Okay, so Mr. Silver is officially home, which is awesome. I was so excited to think that this morning I would be able to regroup, dig in and get some work done. Yeah. Mr. Silver hasn’t been home for more than a few days at a stretch in 14 months. Apparently, he has a long list of things he’d like to do around the house. All of which are noisy. o.O Halp.
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The great news: Mr. Silver will officially move home this coming Friday. The not-so-great news: I just had to kitten-proof an entirely different room so I could move my office back where it used to be. I feel like a sardine in here. Off to finish moving stuff back to where it used to be. #sigh #trudge
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Things have been a bit wild around here this last week. Our tornado was actually straight-line winds. Important distinction, but still a huge mess to clean up. Or at least I would have been cleaning up if not for the emergency trip to my parents’ into the equation. This left my kids on their own, including a 16-yr-old who has fallen in love with the chainsaw. Not nerve-wracking at all. Today, I need to regroup and prioritize raking, writing and preparing a whole bunch of upcoming website changes I’ve been putting off for way too long. Please to send chocolate, coffee, and handsome minions.
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I was all set to get back to “normal” work schedule today. Here’s how I woke up: “Um, Mom? There’s a tornado warning. It’s hailing on my truck.” (The one where The Nights Of Yes almost comes true) If you need me, I’ll be in the yard cleaning up cottonwood.
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Here’s what I do while the kids are gone: Recreational Complaining: Last weekend while I was away, something happened to my ergonomic keyboard. It got wet somehow, I think. Certain keys transposed themselves so that when I press the left shift key, I get an open parenthesis instead. Other keys are messed up, too, rendering it unusable. The replacement won’t be here until tomorrow. Until then, I have to type on a regular keyboard. I. Hate. It. Hate. It. Ow.
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What it’s like at the Silver household: “If you’re from Tatooine, why are you white?” “Oh, my God, Leia. You can’t just ask Stormtroopers why they’re white.”
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Oi — yesterday was a blur of dentist, errands and choir concerts. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I have no idea how single parents do this. Do you all have Hermione’s time-turner or something? In other news, leading up to Fantasy Heights Season Two, I’ve decided to leave Season One bundle at the $6.99USD sale price. Also, if you buy the print version, a digital version license is currently FREE through Amazon’s Matchbook program. The third Calais County book will likely get mushed in between Fantasy Heights episode releases; the production schedule on Season Two is pretty tight, and right now there’s just not time to… Read More
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I revised something in episode 10 today. Emma now calls the third fantasy scene “egregious.” It’s like she doesn’t even know me at all. /throws head back, thrusts triumphant fist in air
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Who the HELL agreed to schedule two dentist appointments at 8:00AM on a Monday? Yes, that would be me — Likely scarce today. I’ll be heading straight from the mom taxi to the grindstone (and downing copious amounts of coffee) Have a great day!
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Mr. Silver came home for a visit this last weekend, which was awesome. What wasn’t awesome were the side-effects, including long lists of things put on the back burner while he was home (like anything even remotely resembling work). Also the protests from our imaginary friends at Fantasy Heights. They don’t like to be ignored. When they get ignored, I have weird dreams like I did last night, which started with me lending two sets of Collectors Edition Stargate SG-1 action figures to a fan-con. Naturally, the figures got stolen, and the dream ended at a shopping mall where a murderer got tossed off the roof after killing someone over… Read More
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