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...and by "funny", I mean "interesting" or "weird".

I get a lot of pleasure out of trying to make different things to eat. My attempts to feed myself are approached with enthusiasm. The act of eating however is a different story.

I miss Lisa's company more in the eating than in the cooking. I guess because I'm not the cook she was I can separate the kitchen experience from the eating experience.

And it's the eating experience where I have problems. Especially in the evenings because Lisa and I ate together in the evenings.

And part of the thing is that other than a handful of meals, I haven't eaten for pleasure or derived pleasure from eating since Lisa passed away.

I eat food for fuel. Period.

Mind you, I try to make things that taste good and give me culinary pleasure, but any derived pleasure is a secondary thing in my brain.

I just ate some chicken breasts I grilled yesterday, they were dressed in various seasonings, Dijon mustard and balsamic vinegar and had lovely grill marks.

Just food.

Just fuel.

Dinner time is lonely time. At least it's a reminder of that.

Sorry for the downbeat. Just had to get it out.

Peace,
- O.

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Okay, a few of my favorites in LJ Idol are in danger this week... They were put in a small tribe and being newbies, are not getting the attention I think they deserve. They are everywordiwrite and jem0000000. If you wouldn't mind reading their entries, I'm sure you'd agree that they wrote great stories. Give the others a read too and choose for yourself who to vote for, but I wanted to give them a shoutout anyway as two underdogs who I think deserve more attention in their tribe. Both are newbies up against a bunch of vets in a small tribe (and one other newbie whom I'm listing below because I love her entry, but she appears safe for the time being).

Don't get me wrong, I like that whole tribe... I'm just wanting a second look for the newbies on bottom since they don't have name recognition to fall back on and they wrote terrific pieces this week.

I'm on my phone, so I can't easily link their entries. But the poll is here:

http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/573331.html

Also go check out my other favorites below (who aren't in danger so they don't need your vote as badly, just good reads). I wanted to do a true rec list, but I didn't have time until now. Sorry this is sloppy :/

http://milk-and-glass.livejournal.com/608352.html

http://alien-infinity.livejournal.com/227736.html

http://alleyalligator.livejournal.com/8183.html

http://armyandleg.livejournal.com/28943.html

http://porn-this-way.livejournal.com/10911.html

http://whipchick.livejournal.com/15780.html

ok for all my still new friends, I don't usually post this often.

I just have to share this. I just bought this toaster for my husband for Father's Day. Tim's birthday is the same day, so he's getting one too.

One of my goals for the summer is to purge the house of stuff.

Ike is doing in-house therapy for the next two weeks. We can't leave the house and Elli and Gwen are across the country. Sounds like an opportunity for me!

I decided to start slow today. The Master Bath. I pulled everything off of shelves, opened drawers, tossed ten year old makeup, expired medicine and products that are just OLD. I even cleaned the drawers and shelves themselves. Everything in that bathroom is reorganized and has a beautiful mise en place. I was even able to move the first aid supplies from the bookcase in the bedroom (with the adult reading collection) to one of the medicine cabinets.

Then I washed the entire bathroom down. Woot! Go me!

I wanted to start small. A small room that I could go over with Gray in tow. I then folded a couple of loads of laundry. Logic would dictate that I do the Master Bedroom next, but since the girls aren't here...I'm going to go do their room next. It will go a whole lot faster with them gone.

Currently Gray is napping and Ike is working with the therapist. I need to figure out what to do for dinner. But next? Another load of laundry I think.

My author copies of Flight of the Godkin Griffin have arrived! They look pretty spiffy, I tell you! Sofawolf did a nice job on them, and the interior illustrations look great in the shaded pencil grayscale… though maybe my favorite little flourish was the Godson’s signature, which they scanned from a drawing I gave them. Very fancy!

This will be my ninth book in print (as opposed to available as e-book only), and the second to come from a small press rather than from me directly. It is weird to think of myself as an author with multiple novels in print, but… there you go.

It’s funny, when I was doing the painting I wasn’t altogether sure it would work as a cover. But I think it turned out just right…! Pretty cool. :)

But anyway. Shiny!

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