What's Going On
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la_samtyrI thought I should actually post about what's been happening irl for a change, so here goes.
Still writing, though not much else is getting done. Ideas abound -- I always seem to have "another" idea when it comes to writing.
The furkids are fine. Spoiled rotten, but fine. I am trying to get things ready for winter so hopefully they will not all be camping inside my porch.
I renewed my driver's license and the new pic looks just as awful as the old one. Gah! ::shudders:: Worst of all, my e-sig looks nothing at all like my real sig. I hope that doesn't prove to be a problem down the road but if it does, I'll just find a way to deal, I guess.
My cleaning lady is going on maternity leave at the end of the month, so I won't have any help until just before Thanksgiving or Christmas/New Years at the earliest. :/She says she doesn't want to be out of town when the baby comes, which I understand. Otoh, this is her fourth baby, and it's only a 20 min. drive to the hospital from here, so I hope it's just caution and that there's not some high-risk issue she's not talking about.
I am also trying to get things ready for winter because I just *know* the first frost will be very soon, definitely before the end of the month.
My budget skills are minimal at best. I don't know where the money goes (ok, I do -- you do know what I mean though, right?) So I am basically not going anywhere or doing anything, which means I do not get to go to Bas-con (which I have secretly been hoping to do again for years), or go and visit family for the holidays. No more movies either. Otoh, I haven't been overly impressed by what has been showing locally so in some ways that's no issue. At least living online makes life in general much more bearable.
Still writing, though not much else is getting done. Ideas abound -- I always seem to have "another" idea when it comes to writing.
The furkids are fine. Spoiled rotten, but fine. I am trying to get things ready for winter so hopefully they will not all be camping inside my porch.
I renewed my driver's license and the new pic looks just as awful as the old one. Gah! ::shudders:: Worst of all, my e-sig looks nothing at all like my real sig. I hope that doesn't prove to be a problem down the road but if it does, I'll just find a way to deal, I guess.
My cleaning lady is going on maternity leave at the end of the month, so I won't have any help until just before Thanksgiving or Christmas/New Years at the earliest. :/She says she doesn't want to be out of town when the baby comes, which I understand. Otoh, this is her fourth baby, and it's only a 20 min. drive to the hospital from here, so I hope it's just caution and that there's not some high-risk issue she's not talking about.
I am also trying to get things ready for winter because I just *know* the first frost will be very soon, definitely before the end of the month.
My budget skills are minimal at best. I don't know where the money goes (ok, I do -- you do know what I mean though, right?) So I am basically not going anywhere or doing anything, which means I do not get to go to Bas-con (which I have secretly been hoping to do again for years), or go and visit family for the holidays. No more movies either. Otoh, I haven't been overly impressed by what has been showing locally so in some ways that's no issue. At least living online makes life in general much more bearable.
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Date: 2010-09-12 07:26 pm (UTC)So soon?
I know what you mean.
Hugs!!
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Date: 2010-09-13 02:21 am (UTC)I too would love to go to bascon again. But what I think made it so much more fun was who else was there. It was a little NickZone convention the time we went! But yes, the money.
When I was laid off last year and living on severance, I had the attitude that I couldn't buy anything extra because I was unemployed. Boy did that work nice! I saved enough money to pay off the car! A friend of mine told me that if you only buy the necessities you can save $1000s/yr and it's true. I just wish I could make myself only buy necessities all the time!
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Date: 2010-09-13 03:14 pm (UTC)Bascon was wonderful wasn't it? It was so good meeting people from NZ. *sighs* I am saving now for another major trip "sometime in the future."
Buying "necessities only" would save mega-bucks but there always seems to be some new expense that comes up, like new tires... new roof... vet visits...
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Date: 2010-09-13 02:57 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2010-09-13 03:16 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2010-09-13 10:33 am (UTC)I'm glaring and sweaty, it's a great moment in my life. I'm glad I get to keep it for ten years.
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Date: 2010-09-13 03:20 pm (UTC)