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Somewhat late update
My active reading lists have dwindled so much, I've consolidated all my LJ and DW people (non-community-or-feed) filters and even then they're pretty thin.
But then, I haven't been posting much either, partly because of that, and partly because I take ages to get round to cropping, resizing, and uploading the backlog photos I have planned to post. Maybe I'll work backwards from the most recent.
In the meantime:
But then, I haven't been posting much either, partly because of that, and partly because I take ages to get round to cropping, resizing, and uploading the backlog photos I have planned to post. Maybe I'll work backwards from the most recent.
In the meantime:
- Coolness: The weather's been dry (so not like Auckland) and the blossoms here have been stunning - we get four seasons, unlike the hot-and-wet and cold-and-wet of Auckland. ;-) And on Saturday night when we were on our way out for dinner, there was a huge orange blood moon over the sea, with wisps of cloud making black stripes, a tiger moon!
- Victorian festival: coming up in November. My friend from way back who moved here this year too showed me all her Victorian gear, mostly made of old curtains, but I think I'll go for the Three Men in a Boat look with my striped blazer and a boater if I can find one online. I don't do dresses.
- Writing: I haven't managed to do any writing or art, but come November I'll try to get back into the long fic of doom when picowrimo comes up. I did meet a pro writer who wants me to join an international writers' group which does a lot of e-publishing. Hmmm. I'd have to have an original novel idea that's not one of the ones I've run in my head for private entertainment as they're a bit derivative, dating from teenage years. And yeah, so not ready for that with all the problems here. Plus she's terrifyingly brilliant and confident, and a bit scary. But fascinating!
- House: We still haven't unpacked completely, and with less storage than we had in Auckland, it's getting hard to figure out where things should go (and that includes Out). There's also a huge amount of work to do as only the two sun rooms can be painted right away; the rest of the walls need stripping and replastering at a guess, and it's hard to get people in to advise. At least now I have some recced names which might mean they'll actually show up and do stuff. This is all up to me as Greg's away most of each week in Christchurch at a client site.
- Klutziness: We went to Timaru to look at lighting because there aren't any lighting shops here, and that's what I was doing, looking up at the lights when I tripped over a stand. I hit the floor, bashing my knee and a finger, but the worst part was that my left show got ripped off without coming undone and at least one tow got broken. This has happened before. There's nothing to do but tape them together and put up with it but it's been almost a month now. :-( If I'm not careful and bang my foot or walk on uneven ground, it hurts.
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The toe is getting to the itchy stage and is normally OK but still hurts like hell if I bend it by accident. :-P
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I hope your toes and your chances of getting some writing done improve.
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The toe is a lot better except then I knock or bend it by accident. As for the big AU I've been working on desultorily for picowrimo, I'll have to remember what I was doing and try to tie up all the threads, some of which unravelled slightly (mainly Servalan's). But maybe I'll actually finish it this November.
Say hello to Abby for me!
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I totally relate to not doing dresses, but I do tend to make an exception for cosplay. Have fun!
As for the writers' group, hey, it's nice to be asked. She sounds enthusiastic at least.
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For the walls, how about wallpaper? I don't know what you can get over there but here you can go mad with big, bold patterns or plain with a hint of texture that you can paint over. Our house is 104 years old and quite a bit of the wall plaster is original, some of it is held in place by wallpaper.
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Don´t worry, we know you are too busy . There is much to do in your new house! But I´m glad you like it there. Of course I can´t wait for the photos after you mentioned the blossoms and all.:-)
Shame on me, I haven´t posted the parcel yet, I will post about what is going on here ( changing the linoleum in the hall - eeeeee§*%@).
Good luck!!!
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So you're having renovations too - isn't it disruptive? We have new curtains in the bay window, and some new roller blinds to install, and the downstairs bathroom will get new vinyl this week or next. I look forward to photos of yours!
When I unpack the things I was going to send you months ago, I'll post those too!
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The Victorian festival sounds nice.
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I've seen a friend's photos of the festival and it's quite a big deal, parades through town etc. Even so there are people here, including our neighbour Michael, who dress Victorian all year round. :-)
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