Kevin's Watch

Yay for the new toy, lorin!

I've been bad about stopping by, I know. I suck. Will try to be better. But I'm hoping to dive into writing the first draft of the next book this weekend, so unfortunately there are no guarantees.

Ali, reading all your posts is like listening to myself after drinking a triple shot of expresso.

BAM do this
BAM Im happy about that
BAM your leaving
BAM Im bummed
BAM
BAM
BAM

now lemme go write my new book while I have a free minute.................

only teasing, only teasing. I'll take you in any state I can get you.

I'm sorry. I'll try to be better...

aliantha wrote: I'm sorry. I'll try to be better...

I really was teasing. I know how busy you are.

There is something deeply satisfying about a clothes airer full of ironed clothes.

Iolanthe wrote: clothes airer

??????

Holy crap!!! Cambo, Ussusimiel, Isolanthe and lorin all on the site at the same time AND on a Sunday morning. It's a resurgence!!!!

I used to have one like this years ago - the children played with it in the garden - made it into a tent.

Iolanthe wrote:

I used to have one like this years ago - the children played with it in the garden - made it into a tent.

Surely that is a clothes horse!


Isn't the airing cupboard used then?

Well, yes, it is, but I thought that might be even more confusing. It can be used for drying or airing, so I called it a clothes airer as that is what I was using it for at the time.

There's no heat in the airing cupboard at the moment - it's too warm for the heating to come on, and the little heat from the boiler when we use hot water isn't enough. Now we have one of those new boilers (no immersion tank) I have a very small radiator at the bottom of the airing cupboard where I put washing in the winter after it's come off the line.

We call that "clothes bars" in the Northeastern US.

Going to a baseball game (the Binghamton Mets, a AA team) which benefits a friend who is in remission from cancer; her husband is the team chaplain.

It's a clothes horse.

--A

Apparently in Scotland it is called a "winterdyke"!

Feel like complaining. I've been exercising for 7 weeks now almost daily. When do those fabled endorphins kick in?? It just hurts.

I've never seen one of those things before.

It's day 3 of a 3-day weekend. My goals this weekend were to clean the house and write between 3K and 5K words a day. Then Magickmaker announced that she was coming for the weekend.... We're all pitching in and cleaning the house today, so at least *that* will get done.

Little disappointed that Helsinki lost the bid to host the 2015 Worldcon. As I will not stop reminding everyone, I'm attending next year's Worldcon in London, and it would have been nice to have the following year also in a European venue so I could attend again. Instead, 2015 will be in Spokane, Washington. Oh well. It's at least got me eyeing up Finncon, which is supposed to be a pretty good event.

There are quite a few Watchers who will encourage you to go to Spokane. I can tell you that the scenery is lovely.

Apart from the cost of getting to the US being prohibitive, I'm also not generally all that keen on visiting the place at all.

I'm Murrin wrote:Instead, 2015 will be in Spokane, Washington.

Really?

I have yet to get to that side of the state, but boy that's as close as I've ever seen it to my location. Maybe I'll get to go...

Ten years ago today we lost a family member, and i was surprised at how many tears i still have for him. The hole he left has never been filled... it seemed like a lot of people had death and sorrow on their mind today-- which was oddly comforting. I felt less alone that way. Death is part of the life we share as mortal human beings...

So I feel comforted.

deer of the dawn wrote:Ten years ago today we lost a family member, and i was surprised at how many tears i still have for him. The hole he left has never been filled... it seemed like a lot of people had death and sorrow on their mind today-- which was oddly comforting. I felt less alone that way. Death is part of the life we share as mortal human beings...

So I feel comforted.

There is a comfort in shared grief. It's funny how certain people's departure can leave a whole in your world and others don't. When my mother died I felt a sadness but also, I have to admit, some relief. Yet when a friend of mine, who I had only known 5 years, died suddenly I was devastated. I still am.

Moving on....I had a barbecue with former work friends on Monday. It was very nice and I had a good time. They came with all the food, did all the cooking and I relaxed. I didn't bust my butt as I usually do, didn't spend all my money as I usually do. Just a nice time.

My father is coming to town. I wish weed was legal here 'cause I'm going to need it. I just don't understand him. He was married to my mother for 50 years and three weeks after her death he moved his girlfriend in. She died one month or so ago and he has met and fallen in love with a new woman who he is moving into his home. I just do not understand how anyone can be so terrified of being alone. His whole sense of self worth is measured based on the woman he is with and how much she loves him.