Happy Sunday y'all. Haven't had my identity stolen for more than a week, so that's good.
Had to buy a new vacuum yesterday because my old one died a smoky death. Then I locked myself out of my car, leaving my keys in the back and slamming down the hatch.
Hope your weekend is going better. I'm off to mine some Sunday salt later.
I long ago learned to keep two sets of car keys available--one to lock in the car, and one either wired to some place like the fuel filler pipe up under the rear fender or on a key ring attached to my belt.
I am having a nice little correspondence with the author of the book I just finished (a history professor in Bristol, UK). For anyone interested in the subject of modern Pagan Witchcraft and allied religion(s) I have put together a very nice little bookshelf on the subject:
The Spiral Dance, by Starhawk Drawing Down the Moon, by Margot Adler Her Hidden Children, by Chas Clifton The Triumph of The Moon, by Ronald Hutton
BTW, my interest was piqued by our exchange here a while back about the song "The Lord of the Dance."
Time to start making grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch; TTFN
Hi Donna! EEK! The worst that has happened to me is oversleeping and feeling a bit blue. Small potatoes to locking the keys in the car. I hope your weekend improved as it went along.
I have a book by Ronald Hutton, something to do with King Arthur I think. Didn't get very far in it before the Kurzweil machine conked out. I really do have to see about getting that repaired. The books in my To Read pile mounting up.
Only time I ever locked my self out was in the parking lot at the Metro station on my FIRST day of work. And it was a Honda, with slide locks (no coathangers. . . .). I'd gotten out, left my purse on the seat while I put my linen jacket on, and the wind blew the door closed. Even the locksmith, when I came, had difficulty. I got to work at two o'clock. Also had to panhandle at the station for phone money to call my boss and the locksmith. It was an omen. . . .
Just pausing now to eat an omelette (brain food) then going back to it.
donna! My heart is out there for you! ♥
I don't usually lock my keys in the car but I sure have misplaced them alot. I did that on the day I was starting work for the VNA, and arrived late to my first assignment (where I was to meet an RN who would show me the ropes). Usually I have recourse to grab Hubby's key, but he was in town at the time!
One can purchase a little metal box just the right size to hold a key, which has a strong magnet on one side. You put the key into the box and attach it to the undercarriage of the car somewhere.
Okay, gotta finish my orange juice and get back to work. XOXOXXX
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Next: formatting it for publication.
(After a breather. My brain is just about fried. ;-) )
Thanks for all the good advice. I had called a friend who lived nearby the vacuum cleaner store, but then I remembered that my house keys were inside the car too. I have a friend who has a set, but she is visiting her son in Seattle.
So, I wound up calling my ex. We are on very good terms, but this was above and beyond. He has a key to my place because he pet sits for me when I am out of town and has visitation with our dog at least once a week. Usually I am not home when he visits. So he drove to my place, retrieved my spare car key, and drove out to the store I was stranded at.
That worked better than my friend's plan. She thought I should call the police and have them break into the car.
OK, this is a new car. It is two months old. I don't want it broken into by ANYONE, friend or foe.
Thanks for the idear of putting the key in a Hide-a-Key box, the new cars have electronic door openers and don't fit into the hid-a-key. I used to use one for my house key, and they do rust. The replacement keys are several hundred bucks.
The new management of my condo building is planning to provide us with lock boxes in case we lose our keys, but they haven't done so yet.
What would help most would be if I wouldn't be so darned careless!
Those new-fangled car keys (yes, I have one, and I've even lost one and had to replace it) are large, but did you know that you can take the actual key out of its fancy casing? You can then store a spare in a Hide-a-Key.
Hard at work on, you guessed it, a new song. This one hit me out of the blue after listening to a Chris Isaaks song which has, far as I can tell, nothing to do with it whatsoever. This is a pretty bleak one:
Should I lie when he askes me where I've been tonight? Should I smile and tell him the time got away from me? Should I say that a friend stopped by and we got to talking over old times?
Should I lie when he asks me why I didn't call him? Should I tell him my car broke down and the cabwas late? Should I spin him a tale and postpone all the pain that's coming, When I tell him That it's over Should I lie...?
Back from Windycon. Had a good time there. One of the highlights was a theobromos party each night as a memorial to the late, great author Kage Baker, who died this past strping. It seems strange to think there won't be any more new books or stories coming out from her. (In case you haven't read her books, the substance her characters refer to as theobromos is better known as chocolate. And the people who put on the party had manged to perpare chocolate about four dozen different ways, all delicous.)
