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HAPPY PI DAY!
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This is a monumental day in history, being 3/14/15, which are the first five digits in Pi. This won't happen for another hundred years, people. I don't know 'bout you, but I'm gonna stay up late (it's Lent, see, so I have to wait until Sunday. Better late than never!) and have a cheery toast to celebrate.
Happy Pi Day, y'all!
Of separate note, I was double-tagged by blogger Miss Melody Muffin of The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls for a Lord of the Rings tag, and Bella at To Say Nothing of Reality for a Liebster Award tag, which I have received numerous times and just ain't gonna do exactly as dictated. But do them I shall, after my own fashion.
MISS MELODY MUFFIN'S LORD OF THE RINGS TAG:
Le Freakin' Rules: (There's always rules, aren't there? Boring! But must needs be done.)
Link back to the blogger who nominated you - Miss Melody Muffin
Answer questions - Can do, good buddy!
Tag some of your own fellow Tolkienknights!
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LE QUESTIONS:
1. How were you first introduced to LotR/TH and was it love at first sight/read?
I read The Hobbit when I was 10? Maybe 12? I don't even remember. But I loved Bilbo, and once you read The Hobbit you need to read about MORE hobbits, so I read the Lord of the Rings soon after. Of COURSE it was love at first read. I mean, hobbits! Duh.
2. If you could meet the actors who portray the characters in the movies, would you?
Uh, yeah. "Duh. Stupid."
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3. What is your favorite credit song from LotR/TH?
Into The West. I sang it for a singing class, I loved it so much.
4. The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit - which is your favorite? *evil laugh* (And no, you don't actually have to decide. I'm merciful like that. *magnanimous smile*)
Books or movies? Bookwise, they are both fabulous and beautiful, and I love how they each start off so simply and crescendo into epic fantasies that break your heart.
Movies, the Lord of the Rings. Hands freakin' down. Don't get me started on that mess of a trilogy that cast the perfect Bilbo and utterly ruined the rest of the story. I mean, a trilogy? Really? Who needed the elves? Who needed them!? Bilbo could have carried that entire thing on his shoulders (and he would have only needed one movie to do it. Phffhffhfththtt).
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5. Who is your favorite all-around character?
Bookwise and moviewise, I always loved Frodo and Sam. Such bold, brave hobbits!
Faramir is my absolute favorite, though. He is so gentle and so forgiving, and I love that about him. (Recently I read the books again, and Merry has joined the list of my top favorites. He was always getting left behind! Poor little fella.)
6. What is your opinion on Boromir?
I'm the sort of person who hears someone badmouth Boromir and turn on that person in a flash of fangs and fury. Do not speak ill of Boromir!! I may have to hunt you down and shoot you full of arrows. (I kid, I kid. But seriously...)
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7. How many times have you watched the movies/read the books?
I can't even tell you. I never thought to keep track.
8. What book is your favorite?
The Return of the King. *Epicness intensifies*
9. Who is your favorite female character (other than your answer to question #5)?
Eowyn. She just wants so badly to have her life mean something, and I understand that. I understand that a lot. She feels trapped and useless, and her life is just one duty after another. Poor thing.
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10. Who is your favorite male character (other than your answer to question #5)?
Other than Faramir? Pffffth! I'm adding him anyway.
Faramir, Boromir, Aragorn, Eomer. Boom.
11. Which of the movies, in your opinion, has the best ending?
The Return of the King. "What can you seeeeeeeeeee.... On the horizoooooooooon!"
Imma taggin' no one. Cause I'm a rebel like that.
Now, BELLA'S LIEBSTER AWARD TAG!
RULES! (Because you know I'm all about those rules, 'bout those rule, 'bout those rules, just kiddin'.)
Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you - Bella
Answer the eleven question that the blogger gives you - Okey dokie Loki!
Give eleven random facts about yourself - So that's how the hacker figured out my passwords!
Nominate eleven other bloggers and let them know.
My Eleven Random Facts:
1.) I sent out a query on March 11, 2015. (Querying agents is scary, fyi.)
2.) I am the kind of writer who writes best when working on more than one story at once - like, I tend to write 2-3 stories at the same time, switching from one to the other with the rapidity of a baleen whale gulping krill. It's my superpower.
3.) I have no idea how quickly whales gulp krill. It just sounded good.
4.) My other superpower is being able to sing stanzas of one song and switch to another song between breaths, again with the rapidity of a baleen whale gulping krill.
