Today's Plans :-)

Hollie came over with her man, and so did our friend, Jan.  We've been getting together to play Dungeons and Dragons once a week for almost a month now, and though we hadn't planned to play, we ended up playing which was fun for all of us.

After the game was ended at a prime stopping point, Jan and Hollie's man went with Hollie and I to a little shop run by a nice lady who actually opened the place just for us despite it being her day off.  The place is called Something4Divas.  The shop has an online site so just google the name :-)  We did a lot of looking around and a little bit of shopping.  Jan is going to bring her mom back, and the shop owner gave Jan her cell so if she needed to open the shop on an off day again, she could make an appointment like I did for Hollie and myself. :-)

I managed to get two necklaces and a bracelet done today, but I only got 2500 words added to Demon.  I'm off work again tomorrow so I'll work on it some more then.

Plans of Mice and Men and Me

mostly me since I have no clue what the men and the mice are doing today.

I have plans to finish a necklace I'm working on.  I plan to add about 5,000 words to Demon in Disguise today.  I also plan on having my friend, Hollie, come over to visit - if her man cooperates.

Hollie is a very dear friend of mine, and though we work together, we don't often get to socialize.  She lives a town over from me.  She's great, and she gives me such great creative inspiration! She's into music big time, and she finds me the best music for my writing playlists. :-)  I also consult with her on gothic jewelry designs.

What are your plans for the day??

Oh yeah, I'm closing in on a printer that I think will suit my needs.  Doing some shopping around to see if I can get a good Black Friday deal. :-)

Hey I'm here again!!

How many days in a row has it been now that I've made a post?? LOL I'm getting better at this blogging thing I guess.  More consistent anyway.

So I added a post to my krafting blog, and I want to mention here as well that I do have an online gift store over on Artfire.com.  It's called Griffin's Gifts.  I've got around a dozen items on there now, and I'll be adding more over the next few days just in time for a small Black Friday sale. :-)  I may hold the sale over until Cyber Monday depending on how well things go, and how much product I have left.  I am only making one of a kind items so please check out what I have because once it's gone, that exact item won't be seen again. :-)

I got myself a bigger laptop finally.  The little notebook from Acer finally died after almost ten years in service.  This one I have is a Samsung.  It's okay for what I need it for, but I really prefer the AMD processors over the Pentiums so not sure how long I'll keep going with this one.  Still, it's better than having nothing at all.

Work is picking up as well so not sure how regular I'll be on here once the holiday season gets into full swing, but I'm going to try my best. :-)

Today in my little world

I got busy helping a neighbor doing some things so I didn't get any of my own projects done. I'm not complaining though because she's a nice old lady with health issues, and she needs help from time to time.  Fiercely independent, I can tell when it bothers her to ask for help of any kind, and I don't begrudge it because she's just so sweet.

Work has been rough physically.  I did a lot of ladder climbing and moving of shop vacs on and off shelves trying to get things sorted out for inventory.  I'm basically the only one in my department doing it since the department manager is gone and not around to give out assignments.  I don't mind doing it because it could cost me my job if we fail inventory.  I have an incentive you see.  The others aren't so bothered by losing their jobs because one is pretty much retired and the other has a second job.  I'm also irritated by a system that isn't efficient and neat so having to hunt for stuff two bays down from where it's being sold makes me waste time and energy best spent doing other things.

I have not done any writing in the last few days, but I am working on making time.  Demon in Disguise is just begging to be released this year. :-)

I'm Back

Yes, I've been gone. I've been busy with work and with life in general.
Finances are in the toilet, and I'm struggling to make ends meet like everyone else in the US of A.
We reelected an imbecile,imho, for president and yet, our two party system is so elitist we can't get any decent people to run as an independent against those big money puts out there.  We need a charismatic leader like Martin Luther King to spearhead a major grass roots upheaval to save our country from the oligarchy it has become.  We are no longer "by the people, for the people".  We are by the rich for the rich.

Prepping is becoming huge.  It's like WWII mentality, stock the bomb shelters before the world comes to an end.  Only we're not prepping for a nuclear holicaust.  We're prepping for the financial collapse of our country.  It's going to be the Great Depression all over again if things don't drastically change.

Congress has gotten so top heavy our taxes aren't enough to pay for everything. Instead of raising taxes, the government needs to start cutting jobs just like every business in the US has had to do to save money.  It's about efficiency!  However, the US government is not about efficiency.  It's about gluttony and power and money.  We do NOT need several agencies overseeing our national defense, that's what the DOD is for! We don't need four layers of peons to get to the people in charge ie. the secretary to the undersecretary to the executive secretary ad nauseum.
Anyway, it's like I'm talking to a brick wall because no matter how much you complain and who you complain to, nobody who can do anything is listening.  Write to your congressman and your representative, why?? They won't do anything.  They're usually just as much a part of the problem as the rest of the politicians.

So anyway.... lol

Update Oct. 7 2012

Lots to tell you about since my last post. :-)

My hubby who is currently incarcerated in Southern Illinois has served 10 months of his 21 month sentence for his 4th DUI, and he's now in general population after being moved from Western Illinois to his current location three months ago.  I am eagerly awaiting his release and so is he. :-)

Work is going fine.  I am still regular part time, but I've been getting 30 hours a week for the last month.  This is due to my department being short staffed.  With my eye on the future and the fact they have begun interviewing to staff my department, I put in for a full time position.  I am hoping to be interviewed and know something definitive in the next week or two.

I finished The Crimson Knight.  It is available at Amazon.com in paperback and is available exclusively for the Kindle ereader series at Kindle.com as well as Amazon.com.  I am currently working on a major rewrite of Blood of a Friend and while I had planned on it being finished a released in its new form, it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon.  Darkness With, a poetry collection, is also in the works.  I need to get the cover art done for it and finish some arranging before I submit it for publication.  I plan to publish it in ebook form for the Kindle series as well.

I got a cat.  His name is Samson.  He's a former stray now living the best life he's ever had.  He's an older cat, around 9-10 years of age.  He's litter box trained and very sweet for a cat who lived on the streets.  My guess is he was abandoned after being a house cat during his formative years.  I am currently getting him fattened up since he was all skin and bones.  I feed him plenty of protein and carbs to help him regain muscle mass.  So far he's doing fine.

Check out my blog Krafty Katt to see what I've been doing in that department - I've been quite creative!

Almost there!

The Crimson Knight will be available from Amazon.com again in another few days!
CreateSpace, the site I'm using to publish my work, has greatly streamlined the review process so it doesn't take as long to get things done.  I'm very pleased with the rework of the novel itself and of the cover.  I am hoping everyone who buys it enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Oh yes, I am in the process of getting The Crimson Knight published via Kindle so that it will be available in ebook form.  I am told the process will take a week with the reviews and posting time schedules.  Happily, the market for Kindle books is international so I'll get some foreign exposure that way.