Odds & Ends
It's been a rather quiet week for me, but I thought I should post since I've been absent from LJ and email lately. I've been babysitting three days a week on average, but this past week was okay because Jeff was able to help out more. On Valentine's Day he brought home supper so I didn't have to cook. :-) My mom had planned on visiting today and tomorrow, but the weather forecast was bad so she came yesterday instead. She watched Arthur so Jeff and I could go out and finally use our Red Lobster gift cards we got for Christmas, LOL. And yes, we did buy lobster...and fish, scallops, crab legs, shrimp, and dessert! It's fun eating at nice restaurants when you don't have to pay. ;-) Then we went to the theater to see Juno--and not just because 
handyhunterrecommended it! I'd been wanting to see it for awhile, and really there wasn't much else to choose from. I considered The Spiderwick Chronicles, but I haven't read the books, and I didn't know anyone who had seen the movie. I was happy with Juno, with its enjoyable characters, sarcastic dialogue, and music that got stuck in my head. And they could have easily copped out and gone with a happy-ever-after-ending for everyone involved, so I was thrilled with a ending that was appropriate/realistic/hopeful, all at the same time.
Two of my favorite bands have new CDs releasing this week: Sanctus Real on Feb.12th and Secondhand Serenade on Feb. 19th. I don't know if I'll actually buy the CDs--but I'm tempted, which is saying a lot. :-) This past week I reread Halfway to the Grave (more on that in the days to come) and did some research for my book. I've requested some new stuff from the library, including the audiobook Grave Sight (rec bymarcyjo!), the audiobook Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and Astonishing X-Men: Vol. 1 (both rec by handyhunter!) I'm fourth in line for Outlander, but the other two should be available soon.
A few weeks ago, Jordan Summers on
fangs_fur_feywas gathering questions to offer up to her agent, Ginger Clark. So I entered four questions for consideration, and last week Ginger chose eight questions to answer--four of which were mine! I thought that was kind of cool. If you're interested in the questions & answers, go here: http://community.livejournal.com/fangs_fur_fey/297733.html#cutid1 . Okay, another example of my technological ineptness. Can someone tell me how to hide a link inside a word or phrase? I ought to know, but it's escaping me. Oh, and if you're wondering which questions are mine--there's no easy way of explaining that. See, my questions are smack dab in the middle of the list...but for some reason my questions are numbered and the others aren't. So when you see the questions in the middle numbered 1-4, those are mine. :-)
I haven't decided when or if I'll post another discussion question. It's a blast for me, but unfortunately, too much LJ time takes away from my reading and writing time. And after talking toecabslast night, I've decided I need to get back to writing ASAP. I've definitely been missing it; plus I need to get those edits done so I can start getting helpful feedback. But no doubt I'll have questions in the future that I need help answering, so don't give up hope for the discussion topics. ;-) Hope everyone is doing great!!
handyhunterrecommended it! I'd been wanting to see it for awhile, and really there wasn't much else to choose from. I considered The Spiderwick Chronicles, but I haven't read the books, and I didn't know anyone who had seen the movie. I was happy with Juno, with its enjoyable characters, sarcastic dialogue, and music that got stuck in my head. And they could have easily copped out and gone with a happy-ever-after-ending for everyone involved, so I was thrilled with a ending that was appropriate/realistic/hopeful, all at the same time. Two of my favorite bands have new CDs releasing this week: Sanctus Real on Feb.12th and Secondhand Serenade on Feb. 19th. I don't know if I'll actually buy the CDs--but I'm tempted, which is saying a lot. :-) This past week I reread Halfway to the Grave (more on that in the days to come) and did some research for my book. I've requested some new stuff from the library, including the audiobook Grave Sight (rec by
marcyjo!), the audiobook Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and Astonishing X-Men: Vol. 1 (both rec by handyhunter!) I'm fourth in line for Outlander, but the other two should be available soon. A few weeks ago, Jordan Summers on
fangs_fur_feywas gathering questions to offer up to her agent, Ginger Clark. So I entered four questions for consideration, and last week Ginger chose eight questions to answer--four of which were mine! I thought that was kind of cool. If you're interested in the questions & answers, go here: http://community.livejournal.com/fangs_fur_fey/297733.html#cutid1 . Okay, another example of my technological ineptness. Can someone tell me how to hide a link inside a word or phrase? I ought to know, but it's escaping me. Oh, and if you're wondering which questions are mine--there's no easy way of explaining that. See, my questions are smack dab in the middle of the list...but for some reason my questions are numbered and the others aren't. So when you see the questions in the middle numbered 1-4, those are mine. :-)I haven't decided when or if I'll post another discussion question. It's a blast for me, but unfortunately, too much LJ time takes away from my reading and writing time. And after talking to
ecabslast night, I've decided I need to get back to writing ASAP. I've definitely been missing it; plus I need to get those edits done so I can start getting helpful feedback. But no doubt I'll have questions in the future that I need help answering, so don't give up hope for the discussion topics. ;-) Hope everyone is doing great!!