5.) I still don't know how fast that is. I'm too lazy to look it up.
6.) I have an unhealthy adoration of Pixar movies.
7.) I am not ashamed to admit I watch an inordinate amount of cartoons and/or animated films. I sometimes feel they contain more depth and emotion than your regular old movie.
8.) I love cheese. I have to be careful when shopping because I can spend a ridiculous amount of time staring at cheese and picking out far too much than I can eat in a week before becoming sensible and only choosing the top
9.) I like Taylor Swift.
10.) I FREAKIN' ADORED AGENT CARTER!! Who else has watched that show?! Hands up, Marvel fans! I see you lurking out there in the blogosphere. Join the par-tay!
11.) I checked out seven books from the library on Saturday, four I hadn't read before and three of the Attolia series in case I needed a "consolation prize" after reading the other four. Two so far weren't bad, but the third was a real bellyflop. Crossing my fingers that the fourth one doesn't make me fall asleep. If it does, I got Eugenides to back me up.
BELLA'S QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS MOI:
Do you like mint?
I adore mint. It is the bestest, for reals.
Have you ever been on a motor boat?
Do you like Cinnamon in your Cocoa?
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Have you seen The Court Jester?
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Do you write?
Do you breathe?
Firefox, Chrome, or the Big E?
I laugh and point at the Big E. I tend to go with Firefox these days. When it starts to disappoint, I'll go back to Chrome.
Do you read comic books?
Yuss.
Do you like ice skating?
Do you like strawberries and scones?
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Fantasy or Action Adventure?
Both. But never mind the bread. (Kudos if you get that reference.)
Movies or TV shows?
Both. But never mind the bread. (Maybe TV shows a bit more than movies.)
DONE, DONE, DONE!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 2/26/2015
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: writing sparks, dreams, writing, notebooks, Add a tag
So, I don't know about all y'all, but I've not been sleeping well.
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| I have a gun! |
(There are a few voices calling from the aether - they are saying...
JOIN THE FRICKIN' CLUB!
Aether voices, I salute you.)
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| Salute |
Anyhoozle, the weirdest and random dreams have been plaguing my subconscious. Like one time I dreamed of storm clouds that went roaring by, sort of like those old Disney movies where it films the clouds in fast-forward, and seconds later a veritable tidal wave flooded the landscape. This happened twice. It felt quite portentous.
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| Shelob |
Another time I dreamed someone had been falsely accused of murder, and there was a frantic rush while we rushed the accused to safety, and it was very Bourne/Narnia. I know, right. Weird.
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| What? |
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| What? |
Another time, the dream started IN prison, one of those old antique prisons, and the nice little prisoner very cleverly found a way out of the prison, picking up a random hairy stranger on the way, and at the end of the dream the nice little prisoner gets hurt and the hairy stranger (who apparently magically sheds his extreme hairiness) has to protect him.
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| I dunno |
Anyway, I mention dreams because I had one where nightmares and bad dreams are different from each other, in that bad dreams are essentially that - BAD dreams - and nightmares are the conscience that can steer a bad dream back to good dreams.
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| *snicker* |
That's cool, folks.
I mention THAT because I feel like an oft forgotten necessity for writers is to always keep a notebook by their beds. You never know when an idea will attack you while you sleep. You have to be ready for it, ready to pounce.
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| Pounce! |
Yep. I just posted a writerly blog post!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!?!
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| Pretty much! |
Oh, and if you are ever feeling "dried up" creatively, think about buying one of these suckers:
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| Buddha Board |
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| No, the big one! Big one! |
This is the Cat, leaving you with THAT whisker of wisdom.
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| :-) |
Cheers and God Bless!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 2/7/2015
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Gordon Ramsay, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Fandoms, Enchanted Florist, Sam and Dean, Doctor Who, Lord of the Rings, Happy Valentine's Day, Add a tag
So guess what?
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| No reason for this, except it make me LOL |
I've been writing queries! (Shameless call out to authors who write killer queries - if you'd like to take a gander and tell me what you think about it, hollah! I'd love the input.) My BIG plan is to start submitting to agents. This was my BIG plan last year, but that fell through, so THIS year the BIG PLAN will happen.
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| I guarantee it. |
I have two FINISHED MANUSCRIPTS!!
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| I've use this gif before, but I love it, so suck it |
I have a list of agents THIS BIG!
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| Crowrey! |
So prayers are much appreciated.
Other than that, nothing's happening around here except fandoms.