I was also, I believe the only person at the con who went to all four book discussions. Two were by the groups I regularly attend (in one case on our regular meeting day, just at a different place). Since the theme of this year's Windycon was "To the Lands of Fae and Back Again," one group discussed Shakespear's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the other discussed Peter Beagle's "The Laast Unicorn." The third group (which I don't attend as a regular because the meeting palce is mildly inconvenient) traditionally discusses that year's Hugo award winner at Windycon. But there was a tie for the award this year, so we discussed both books. Both of which I'd read so I could cast an informed Hugo ballot.
Incidentally, don't ever let anyone tell you your vote doesn't count. Hugo voting is by preferential ballot (aka "instant run-off"). I placed "The City and the City" thrid and "The Windup Girl" fourth. If I'd reversed the order -- or hadn't voted at all -- the outcome would have been quite different.
I'd love to read "World Enough and Time." May not get to it immediately, since I have quite a bit of work right now, with SMOFcon coming up the first weekend in December. But it will go right to the top of my reading list.
Happy Sunday y'all. Haven't had my identity stolen for more than a week, so that's good.
ReplyDeleteHad to buy a new vacuum yesterday because my old one died a smoky death. Then I locked myself out of my car, leaving my keys in the back and slamming down the hatch.
Hope your weekend is going better. I'm off to mine some Sunday salt later.
I still don't understand why you and Susan haven't pursued careers of stand up comics, lol! You guys are *GOOD*!
ReplyDeleteI long ago learned to keep two sets of car keys available--one to lock in the car, and one either wired to some place like the fuel filler pipe up under the rear fender or on a key ring attached to my belt.
ReplyDeleteI am having a nice little correspondence with the author of the book I just finished (a history professor in Bristol, UK). For anyone interested in the subject of modern Pagan Witchcraft and allied religion(s) I have put together a very nice little bookshelf on the subject:
The Spiral Dance, by Starhawk
Drawing Down the Moon, by Margot Adler
Her Hidden Children, by Chas Clifton
The Triumph of The Moon, by Ronald Hutton
BTW, my interest was piqued by our exchange here a while back about the song "The Lord of the Dance."
Time to start making grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch; TTFN
Hi Donna! EEK! The worst that has happened to me is oversleeping and feeling a bit blue. Small potatoes to locking the keys in the car. I hope your weekend improved as it went along.
ReplyDeleteI like grilled cheese sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteI have a book by Ronald Hutton, something to do with King Arthur I think. Didn't get very far in it before the Kurzweil machine conked out. I really do have to see about getting that repaired. The books in my To Read pile mounting up.
Puddle, donno as I said anything special on the last thread, but glad to have cheered you.
ReplyDeleteOnly time I ever locked my self out was in the parking lot at the Metro station on my FIRST day of work. And it was a Honda, with slide locks (no coathangers. . . .). I'd gotten out, left my purse on the seat while I put my linen jacket on, and the wind blew the door closed. Even the locksmith, when I came, had difficulty. I got to work at two o'clock. Also had to panhandle at the station for phone money to call my boss and the locksmith. It was an omen. . . .
ReplyDeleteAn omen? That job didn't work out, eh?
ReplyDeleteI have just one more long chapter left to go!
ReplyDeleteJust pausing now to eat an omelette (brain food) then going back to it.
donna! My heart is out there for you! ♥
I don't usually lock my keys in the car but I sure have misplaced them alot. I did that on the day I was starting work for the VNA, and arrived late to my first assignment (where I was to meet an RN who would show me the ropes). Usually I have recourse to grab Hubby's key, but he was in town at the time!
One can purchase a little metal box just the right size to hold a key, which has a strong magnet on one side. You put the key into the box and attach it to the undercarriage of the car somewhere.
Okay, gotta finish my orange juice and get back to work. XOXOXXX
Worst job I evah had. Editing for a big 8 accounting firm.
ReplyDelete*hug* listener. Good work. See you when you finish the last long chapter.
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ReplyDeleteDONE!!!! The book is finished!!
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....................//..\\ .............. == \\
..................//....// ...............\\ ... \\
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EVERY BODY DO THE VICTORY DANCE!
Next: formatting it for publication.
