surprisingly productive day

[cornerofmadness]

I thought this morning I was doomed. First off after all the searing stomach pain and somulance all day, I ended up WIRED once that pill cleared my system. I was up until 3 AM. I went outside to garden and the sky let loose. So I did transplant a few potted plants and came back in to work on my space opera and the BDSM thing. I got the cover letter and the synopsis for the latter written then shut down the computer since the lightning was THAT bad.

I sat on the couch for a while, chilling to the Ghost Hunt anime. Kyo snuggled. Roy took his chair for the first time since evil_little_dog left. Wrote two pages then said you know what I should clean this living room. Looked around said No. Instead I emptied out FOUR old boxes and managed to throw out enough useless shit to consolidate it into one and a half file boxes (you know the plastic ones). I'm so proud of myself. In the process I found an old travel article on Prospect Place I'm trying to talk evil_little_dog (and eventually silvrethorn) into staying a night. I found the edits on Blackest of Blue, book two in a series evil_little_dog and I did and I SHOULD look to be sure it still exists on the hard drive. Also found the screenplay for something that was a little like Warehouse 13 (way to sit on something potentially sellable)

I programmed all my phones for speeddial finally. renewed my contract for the cell phone. Put away the luggage. Rearranged the closet. made the worst hard boiled eggs ever (don't know WHAT happened. the whites are horrid) Made dinner. cleaned up. Talked the parents. Talked the brother. He lost 21 pounds from this bout of ulcerative colitis.

Kyo you were a babydoll today. I want every day to be like today, when yuo sleep with me like an angel and just sit there being cute. I do NOT want a repeat of tonight where you licked my ear then pierced the cartilage for me then hooked a paw under my glasses and flung them across the room. I'm BLIND without those you furry bastard. Hell I don't have 20/20 WITH them. That is all. ROy, you're still a good boy.

And now I have some thoughts to share.

Fancy ice cubes. Cucumber basil - combine 1 cup water, 1 cucumber peeled and seeded, 1/4 cup torn basil and a pinch of course salt in a blender and pour into tray. freeze.

lemonade raspberry - dissolve 2 tablespoons sugar (or substitute) in 1 cup warm water, stir in 1/3 cup lemon juice. Divide 6 ounces of fresh raspberris into the ice cube tray. place a mint leave in too, pour in lemonade. freeze

A thought for the day "I can't end hunger but I can donate cans to a food bank. I can't fix needy schools b ut i can give them my kids old books. I can't end the war but I can send a phone card so a soldier can be comforted by calling home. - Do One Nice Thing - Debbie Tenzer

further soap Okay this is out of most of our price ranges but still it's a neat idea (and I think I'll use it in a store where price is no object) Marshall Dostal salvages restaurant grease and converts it in to biofuel AND the byproduct of this is glycerin which he is turning into hand soap for purchase and gives it back to the restaurant he gets the grease from.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I like the thought for the day and the ice cube recipes.

You have been busy.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

taking me off that med was like putting me on crack.

try the recipes. i would but like no room in the freezer

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I could maybe do the lemon/raspberry ones. Which I've kinda wanted to do...not sure WHAT to do with cuke flavored ice. Salad fixings? I know cuke water is supposed to be good for you but still.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

vodka. you put it in vodka or gin

[lilachigh.livejournal.com]

I have an untidy office - bats eyelashes - if you feel so inclined! And clicked.

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

"I can't end hunger but I can donate cans to a food bank. I can't fix needy schools but i can give them my kids old books. I can't end the war but I can send a phone card so a soldier can be comforted by calling home.

Here here. I agree 100%. We may be bailing out a sinking boat with a thimble, but if we all put our thimbles to good use... There's no telling what we could do.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I have NEITHER of those, you know.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Looks like cheese dragons are just magickal constructs. Oh, well.

I'd try those ice cubes but we don't have any trays anymore since we got the new fridge with the ice maker...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cucumber water is supposed to be cooling in the summer...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

good point

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha i live in a house with paths through the crap. Let me dig out of here first.

look, cheezy grew up

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah i figured it would be. Still Cheezy makes me giddy.

nods. My freezer is too SMALL and full of crap. Hates ice makers as does Lucky Uncle who's luck ran out when h e was in Vegas (same time as you) . His icemaker broke and necessitated the replacement of two rooms worth of flooring to a total of 5 grand a room

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

With salt for that special added replacement value.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

and a little mint

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Yes, there are many things I fear in this now thoroughly modern house, but at the moment a flood would wreck only some furniture and still flow out the back, because even though they leveled the driveway when they put in the dining room, there's still a distinct tilt to the overall house, as can be witnessed any time one spills water on the tile (it would take a lot of water to do any harm to our tile or grout, and the furniture would be covered in the case of a plumbing break -- I know the specific policy language almost by heart, I had to type it so often; the furniture, the floor, everything would be replaced by insurance less our deductible, the only thing not covered is the faulty line itself).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

uncle had (emphasis on that word) hard wood floors. It went through that to the downstairs but luckily it only leaked on the cement laundry room there). Everything buckled, flooring, base boards, cabinetry, sub flooring. Apparently the Biblical flood poured forth from that thing

[enemytosleep]

Oh your cheese is all grown up. *beams*

Also, while away i had a very scandalous dream involving a certain golden eyed alchemist...very scandalous (and perhaps even more so because as soon as I woke up I thought of you and ELD).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cheezy makes me happy

snort to the dream

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I figured it was hardwood flooring from the cost; usually only hardwood can sustain that much damage from a broken water line, especially hardwood over a subfloor (we're on a slab).

But insurance should have covered the bulk of that, seriously. If not it's time to look at another insurance company.

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

I do NOT want a repeat of tonight where you licked my ear then pierced the cartilage for me then hooked a paw under my glasses and flung them across the room.

Kyo is a strange little fellow. I hate it when my glasses fall on the carpet, because they're wire glasses and in some carpeting they blend in. I really can't see them. I don't have 20/20 vision with glasses, either...

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Cheese dragon? Is there a wine dragon? ;-P

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

I'm trying very hard to save for a trip to see you and ELD next summer. I haven't been to see either of your homes yet, or your infamous vegetable patch and falling-down hillbilly porch. Or the cats.

The new med doesn't sound like it's working out, and sticking with it trying to ride out the side effects doesn't seem to be worth it. Too bad--a little relief would have been nice. I keep thinking your poor esophagus must look like a rusted-out tailpipe by now, thanks to the incompetent valve.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

with your luck you'll get the cash and I'll get a new job elsewhere (here's hoping for both)

oh no kidding. esophageal cancer here i come

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i'll go suggest it

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

mine are also wire rims too

kyo is a tad inbred or something

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh yeah they covered it all, the insurance but they were afraid it wouldn't because he had a claim last year when the river flooded to crazy porportions

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

River (and other natural phenomenon) flooding is handled differently than floods resulting from a burst pipe or broken water line. (Gad, I never meant to sound like an adjuster...! *g* )

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha well you WOULD know. And yes that's what they told him but he was nervous (not that the man didn't just win that much and more in Vegas)