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| Source |
I don't know what happened. Once upon a time my only fandom was the Lord of the Rings. Than, BAM. Avengers! Doctor Who! Leverage! Flashpoint! Grimm! Prison Break! Sherlock! Psych! (And a couple others that aren't exactly "fandoms," but shows I like. Like Sleepy Hollow. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Those shows.)
Other than THAT, I feel like I live a very boring life.
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| Source |
Busy.
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| LOL |
But boring.
I did make some beautiful corsages at work yesterday. That was fun. I made a set - a boutonniere and a corsage - that reminded me of My Little Pony, because of the pink and purple. This one:
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| #enchantedflorist |
I have been reading some.
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| YAY! |
I read ALL FALL DOWN by Ally Carter:
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| Source |
The Writer's Digest Guide to Query Letters by Wendy Burt:
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| Source |
I feel like I need to work on my author platform.
I feel like I need more time.
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| Source |
Anyhoozle, that's my life in a nutshell right now. Wish me luck for Valentine's Day. I'm going to be a snarling purple minion by the end of next week, after working a six-day work week.
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| Gaaaaah! |
Kay, that's all.
Bye!
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| Cute Sammy Winchester |
God bless!!
Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 1/30/2015
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Doctor Who, Cat, Hello, Lord of the Rings, Sam Winchester, Add a tag
How have you all been?
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| Here's a random squirrel gif |
Aside from catching a miserable cold and a 'flu pretty nearly at the same time, I've been good.
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| Pretty much just like this |
Not too much has been happening. I have an agent list going for a manuscript. Once I get an acceptance on that....
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| source |
...I'll let you know.
We watched the Lord of the Rings this week.
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| Screaming, crying, perfect storm... |
I always forget what an emotional rollercoaster that is. I cry every single time over every shattering event that occurs, and over the characters: Frodo and Sam, Merry and Pippin, Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, FARAMIR!!! Eowyn, Eomer, Arwen, Theoden.... If there is someone I can weep for, I weep, and prodigiously.
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| Source |
Fun fact: One of our bestest friends has never read the books nor seen the movies. She has only seen the last Hobbit movie (and let's be honest, friends. Peter Jackson could have done those so, so much better. What was wrong with keeping it just a bit more to the book?!), but anyway, we have told her frequently that LotR was WAY better than the Hobbit. So FINALLY we got her to watch the trilogy with us... the extended edition, of course. REAL fans watch only the extended LotR.
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| TRUTH!!! |
Not only did she cry as prodigiously as the rest of us (and this is a girl who rarely, if ever, cries over shows), but she now wants a cape and has been obsessively pinning Lord of the Rings on Pinterest and is reading the books now.
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| SCORE! |
So I feel like we accomplished something this weekend.
In the meantime, I'm going to going the way I'm going and hope I figure out how to make more time in a single day. I need a TARDIS and some timey-wimey magic, I think.
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| You always suspected. :-) |
Until my next emergence...
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| le moi |
BYE!!!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 1/1/2015
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Christmas, Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Epiphany, Three Wise Men, Christian Kane, Flashpoint, 2015, Midnight Mass, Add a tag
First off, Merry Christmas to all! I do hope you all had a beautiful and wonderful Christmas Day.
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| Merry Christmas!!!! |
Mine was just the best. I feel like my family celebrates the best Christmas. (No, I'm not prejudiced. Not at all! ;-)
We had Midnight Mass at our house, and we (the girls) sang all the Propers of Mass XVI, which is the Iesu Redemptor Mass. It was really quite lovely and I think we did a pretty good job, though ONE sister (I shan't mention any names) sang a part of the Sanctus quite incorrectly and quite in my ear, so there was a faltering moment where the Sanctus was WRONG until we managed to get back on track. Other than that, all went well and we sang some lovely Christmas carols as well, like In The Bleak Midwinter and Angels We Have Heard on High.
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Once Mass was over and all the parishioners that had come to it had gone home, we put the wee ones to bed. Then, the grownups - or grownuppish ones - put out all the pressies under the tree and laid out stockings for Santa to fill (which he did AFTER the grownups went to bed!) and left a little plate of cookies and a glass of milk out for him to snack on once he'd finished all his heavy lifting.
We went to bed around 3 a.m.
