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Apr
28
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-28
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- If you shop at Kroger, check out this contest, and stay to read the blog! http://is.gd/veWI #
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Apr
26
The weather here has been absolutely beautiful; records high temperatures, and though it has threatened rain, there really hasn’t been much more than a minute or two of light drizzle. It’s still April, and I know I’m taking a chance, but I went yesterday and bought all the plants I wanted, both for the beds and the container gardens.
The kids love marigolds, so we got two packs of those, along with some wave petunias. The “centerpiece” of each of their containers is a vegetable plant: Ari has a grape tomato plant, and Donovan has a red bell pepper. I got my own container garden going this year, with chives, rosemary, sage, cilantro and oregano. Oh, and thyme. Mustn’t forget thyme. The rosemary and chives are in their own pots because they’re perennials, and when we move, I intend to put them in the ground. We got a bunch of other plants, mostly perennials, to round out the garden. Matt’s out now buying the mulch because the bags are really too big for me to lift.
We planted the container gardens yesterday, and we just finished doing the two beds. I hurt now, and I’m going to hurt even more tonight and tomorrow, but that’s all good. I’m going to be able to enjoy the garden for the rest of the year (and it should help with the value of the house).
(And wouldn’t you know it, it’s starting to rain, so maybe I didn’t have to water everything after all. 
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Now, I bet you’re wondering why I wrote all this and what it has to do with writing.
Apr
23
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-23
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- Good morning, everyone! #
- Had cheesy scrambled eggs and sausages for breakfast with the girlie this morning. Earned me a huge Thanks Mom! hug and smoochie. #
- And now that the house is quiet, let’s see if I can actually get some writing done today. I’d love to finish TMA Chapter 19. #
- Me and my big mouth…. #
- @cleshastaten I find that happens to me when I buy a bunch on sale. I think “Oh, I’ve got six boxes in the cupboard”. #
- @cleshastaten I love Stash tea, especially their decaf spiced chai. Their herbal teas are pretty good too. Love their peppermint tea. #
- @cleshastaten I think I’m being stalked by Stash. Shortly after that tweet I sent you, Stashtea started following me. #
- @cleshastaten That’d be cool. I buy enough of the stuff. #
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Apr
23
Getting Writing Again
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Oh goodness, I’m embarrassed. All the talk I had about still being stuck on a specific spot in TMA? Well, I just opened up the chapter I’m currently working on and discovered I not only solved that problem, but have moved the scene along. (blush)
I’ve got a good portion of the rest of the scene already written (the stuff from the speed draft/NaNoWriMo version), so we’ll see how quickly this goes. It’s funny. Sometimes I find that editing old work to fit with the new path the novel has taken actually takes more time than writing completely new stuff.
Apr
22
I actually read this a couple weeks ago, but just now got around to adding it to the record. My bad.
Turn Coat is the latest installment in the Dresden Files – which I discovered is planned to be a 20 book series! The plot is starting to move faster now, bigger stuff is hitting the fan, and Harry has likely bitten off more than he can chew – as usual.
I do love both of Butcher’s series. I just wish there were more hours in his days so he could write them faster.