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Things are ripening in the garden
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Posted in my garden
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Gardening, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer
Neat exercise apps on the Kindle
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I’ve downloaded two 99-cent exercise apps. One is a yoga program that times each pose for you and the other one is an Ab strengthening app. This should be interesting.
I hope to start my day with a couple of routines. It’ll be nice to get back into the swing of regular exercise. I’ve been too stressed and too tired even to think about it lately. I have missed going to yoga classes with G but the price went up too high for us to go.
Now that things are moving along on the house, I imagine I’ll be able to take the time out for me and do the work. I’ll also be able to hit the weights again, something I’ve not done in a while.
Posted in Misc
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Author, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011
We’ve reached the painting zone on the house
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I’ve hired a painter to come in and paint the MIL’s house. By the end of next weekend, the house will look very nice! We are now one giant step closer to selling it. Can I have a yippee?
Once the painting is finished, I need to get the flooring for the bathroom and kitchen.
Then our roofer needs to do the garage roof. When he’s finished, the ‘for sale’ sign goes up. Wish us luck!
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Bones, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer
It’s only 88 days from now
Posted by doggonedmysteries
A peek at an idea for you…
Brad surveyed the ancient Victorian home with a jaundiced eye. “If I hear one moan, one groan, or one chain rattle, I’m out of here.”
“Aw, come on. It’ll be fun.” I tugged on his sleeve leading him up the steps.
“Fun for you, maybe.”
“Yeah, I always enjoy hearing a big strong man scream like a little girl.”
“Keep it up and I won’t go in there.” He gave me a look that would curdle milk.
“We’re getting paid. Other people have to PAY to go to this house.”
“Remind me, why are they paying us?”
“The say their ghosts are angry about something and they want us to find out what it is before they open the house to the public for Halloween.”
“Yeah, that’s the part I don’t get. We’re private detectives not freaking ghost busters.”
Posted in Holidays
Tags: Author, Dead, Doggoned, Fiction, Mysteries, Novel writing, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer, Writing
My new finial for the newel post
Posted by doggonedmysteries
A few weeks ago, DH took a stumble at the bottom of the stairs and knocked the ceramic pineapple off the top of the antique newel post, smashing it into a million bits. We had a ceramic pineapple on it because the post came to us without a finial.
When we first put the newel post in, I’d looked all over for a finial to top it but had no luck. Then one day I saw the pineapple and knew it’d cover the hole on top of the post. I bought it, painted it, and glued it on. It wasn’t perfect but it worked.
So there I was without a finial again. I began a search online and this time came across someone who made proper wood ones on E-bay. I don’t have a paypal account, nor am I a member on E-bay, but I knew someone who was…I contacted Chuck. I showed him the finial I wanted, he ordered it for me, and delivered it yesterday.
I have to tell you this person does excellent work. The finial is a perfect fit. Now all I have to do is match the antique stain and finish of the post.
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- Newel post finial
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Bones, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Home, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011
Lazy tonight…garden pictures
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Posted in My blog
Tags: Author, Bones, Doggoned, Gardening, Gardens, Home, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011
If it isn’t one thing…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
As wonderful as having the much-needed rain arrive was, we had a problem. Our roof leaked again. Yesterday I caught our roofer outside and told him. (His business is two doors down from us.) He did an actual double take. He was shocked. Three minutes later, he had his helper on the roof looking for the leak.
They think they found it. It seems that when the next-door neighbors had their new roof put on years ago the idiot that did it nailed their shingles through our slates. He didn’t nail them to the roof divider. Thus, we have a leak.
Our roofer thinks they have solved that problem now. The next problem is we really need to replace the flat roof. He says there are two roofs on there and that they both should be removed and a new one installed. I told him when we sell the MIL’s house, we‘d have him do it. It’d be nice to be certain of no leakage in the next twenty years.