Around about 5:15 a.m. I was woken by the sounds of wee voices in the living room. I was determined to get more than 2.25 hours of sleep so I shut my eyes, but unfortunately I'm that Christmas kind of person that cannot get back to sleep once waking on Christmas Morning. So after a struggle of fifteen minutes I got up and joined the merry throng on the couches and we watched the Christmas tree flicker with its lights and commented on how many pressies Santa had left!
Once everyone in the house had wakened - about 6 a.m., I think it was - my dad and brother started cooking the Italian sausages, both hot and mild, and warming up sweet buns in the oven. We made coffee and drank bucketloads of coffee while waiting for the first sausages to become available, and made up orange juice so we could have orange juice for the littlies and mimosa for the adults. (I'd bought champagne a few days earlier.) We munched on our sausage rolls, went and lit the Christ Candle and sang Joy to the World and put the Baby in the Manger, then we opened stockings. THAT was fun. But then all the little ones got down and dirty with the pressies, and that was even MORE fun! (We made sure to pull out the ones to save for Epiphany first, before we got TOO crazy with the presents.)
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For a couple hours it was mayhem, watching people open boxes, opening your own boxes, throwing out wrapping paper, etc. All was madness and merriment, while we ate sausage rolls and drank mimosa and coffee and ooooohed and aaaaaahhhed over everyone's gifties. It was jolly! Then, of course, we had a nice long day where we could read, catch up on sleep, get pretty, and then we had dinner of gnocchi and ham with a to-die-for meat sauce and all the trimmings of vegetables and salad. (Food is a BIG DEAL in our house!) It was really a lovely, lovely day.
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Now, of course, it is New Year's Day. Last night we all stayed up - or at least, the grownuppish ones of us stayed up - and we watched Flashpoint to keep ourselves awake til midnight. At midnight, Amanda and Maria both opened their bottles of whiskey that they had gotten for Christmas and we toasted in the New Year with shots all 'round. (That's how we celebrate. We don't exactly go "hog wild" when we party.)
Now we have the Epiphany to look forward to. That is the official Twelfth Day of Christmas. Most people do it backwards, counting from the 13th of December to Christmas. Actually, the twelve days of Christmas START on Christmas Day and ends on January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, the day the Wise Men brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the Child Jesus. I love that we celebrate the Epiphany in our family. It extends Christmas and makes the entire season that much better.
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We are going to be having a delicious roast and baked potatoes for dinner today. It's going to be epic! Then we are hopefully going to watch the second Librarian movie tonight. We watched the first one yesterday, and it was a bit cheesy, but quite good. (FYI, it's now a TV show, and the main character in the actual Librarian movies is the main character in the TV show, and Christian Kane [Eliot Spencer from Leverage, for the initiated] is in it as well!! I have not seen the TV show, but I wanna! :-)
So, that's all I have for now. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Epiphany!! Hope 2015 is an incredible year for all of you. God bless! Add a Comment
By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 12/14/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Christmas Tag, First Holy Communion, Gaudete Sunday, Christmas, Angel, Believe, Josh Groban, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Silent Night, The First Christmas, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Add a tag
Ra, Ra, Ra, look at DIS!! I IS POSTING!
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I is very proud of me.
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Ackshully, I got tagged by Bella over at To Say Nothing of Reality.
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Before I actually do the tag, today is Gaudete Sunday, and my little niece Chloe received her
First Holy Communion today.
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She was so excited, it was so cute. She was shaking when she went up to receive, she was so jazzed. We were all so proud. :-) (That is an example of how NOT to repeat the word "So" so often.) Anyhoozle, hope your Advent continues well!
Now, for Bella's Tag.
1.) Link back to the person who tagged you.
2.) Answer the Questions (which are not supplied here, but given via Bella's blog.)
3.)Tag five (or more - hahahahaha) people.
Soooooo, I linked. :-)
Here are the questions lifted from Bella's blog:
1.) When does the Christmas season officially 'start' in your house?
Officially?... It starts AFTER Christmas. Right now we're in the Advent season. However, if you're talking about Christmas SPIRIT, it kind of rolls up (on me) on Thanksgiving.
2.) What is your earliest memory of Christmas?
I remember being super little, like three or four, and waking up and smiling into one of my older sisters' face as she woke me and hissed, "It's Christmas!" I remember thinking, "Wow, Christmas. That's so cool!"
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3.) What is something that is something that is iconically (if that's even a word) Christmas for you or your family?
Probably the food. Christmas morning is the only day in the world that we have Italian sausage and soft rolls and orange juice for breakfast, and usually the *main* day that we have gnocchi and ham for dinner. We also do the Advent wreath and sing O Come Emmanuel at dinner.
