Zee reads

I am waiting for my Chinese restaurant to open up. As well as a nail salon so I can get my toes done and get waxed. Folks, my toes are ugly, I can’t reach them to do them myself, I don’t dare ask Spawn to do them! And I have a flippin’ beard!

For some odd reason, Girly-Girl is sitting at my feet yowling the most pathetic whiny yowl. I don’t understand: she’s been fed, fresh water, cleaned litter boxes (yes 2 litter boxes) and has had treats! She’s had so much attention – she sits in Spawn’s lap or across his shoulders when he’s at the computer.

I”m struggling with the clothes issues. Yes, I’m having issues. Seems the spring catalogs came out after i spent you don’t want to know how much money on clothes earlier this month. Granted pretty much everything was on clearance… and a lot was for Spawn or my mother!

See these???

It calls them ‘silver-blush’. THEY PINK! PAINK!!!!! Bubble gum PAINK! I took them out of the shoe box and went – WTF??? What am I going to wear them wit—–oooooooooooooh they are SOOOO pretty on! And comfortable!!!

Remember these???

I love them, I want them, I need them. Okay, I don’t NEED them… When they first came out, there was a zipper in the back of the shoe. You can see it. Well, now the zipper is gone and people are complaining on the reviews! Something like that, I HAVE to have a zipper! I can’t buckle that itty bitty strap! You know why? Because I’m FAT!

Either way, some new, pretty springy things came out and I’m… struggling. Because I’m NOT needing anything for my closet and while I’ve made a pact to NOT buy anything for a while…

Well, you know me, no self control. But, by golly, I’m NOT going to do it! No clothes!

I’m also getting picky about books. And that will be a whole nuther subject all on it’s own. First world problems. I’m digging for stuff to talk about.

I will be cleaning up William Edward to post this weekend. YAY! Right now, we have

ZEE READS!

Yes, it’s the wonderful time of the month, we all sigh because Zee has nothing better to talk about except the books she read this month. Big whoopdedoo, right? Only, this month, we have some… well… you’ll see!

First up, we have Never. I started Never late last year, part of a challenge and I like Never so much, I decided NOT to read anymore until I got the entire series. These are quick novellas, that go back to back at a break neck speed.

Never is pretty alone in this world – a world in turmoil The militant country is taking over the rest of the world, once country at a time and one doesn’t know if the other is friend or foe. Never, simply wants to know WHO and WHAT he is – a nice way of putting it is he has a blood disorder. He’s not a vampire, but his blood is a weapon all on its own. His father disappeared when he and his brother Snow were young and his mother struggled until she died when he was a teenager.  Right now, he has a map, is being chased by a rather nasty privateer because… well, he has a map that he stole from the palace.

In these installments, Never is navigating a river with his faithful sidekick and 2 people who he doesn’t know if they’re friend or foe. He meets up with that world’s version of the Green Man, who is dying because apparently, Never’s brother, Snow, came through in an unkind manner. Not to mention, he’s losing his own battle with a nasty illness purposely given to him by a dying mercenary in book 1. He’s gone up the river because there’s supposed to be a grass or flower that will cure what he has. By the time Never heals himself,  the Green Man and his trees and goes on his way in search of his brother, he realizes he’s being followed again!

Never a dull moment with Never! There are 4 more books in this series.

Like many teachers, I’m reading to my kids. Video-taping and reading. Granted, I’ll never give Richard a run for his money, but I enjoy it. They are loading the vids on the school social page and the response has been pretty okay. This month I read (or started, as they are chapter books…)

 

A Fly went by was one of my favorite books when I was in 1st grade. Something about a peaceful, quiet day being ruined by a bunch of scared, running animals. The two Mustard books were aimed to my littles and The Vanderbeekers (30 chapters I’m doing at 2 chapter increments) for my older kids.

Okay, so 2 adult books and a handful of children’s books. Not so impressive, but I’ve been doing a lot of WRITING and editing too!

I unpacked several boxes this past month – including 2 boxes of hardbacks. It seems I have quite a few of Dick Francis’ books. oooh boy!

