Stuff and Nonsense ...

My internet has been the suckage off and on. Not sure if our router is starting to go on the fritz or what. Although, not totally unexpected, as it's about two years old. Anyhow, yesterday the internet was spotty -- up and down ... okay speed, then super sloooow. Frustrating.

I did manage to post Freefall on ff.net at some point. I think it was yesterday, but I'm doing that thing where the days all blur together in my mind. >.O Anyhow, I wasn't sure about posting it there. I already had it up over here, also on Dreamwidth ... and on my own website. I usually post on ff.net, too, but just was really unsure with this story. I'm not sure why -- maybe because it's not my usual thing, writing-wise? Still, in the interest of stepping out of that mold, I did it. It's been OK so far. I don't tend to get a whole lot of reviews, in general, and I don't think this story will be any exception to that. Which actually is a good thing. I've gotten one lukewarm comment from one of my regular readers as well as one review that was a bit disturbing. Not that it was mean, exactly. Just that I haven't ever gotten a review like that, so it felt ... weird. Not sure how else to explain it.

My inner Domestic Diva has been hard at work this week. On Monday, I made tacos, but I wanted to make the meat from scratch, instead of using a seasoning mix that has a TON of extra sodium in it. I think it turned out OK, overall, although not quite as spicy/flavorful as I would have liked. I may adjust the seasoning combination the next time I use it. I had some of the meat left over, so I used it last night to whip up a big batch of fried rice, also adding some corn and sugar peas and onions -- then pan fried it up using some sesame oil. It was pretty good, although tonight I'll add a little Maggi when I warm it up, so it'll have a little more flavor.

Fae is sitting here on the sofa next to me. It's rather cave-like and chilly on the first floor of our house, so I have the heater going. She is quite the heater hound, so she is curled up on that corner of the sofa, soaking up all the heat. Silly dog.

I spent some time yesterday painting. I've been working on a fancel of Aya that I had to put aside while my parents were visiting. I finally pulled it back out yesterday, and I got quite a bit done. I'm pretty happy with the way the eyes have turned out so far, but unhappy with part of the sword. There was a greenish-gray color that was supposed to be more gray than green ... but it ended up more green than gray, once it dried. Poo. Maybe I'll do a correction layer for it after everything else is done.

I guess that's it for now. I have to head off to volunteer for the afternoon at my daughter's school. Woo hoo. >.O