“So how are you going to get here?” Blake really didn’t care that much except that he wanted to be sure Ethan had a ride before he hung up. Not that he wanted to go, but they’d been talking for a while now and he needed to meet his teammates for dinner
“Keep your shorts on–no wait, take them off so you’ll be naked when I get there.” (more…)
Blake pulled the shower curtain back and reached for his towel. For a school with as many rich kids as Graydon, you’d think they could afford more than a piece of cheap plastic for the showers. Then again, the dorms were not the housing of choice. As the ‘most affordable’ option, the majority of students who lived there didn’t qualify as the ‘well heeled.’
But the place fit his family’s budget, wasn’t far from practice and he and his roommate got along well. At least they did so far. Coming out might change that, which could weigh in favor of staying put. (more…)
Last night, at 18 months, and 9 days, Mike and I finally left ‘lil q at home while we went out for the night. We’d left her during the day a couple of times, but not like this. In truth, it’s not like we didn’t want to leave her, it’s just that there wasn’t anything we were itching to do that we couldn’t take her with us to do. Given how it took to have her and how fast she is growing, spending time with her is usually tops on our list.
Surprisingly, I didn’t even worry while we were at dinner. We were showing pictures to our friends, so we clearly were thinking about ‘lil q, but I know I wasn’t worried. Of course having one of the women from the day care watch her always helps. If there was one thing I knew about Ms. Susan, she’d have called if there was an issue. And since we had our phones out showing pictures, we knew we wouldn’t miss the call.
‘lil q seemed a bit shocked to see Ms. Susan in the house, but once that wore off, she was her usual happy self. Went to sleep without a fuss and took it all probably much better than we did. LOL.
Now that we have one under our belt, we’ll probably do it a bit more, but since hiring a professional to watch ‘lil q isn’t cheap, it probably won’t be too often that we go out without ‘lil q.
Finally, in keeping with my goals for the weekend, the Easter pictures are up. I’m attaching my favorite, but you can see them all by clicking the link.
So I’m a bit behind, but I’m trying. This weekend I posted pictures from Thanksgiving and Christmas, I’m hoping to get some up of Easter tomorrow. But here are two previews from each. Click the holiday to get sent to the pictures.
I apologize for not having a proper ‘Wednesday Brief’ to post, but life – better known as ‘lil q, Easter and a bit of a cold – got in the way and sapped my creativity. I’ll do my best to resume next week and there after. But since this is a group I belong to, I wanted to be able to promote those good souls who managed to keep with it. Those flashers are listed as usual, at the end of this post.
In addition to the Wednesday Briefs, I belong to a few author groups. One of the themes lately has been reviews. Good, bad, or just maybe not really a review at all. Different people have different positions on reviews, but I’ll admit that I read and react to reviews. I like good ones and I don’t like bad ones. That said, well written critical reviews do have some benefit. The trick, for me, is to look past the disappointment to find those benefits. (more…)
Sid is an author – his first book is due in July from RFP and an aspiring book critic. If you get a chance check out his site and his work.
Another Review for The Last Grand Master
This review is also posted on Joyful Jay’s Site: Review: The Last Grand Master by Andrew Q. Gordon
If you get a chance go take a peek over on Grace’s site. She’s fabulous. Read up a bit and let her know you stopped by.
For the first time since ‘lil q was born, we took a vacation. And by vacation I mean, just us, our family, somewhere that wasn’t a friend or family’s house, with no purpose other than to take a trip. Call us daft, but we chose the beach in February. In reality, the beach, in a
beach town, in the winter is a great time for a quiet vacation. Seats at a restaurant, empty beaches, no crush of other tourists. Of course the big question is always the weather, but that’s always an issue.
As some know, ‘lil q spent the first week of her life in a condo overlooking the Pacific Ocean compliments of her grandparents. She didn’t get to go to beach or play in the water, but she did get to hear it and she can say she ‘saw’ it I suppose. So this trip she got to see the Atlantic Ocean. In less than 18 months she’s seen two oceans, flown four times and been to twice as many states. At least when she’s older she can’t say we kept her isolated.
One of the nice things about the beach in the winter is the availability of places to stay – nice places, with lots of room. We ended up with a four bedroom house that allowed us to bring the dog, a block from the beach for less than most hotel rooms. But more memorable is that this was our first vacation as a family, our little family. There have been and will be more extended family vacations, and those are just as important, but for us, this trip will always be special.
There are more pictures under the Photos tab, under Family Vacation.