And now, I must go pay bills and rent. I got paid! I’m grateful I still am. i know too many people who aren’t.  😦

Have some Richard and have a great May 1st!

coughs.

ManCandy Monday!

Are you staying safe today?

 

Spawn and I had planned to go OUT to dinner tonight – Chinese and then time at Starbucks, IF we can get a table. Georgia is reopening its doors today.

Sadly, I have been side-lined with a nasty stomach virus that’s not being kind to me, unless you count losing weight. I’m rather unhappy about that. I really have better things to do!

This crossed my news page on my Facebook this week. Freddie would be proud.

 

I’m going to just go straight to the good stuff.

Y’all stay safe. Spawn went out and said the Chinese buffet and Starbucks are still closed. Dangnabit!

I am

feeling very small today. All you crafty people making me feel like nobody. I don’t do tins or boxes or plushies or write poetry. There are some fanfic challenges, but I cave with those. For a few years, I did the LOTRAFF Big Bang. (That would be Lord of the Rings Adult Fanfiction – lovely group and very busy for over a decade! They were the first yahoo I posted at and they welcomed me with open arms.) Several of my Rohirrim fic (My Sweet Thing, Hers, LOVE! Rohirrim Style) were Big Bang challenges as was Loving Gin and Wraith in the Mist. Thing is I had like 4 months to do them in and there was always artwork…

Sigh. 

Just… meh!

Either way, I decided it was spring and I wanted to spruce up the house a bit. We’re having the lawn FINALLY mowed later this week, but I want flowers! So…

That’s Spawn’s little purple car. He called it his little ‘puhpal cah.’ I swear, the boy sounded like he was from Boston! My dad bought it for him when he was 18 months! He had his own playground, no joke. Most of the kids in the neighborhood had these cute sedans – red and yellow – and they were foot powered – like Fred Flintstone. So Mom and Dad take him to Toys R Us and he didn’t want the cute sedan – he wanted the purple jalopy. So he got the purple jalopy. Obviously, I still have it and somewhere I have his tricycle, that I also use as a plant holder. It’s in the garage… somewhere. Those are fresias.

I wasn’t done apparently…

I looked for yellow impatients but all they had were hot pink and red. I had to look for flowers that like the shade. Impatients like morning sun and water and shade the rest of the day. so they’re good for the porch.

Yes, there are a lot of leaves in the yard. Remember, this is the house of the shady vale. With shade, comes fallen leaves.

Either way, this little bit of brightness made me feel NOT so small. No, I didn’t go buy more clothes. God knows I want to!

Here. Have some Richard!

 

A second Season of The Stranger???

Guess I better watch the first one then!

The Stranger Season 2 Release Date, Cast, Trailer, What Will Be Storyline? And Everything A Fan Should Know

 

 

 

Happy Guy Day!

And how are we all???

Georgia has begun to reopen the economy. Certain businesses are being allowed to reopen. I’m looking forward to Monday when restaurants can reopen for in-house dining. We’re going Chinese!!!!

We will not be eating bat-soup. That’s gross anyway!

I’m hoping the nail salons will reopen. My toes are nasty and dwarves would be chasing me. My beard is impressive!

I went on my old neighborhood’s facebook last night. They are telling everyone WHO has toilet paper and oh by the way they’ve got food trucks from various restaurants coming through twice a week now for the last 6 weeks!

I have a new one-shot up at DreamerFiction – In This House. It’s Trevor/Sypha smutfest. I’m rather fond of Trevor and I’ve shipped Trevor/Syphia since S1.

I’m waiting on the FedEx truck. ALMOST the rest of my clothes from my buying spree 2 weeks ago are due – uhm – YESTERDAY! I’ve discovered when FedEx says my shipment is out for delivery, it means I’ll get it one to two days AFTER it says it’s out. If I get it today, I”ll be shocked.

