Late-Night-Bed-Post

Late-Night-Bed-Post

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Chilling in my hotel room, excited for Airigami Adventure tomorrow.

Well, in-bed chilling. Stay tuned!

Get Ready, Get Set, Airigami Balloon Adventure Here I Come!

Get Ready, Get Set, Airigami Balloon Adventure Here I Come!

Snow Won't Get Me Down!

Snow Won’t Get Me Down!

The Snow Won’t Get Me Down! I will be on my way to Rochester New York as soon as I get my butt in gear tomorrow morning. For Airigami Balloon Adventure (nee Balloon Manor).

So get yourself ready for some pictures of fantabulous balloons and all sorts of shenanigans on my social media channels, including this one!

And follow the Airigami Team, would ya?

facebook.com/airigami
twitter.com/airigami
instagram.com/airigami/
youtube.com/user/larrycmoss

Visit the Airigami Balloon Adventure website, too!

Visit the Airigami Balloon Adventure website, too!

For more information, or if you aren’t a social media fool, visit the Airigami Balloon Adventure website!

I’ll be here. Or on Twitter. Or Facebook. Or Instagram.

Hair

Hair

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You can’t tell from this picture, but I have hot pink hair and face and ears. I forgot my protective layer of petroleum jelly, so it’s especially bad this time.

It’s late. I’m cheating and backdating this because I forgot to post befor midnight.

Time for bed.

Spilled Juice

Spilled Juice

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I spilled a large amount of Cranberry-Grape juice on our futon (so if you are planning to visit in the next few days, we can chill in the dry chairs in our kitchen.)

Amazon Prime is not playing the only thing I want to watch. I paid for it, even!

We paid $727 to get our car fixed, only to find we have another issue that will cost close to $400 (fortunately it can wait).

But you know what, life is good.

Our mechanic fixed our gear shift on the  house, our cats are adorable, and Netflix is totally working.

Reading Fool

Reading too much, brain no worky. More tomorrow.

Blogbligation

Blogbligation

20160119_205654 (1)I feel this blogbligation to write. And I don’t have anything to say. Or I feel like I don’t. Whatever.

I find that I prefer my blag (blog) posts with pictures, and I don’t even have good ones to share. I took this picture today just for this post. And I prettied it up with some filters in Google photos.

After work tonight, I took a Blogging for Business webinar with Chris Brogan. I don’t really have a business I want to blog for right now, but I want to blog here and for my WinCrossTabTips.com site, ok, and maybe for my work, but what struck me in the webinar was that I did not have a blog to share for feedback.

You see, he was critiquing/giving feedback for participant’s websites, telling them what works, what doesn’t work, and what needs to be improved. I know, I have THIS blag (blog), but really, it’s not a business blog. The thing is, it would’ve been funny to have him look at it during the session. I mean, take a gander, I almost submitted it more than once. Then I figured I would let the more serious people get actual help instead.

I’m a giver.

The thing about blagging (blogging) every day is that it’s good for me. As much as I try to force myself to write, having a goal to do it every day is helpful. And having Edmund doing it every day as well is helpful too. I am so competitive.

[Regarding Chris Brogan‘s stuff, I totally recommend. Join his mailing list first (it’s free, and linked on his site!) to see what he’s all about. He offers online courses and webinars, his webinars are $20 each, and so worth it. I pay for a monthly plan right now as part of my personal development stuff.]

Reading Fool

Reading Fool

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Been a reading fool. Finished A Discovery of Witches and now onto Shadow of Night (2nd book in series.)

No tv since Saturday. That’s a good thing.

Ok, back to it.

Dinnah

Dinnah

20160117_194906At Edmund’s request, I made some lasagna for dinner tonight. At my own request, I also made a pumpkin Pie.

Mmmmm. Pie.

Otherwise, today was a lazy day. I slept in, I read a bit. I didn’t do much else. Haven’t turned on the tv yet today. I might go empty the dishwasher, that’s productive (I did start the dishwasher today, but as it was mostly loaded already, that doesn’t count against the lazy.)

I have tomorrow off from work with tenuous plans of doing something. Laundry, perhaps. Cleaning my office (I know, still on the plate). Who knows.

Started reading Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches tonight. It has sucked me in, so I am going to get back to it.

Nope. Hulu’s Not For Me.

Nope. Hulu’s Not For Me.

huluI turned off Hulu this morning. I just could not justify it. The reason why: it did not give me the whole season for Supernatural (I hadn’t watched it yet this season.) There have been 9 episodes out so far, Hulu was showing 1,2,4,8,9. Missing are episodes 3,5,6,7. The same thing for the other show I haven’t seen yet this season, Once Upon A Time. I can buy both seasons on Amazon prime, and see all the episodes that have been released so far. This is what I’ve done in the past.

Add on the commercials (even if you are paying $7.99 per month), makes Hulu not a fun choice. Not saying that come next season, I wouldn’t pony up the dough. If you are on top of things, it is much easier. But I can’t even guarantee I would be able to keep up, I can’t even watch the shows when they air, it’s too much of a commitment.

We have Amazon Prime and Netflix, and we use both of them, I just don’t need Hulu. Furthermore, neither of those services have advertisements.

I would happily pay for Hulu if it were a similar or better deal than buying the seasons, ads or no ads. If I could’ve streamed the entire season from the get go. Especially when the shows are on regular broadcast television. Nope. Denied.

