There are many reasons why I'm actually posting something on my LJ when it's quite obvious that I'm not the blogging type: One.. and most importantly, I'm stalling. I hate, I mean absolutely HATE, working with tulle and yet it's that time of year again... the RennFest is upon us here in TN and my daughter wants to be a fairy... again... which means cutesy little tulle tutu to go with her cutesy little fairy dress, complete with wings. Why do I have to live in such a large house that makes it not only possible but insanely easy to LOSE her first tulle tutu??? And why did I have to decide to make her another when I know what kind of pain tulle really is? *sighs* The things you do for your children...

Two... someone recently commented that I haven't posted in my LJ in a while... *to be honest, I don't think I've updated since November and the hellish NaBloPoMo/NaNoWriMo combo I thought my poor brain was capable of handling at the same time* Here you go, Chris... it's an update... don't be too surprised, k?

And lastly, I seriously miss my LJ friends.. I miss checking out my friend page on an almost daily basis to see what nutty things the wonderful world of Doctor Who/Doctor Horrible is up to these days. I miss finding sweet icons to play around with *and my supply is in SERIOUS need of an update*. I miss the day to day life that is the LiveJournal community. But most of all... I'm really just stalling... God, I hate tulle.

The month is at an end and so many things have come to their conclusion today. For one, NaNoWriMo is over and we can relax our typing fingers at last! I hear hundreds of thousands of writers cheering with joy at this while still others are busy typing their hearts out just trying to make it to the end before deadline. NaBloPoMo is also ending for this month. Of course, you can still blog daily for the next month and the next on and on but I'm glad to have a break from consistant typing.

Also, peace and quiet are at an end in my house... My aunt Caroline has come to town with her children *read: dogs... four of them to be precise*. She came in on Tuesday but had to leave right away again. When she left, she left two of the dogs here: Baby, the VERY skiddish former puppy mill, and Peanut, aka The Blue Duck. A 14 yr old Chihuahua who quacks instead of barking. Now, in addition to Butchie, our Boston Terrier and Quesadilla, our Chihuahua/Dauchsund, there's Sundance *yes... Butch and Sundance for anyone who got the reference.* a very happy little Papillon and Willie, another Chihuahua. Being a cat person I'm with my brother's tiger stripe, Cougar... "Oh shit! It's dogs!" And not only are they here to dominate the house... they're here for a MONTH! This is going to be so much fun!

So I posted my NaNo story up for anyone who wants to read it. I still haven't finished it yet, but I've had some people who are interested in it so I decided to put it on Booksie. My first review was.... stunning!

Oh my gosh, this is extraordinarily well-written, and just overall fantastic. Seriously, this read better than several published novels. It is technically void of mistakes and creatively sound. Very original and highly compelling.

That really left me speachless!  Whoever the person is, I thank you! You've made me smile tonight. Truely you have!

It's been a hard day. Twelve hour shift working retail. Two women got mad at each other and threw apples at one another over a stupid game... Seriously, rediculous. I'm just too tired to stay up. I'm off tomorrow... yay! I started working on a purse for my daughter for her birthday. I'll finish it tomorrow and work on my story some more, then. For now, I hear my bed calling me.