Spawn is watching as well. See, in this shipment is this…

He likes tropical prints, okay? He picked it out!!! I’ve been trying to update his wardrobe all year. Last October,I was helping him fold his laundry and I was stunned at the threadbare clothing he was wearing. I tossed more underwear!!! We’ve been working on that and now he’s said he has enough Hanes and enough Crazy Boxers! But not decent shirts. I’m thinking some new jeans are in his near future. Not from online tho. Too many variables.

Keep your fingers crossed. He’s job hunting really hard and we’re hoping enough people decide they’re making more money sitting home on unemployment than they do at work,  as we reopen our lives, so maybe he can slide in and get that job!

What I’m waiting for are these –

I have this in dark blue (not navy) and I love it! I can wear this with more pants!

I love red. It’s my 2nd favorite color. I have this in burgundy and it’s absolutely the most comfortable tunic I own. I love it that much. I bought it for mom in a blue print. I might buy more. They be cheap!

This was a freebie for buying stuff. After the fact, I got to looking. See, this looks familiar.

Oh yeah – LAST year’s freebie…

I love Kimonos!! Obviously!

So all I have left are

Honest, I don’t remember buying the yellow pants. I have plenty of white tops, black tops to go with them I guess. I’m sure I have some print with enough yellow in it to be okay. The capris, I’ve already gotten the ‘soft geranium’ (see soft orange-red) tee shirt that I’ve bought to go with it. I have 2 pairs of capris that are actually ankle pants on me. I’ve seen enough teachers at school wear capris, so I’m probably going to do so, seeing how our weather tends to be HOT until late October and returns to it in late March.

Now, you’d think I’d be satisfied, right???? RIGHT???

But that’s another topic for another day. I’ve given myself RULES I must obey. *cough*

Are you ready for some Guy love??? I’m ALWAYS up for Guy Love!!!

There ya have it. Have a great weekend folks.

Rainy Thursday

Yet again, my part of the country is enduring rain rain tornadoes rain tornadoes and yes… tornadoes. I need Gary to come bail me out!

Isn’t that lovely? The only good thing about this is there will be no pollen for some days. Pollen hasn’t been that much of an issue for me this spring. A full rain ditch, on the other hand…. that’s been an issue.

For the last few days, I’ve tried to be good – salads for lunch, except these salads were bought a while back and they’re kinda starting to turn. As a result, I’m also eating protein bars and popcorn. I just made the mistake of popping popcorn and now Lord Thunderbutt thinks it’s time for dinne and is bumping up against my leg and fussing. No.

Apparently, my little reading vids have been quite popular with my little ones. We’re cleaning up the first chapter of My Sparkling Misfortune for my next foray. Life is pretty good

I will be uploading my little Trevor/Sypha smutfic over the weekend – In This House. I pulled it from the blanket scene from Season 2 and it’s pretty much a PWP (plot, what plot or porn without plot.) I’ll probably post it at Dreamerfiction tomorrow.

Oh. I have a new phone! YAY! So far, I’m loving it!!!

I am having First World Book problems. It’s stupid. It’s boring as hell so I’ll talk about it separately this weekend.

I cooked for the first time in a long time last night. I made what is known in the South as a ‘Country Supper.’ – Pinto beans, fried potatoes and onions, and corn muffins. Spawn is not a fan of pintos, but when you’re scrounging through the pantry and there’s no money for McDonald’s, you eat what you have. I made sure I salted and larded them with chunks of salt pork (bacon) and I fried up the potatoes and onions in my iron skillet. There were NOT much leftovers – Spawn said it was really good and that’s a nice compliment coming from him.

In between storms last week, Spawn and I took a trip into Savannah. A friend of mine mentioned a place close to the shore that she said was a must see and worth the drive for a walk. She was right. It used to be a harbor – so many harbors up and down the Southern Coast back in the day – that is now a personal harbor. Trees and big houses. Just a beautiful walk.

ManCandy Monday!

And how are we all???

We had horrid storms last night – as bad as the ones last week! I was up from 3:30 to 6:30 this morning listening to it, waiting for the tornado sirens to go off. They didn’t, there doesn’t seem to be any limbs or trees down – no damage. Knock on wood.

