Comments on: Random Holiday Tidbits

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:50:07 +0000

What a sweetheart! Can't wait to see the holiday pics. 🙂

By: becky

becky — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:23:20 +0000

First holiday is going well, Lori. He's such a little sweetheart. Loves to be held, only cries when he needs something. And his big brother just adores him (as do granny & grampa). It's been such a nice time. Not looking forward to the long drive home, though.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:17:07 +0000

Ashley, I'm so sorry your hedgehog is so ill. :( My hugs and prayers to you. Pets are the unexpected joys in our lives.

Anne, tough week for you! Can I help?

Sounds like it's deserved, Stacey! Tough to have so many deadlines around the holiday, but great to have the invoices in December, isn't it?

Wow! We trumped Mom! Sal, congratulations to you and Jess! And I won't tell your mom. :)

Becky, how's the little one's first holiday going?

By: becky

becky — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:08:32 +0000

Well, let's see. We had a tiny bit of snow on Christmas morning. Had extended family get together on Christmas Eve, with way too much food. And more family - briefly - on Christmas Day (and we just found out that some of them are sick today; am hoping & praying that they didn't leave any of it here).

I started part-time on a new project recently & will ramp up to full-time after the start of the year. It's steady work and NONE of it is on site. Woohoo! It's just what I needed: steady income for a certain time. I'm such a planner that it's a relief not to have to worry about things - I know the minimum I have coming in.

I'll still have a little time for smaller projects and it allows me to get rid of one or two that have become either pains or not worth the money.

And having family around has been a huge help as we all adjust to my new schedule.

Still here for another week and then it's time to head home. I'll miss mom & dad, yet I can't wait to sleep in my own comfy bed again.

By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:03:46 +0000

Suh-WEET! I love nature. I had a raccoon growing up. She was incredible. That is a pretty fox you have there, Lori.

This week has been a bit of a nightmare, but at the same time, it makes me extremely glad to work from home. You see, we found out about a month ago that Jess is pregnant with baby #4 :) WOOHOO (but listen, don't tell anyone as we have not even told my mother yet).

So, we have been dealing with sick mama the last couple days, which is no bueno. Other than that, I am way behind on my writing and I really need to sit down and iron out a schedule for January. At least a list of ideas for blog posts and some marketing ideas.

My muse also beat me up side the head with an idea for a novel and hasn't let go of me since. So there is some apparent writing that needs to happen soon so I can get back to focusing on my work.

Yea. Quite exhausting. But at the same time, I'm just glad I am here for Jess instead of working from 7-5 at a JOB.

By: StaceyW

StaceyW — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:23:16 +0000

Kinda wishing I'd taken the week off, but I didn't, and deadlines beckon. I'm knocking out three articles this week, two of which are finished and turned in. I'm writing the third tomorrow, then I AM taking a few days' break. Deserved, I might add.

Happy New Year!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:52:45 +0000

Cool fox! I'm not much of a fan of snow, but my husband was mad that everyone seemed to get snow except us. That's fine with me :)

I landed a new editing gig right before the holidays, so I'm working on that this week and finishing an article due next week. I also have a lot of reading to do because I'm going to be teaching a class in the spring! Both excited and nervous, but mostly just focusing on getting prepared.

Received some very sad news today - the pathology report for my hedgehog Pete confirmed he has a malignant tumor. So I'm going to be spoiling him rotten this week. The lump is growing rapidly, so I'm afraid he won't be with me much longer.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:08:48 +0000

omg... snow! a fox... how cool. I get critters, but mostly opossums and coyotes plus bunches of birds and I consider 40 degrees F cold - making me a weather wuss I know.

Am scrambling to fix everything that went wrong with my site when something went wrong... yeah I know, not a clear sentence... but neither is/was the problem.

hugs

By: Irreverent Freelancer

Irreverent Freelancer — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:01:49 +0000

Last year we missed out on most of the snow too. It kept hugging the coast and missing me, which is very unusual. I guess I'm just far enough west to miss the coastal storms and far enough south to miss the lake effect snow. Syracuse got hammered already … before Christmas. On the upside, it means my pond is still clear enough for more ice skating. On the downside, it's going to get up to near 50 this weekend. ;o(

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:29:23 +0000

Paula, I'm glad you got him that radio. Frankly, I'd be over the moon for it, too. I've a bit of weather geek in me, too, as you well know.

I managed an invoice - FINALLY. I was thinking December was going to be worse than November, but thankfully I was able to get one invoice that made things less grim (not much less).

I'm glad your dog respects you. I do, too. And you don't need to feed me cheese for it (though chocolate is always welcome - LOL). :)