Tall Tale Tuesday-ish...

Today has, so far, been one for the books...

1. Woke up to a wet foot. The pup leaked urine. In our bed. It was pretty bad. It happens sometimes. She's 12. We stripped the bed, cleaned her up, and started the washing machine before we left this morning. 

2. After fixing the dryer, the washing machine decided to only work when it wants to. K4 restarted the washer four times this morning. (She offered to make sure our mattress pad got dried)

3. Get into the day job and our whole system is down. We have shop lights out and the light on the server is dead. Put in an emergency call to our IT guys and then have nothing to do until he gets there to fix it. (System is back up and nothing is wrong, so a good thing)

4. Just as I was leaving for the post office, fire trucks fill the street in front of the office. There's a house fire across the street. We see the family that lives in the end unit out there freezing so we invite them into the office to get warm. They are shook up and worried about their pets. Bottom line is that everyone is fine. It wasn't their unit that caught fire and their pets are okay. 

5. The sickness is going around like crazy! We're trying to stay away from it, but I fear it's only a matter of time. 

And that's all... 

Behave! 

Post Merriment!

I hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas! 

Around here it was wonderful chaos -- from beans frozen into a beanie baby for a dirty santa gift, to Star Wars, musicals, food, birthday chaos, and laughter. It was a really good couple of days. 

Friday morning brought lounging and decompression. Mr. B had asked to spent the weekend here and of course we said yes. Pretty much all we did was watch movies and chill. 

Back to the grind tomorrow. Well, for 2 1/2 days. Then we're off until next Monday. 

I had an idea for what I am writing next last night. Right now, it's all brain juice, but it's growing. I've cleaned up my files and drives in prep for new writing. I might not make it until the new year to start new writing, depending. But having that thought and feeling it grow is an amazing feeling. 

And that's all I have for now...

Behave!

Down to the Wire!

Yeah, I suck about getting on here lately. 

Things have been busy as I'm sure you are super busy as well. We're getting there. I think the shopping is done even though I'm waiting for a few things to arrive. The cleaning is underway too. 

I'm looking forward to the whole thing. Even the chaos. It'll be awesome to see my family Christmas Eve. Christmas day should be pretty chill. We'll do our thing in the morning and then go to see the grandboys. When we get back home, it'll be birthday time. 

Food prep is already underway. There was too much in my fridge and too much to do, so I cooked chicken, prepped chicken, and cooked off the sausage. There's still too much in my fridge, but it's better organized now. I can't find my bundt pan, which I need for the birthday cake, but I'll figure that out.  

We spend almost all day Saturday shopping after B's soccer game. Stores were insane and it was worse because we had no idea what we were after. We did figure it out and topped the day off with an excellent dinner for our anniversary. 

I'm taking a writing break right now. I had myself all tied up in knots and couldn't figure out what I was doing, what I wanted to do, or what direction I should go. Had an epiphany and realized I was pushing myself into a box I don't want to be in, so I backed off and am giving my brain a rest until the new year. I have no idea what I will work on yet, but I have a little while to figure it out. 

That's all I have. 

Behave! 

Falling Off the Face of the Earth...

Well, I didn't really. But I think you get the drift. 

It's a crazy time of year with tons going on and not a lot of down time. 

I can't make any promises on posting. Just that I'll do my best. 

And it's cold and I hate that. 

13 days until Christmas and I'm maybe 2/3 ready. Maybe. But I'll get there. 

That's all I have for right now. I'll try to do a better post soon!

Behave! 

Happy...

I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with wonderful food, amazing company, and good things. 

I hope you can overlook any rough spots and disasters knowing they'll make for awesome stories one day. 

I also want to wish my oldest baby girl a wonderful birthday. I love you and I miss you. 

And that is all...

Behave!

Tuesday...

I missed Feel Good Friday & the Weekend Recap... Sorry, but you probably don't really care about the boring-ness that is my life. 

I've been having a lot of weird dreams lately. Like bizarre and complicated. The problem is I remember them when I first wake up, but as the day goes on they fade away. I just remember my niece trying to put a sweater on a frog (because he was cold) and alpacas running around my house. My dad was also in one...standing against a wall with the mischievous sparkle in his eyes he often had. I remember that. How could I not? 

I also woke up around 2 on Sunday wondering if horses taste food the same way we do. And then there was the random though while going to sleep last night...Who thought it was a good idea to drain the sap out of trees to make maple syrup? I'm sure I could look both of those things up and maybe I will. 

Christmas is a month from today. How is that even possible? Now I'm wondering if I'm going to have time to get everything done. I do have a head start on a lot of the shopping and we have a food plan for K4's birthday dinner. So yeah, I'll be fine, but it's crazy how fast things are moving. 

Also, That Man and I's anniversary is the weekend before Christmas. So far, we've managed to keep the weekend open so we can actually celebrate our 39 married years. I would like to go away somewhere, but we're having trouble figuring that out. I don't want to have to drive too far and I want there to be something fun/cool around, too. So we'll see what we come up with. 

That is all! 

Behave! 

A Little Effort is Required...

...but I'm attempting to be more positive about pretty much everything. Yeah, there's suckage, but pretty much all of it are things out of my control. So I'm trying to control what I can...

So here are some positive things for today...

1. My friends bolstering and giving me tools like fire, phoenixes, and a word for next year. (It's writing related and it's not going to make sense) But yeah, I was having a little bit of a professional crises and they jumped on it and helped me sort it out. 

2. The rain. I know it's dreary out, but I kind of like that too. (Though I do wish for snow)

3. Being recertified in CPR today. It was a good and thorough class. 

4. Crossing stuff off my "to do" list. 

Four is a good number to stop at. See? I'm trying. 

Behave!