Good afternoon Purgies!
(((Maryn))) for the Kid 2 car troubles. You're quite tech savvy with all the assistance you provided, despite the thumb trouble. Yay! on your anthology coming out soon!
(((Mrs. B))) for the carpel tunnel syndrome. Enjoy the bubble bath and glass of wine!
Lily - the new hair color looks great!
Blond - it's really wonderful hearing how happy you are with JL.
Fire - Oooh, Beef Wellington and truffles. And Tas' snickerdoodles!
Jo - glad to hear the party went well.
Amarie - good luck on the open house!
CB - congrats on the cover competition success!
Dys - I second the destressing mocha, and good luck on your short story!
Dragon - enjoy your world. The same thing happened to me in Book 0. I finished up what I had planned to write around 90K, but I really enjoyed the characters and the world I'd created, and kept going to 155K, and now I've got a 4 book outline. (Book 0 was the only reason I started writing, and one of these days, it WILL get published.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JO!!!
+1!
Um, I thought the male gift gene was the one that made them say: "So what did you get my parents this year? What are you getting my brothers? Did you buy anything for my sister yet?" And so on. The male gene = leave shopping to the women.
This sounds normal to me. I go through phases, sometimes planning diligently months ahead of time, other times suddenly realizing that tomorrow is our anniversary. For Christmas, Lynne takes care of everything most of the time. It's really fun finding out what I got the kids for Christmas when they open their presents.
Haha, not even going to start on the weird sayings. There are so many German sayings that don't make any sense at all.
I can't remember all the odd sayings my mom said. She also had trouble with some of the American sayings that don't make a whole lot of sense if you didn't grow up using them. Instead of saying she had "nerves of steel", she'd say she had "nerves of crystal", or even "crystal clear nerves".
The industry of Purgatory must have rubbed off on me.
Hmm, not so much on me. I've got a long list of stuff to do, but I'm pretty much taking it easy. I spent most of yesterday watching the 1st 2 LOTRs movies with kiddos 2 and 3. (I forget Kiddo 3 had never seen them - about halfway through movie 2, she spouts out (about Orlando Bloom) - "Hey - he's the guy in Pirates of the Caribbean!")
Movie #3 is on the schedule for today, followed by The Hobbit tonight or tomorrow (although tomorrow would interfere with the commencement of my Christmas shopping). Kiddo #2 put off cooking dinner for us until tonight - she and Kiddo #3 are in the kitchen, prepping now. Some sort of crockpot concoction, I gather. (Wow, something smells good.)