Trust me, there is NO pollen in the trees right now!

This past weekend, I watched woodpeckers and cardinals climb the trees, looking for food. Beautiful birds! Also watching the mama bluejay pick up things to build her nest. I”m pretty certain she’s in the tree behind my closet. I have never been much of a birdwatcher until this spring.

Today I’m doing a lot of video recording for school – reading to my kids. Also singing, dancing, and washing my hands for a music video. They might use my little snippet, they might not. Even if they don’t, it was fun to do!

For the record, it appears when I went on my clothes buying spree, I bought skinny yellow jeans.

What the hell am I going to do with skinny, yellow jeans?

The kitchen isn’t clean and I’ll be damned but I’m going to watch things next weekend! The Stranger! I”ve only watched the first episode. I might watch Castlevania again – all 3 seasons!

Speaking of Castlevania – that little smutfest is almost completed. Maybe I’ll get it done by tonight. off to betas. Hmmm mmm

I keep reminding myself… it’s JUST a cartoon….

Yup. Sir Guy’s progeny, no doubt about it!

Been in a Southern Rock mood today –

 

It says Lynyrd Skynyrd, but it’s Rossington Collins,

How about some ManCandy? All Richard version (because I’m lazy)

 

Stay safe today!

 

 

I am

a bit miffed

I might talked about it later

I might just go ahead and talk about it here and not worry about tiptoeing on eggshells or being nice about any of it. It’s my blog, right?

This made the rounds last week. I love House 6, but all the testosterone… same with House 2.  House 7, I’d be sleeping by myself, with a gun, House 5 is halfway full of douchebags, House 1 is rather… meh…. for me and House 4, I’d gain so much MORE weight because the Daddys would feed me until I couldn’t move. Am NOT familiar with anyone in House 3. Except the good doctor.

Sigh. I’ll take House 6…. maybe house 4

I’m waiting on clothes to arrive. FedEx said they were out to be delivered yesterday. They never made it. FedEx says they’re trying again today and look for them on Monday. They’ve been in flipping Savannah since Thursday. I could have gone to get them!!!

I’m still miffed.

here. I’m just pissy. Have some Richard.

Happy GuyDay!

Received an email this week informing me that according to my contract, I’m bound to things until June 30th. Let’s ruminate on the fact if things were normal, we’d be done  by Memorial Day.

So Zee is wanting to chew on a bone. I have a few unpopular opinions, at least in THIS arena. We’ll just leave it at that. For now.

I have designated Saturday as House Cleaning Day – because I’ve done NONE – AND I told Spawn to hide all of the clothing catalogs. All these sales and I just cannot cope.

I’m watching a mama bluejay test twigs on my back patio. I’ve seen her a lot over the last 24 hours. I believe she’s building a nest in the corner of my back yard – probably near my bathroom window. I’ll let you know. Birds are quite the architects!

How about some GuyDay??? I bet you thought I’d never ask.

The Adam’s Apple Bob of Sex!!!

 

 

ManCandy Monday

I finally heard from one of my co-workers who said everything was fine after the storms went through. Lots of rain and thunder! Phone service has been intermittent. I’m relieved.

Also got my stimulus check! Trying NOT to shop – giving my son some fundage, because he’s been generous the end of the month for the last 2 months, as well as make extra payments on all of the credit cards and then – NEW PHONE!!! When the computer stores open back up, I’m getting added ram on this monster, who is slower than slag!

William Edward is UP at Dreamerfiction, ffnet, and AO3! Will probably go up at EFFN later this week.

I either have a bad case of tendinitis in my right pointer and thumb or carpel-tunnels. I’m praying it’s just tendinitis. It’s getting worse by the day. Might have to call my doctor pretty soon about it.

New med dosages are bringing my blood sugar down slowly. This is so crazy – I get it down and then it jumps up and I have to start all over.

And now – some ManCandy! Enjoy!

He still makes my teenaged heart go pitter pat!

As always, savin’ the best for last.

Ya’ll have a good one.