Puzzle Swap, Cat Lady and Writing

So the puzzle exchange in August is a little HOT. It started at 10am. Sue was smart. She brought a sun hat and sunglasses. I forgot my sunblock. I'm really taking a chance here, considering skin cancer is such an easy thing to get in this sunny weather. 

I found some kicking puzzles!! There was one puzzle up for grabs that I had on my wish list for three years now. It was part of a "Fund-Raiser" and now I guess it's in all the Target stores. I asked her if she would exchange for it. She said she was waiting for someone to exchange with, but they never showed up so she gave it to me. I asked if she wanted to exchange phone numbers and I could get it back to her when I was done. She said, "Nope! I'll see you again." And that was that. 

I found so many cat puzzles that I think pissed Sue off. She took them anyways, and a guitar puzzle because she thought it was super neat. I told her to take what she wanted and she said it was enough for her. She also said she only took like two of the cat puzzles when I found at least four or five. That's okay. She'll probably think about it and grab the others once she decompresses from the heat.

Well, everything is going good in this house. My older dog has not tried to shred the newer ones.... That's funny because he's grumpy but he's not horrid. Typo (bless her spirit) hated dogs. Mozart just tells them when they can play and they listen. 

It's so fun to walk out of the room and have three dogs following me. Sherlock has whacked into everything. I'm really nervous about taking him to the commune because that's a lot of people and pets. I think he'll be okay as long as he knows where I'm at. I'm going to start backpack training him so we can take Watson and Mozart and him to outdoor events with us. 

Nuts! I just locked myself out of Tubi by putting Tubi-Kids on play for the dogs. They are reactive to every sound in this complex so the cartoons keep them quiet. I put it on to go to the puzzle exchange and now I'm locked from regular Tubi! Tubi with all the movies I love watching!! I hope we know our password.

Writing Update

B.L. I'm still editing chapter 4. Most of these chapters are a mess because I wrote them in a flurry of inspiration, but now they need to be cleaned up. Naughty words need to be mostly edited out because one of my characters might have too much of a potty mouth. I think I might change their ages about four more years to make them older. Plus I feel like the story might be pretty gritty and dark. 

Area 51, Desert Mailbox and Writing

I've been watching a lot of conspiracy television. It reminds me so much of Jeffrey. I think I should tell him to check it out on Tubi which is free out here in USA. I'm not sure if its a free service anywhere else, but I freaking LOVE how many movies pop up on it. 

I would seriously set my vacation schedules to fit into some of these crazy sites mentioned in the docu-series. I do want to see Area 51. I also want to see that mailbox in the middle of nowhere.... literally this is a mailbox in the desert. Can I put a letter in it with a stamp? Will a stranger find it? Would I open myself up for Men in Black to come knocking on my door?

Why is our planet so awesome? So many questions! 

Why do I believe all this stuff? Because I was raised to believe it. 

I always caught my dad staring at the sky. I asked him why he did this every night and he said he was watching for UFOs. Once, he moved into the desert and said that's what he did at night, just waiting.....

There are all these tiny little dead bugs on our porch. I can't tell where they are coming from. They look like popcorn. We've been here for almost five years and never had all these little guys on our porch, so why now? What are they? Maybe it's the heat? Global warming?

My nieces and nephews have started school again.

We're still trying to plan our vacation to Arizona. We're going to check out the Grand Canyon and then we're doing a kayak wine tour. We have a concert in the middle of the week and then we're heading to to the other side of the state for more adventures. We just haven't planned everything yet. We need so much sunscreen. My best friend wants to do some hiking. We're going to need to find the camelback for our water. 

Speaking of hiking, we're going to get a doggie backpack for Sherlock. He's going to need something so I can take them out in public. Being blind, he's really freaked out when there are a lot of people walking around him or too much open space. I'll be the one wearing the backpack because he's my shadow. He's pretty much attached to my hip. 

I was editing videos and he actually went back to bed with Watson. That was pretty funny to find them sleeping in bed without me. 

Writing:

B.L. Working on chapter 4 now. So much to edit but at least I have the first draft pretty much done. I'm guessing this might be a long story. I don't know how popular it will be. Omega/Alpha possessive behavior. Talks about omega trafficking. Black market underground. So we'll see if this gets any hits. I'm excited for this one but it needs some work because I still need to fix some things. 

Kraken, Weightloss and Writing

I did something completely impulsive. I found myself two dogs from the pound. They were abandoned in a hoarder house so they are both starved for attention. I should have named one Kraken because he is utterly insane when food is involved. Plus, it's kind of fun to say, "Release the Kraken" when he comes around. 

I was telling Ann about this and she said she had no idea what a "Kraken" is. I didn't realize that it must have been the media I consume because I've heard the Kraken in so many things. It's a gaint squid like creature that wraps its body around ships and rips them apart. I believe the Kraken is in tons of modern movies too. I should look.... 

