The end-of-the-weekend report

[rolanni]

Well! It looks like the Big Storm has veered out to sea, and won't dump lotsa snow on us here in Central Maine, after all. Speaking of your mixed blessings.

Today continued the theme of festive and unexpected.

On the unexpected side, I broke the last of my blue water glasses, damn it. And! We actually own several more tablecloths than I had supposed. I blame this last on the cats, who hide them, and then use them for their own Nefarious Purposes.

On the festive side, the tree is up! This year we have a modified Sun Tree -- orange and yellow, leavened with red. It's quite attractive. Steve and I made sugar cookies, which, let's see, give us three! different! sorts! Chocolate chip, gingerbread, and sugar. Plenty too much, and all of them of delicious.

Also on the festive side of things, Steve made chicken and veggie stir-fry for lunch, which was wonderful. Even more wonderful is that there are leftovers, so I can have a reprise for lunch tomorrow.

I'm pretty pleased with the weekend, actually, though naturally I wish there were more of it.

Only four more working days until Winter Break.

*cracks knuckles*

Hope everyone's weekend was pleasurable and just busy enough.

Progress on The Book Presently Known as George:
8,426 words/100,000 OR 8.43% complete

She had then recommended that he find a book or play a match game, but the books in the nursery library were boring, and the counterchance program had performed a disallowed move that placed him unjustly in peril, and besides that, it was bright and sunny outside.

Comments

[elbales]

I love the quote. Tasty Liaden goodness.

Who's your Daddy? Or, should I say Mirada?

[dmellieon.livejournal.com]

I'm betting that the "he" is a child of Korval. It never bodes well when a child is bored, doubly so for a child of Korval! Hummm, question, who's his parents?

Re: Who's your Daddy? Or, should I say Mirada?

[(Anonymous)]

If I recall my Korval history correctly, any counterchance game that performs a disallowed move will soon be subjected to "improvement" so it more directly complies with expectations.

Re: Who's your Daddy? Or, should I say Mirada?

[pgranzeau.livejournal.com]

I'd bet that the child is Miri and Val Con's (remember, she was pregnant at the end of I Dare).

Surely, he's not named "George", however.

Re: Who's your Daddy? Or, should I say Mirada?

[dmellieon.livejournal.com]

True. And that was my first thought but then I remembered the children from Chapbook #16 Halfling Moon, "Hidden Resources". So, it could be one of them. Also, without a timeline hint it could be a child of the other Korval couples - Pat Rin/Inas and Shan/Priscilla and last but not least Anthora/Ren Zel. Sigh... the waiting...

Counterchance Game

[(Anonymous)]

I used to have a chess game like that - it would do moves I wasn't allowed to do, and then not allow me to respond appropriately. Either that, or just plain cheat in the scoring. Needless to say "Used to have" is the operative phrase here.

Joan

Re: Counterchance Game

[(Anonymous)]

I used to call my Mum at work and she'd be playing Solitaire on the PC...and muttering, "It cheats..."

:)
Lauretta@COnstellationBooks

Off subject just a bit

[(Anonymous)]

But I just got the December issue of Locus and say the sale of Dragon Ship & two other Laiden novels mentioned in the People & Publishing section...it's nice to know you've been noticed, isn't it. :-)

Mary

Re: Off subject just a bit

[(Anonymous)]

First, to correct my earlier typo, I "saw" not "say" the item in People & Publishing.

In addition, Ghost Ship also made the "Selected Books by Author" section in the Forthcoming List. I've always thought that making that section in the Locus Forthcoming List was a fairly big deal - I hope I'm right about that.

Mary

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

Blue glasses like these? (I have a set of these and love them)

http://www.amazon.com/Libbey-12-Piece-Blue-Flare-Glassware/dp/B002WGI9WG/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1292898835&sr=1-1

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Well, just the tall ones, I had, like these: http://www.wasserstrom.com/restaurant-supplies-equipment/Product_425323

. . .and having now found these, with your assistance, I don believe I'll pay a visit to the gentleman in the next office.

*grin*

Snippet, etc.

[claire774.livejournal.com]

The child can't go outside for the moment and wishing he/she could because it is bright an sunny outside. Perhaps due to lack of adult supervision at the time? Definitely a little story which we all look forward to.

Sorry about the glasses. As for the tablecloths at least you know it is the cats. At my house sometimes it's the poltergeists.
C.

Storm

[claire774.livejournal.com]

Forgot to say. It's been raining steadily here since last Friday. A giant Pacific storm sitting over us and refusing to move on or just very big as it slides endlessly to the east. If this keeps us we won't live in a desert any more. A semi tropical paradise perhaps? Palm Trees? Flowers? Wouldn't that be nice?
C.

rain

[tessie614.livejournal.com]

And here I am in NE Florida going through a drought. Haven't had rain in over 45 days and then just a mist.


Send some my way

Edith