Monday, monday, Monday!

Woosh! I have paint everywhere!

This weekend, I finally got out the paint sprayer and started painting the bedroom.

This thing takes a little more getting used to than I'd hoped, but it seems to work very nicely. Next time? Wearing a face mask.

We also: trimmed the lilac making horror-movie noises against the gutter, cut apart an old, broken kids' pool, T. planted some garlic, I painted some window trim, and bought cider without, for the first time this year, getting lost.

Oh, and made butternut-bread-casserole for dinner. Om nom nom nom!

Painting the bedroom makes me feel like we're moving along somewhere on this thing. T's gotten a lot done - this weekend he also cleaned up the pantry/basement stairwell quite a bit, pulling out 2 dozen old canning jars, too, from the crawl space, and over the week he discovered that our dining room is painted over old wallpaper (ack).

All in all, a very nice weekend.

How have you all been?

Writing update

Goood morning!

I am above par so far on Nano, hitting 36,000 words yesterday. The story is going well, if oddly.

With the posting of Creeped Right Out for rix_scadedu's commission (LJ) and Encyclopedia Californica: The Modified Humanoid in Tir na Cali Culture for the setting piece, I have finished the October Giraffe Call!

I need to talk to lilfluff to see what stories he wants continued for his donation, finish Rix's commission, and close the polls to finish November's Giraffe Call.

Said polls:
http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/180037.html and
http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/325696.html
currently show "Mother Knows/Encountering Dad" in the lead, with "The Life you Make" and "Parent-Teacher Conference" currently trailing.

All in all, I'd say it's been an insanely productive first half of November!

Character Development Meme (morning Warmup), Questions 3 and 4

As discussed here and on LJ, I'm going to do this meme for a few characters (I'm rotating seasonal sibs to not totally overwhelm myself).

Feel free to suggest another character, and I'll work through them in rotation.

Question 2 here and on LJ.

Questions 5 and 6 are here and here on LJ.

3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?
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4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?
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