DAMMIT RICHARD!!!!

I’m reading ‘The Goldfinch’ because you said you enjoyed it!

Where the fuck is The Happy? I don’t care what kind of happy, my reading material needs some happy.

Happy.

Speaking of happy, I have a warm fat kitty at my feet purring. Apparently my rough calloused tootsies are good to scratch one’s ears on.

And I FINALLY got my PC Kindle to work properly! ’bout damn time!

But still. The Goldfinch. NEEEEEEED Happy! Happy. Sooooo not happy.

 

It’S GUUYYYYYYYYYYYY-DAAAAAAAAY….

I hear that to the tune of ‘The Loooooooooove Booooooooaaaaaaaaaaat’….

I am the proud owner of an RA Plushie. I’m waiting for him to come in. I can’t wait.

His Majesty is not pleased.

No. I am not pleased. He thinks he is the king of cuteness. I am The King. Period.

This might be a problem.

Quickly (as my kids are outside) Some Guy…..

There will be more… later…

I suppose

now isn’t the time to brag that it was 68 and sunny in my neck of the woods today.

Nope. No gloating. I didn’t get to enjoy it. I called in a sub, made sure work was left for my youngin’s and I turned off my alarm, drank a pot of ginger/lemon/honey tea and hit the bed at 9:00. Slept 12 hours.  Funny, how well one sleeps with a warm kitty at their feet. I can think of only one other living creature that would be better to sleep with…

Yasssssssssssssss but I digress.

And now it’s time for MOVIE MADNESS!!!!

Day 8: Least favorite movie by your favorite actor. Well, we know Richard is my favorite actor. How on EARTH did that happen?? Oh yeah, bearditage, bulkitage, gorgeoustage…

Least favorite movie??? Honest? Miss Marie Lloyd.

I will be skipping the next two – Least favorite movie by my favorite actress (I don’t have a favorite actress) least favorite movie of my favorite director – don’t have one of those either.

Now off to yell at Amazon Kindle support. This PC Kindle is going to be the bane of my existence.

Holy Crap Beefcake Batman!

I just spent 55.00 at the laundry mat and I only did 1/3rd of my laundry.

Before you hit the floor, the majority of it (7 of the 8 huge ass double loads) were linens and towels that have been in storage for 5 years. No way am I putting that stuff on my beds or in my linen closet.

I’m discovering/remember that my mother unloaded linens and stuff she didn’t want back when I moved lower down the coast. I didn’t need king-sized sheets then and I don’t need them now. I have twin sheets as well. Of course, I DO have 2 inflatable twin mattresses, so those I might keep, but the mismatched sheets and king-sized sheets are going bye-bye.

Yessiree Bob’s yer uncle.

I wrote half of the next chapter of William’s story and then double checked my history. William’s in deep ca-ca and I’m in no mood to rehash all of that, so I believe 7 pages of sweat is going to get dumped and I’m simply going to set down at point T rather than point B.

For those who are curious, the time line is in that 4 year period Edward II and Isabella have just about had enough of each other and Hugh the Younger is completely off his leash and Hugh the Elder is about as enabling as a parent can be and Roger Mortimer is in France stirring up all sorts of shit and the barons are in disarray because Edward executed his cousin, the Earl of Lancaster, who seemed to be the only person who could control the Despensers.

And William is somewhere in the middle of that, stirring shit for both sides.

Nope. Just not going there.

Sigh.

Are you ready for some beefcake? I need some beefcake. I’m under the weather, it’s cold and there is school tomorrow. I feel like crap.

Sam is 71 and still looks gorgeous. I’d make time for him!

I could use the guy around the house to just do stuff, y’know???

And my favorite beefcake…

That man is sex on legs!

I’m in the mood for…

Behind the cut for those who can’t stomach it…

It’s the weekend!!!!

Are you ready for it??? I’m not.

First, as many of you know, the Eastern portion of the United States is socked in tight with cold cold snow snow ice ice baby and it’s a good weekend to snuggle in with books and/or wine.

Except we just have COLD and slightly wet weather… it’s icky outside.

This weekend, we are cleaning house. Really. I don’t care. Boxes are going out to the garage and I’m cleaning! And hanging pictures. And vacuuming.  My son has been doing the cooking thing, God love him….

That was dinner last night. Those green things are deseeded and deribbed jalapeno peppers. It’s Cajun Pot Roast Magnifique – Justin Wilson’s recipe – and it was Spawn’s first attempt at it.

He did good.

Either way, I’m heading out for a Music Teacher workshop – yes on a Saturday. I could have gone during the week and gotten a substitute, but my kids see enough subs with their regular teachers! Either way…

I’m doing the cleaning and I’m going to paint the bookcase…

And we have laundry to do this weekend. Don’t ask. On top of our regular laundry, I have a pile of at least 397 loads of things that have been in storage forever and a day.

