Couldn't think of anything to post yesterday...but didn't expect the boards to fall so silent between Friday night and now...
Posted by TaleSpinner (Member # 5638) on :
Xmas shopping, and wishing I'd done it sooner, as always. Finishing some chores before the vacation. Revising a couple of stories. Reading crisp new copies of Analog and Interzone. On writing, nothing to say right now ... it won't last long ...
Posted by Sherpa7 (Member # 8321) on :
Shoveling a little snow, keeping a fire in the woodstove, spending an extraordinary amount of time putting on enough layers of clothing to survive going outside. Baking lots of bread for gifts. Typical winter stuff. Also been typing the beginning of a novel that I started some years ago. But I could use a vacation.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I'm at work, having lunch before going back to finishing up year-end paperwok. My wife and son are at the skating rink.
Posted by LAJD (Member # 8070) on :
I have a bunch of relatives here and am woefully behind on Xmas shopping.
We have radiant, in-slab heating via water pipes- one of them broke on friday night- so we dug, and repaired a 4ft hole in our kitchen this weekend.
My beloved dog, who had been pretty perky for a 12 yr old, took a precipitous plunge downhill last week and now is probably, but not certainly, dying. We are embroiled in a series of family discussions about next steps and hard decisions because its just not clear what's going on. The vet has been moderately helpful but she does not know either.
If I make it through this week, I will have things to write about. 8(
I wish all of you a peaceful and happy week. Hug your pets and your family.
Leslie
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I spent the night at work, part of the morning buying hot Italian sausage to cook in the Christmas spaghetti sauce, another part of the morning unwinding in my parents' Jacuzzi (I do this every Monday), then part of the afternoon going through new DVDs of old "Saturday Night Live" episodes (new release, fourth season, back when the show was actually funny.) I don't even know if I'll have time to write, and I'm within striking distance of the end of the draft.
Posted by Lyrajean (Member # 7664) on :
Not, yet. School break starts on the 26th. Although I still have to go in on the 26th. Then we're off till the 5th. Japan doesn't celebrate Xmas although the Emperor gave us all a nice Xmas gift by being born on December 23rd (national holiday today) -sweet.
Posted by annepin (Member # 5952) on :
scrambling to get stuff done at work before the holidays (we break from the 25 through the 2 of Jan), shopping, preparing the nest for family visitors, going to holiday parties, baking holiday things for people, and scheduling in visits with friends from out-of-town... and still trying to rework my WotF story!
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
The house is decorated. The wrapping is done. The baking is almost done. Tomorrow I may actually get to sit down and write for more than five minutes! Woo Hoo!
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I finished my Christmas shopping and wrapping yesterday. I have to finish a house cleaning---less of a burden than Thanksgiving cleaning, because I left things more or less like they were after Thanksgiving was over. Then it's on to cooking, putting the extra leaves in my table, and then serving everything in the evening and opening presents in the later evening.
Funny thing...our family used to do its Christmas present-opening early Christmas Morning, but at some point it all shifted to Christmas Eve. I've never been certain why...maybe my parents got too tired of doing it all that early? Or maybe just got too tired?
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Vacation? I wish. Its funny October first a large shoe company seduced me away from my small, faltering shoe business. I took the job to set their distribution center up here in New Hampshire, and it has been nonstop since. They sent out the schedule for the days off for the holidays, Wednesday-Friday each of the next 2 weeks. Must be great, for them, no one told the truckers I had the time off. I recieved 14,000 pairs Tuesday, and have another 7,000 coming on Monday. SO vacation for me will be held for Christmas Eve evening, I will work til 2 today, then Christmas day, but back to work on Friday and at least 1 day this weekend, with same routine next week. But its a job and I can see the potentional of it being a long lasting, good job, but its just hectic until I clean up 4 years of the previous warehouses mistakes.
But with that said, my family is well, and the snow is flying, so I will spend all my free time with my little daughters snowmobling in the back forty and with whomever makes it up this way.
Happy Holidays All.
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
I am thinking of taking a vacation from Hatrack, or at least from the active threads. I doubt anyone will miss me, and I can think about what I want to gain from the site.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Alas, my vacation, such as it is, ends Chirstmas Night---tonight---where I have to resume my schedule. The mail never stops, even on federal holidays. And, usually, it's twice as busy as normal the day after a holiday.
One piece of good news. Next week, I should have the identical situation---two regular days off, followed by the New Year's Day holiday---but without any need to do the Christmas stuff. Woo-hoo!
(I say "should" because management have a way of screwing things up---and screwing us over.)