I did name them Sherlock (the blind one) and Watson. We've been working on potty training and sitting on command. Watson is good with sitting. Sherlock is good with going outside to potty. I think we should train Watson to run a dog course. He seems pretty damn smart and eager to play. Sherlock is resource guarding and apparently I've become a "resource" because he does act pretty insane when I sit on the couch. I keep standing until the behavior is settled. I'm getting so many steps on my walk meter.

We're going to take them to Venture Street to see if we can get them used to the public. I need to get a leash that says, "blind" for Sherlock. I want to train him to sit in a stroller so we can take them out to eat with us at night. 

The doctor wanted me to lose 5-10 lbs. I've gained 5 extra pounds since then. Lately, with running around these dogs, I've managed to lose the 5 I gained and another 5 lbs. I should finally be able to fit into all my cute dresses now. 

Writing Update:

B.L. I need to rename this story. The original chapters were almost 6,000 words long, but a quick internet search says this might be too long for each chapter, so I'm cutting it down to about 2,500 words per chapter. I feel like this is really short. I'm now working on chapter 3 on the editing. I'm really glad I have so much done on this, but it needs so much work. I sort of information dumped on many of these chapters. Cleaning that up. Also, this was super kinky. Cleaning that up too. This feels like a drama.

Friendly Wrong Number, Artistic Folks and Writing

Wrong number contacted me for a complete seafood dinner. I wrote back, "vegan dude, but have fun." I did not expect wrong number to contact me again to see if I'd want to go out for coffee. I was still pretty sure it was a troll at this point so I asked where I'd be driving. The person is in the same state as me. 

She also is super ambitious and creative. My energy attracts artistic people. So we've been talking and that's pretty fun. I have no idea where this is going. Will she come into my life and teach me a personal lesson (good or bad). Is she going to stick around and become a close friend? She is about twelve years younger than me.

I didn't think I was learning my German very well, but I am recognizing words. I probably still don't pronounce my words right.

I just cleaned bags and bags of clothes from my closet. I'm going to try to be more mindful on what I am buying. I want to do a "shopping" ban for the next month, but I have inherited an espresso machine and I do need those tiny cups to fit under the machine. I kind of want to see what the thrift stores are selling. I know I kept seeing cute little cups at Goodwill, but I didn't need them at that time.

As I say this, I have just ran to 3 Dollar Tree Stores to find the Golden Girls lip glosses. I only found 3. I needed 6 for my party. I found water painting paper for my local artist and I found a bunch of stuff for myself.

Writing Update:

What am I doing? I have no idea! I found a story I started that's really pretty freaking long and I think I'm going to start working on it too. I have more and more projects and nothing to really show as of yet.  

Autumn, Theater Shows and Writing

This must be getting close to my season.... Autumn!

I asked the High Priestess why am I more mentally busy at this time of year. I'm more dedicated to projects. I'm even finding new projects to focus on. Her answer, "We work hard in autumn to prepare for winter." 

She's so brilliant! That's so true. I work doubly hard during this time of year. I have three new writing projects. I'm finally downsizing what I own. I'm learning German and Spanish. I'm writing everyone on my contact list. I'm listening to three books! Busy! 

In Winter, I will slow. I have no plans beyond visiting with the Coven and even that isn't set in stone. 

I plan to do a touristy thing in Arizona. There are a lot of places on my hit list that I'm just not sure I'd ever make time for so I'm making time now. I still need to plan that trip. 

Jeffery got staples in his head. He got them out on Friday. I bet he has a gnarly scar. 

Darlene is going to Arizona to visit the commune there. I think they're going to take everything that needs to go out so I need to get my clothes ready for them to take to Ann's church. 

It's been a busy and yet slow week for me. Sue is going to go see Full Monty at the theater. I saw it advertised and I think it is going to be so good. She's going to tell me all about it. She's going to see two more shows there too and asked if I wanted tickets, but in truth, I am so busy these next handful of months. Events are coming through for August-October and I need to pick!

Oh! There is a Survival Horror Camp coming to Southern California. 12 hours of trying to survive campy horror! Sounds so good. Sue said "Heck no! Have fun." Okay, "heck" was NOT the word she used, but it is close enough to what she really said, minus the fact that this four letter word actually started with an F. 

Anyways, I really want to see what it's going to cost to do. It starts at night and I'm not much of a night person any more, but I'll just drink a lot of coffee I guess. Last time we went to Universal Horror Nights, being on our feet for hours was so hard. 

Writing Update:

Yule Horror: I'm looking up LGBTQ publishers for this one. I don't think I can tell it in 2,000 words. I'm going for a Babadook feel where the person is actually dealing with the horror that comes from their own demons. I'm extremely positive I can do justice for this story. 

2 horror novels: Can't talk about these two yet. I'm hoping to get them started shortly.

K.B.C. Might change the name to this depending. I'm on chapter 7 now and it's okay but I see where there is some weakness. This is just the bones.