Category Archives: Home Life

The fishing trip

Zoo’s, not mine, although I’m way jealous.
First, he got the little fishy on the line - here little fishy….

 
And then Kenny (fishing guide) urged the nice little fish closer to the boat…
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kenny wants to show you the little fish

Why your mom shouldn’t plot your books

So my mom calls me yesterday and is all like, Did you see that a SEAL team rescued that captain?
I tell her that I’ve been following all of this forever at this point and say yes.
Then she’s like, you know, I was washing dishes when I heard it and I stopped to watch the story. [...]

things get in the way…

So, Zoo has tonsillitis and I’m hoping that the antibiotics work so he doesn’t have to have them out. Mainly because he’s telling me he won’t have them out until after his fishing trip at the end of April.
I’m guessing he doesn’t realize that he’s not going to have much of a choice.  
So I’ve got that [...]

Comment of the day

This is a lovely conversation the husband and I had a few days ago.  I laugh every time I think about it, but that could just be me.
Me:  Did Gus just go outside?
Zoo:  Yes.
Me:  Did he do anything?
Zoo:  Yes.
Me:  Then he gets a cookie.
Zoo:  No one gives me a cookie when I go to the [...]

Gus, the unpublished photos

You know, I’d say TGIF except that I work more on the weekends these days than during the week, so it all kind of blends together.  But I think I’ve finally got a handle on what I’ve been wrestling with on Cam and Skylar’s story.  They’re both pretty private people and they haven’t wanted to [...]

the, not so itsy bitsy, spider…

The scene - my den, just before American Idol starts. Thanks to my superior spider seeking eyesight, I spot a spider trying to make a break for it across the ceiling molding.
Me: Zoo! Come kill the spider. And bring a chair. Because I know you’ll try to jump and grab [...]

Dear People in charge of scheduling The Unit,

Did you not realize that football would screw it up every single weekend, forcing me to stay up way later than I need to? Especially since DVRs are not smart enough to figure out that they need to tape 1/2 later in order not to cut off half the episode?
Seriously, someone needs to plan [...]

shifting gears

Sven yesterday: 1226 words + longhand synopsis (synopsis is hanging at about 1500 words)
Today, I got some light revisions for Chris’s book (Hold On Tight - book 3 in the SEAL trilogy) thumped against my door - I’ll be motoring fast on those and then all three of the SEAL books will go into copy [...]

no surrender

Dear stupid bureaucracy-ish people I dealt with all day yesterday who sucked up all my time, energy and generally made me want to beat my head against the wall,
I know you’re lying. And trust me, I can confuse you far more easily than you can me. Just ask Larissa or my editor about [...]

two words

Food. Poisoning.
Ugh. I knew the Indian food Zoo brought home last night was different. It wasn’t bad tasting, but I told him that I thought there was a new ownership. The chicken looked…not chicken-ish. Reminded my of the time, when we were still dating, of a particular dinner at his [...]