Sunday, November 25, 2012

Full

We had a delayed Thanksgiving meal today. We have enough turkey for days of left overs. With our turkey will be cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, almond green beans and rolls. Heck we haven't even cut into the green jello salad, pumpkin or pecan pies. It will have to be later.

Here is hoping your weekend was splendid and that your week is grand as well.

Enjoy those updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Delayed Thanksgiving

E and I didn't succumb to Black Friday madness. I did do a little online Black Friday shopping, however. I'm officially done shopping for my brother. Calvin is done but for one item (a basketball). Duncan and Emory have been the two tough nuts to crack.

Tomorrow we're finally going to cook our Thanksgiving feast meal. In fact, as soon as I'm done with the update I'll be off to make some biscuits and cornbread for stuffing.

Tamara

Friday, November 23, 2012

Non-shopping Day

As millions of folks (in the USA) flocked to stores in hopes of some great deal that may or may not exist, Tamara tagged alone with me as I headed to work for a few hours. We came home, captured a few online deals for a good advance of our Christmas shopping.

I made the pumpkin and pecan pies. Tomorrow we will continue creating food for Sunday. Green Jello salad, corn bread stuffing and some homemade cranberry sauce awaits us. Sunday we can finally prepare to overindulge in food with leftovers for the week.

Our kiddos will have the opportunity to enjoy another feast at our place as they all return home on Sunday.

Now back to your updates, enjoy!

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy T-Day!

Today is Thanksgiving here in the US. Rather than the traditional turkey and dressing we'll be having pasta. Since all the kids are with the other families, our turkey dinner will happen this Sunday.

Mostly we've relaxed today. We did manage to get on the roof and sweep off a whole lot of leaves and pine needles. Our fifty Costco supplied Christmas cards are being depleted. And movies have been watched.

Tomorrow E works for a few hours and I'm heading that way with her so I can check out Half Price Books for Christmas presents. I'm hoping Black Friday at a used bookstore isn't too crazy.

Tamara

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Ramble from Joan

Happy Thanksgiving to those of our readers in the USA.

And bless you three times over, Joan. First for the ramble (on a night when I couldn't think of a thing to say except to grumble about the weather again), second for your loyalty, and third for the plug for the e-scribblers site!!
    Writers are vain. Well, perhaps not all of them, but I certainly am.

    I even have the very first response to a story I wrote framed above my desk. And now I have even sold a story (On the Road), and it will no longer be available on e-scribblers, as requested by the publisher.

    That puts me in a difficult position. Said publisher (Ylva Verlag, you may remember their call for submissions a few weeks ago) invited me to send in further samples, which I was happy to do, of course.

    Understandingly, they want exclusive rights to publication. That includes stories not being available on the web.

    I told them that I would pull no more stories from Elisa's and Tamara's site; it will have to be seen if that will be a real show-stopper. Perhaps they won't even like the other stories. But the thing is, Elisa and Tamara gave my stories a home after they had been rather brutally kicked from the site I originally offered them to. I feel indebted to both of them.

    Do you think I'm being silly? Regardless, that contract on my fridge is priceless. And I recommend you to sample e-scribblers, at least dabkey and InsaneEnglishWoman. My favourites, but there's more.

    Joan

And speaking of e-scribblers there are a couple of calls for submissions listed on the e-scribblers blog if any of you out there are serious writers and might be looking for a home for a story or two.

PS - check the palindrome date!!

Enjoy your updates, See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you

Ze

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Soon be Christmas

OK - I know you lot on the other side of the pond have another feast day to get through first, but we don't do that celebration here, so Christmas is our next one.

I brought the tree down this past weekend. And all the ornaments. Checked them all, none seem to be broken. Some of the trimmings (the streamers/decorations that hang across the room) are looking a bit the worse for wear, but then they are four or five years old. Might need to buy some new ones this year.

Won't be putting them up yet of course, nothing goes up before the first of December. But everything is ready to go as soon as we reach that date.

I love Christmas. I love the tree, the decorations, buying pressies, sending cards. I love cheesy Christmas songs, and traditional carols. I love Christmas pudding, with (soya) custard. I love, love, love mince pies.

Just a big kid really.