That said, I have friends who love it. So there you go. At least I got a blag post about it.

Short and Sweet Kitties

Short and Sweet Kitties

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We have got to take down the tree.

Here is a cat pic for you. Enjoy!

Working From Home

Working From Home

My desk

My desk

Been thinking about writing this post for a while, but not actually writing it. And then I realize that I am thinking about it too much, and I should just write the damn thing. So…

I should’ve called this Lessons learned about working from home.

Anyhoo. Here are some observations I have about working from home, a month-and-a-half in.

  • It is easier to work in a clean office with a neat desk. I suppose. As you can see from the picture to the right, I am failing (flailing) on both counts.
  • Streaming Netflix and/or Amazon Prime is KEY, especially with series I’ve watched before. Series so far have been Supernatural, Sherlock, and now Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Also important, the shows must be either familiar enough or predictable enough so I can ignore them. Leverage will be a good one, I’ve watched it twice through, same for Fringe. Criminal Minds would be good, even though I’ve not seen them all, because they are fairly predictable.
  • If I don’t bathe first thing in the morning, lunchtime is a great time to take a shower (I know, people say you should treat working from home as if you were leaving the house and going into an office, but I live for ignoring good advice)
  • Regardless, bathing every day is a good thing. I will feel better.
  • I love wearing pajamas every day. I haven’t worn a bra in over a week, that is #winning.
  • Must take advantage of the fact that I work in basement and the kitchen is on the first floor. Enforced stairs! I can eat in my office, but I must keep the food in the kitchen. (I am able to make spearmint tea downstairs, but I’m drinking chai mostly, and that requires half-and-half AKA STAIRS!!!)
  • Space heater is important in this basement room, which seems like it’s NOT insulated.
  • Would it kill me to walk outside once an a while? I mean, really.
  • Try not to work too many 9 or 10 hour days.  Especially in a row.
  • Wear slippers, not bare feet. I will thank me the next time I almost run my foot over with my rolling chair.
  • Find ways to reach out to people I work with – this is a work in progress

There you go, some observations about working from home. I have a pretty sweet set up here. Printer, big monitor to plug my laptop into, a smart TV for the streaming. And I am busy at work, which is a blessing.

Working from home is great.

That is all.

Penwomanship

Penwomanship

20160112_235257I’ve noticed that my penmanship (penwomanship) has deteriorated in the past few years. Somewhere over the last couple of weeks I read something about practicing handwriting, and that really clicked for me. So I bought the Spencerian System of Practical Penmanship In Nine Easy Lessons along with some copybooks – and some cheapo fountain pens I am not going to link to.

20160113_000405I got everything in on Monday, and I went right to work. I played around for a few minutes, no more than a half hour, and I noticed a difference right away. Funny that.

Not that you could tell by looking at my scribbles here, but rest assured they’ve been getting better.*

20160113_000414So I’ve been practicing a few minutes every day (ok, three days in a row). I might even get myself a legit fountain pen, one that can make a thicker line. In a few months. (Or maybe I will learn how to use the pens I have.)

20160113_000423*Except for my capital D’s and Q’s. Admission: I’ve always had a hard time with capital D’s and Q’s. My brain can’t comprehend them. I cheat and “print” them instead.

Three Words for 2016

Three Words for 2016

My 3 Words 2016Chris Brogan is a consultant and best-selling author, and I follow him on many channels. Every year, he picks three words to help him navigate the year.

I am not sure I’ve published my three words before, I think I did it for 2014 (because I found a post talking about my planning it.)

As Chris Explains:

Pick any three words that will guide you in the choices you intend to make for 2016. They should be words that let you challenge yourself as to motives and decisions. They should be words that help you guide your actions.

My year, I am going back to basics. Getting grounded and ready for the next step. I have a new job that I love, and want excel at it. So time to focus (as well as I can).

My 3 words are: Work. Play. Love.

Work.

My life’s work, my geeky day job, my spirit work. All the work. Just working it out.

Play.

Don’t forget to play and have fun. To sing. To create.

Love.

Unconditional love. For myself, for my husband, my family, my friends, heck: the world.

Ready for 2016!

I wrote my three words on January 3rd, and intended on posting about it then, but I forgot. Then I lost my post-it by putting it in my journal so I wouldn’t lose it.

Today the post-it was found. I guess that means I’m ready.

Woo!

RIP David Bowie

RIP David Bowie

David Bowie in Lazarus

David Bowie in Lazarus

I wouldn’t call myself a David Bowie Fan. I, like everyone else, was surprised to hear he had died. I feel for my friends who are hurting, it must be a huge shock.

Here’s the thing. It seemed to me he had a good death. He knew it was coming, he was ready, and he was meeting it on his own terms. I think that’s a beautiful thing.

Nesting With Supernatural

Nesting With Supernatural

20160110_231814I’ve done laundry (again) today. And I got some nesting done. And I finished (re-)watching season 10 of Supernatural.

If you’re a Supernatural fan, you know that it is currently in Season 11. Because I was unemployed this fall, and I didn’t watch on the cable. So I haven’t seen any of the new episodes yet. Last year I purchased Season 10 on Amazon streaming. This year, I waited.

And since I was so ready to watch Season 11 RIGHT NOW, I signed up for Hulu. And I gave them my payment information; I am going whole hog.

I am so freaking exciting.

Ok. Nite nite, interwebs!