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I'm Happy

I got to see the new Doctor on the big screen. A little too uncomfortably close to the big screen, but I saw it and I'm happy. Jodie Whittaker is going to be brilliant, I can feel it.

I got to have some sushi last night. Some had chilli sauce on it, but I regret little else bar seeing the lighter side of seventy-eight kilos again. That's what happens when you have too many carbs. But I got some delicious foods and I'm happy. It was worth it.

There's a new pre-order for the next Adventure Zone graphic novel. Even though I got a pre-order discount, it still set me back because postage. But I'm getting Murder on the Rockport Limited in graphic novel format and it already promises to be excellent.

I finally broke through the hump on B'Nar, yesterday. Now I have a direction to go for a portion of this novel. A nook to explore. Now I know how to move forward, writing this is going to be fun again and I'm happy.

I have a TAZ prompt to play with and that might involve a little research on my part. Probably in weird corners because the elven dictionary I usually love doesn't have filthy words. Bum. But I have a damn good prompt and probably time to do it, and I'm happy.

Today, my Patrons should be happy because they're getting new sneak peeks of my unpublished stuff. Unedited and pretty much straight from my dome. Y'all get to see the inner workings of my fluffy little mind.

But first, I have to go take my ashwagandha because my brain is trying to go back to sleep.

First Monday

It's the first Monday back to school, and the kids were actually organised. Huzzah. Which means the last quarter hour of this morning is free for blogging and getting organised.

Unfortnuately, I also have to untangle the slings and arrows of the carers' allowance and I need Beloved to supply things like income details. The good news is that I made an account with the Government so I can at least sort this out a little easier come next time.

The

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Sunday!

Another school semester is about to begin. Keeping my little darlings on the regular daylight cycle has been a trial, this week. Enforcing bedtime tonight is promising to be a bigger trial :P

The soup is at the final stage before adding vegetables: Getting all the bones out of it.

Slow boiling has divorced the meat from the bones we used to make the broth, so now we have to scoop up solid matter from the pot and pick the bones out

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This Not-So-Little Piggy...

We have gone the whole hog. Purchased an entire pig. It's all in chops and we just spent a majority of the morning separating all of it into serving-sized portions for the ravenous horde.

It's knocked a hole in our budget, for sure, but we'll be spending less in the long run this way.

Tonight, though, there is going to be a lovely pork soup. We've taken the bones out of a lot of our chops for ease of the grill press,

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The Aftermath

I was careful with my cheat treats, yesterday. Staying in moderation means that I don't start the day with a massive asthma attack or a set of digits doing their Thick Snag Impersonation.

I am going REAL strict. Waiting as long as I can before having my salty broth. My beverage of choice is going to be filtered water.

We've already had our feast this week, so dinner is likely to be something wholesome and good according to the new regime. It

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Forty-Six!

I'm one year away from singing that aria from Pirates of Penzance. You know the one. Ruth sings about being forty-seven in a world where men all want 17YO brides [gross!].

In other news, I am posting up Well Rendered just as soon as I finish up this blog entry. Last tweaks and then it's off to the races. So to speak.

I get the gift of watching my 'sales' spike for a free short story. Hopefully, it's enough to inspire a

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Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, I am forty-six.

Tomorrow, I'm posting Well Rendered for free up on Smashwords as my gift to all of y'all for supporting me in your own way throughout the years.

Tomorrow, I find out what my dear darling family has planned for me. Though I suspect it will be an evening out and that's pretty much it.

Tomorrow, MeMum is going to ring and sing at me :D Which is the highlight of the day to be honest.

And tomorrow, I

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Today's Gonna Get Complicated

Because of the public holiday, my usual cleaning day has moved to today. Which means I have less time for my usual array of combo procrastinating and farting about.

So, alongside the normal Patreon posts today, I also have unfuckening my house to deal with. Also the usual five hundred words and Instant Story and attempting to get the heck back into fluff and cuddles with Free Katz...

I woke up at 3AM again [early night] and proceeded to procrastinate until 6.

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October, Willpower, and changes of PLN

It's October, and I would be putting Adapting out towards another potential partner, but I feel so good about Baen's tracking system that I'm willing to wait for official notice of rejection before seeing if the grass is that green on the other side of the fence.

I was gonna just spend all day writing. Maybe even get into that TAZ prompt that's been neglected in my in-box.

I was gonna write my Instant and then take a leisurely drive up to

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Hello, Hello, I Must Get Going

It's that time again. I just posted the last installment of Sweet Child of Mine, which means that I may just be getting a new influx of people curious to find out what the hell else I'm doing with my alleged life.

Today, we have a delicious amount of nothing planned. Which is something of a rarity with a spouse who seems to hate lying around at home. Once I'm done with today's Instant [see my other posts, lovely newbies] I shall

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It's official

Spring has sprung, my dear readers. The weather is warming to the point where I don't need my fluffy hat to prevent my sneezing myself into oblivion.

Yay?

On the other hand, it's moving into Summer and I've done exactly jack and shit on the Sleep Evil Sleep Project.

Biggest hurdle - getting an accurate 'read' on where I left the animation so that I can get back on and sync the next bit. I did have a program that could play

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That's my schedule shot...

This morrow, early in the morning, both my Beloved and Mayhem had to scoot towards their workday. I had to drive Mayhem to the train station because Beloved lacked the time because Spring Carnival steals their days from now until just past November.

Mayhem doesn't think he needs to learn to drive -__-

It's easier now than it was a mere few decades ago. Like, you can get food delivered and such, but... living independently without a car? You gotta get

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Now What?

Steemit has changed it's rules and regulations in an effort to get rid of the spammy shit. Which also meant a reset of the stuff that made posts happen.

Yesterday's story was finally posted up there. I'm going to work on today's shortly.

I still have ZERO readers for my All Hallows' Read short. It's less than 2K words and due to go out on the 4th of October. Which is like... next Thursday.

Ferret Fart Desperation indeed.

So I shall be

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Dat Organised? Am I?

This morning, I woke up at roughly half-past three AM [I had an early evening] and gave up on sleeping at 4. Instead of my usual procrastination, I pulled up my laptop and had a good old rant about Autism tropes over on my Wordpress.

Now that I'm here for my daily blogging, I'm back in the distractions but... eh. Whatever. I have one less thing to forget, so that's good.

You watch. I'll forget I posted it and do a twofer

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Gotta run!

Mayhem has an appointment with experts today. Today we find out about Schrodinger's gallstones. Today, also, I am getting a bunch of stuff for the stew I have plns for.

Slow cooker plus diced beefs plus some cheap scrag ends plus whatever veggies I like that fit in there equals yummy stoo.

Just like last night's rissoles, it won't last long.

We have to order more pig parts, sheep parts, and perhaps goat parts if we're feeling adventurous. We're definitely going to

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