Ze

Monday, November 19, 2012

Rain, Rain, Rain

We have some serious rain going on. Inches worth which means floods soon enough. If I did not have to drive back and forth during rush hour traffic I would be enjoying it a lot more.

Holiday week this week, hence short week of school. We do not have the kids this year on Thanksgiving, but will be enjoying all the fixin's on Sunday the 25th instead. Gives me time on Thursday to make those pies and jello salad.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming, enjoy.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Late Hype!

I missed last week's Blogtalkradio from Allaine.
Get Ready to Root For the Bad Guy - Xena Villains

www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine/2012/11/16/get-ready-to-root-for-the-bad-guy--xena-villains

This month, as F4F Radio frequently does in May and November, we dive back into the world of Xena: Warrior Princess because, well, this is a fandom where you never run out of things to discuss. Otherwise there wouldn’t still be three gazillion Xena/Gabrielle shippers out there. Tonight, however, we’ll shift focus a little bit away from our favorite heroines and spend time with the most prominent VILLAINS from the television series – Ares the god of war, Callisto the insane vengeance-seeker, Caesar the would-be world conqueror, and Hope the harbinger of pure evil. You love them, you hate them, you love to hate them, maybe it’s all three, but we’re talking about all the reasons why. Author/filmmaker Kim Pritekel will once again be leading the discussion, and we'll be rejoined by the Xena fans who participated in previous segments - Kelly Neal, Zea Apa, Chris Salameno, and Adm_Hawthorne.

Allaine
www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine

Go give it a listen. I'll try and catch the next one before the actual air date.

Tamara

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Basketball

My daughter's first game was today. They did well for 6th graders who have never played before. I think they also had the advantage with some seriously tall girls allowing them to grab most of the rebounds. More practice and games will only improve their play. By the end of the season I am betting they will be a darn good team.

Other than that today we did a bit of shopping at the usual places. Now home for the evening as the rain continues to fall. And our wood stove continues to get use.

Enjoy your updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Friday, November 16, 2012

Bah!

I think I'm trying to get sick. If I do, it'll last the weekend. By Monday I'll be well enough to go to work. At least next week is only 2 1/2 days long due to Thanksgiving.

Not too much tonight. Hold out hope for more tomorrow. Have at it.

Tamara

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Hello?

The weekend is on the horizon. Kinda sad that work has become such a bummer that all I seem to be doing (besides my work) is looking forward to not being there.

We have one craft fair to hit up this weekend and my daughter has her first basketball game. So things to look forward to.

A reminder we are always open if you would like to ramble. I am sure others would like the change as well. So feel free to send us something and we will post it up.

Have a great night, enjoy the updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Ibrahimovic 4, England 2

Tomorrow is Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, a happy new year to our Muslim readers.

There was a fair bit for you to read yesterday but today - well - there's next to nothing. So I hope you saved a couple from yesterday to read today.

Spent the evening watching the England football team get well and truly beaten by Sweden, as expected. Well, actually the England team were well and truly beaten by Ibrahimovic. That last goal of his was a thing of beauty. Worth watching a rather boring game just for that spectacular effort.

Not much else to report really. Have a good week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you

Ze

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

First. Diwali, hope all our Hindu, Sikh, and Jain readers are having a good festival.

Next. Back to work!! Last week I was cleared to return to work this Monday. My wrist is nicely healed, I still have some exercises to do for it but otherwise it's fine. And when I called the company to see if I still had work they said, " yes, absolutely". Which was a relief. When you're a self-employed sub-contractor you never know for sure about that sort of thing.

Good to be back, although it felt a little strange. So much has changed in the time I've been away. The area I had been working on has been finished, I'm now doing different buildings in a different part of the site. Working with the same group though.

Wrist was aching by the end of the day - give it another couple of days to get used to the work again and it'll be fine.

Glad to be earning again - the past few weeks haven't half put a hole in my savings!! I had almost saved enough for my flights & expenses for a trip to the USA - now I've just about got enough to get to Glasgow and back!! And Christmas is coming so I'll not be saving much until January. Still - I'll have six months or so to save. I should be able to do it - barring any more idiotic accidents that is..

Ze

Monday, November 12, 2012

Farewell, three day weekend!

Small update. I bet Ze has many more for you tomorrow.

Tamara