(After a breather. My brain is just about fried. ;-) )
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Thanks for all the good advice. I had called a friend who lived nearby the vacuum cleaner store, but then I remembered that my house keys were inside the car too. I have a friend who has a set, but she is visiting her son in Seattle.
ReplyDeleteSo, I wound up calling my ex. We are on very good terms, but this was above and beyond. He has a key to my place because he pet sits for me when I am out of town and has visitation with our dog at least once a week. Usually I am not home when he visits. So he drove to my place, retrieved my spare car key, and drove out to the store I was stranded at.
That worked better than my friend's plan. She thought I should call the police and have them break into the car.
OK, this is a new car. It is two months old. I don't want it broken into by ANYONE, friend or foe.
Thanks for the idear of putting the key in a Hide-a-Key box, the new cars have electronic door openers and don't fit into the hid-a-key. I used to use one for my house key, and they do rust. The replacement keys are several hundred bucks.
The new management of my condo building is planning to provide us with lock boxes in case we lose our keys, but they haven't done so yet.
What would help most would be if I wouldn't be so darned careless!
But my new vacuum cleaner is nice. :-[
Congratulations, dear listener!!!
ReplyDelete*great big hug*
Oh glad, listener! Glad! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪
ReplyDeleteGee, Donna, that would be above and beyond even if you were still married to him. *grin*
ReplyDeleteSo glad it all worked out for you...and that you like your new vacuum.
New cars don't even have the *option* of real keys? Guess I better treat my 15 yo Escort *really* well. . . .
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad it worked out in the end, donna!!
ReplyDeleteThose new-fangled car keys (yes, I have one, and I've even lost one and had to replace it) are large, but did you know that you can take the actual key out of its fancy casing? You can then store a spare in a Hide-a-Key.
Hard at work on, you guessed it, a new song. This one hit me out of the blue after listening to a Chris Isaaks song which has, far as I can tell, nothing to do with it whatsoever. This is a pretty bleak one:
ReplyDeleteShould I lie when he askes me where I've been tonight?
Should I smile and tell him the time got away from me?
Should I say that a friend stopped by and we got to talking
over old times?
Should I lie when he asks me why I didn't call him?
Should I tell him my car broke down and the cabwas late?
Should I spin him a tale and postpone all the pain that's coming,
When I tell him
That it's over
Should I lie...?
lol
ReplyDeleteAin't progress grand?
I'm just a bit high. It really is a marvelous feeling, creation, when it's going well.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, listener! Feels good to have it done, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteDonna: Glad things worked out!
ReplyDeleteHi Bill! How was WindyCon?
ReplyDeleteBack from Windycon. Had a good time there. One of the highlights was a theobromos party each night as a memorial to the late, great author Kage Baker, who died this past strping. It seems strange to think there won't be any more new books or stories coming out from her. (In case you haven't read her books, the substance her characters refer to as theobromos is better known as chocolate. And the people who put on the party had manged to perpare chocolate about four dozen different ways, all delicous.)
ReplyDeleteI was also, I believe the only person at the con who went to all four book discussions. Two were by the groups I regularly attend (in one case on our regular meeting day, just at a different place). Since the theme of this year's Windycon was "To the Lands of Fae and Back Again," one group discussed Shakespear's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the other discussed Peter Beagle's "The Laast Unicorn." The third group (which I don't attend as a regular because the meeting palce is mildly inconvenient) traditionally discusses that year's Hugo award winner at Windycon. But there was a tie for the award this year, so we discussed both books. Both of which I'd read so I could cast an informed Hugo ballot.
Incidentally, don't ever let anyone tell you your vote doesn't count. Hugo voting is by preferential ballot (aka "instant run-off"). I placed "The City and the City" thrid and "The Windup Girl" fourth. If I'd reversed the order -- or hadn't voted at all -- the outcome would have been quite different.
Cat~
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read "World Enough and Time." May not get to it immediately, since I have quite a bit of work right now, with SMOFcon coming up the first weekend in December. But it will go right to the top of my reading list.
It was an altogether lovely, and talkative day here: got to talk to ma hunny, to Thankful, and to the father of my children. Talked out, I am, lol!
ReplyDeleteI've heard of Cage Baker, of course, but missed that she had died in the Spring.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about the Hugo voting.
Thanks, Bill. I'll find your e-mail address and send you the story tomorrow. I really appreciate you taking the time, when you have time.
ReplyDeleteA nice kind of tired, that.
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