing) doing some building. There's some old railway-owned land just down the road, between the main south-coast line and the allotments that, while it isn't quite a brownfield site it isn't a (frowned-upon) greenfield location either. It's a fair old strip of land that's been allowed to go to waste. It's covered with brambles and is one of those places where old shopping trolleys go to die. And idiots, who are too lazy to go to the tip, dump broken freezers and old washing machines. This week we're clearing it with a mini-digger (back hoe) and digging foundations. Over the next few weeks we'll be building a dozen maisonettes (those are buildings that look like a pair of semi-detached houses but are actually four flats). I'll do labouring for the clearing, act as bricklayer's mate for the basic building, roofer's mate for that and then I get to do the painting. Weeks of work. Excellent!! So, in spite of the awful weather and the fact that I look like I've been swimming fully clothed, (god I hate the smell of wet wool), I'm dead chuffed.

Ze

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Monday, March 02, 2009

Busy Monday

The return of the work week and not much seems different. Just another lucky person with a job. Hope sent to the rest of you.

On to the updates. Have a great night.

Elisa

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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Hype!

Y'all have a HUGE update tonight courtesy of P&P. Words are provided by Bedazzled Ink....
Hi, all--

I'm at it again, this time with a new colleague-in-crime, R. G. Emanuelle. We're looking for a few good women pirates for an anthology to be published with Mindancer Books (Bedazzled Ink Publishing). Here's the scoop, and hope y'all consider playing with us:

Call for Submissions: Skulls and Crossbones

A collection of short stories that features women pirates in any setting, any time period.

Editors: Andi Marquette and R. G. Emanuelle.

Publisher: Mindancer Press (Bedazzled Ink), print and ebook editions

Stipulations:
No longer than 7000 words; no shorter than 4000 words Will consider original and previously published stories. $35 per story, paid after contract is signed. Story rights revert back to authors 18 months after date of publication. Each contributor will receive one print copy as well as one ebook copy of the anthology.

GLBTQ/heterosexual characters are welcome BUT EACH STORY MUST FEATURE A WOMAN PIRATE, either as the main character or the focus of the story (e.g. another sailor on the ship who hates the woman pirate and through his/her eyes, we observe the woman pirate). Again, the main character or the focus of the story MUST BE A WOMAN PIRATE. We will consider main characters that identify as transgendered (male to female), but that identity must figure prominently in the story as a driving force and/or something that speaks to the character's experience as a woman pirate.

Extra caveat: The focus of the story cannot be a romantic hook-up/sex/erotica. Sex, eroticism, and romance may be part of the story (as long as they fit within the story's overall plot), but they cannot be the reason for the story or the driving force of the story. We want stories that feature adventure, intrigue, antiheroines/heroines, battles (epic, personal, or small-scale), something to be accomplished/overcome, vengeance, trickery, thievery, and/or assorted banditry and outlaw behavior.

Absolutely NO stories that feature acts of pedophilia, incest, bestiality, or rape.

Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2009

Final selections will be made by October 1, 2009, with publication tentatively slated for January 2010

To submit your story, send as an email attachment in RTF format, double-spaced to pirateanthology@gmail.com. Please include your name, pen name (if applicable), mailing address, email address, story title, and word count on the first page of your submission.

For more information, go to mindancerpress.wordpress.com/books/skulls-and-crossbones/. If you have questions, drop us a line at pirateanthology@gmail.com.

--Andi Marquette

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Hi!
We're happy to announce our latest book and eBook by Sandra Barret called In Keisha's Shadow.

Thanks for reading!

In Keisha’s Shadow
Sandra Barret
204 pp., 5.06×7.81
$13.95 paperback
978-1-934452-09-7

Dumped by her high school sweetheart for not being out and proud, bi-racial Tori Kahl struggles with college life, her demanding mother, and the legacy of her dead sister Keisha. Her only escapes are riding her horse, drinking, and cutting herself. Then Ashley, the brash and flirty new boarder, shows up at the stables and not only challenges Tori's top rider status, but shakes her world of self-pity as they cope with the pains of growing up.

More information for ordering can be found at: nuancebooks.wordpress.com/books/in-keishas-shadow/

The eBook version is available at: bedazzledink.com/bookshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=11

We're offering a Coupon for 10% off all your eBook purchases at the Bedazzled Book Peddler Bookshop (www.bedazzledink.com/bookshop) through March 15, 2009. Just enter IDESOFMARCH where it says "Redemption Code" on the checkout page. *g*

--Claudia Wilde
www.bedazzledink.com


Enjoy 'em!

Tamara

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