Month: November 2018

AccountaClub Friday, November 30, 2018

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I started this post while waiting on hold. They told me it would be an hour; I was at 27 minutes when I figured I might as well get going on blogging.

While trying to make a payment on a site, the site kept glitching. I’d tried yesterday as well, and thought it would be back to normal by today, but it wasn’t. Clearly I wasn’t the only person with the issue, given the wait time. But while on hold, I decided to try a few things based on what I was seeing while the site hung up, and lo and behold, 46 minutes into holding, I’d solved the problem and made the payment.

Woo. Hoo.

It’s been that kind of a week. Yesterday, I got all ready to work out at my usual live Daily Burn time, only to find there was no workout. No hint of a workout.

Whaa???

Apparently they had some technical difficulties, so no live workout ever aired. They ran a previously recorded one, but I don’t know when it started, by the time I saw they were running it, it was in the middle. 

So I found one by Erika, an awesome trainer who just left and did that one instead.

Lemonade from lemons this week and there have been many, many lemons. I’ve spent more time away from the computer, as technology is obviously out to get me right now, and am focusing on some larger organization projects. I’ve gotten my front closet nearly under control (it’s tough in Chicago with all the coats) and I have other things I want to work on, so probably another update on that next Friday.

Was the week what I wanted it to be? Eh.

I did do five workouts, even with the glitch with the live workout. Some things are out of our control.

How was your week?

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Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
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Ten Word Photo Prompt: Done

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You know what time it is! Using the photo writing prompt above, write a ten word story. Post here, your blog, wherever! Just make sure to leave a link so we know where to find you.

OK, and here’s mine:

There was nothing left to do but watch the sky.

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Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s free!
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Have you read my books yet?

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You really should.

They’re good.

And fun.

Here’s a link. Right here. Look no further.

Blog Dreams

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So I think I dreamed that I’d written a blog post, or at least had a great topic for one, and it was an easy posting day. Of course now I have no idea what that perfect topic could have been.

I think I need to learn how to type in my sleep.

Especially given I don’t think I slept that well last night. Could have used the time for my benefit, I guess.

Along with the blogging, I had dreams of other timelines and disappearing timelines. My subconscious is nothing if not creative.

I really want another cup of coffee. I had a second one, half-caf yesterday and that might–just might–have had something to do with my not sleeping well. Such a vicious circle.

Additional coffee made, and far too much time spent away from this post as I contemplate my shoe problem. I have many shoes. They need storage.

Pretty sure my dream post didn’t involve shoe storage, but you can’t be completely certain. In a dream, shoe storage can be fascinating.

Shrug.

Not sure why my posts have started to sound like telegrams from 1926, stop. Apparently I’m having staccato ideas, stop.

Anyway, I have many non-writerly things to do, including some major shoe wrangling. I’ll thank me later.

Have a spectacular Tuesday.

  

Like my political side? Read my opinion pieces here.
Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s free!
Peruse Montraps Publishing

#MondayThoughts on the bleak side.

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It’s gray and snowy, and I think it’s going to snow some more, judging by the sky. Hello winter. We knew you were coming.

The year is winding down, and November is nearly gone. How strange.

It’s been a slow, lumbering year, and a quick one, all at once. We’ve seen some of the worst this country has to offer, and it’s not done yet.

Apparently.

I never really thought we’d live in such times. I thought we’d grown up, we’d learned from the past, but the reality is, different people take different lessons, and some of them are dark and horrible.

And bloody.

Deep, depressing sigh.

Here’s the day half-over, a Monday on fast-forward, time still misbehaving. Naughty, naught time.

Off I venture into those Monday tasks and tasks that have me dragging my heels, and I hope you have a very productive week. I hope this coffee hits my brain fast, I’m going to need it.

Like my political side? Read my opinion pieces here.
Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s free!
Peruse Montraps Publishing

#AccountaClub Friday, November 23, 2018

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It’s a sorta holiday at the end of a holidayish week so no real post from me today, but please feel free to do your thing in the comments! I want to hear how you’re doing.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving if you had one.

Like my political side? Read my opinion pieces here.
Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s free!
Peruse Montraps Publishing

Ten Word Photo Prompt: Appearances

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Ten word story time! Using the photo above as a writing prompt, write a ten word story. Yes titles; not long ones.

I thought this one leaned toward Thanksgiving but still gave some interest for our friends in other parts of the world.

OK, here’s mine:

“Xthsit’ngcorp, wheat sticks and slime disks complete our human disguises.”

Happy Thanksgiving!

Taking advantage in a good way

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So I have a few minutes while out and about, and figured why not get a blog post in?

Look at my efficiency. LOOK AT IT.

Thank you.

I’ve marvelled at it before, but the ease of technology still gets me sometimes. I can sit here and talk to you from practically anywhere.

With a WiFi connection.

Kinda need the WiFi.

But that’s the way of the world, things that would have been inconceivable a few years ago are routine now.

The imagination abounds.

Anyway, have a marvelous Thanksgiving if that’s your thing and I’ll probably post our photo prompt tomorrow if not or you have a few minutes to play.

Holiday frame of mind

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Look at my late, late blogging today. So tardy. I’m already thinking holiday week, already imagining my Thanksgiving meal.

Yum.

It’s quieter today, too, and of course as I typed that there was the whine of a siren, but I mean besides that. People are already traveling, already out of town.

I hate the cold but I love cold weather clothes, so if you can figure that one out, that would be great. Cozy sweaters, cute boots. Such a fan.

And we’re just at the leading edge of the cold, November is when Chicago reminds you who it is, reminds you that the wind isn’t always tinged with warm humidity, that the skies can be moody and flat dull gray.

But we’re still in the fun side of winter, the adjustment side. The side with the lights and the decorations and all the food.

I’m really stuck on the food.

So off we go again, into the ice and slush and snow. At least I’ll get to wear sweaters.

Yay.

Like my political side? Read my opinion pieces here.
Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s free!
Peruse Montraps Publishing

Here we go again

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It’s sunny and it’s cold and it’s Monday. So much Monday. So very Monday.

It appears I’m fully ensconced in the new WordPress editor, and I’m still a fan. Very easy, very clean. One change changed.

The cough isn’t entirely gone, but it’s random and occasional. I’d call that progress. And here we are.

Thanksgiving week. I can’t believe we’re here already, this year has blazed by and crawled by, both at the same time, which is such a strange trick of time. 

But time is weird. We know that.

It might be the most contrarian force in the universe, the one thing that can be everything and nothing at once. The one thing that we’ve made up entirely, and yet it rules our lives.

Deep for a Monday. I hope we’ve had enough caffeine.

Here we go, guys. Have a good week.

Like my political side? Read my opinion pieces here.
Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s free!
Peruse Montraps Publishing