Seven things in my life
Jun. 23rd, 2012 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveglassOkay, it's been a while. Here's a short update:
1. Bread machine. I've been remiss in posting about this, but Marc's parents got me a bread machine for my birthday and I've been baking a lot of bread. Mostly I've been doing a Russian black bread that's hearty and wonderful, to the point where I've got a half-loaf of store-bought bread in my pantry that expired a week ago, which is nigh unheard of in our house.
2. Work. Two weeks ago, I spent a week at home taking a course from Learning Tree International on introductory .NET, which will hopefully be very helpful in my new role as web site maintainer. Last week, my boss was on vacation. Monday is a semi-important deadline, and all the panicky last-minute people are coming out of the woodwork. Thankfully, I am far more capable at dealing with them this year than I was last year. (Still no word on the final version of my updated contract, but it'll come.)
3. Pennsic. Prep has been slower than anticipated, due to a lack of free time. I won't have time to versify all the saint stories, but I'll try to have at least 6-10 familiar enough that I can tell them as stories. My schedule is shaping up and I've already got double-booked moments. Yup, it's definitely Pennsic.
4. Gaming and fanfic. Still in four games because (weirdly) none of them have ended in the last seven months. I'm still enjoying them all; I just wish I had free time. *grin* I've also written about 35,000 words since the beginning of the year, a variety of short-story fiction for my games, not counting the lines of the night I post after each session.
5. Relationship. Still good. Marc finished his stage last week, and won't be able to take his government licensing exam for a couple of months, which means we get to have a short breather. We're contemplating a trip to Disney World early next year, if our schedules and vacation time allow.
6. iToy vs. Reading. I admit, since I got my iPhone, I really haven't been reading books... pretty much at all. All the moments I'd normally spend reading, I'm now playing on my phone. I wonder if this makes me part of the problem with society.
7. Chocolate! Mark your calendars -- Sunday, July 15, will be the "Celebrate ALL the Things" Chocolate Fondue Potluck! Official announcement to come soon, but we're in arrears as far back as New Years, so we've got a lot of celebrating (and chocolate eating) to catch up on.
1. Bread machine. I've been remiss in posting about this, but Marc's parents got me a bread machine for my birthday and I've been baking a lot of bread. Mostly I've been doing a Russian black bread that's hearty and wonderful, to the point where I've got a half-loaf of store-bought bread in my pantry that expired a week ago, which is nigh unheard of in our house.
2. Work. Two weeks ago, I spent a week at home taking a course from Learning Tree International on introductory .NET, which will hopefully be very helpful in my new role as web site maintainer. Last week, my boss was on vacation. Monday is a semi-important deadline, and all the panicky last-minute people are coming out of the woodwork. Thankfully, I am far more capable at dealing with them this year than I was last year. (Still no word on the final version of my updated contract, but it'll come.)
3. Pennsic. Prep has been slower than anticipated, due to a lack of free time. I won't have time to versify all the saint stories, but I'll try to have at least 6-10 familiar enough that I can tell them as stories. My schedule is shaping up and I've already got double-booked moments. Yup, it's definitely Pennsic.
4. Gaming and fanfic. Still in four games because (weirdly) none of them have ended in the last seven months. I'm still enjoying them all; I just wish I had free time. *grin* I've also written about 35,000 words since the beginning of the year, a variety of short-story fiction for my games, not counting the lines of the night I post after each session.
5. Relationship. Still good. Marc finished his stage last week, and won't be able to take his government licensing exam for a couple of months, which means we get to have a short breather. We're contemplating a trip to Disney World early next year, if our schedules and vacation time allow.
6. iToy vs. Reading. I admit, since I got my iPhone, I really haven't been reading books... pretty much at all. All the moments I'd normally spend reading, I'm now playing on my phone. I wonder if this makes me part of the problem with society.
7. Chocolate! Mark your calendars -- Sunday, July 15, will be the "Celebrate ALL the Things" Chocolate Fondue Potluck! Official announcement to come soon, but we're in arrears as far back as New Years, so we've got a lot of celebrating (and chocolate eating) to catch up on.
