Who put the penny in the fuse box?

[rolanni]

Thanks to everyone for their timely suggestions regarding timepieces!  I have Ebayed, and a new watch will be with me next Tuesday (Monday being, of course, a bank-and-post-office holiday.  Do you know where your Christopher Columbus costume is?)

A couple people asked if I just can't have the crystal replaced -- which was, in fact, my first thought, coming as I do from a generation where things that got broken were repaired.  The local jewelry repair shop, however, threw up its hands and claimed there was nothing to be done; and the Dakota warranty only covers the watch's innards, not the band, clip, crystal, or stem.  Something to bear in mind the next time you buy a Dakota watch.

In the meantime, I'm moving forward with an Archers Beach short story, and will likely be posting an outtake from Carousel TIDES (that's the first book in the trilogy) on Splinter Universe sometime later today, just to get us all in the mood for Carousel SEAS (that's the third book in the trilogy.  For completists, Carousel SUN is the middle book.)

SPEAKING OF CAROUSEL SEAS:  Time's running out to preorder your very own signed and/or personalized copy.  Here's how to do that.

Everybody caught up?

Good.

I'm off to do some housekeeping, including the ever-popular left-handed vacuuming, since my right hand is still kicking up a fit.

What're you doing that's fun today?

Comments

hand hurting

[nfurman.livejournal.com]

Just FYI- there is a "pain patch" (available on Amazon) that was first given to me by my acupuncturist. Since I have an arthritic degenerating hip and back, and broke my foot in Jan. I can absolutely attest that they Help.
Natural Herbal Pain Terminator Far Infrared Patch by Golden Sunshine. Damn they help. Can be cut up smaller, and possibly your hand would find some relief? In any case I send good thoughts to it. And thank you for the innumerable hours of joy you give others.

[grassrose.livejournal.com]

We took Banjo the Holy Terror (terrier mix - think oversized Jack Russell) to a local park to try a new walking harness. Results were mixed, but promising.