I’m hoping to take time tonight and sit in my corner and read or knit. Or possibly tomorrow night.

Really, I want to get everything CLEAN and pictures hung so I can take pictures. I’m so proud of my little place. Really and I’m not making the progress I’d like to be making.

And it’s cold. Windchill 27. Yes, warmer than many of my friends and relatives, but it’s still cold. I mean, you can look at the window and you can see how cold it is.

Oh. The next chapter of Gary is up at all the usual places. Will be sent to RASF tonight.

OH! Conversation at my desk yesterday.

2nd grader looks at my computer wallpaper.

“That’s your future husband?” 

Yes.

He has pretty eyes! 

Yes, he does.

He’s nice-looking!

I think so.

Does he like music?

Yes.

Does he like to read?

Yes.

Then he’s perfect for you! 

Ogle this!

For those interested

You should know by now, my favorite series is the Masters and Mercenary series by Lexi Blake. The first THREE books in the series is currently bundled and free on Amazon.

My sentiments exactly!!!

 

Masters and Mercenaries 1-3

Happy Reading!

It’s Friday

you know what THAT means…

now that’s F.I.N.E. fine!

Very. Oh so very.

Yesterday

was my 2nd anniversary of blogging here on WordPress. It’s funny, when I ‘got’ my blog, I didn’t know what I was going to do with it. I still don’t know what I’m going to do with it… maybe I do. It’s my quiet place, it’s the place where The Ugliness hasn’t invaded, and trust me I’ll kick an ass if it tries to invade. But…

Guylty was gifted with a gorgeous quilt last week and I thought – you know, that’s some love for a person and she so deserves it. Over the past 6 or 7 months, I’ve experienced that sort of love from my friends I’ve met through Richard. I wonder if he knows or even has an inkling.

Dear Richard. You don’t know me from Adam and according to some you don’t want to know me and if you did know me you’d hate me for reasons we won’t discuss here, but either way, you’re an awesome person and I’ve met more awesome people through your fandom. I’ve met some shits… I take that back, I don’t think the shits are members of your fandom. I don’t even think they’re members of the human race, but way-hey… let’s just not go there and instead just love on those we love in your fandom and thank you so much for being you so we could do this. 

coughs.

Late last week, I received a package from one of those friends I’ve met through the fandom. IT was an awesome package. Took me several days to actually breach the tape on the box.

Trust me. That thing was sealed up tight. I had to take it to school and borrow the art teacher’s special scissors she keeps locked away.

I had hoped to find HIM…

Alas, my heart’s desire was not there, however, my teacher’s heart was ecstatic…

Almost my heart desire. The voice recorded melts my chocolate!

Innit cute???? Lots of pink and purple stuff!!! I’m in girly heaven…

pens and rubber bands and sparkly things and erasers and crayons and lovely stuff…

and…

What all of this is is graphic novels or in my words…. COMIC BOOKS!!!! Specifically Comic books geared to young readers. The Avengers, Star Wars, a way cool dark version of Alice in Wonderland – Archie, plus more… all geared to younger readers. My media specialist is like drooling on himself.

This is a beloved gift. I will share it with my students, my babies.

My babies can’t read. They struggle. It’s a school-wide epidemic. We don’t know why. We blame the new standardized test, but more than 2% should have passed it. This is what happens when you work in an Impact School. We’re jumping the hoops, we’re doing the work, and yet, our babies can’t read. Things my 3rd graders had no problems with at my first school, my 5th graders stop and struggle with. I’m torn between teaching what I love, complete with singing and playing instruments, to giving reading and writing assignments. About music. It’s not the same thing, but my babies can’t read and i’m responsible to help them learn to read. I have yet to unpack my Kodaly notebook with songs and games and rhythm charts. That has been proven to help reading scores, but I’ve not found it yet. But until then…

This will help. Really. This is help. So, thank you NFC Comics for this beautiful gift. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

And just ‘cuz… my contribution to the Ogle Society…

Movie thingy – day 8

Best soundtrack

This one was harder than I thought it would be.

Obviously, I adore all 6 soundtracks of the LOTR and the Hobbit. Really. Just… yes.

And I could wax poetic about others, but as I’m running short time, I haven’t eaten and I’m not dressed and it’s cold as shit and I’ve not warmed up the car and I need to leave in like 15 minutes for work, favorite soundtrack, hands down… Pirates of the Caribbean 3

MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

NO! NONONONONONONO!!!!!!

Lemmy. David Bowie. Alan Rickman.

Glenn Frey.

Just…. please make it stop.

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