The other day he inspected the MIL’s roof. The news wasn’t great. He confirmed that we’d have to replace the garage roof. Oh. What fun.
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011
Rain glorious rain
Posted by doggonedmysteries
We finally got some rain, a great deal of rain. The flash flood warnings were out in force. I didn’t have to water my garden or potted plants. In fact, I had to tip some water out of a couple of pots. Am I complaining? Not a bit.
Our brown lawn is already greening up, the trees that were looking droopy now look blissful, and the gardens have perked up tremendously. The birds are excited because now that the ground is moist again the worms are closer to the surface.
The air is cooler and it was nice to go outside and not feel as though I was suffocating. Even DH is feeling more chipper. The pups spent the day chasing each other around the house.
Posted in my garden, Weather related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011
Yes, I’m going to complain about the heat
Posted by doggonedmysteries
The last time I remember being in 103-degree weather, I was in Texas. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike Texas? We hit a record of 103 degrees yesterday. Sorry, my southern friends, but some of us weren’t designed to tolerate temperatures over 90-degrees. Please, be kind enough to take your heat back and let us enjoy our normal summer weather.
Just taking the dogs out a several times so they could relieve themselves was more than enough. The five minutes it took to water my potted plants about killed me.
I’m not fond of cold, snow, and ice but I put up with it for our cooler summers. I like being able to go outside all summer. I hate staying inside in the AC. I’m no Southern Belle I’m a damned Yankee.
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer, Writing
I have hit a milestone
Posted by doggonedmysteries
This is my 1000th post! When I began this blog, I never thought I’d keep posting daily for a long as I have. I’ve only missed posting on days I was too sick to get out of bed or when I was away at my writer’s conference.
I never thought I’d have return readers or, much less, a small following, but I do. To you my dear readers I say thank you for without you I wouldn’t have made it to this milestone.
You encourage me to keep writing even when I feel crappy. Writing on this blog has become a way to keep my hand in while my brain is out of gear on my mysteries.
I hope when we sell the house and things are back to a semblance of normal around here I will have no more problems with my books and can finish them in short order.
I promise you, if you hang in here with me during this rocky time, I will get them done.
Tags: Author, Bones, books, Books on writing, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Craft of writing, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Family, Fiction, Home, Life, Love, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Murder, Mysteries, Mystery, Novel writing, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer, Writing
Progress is made
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Yesterday G and I piled boxes of unsold items into my van to take to Goodwill. We crammed it full from floor to ceiling in the back without a rear seat there. Then we loaded the back seats and floor. We had the women at GW scrambling as we unloaded. They hauled a huge bin and many armloads into the place.
There’s at least one more load just like that left. I guess we’ll do that one next Wednesday.
Sunday I hope to load the dresser I’m keeping into my van, I do believe it will fit. After that, I’ll have to recruit some help to bring the Armoire home.
We’re almost ready for the painters!
DH stopped over while we were there but he couldn’t do much. This horrible heat did him in before he got in the door.
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Family, Life, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer, Writing
A clean desk brings discovery
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I should clean off my desk more often. I had no idea I had two of Donald Maass’s ‘Writing the Breakout Novel’ workbooks. Maybe this is a cosmic hint? Can you guess what is going into a basket for the 2012 Pennwriters conference? (That is unless you want it, Dave.)
I know my muse isn’t happy with me. Heck, I’m not happy with me. I can’t seem to concentrate when I sit down at the computer to write.
DH says it’s because I have too much on my mind. He feels bad that I’m doing all the work at his mother’s house along with everything at home. Hey, if I don’t, no one else will. He certainly can’t do it.
Once we finish over there and get the darned place sold, things should settle down here and I’ll get my concentration back.
G and I are going over today to begin packing the leftover sale stuff up for Goodwill.
Posted in Misc, Writer, Writing
Tags: Author, Bones, Books on writing, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Craft of writing, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Novel writing, Post A Day, Post A Day 2011, Writer, Writing
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