4.) What are some of your Christmas Traditions?
We always listen to O Holy Night (Nat "King" Cole version and Josh Groban version) on Thanksgiving.
We also watch Holiday Inn on Thanksgiving.
We celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6 and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.
We do the Advent wreath and do Christmas rings, counting down the days to Christmas.
We decorate the house, usually starting around December 6th or 8th.
We bake and make gnocchi the week before Christmas.
We watch Christmas movies. Many, many, many. :-)
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5.) What is one of the traditions that you want to carry on even after you're married?
Just one? I want to make gnocchi and ham every Christmas, and I definitely want to keep the tradition of Epiphany.
6.) What if your favorite thing when preparing for Christmas? The baking, decorating or cleaning?
The decorating. Totally, the decorating.
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7.) What is a special/unique Christmas memory?
About 23 years ago my Grandpa passed, right around Christmas time, and my mom was not here for Christmas. So all of us kids at home saved one present and left it under the tree, and when she got back in January we celebrated our first Epiphany on January 6th, and we have celebrated it ever since.
8.) What do you like better, giving or receiving gifts?
I LOVE giving gifts. I sit right next to the person and am like, "Open it more... and more... and more... can you guess what it is from the box? Huh, huh, can ya, can ya?"
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9.) What are some of your favorite Christmas cartoons?
Mickey's Christmas Carol.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
The First White Christmas - The Story of the First Christmas Snow.
10.) What are some of your favorite Christmas movies?
It's A Wonderful Life (My absolute FAVORITE.)
Angel In the House (a recent discovery).
Silent Night.
A Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen.
(These are the four I NEED to watch.)
After that I like to watch:
One Magic Christmas.
While You Were Sleeping.
Doctor Who (Eleven's) Christmas Specials.
A Keaton Christmas Carol.
11.) Do you have a real Christmas tree or an artificial tree?
We have an artificial. I am of two minds between real and artificial. I love the smell and authenticity of real. I don't like how they shed needles or die so soon. However, I don't like how fake smell... odd, but I do like that you can leave them up through the entire season.
12.) Do you have a favorite Christmas book/story?
The Crib of Bo'Bossu. Makes me cry. EVERY time.
13.) What is your favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night (Josh Groban and Nat Cole's version)
Believe (Josh Groban)\
What Child is This (Josh Groban and another version that is a group version that I can't find that I LOVE.)
Little Drummer Boy (Tennessee Ernie Ford and Josh Groban)
In the Bleak Midwinter (Julie Andrews)
The Little Road to Bethlehem (Hayley Westenra)
Peace Shall Come (Hayley Westenra)
And too many others too count. But those are the top seven I could recall one after the other.
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Imma not tagging anyone, but I wish youse all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :-)
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 11/22/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Etsy, TV shows, Flashpoint, Asian pears, Cat In The Corner, prapples, Add a tag
These days, I'm really just aiming for one post a month. That way I will (hopefully) never fail!
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I haz discovered a new favorite fruit. They are called Asian pears, apple pears (or maybe it's pear apples...) Japanese pears, Chinese pears and a plethora of things in between, but I call them Prapples. They are a combo of the best part of the two fruits. They are crispy like apples, but have the taste of pear.
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Some of the "new" stuff in my shoppe. It's nice having new stuff. For a long time it was sort of just languishing with old stuff, but I have been a bit craftier and doubled my inventory. HooRAH! :-)
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Since I apparently cannot live my life without delving into new (for me) TV shows, I would like to introduce you, yet again, to a new TV show!
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This one is really good. It's about a police team, Team One of the SRU (Strategic Response Unit) who tends to answer the "hot calls" of a crime gone wrong or going wrong.
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First, there's Sergeant Greg Parker. He's the "Boss" and the team's lead negotiator. During a situation he's the one to make contact and try to "talk" the subject down so they can resolve the situation peacefully and non-lethally.
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Then there's Ed Lane. He's the team leader, tactical operator and a crack sniper. He is often the person in charge of taking down the subject if the situation escalates and there is no other option other than lethal.
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Michelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti is demolitions and tactical. He is often to be found in the van doing fabulous things with a computer, figuring out info on both subjects and victims for the Team to use to de-escalate a subject.
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Kevin "Wordy" Wordsworth specializes in entry and hand-to-hand. He is the "family man" on the show and an overall sweetheart.
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Sam Braddock is ex-military. He tends to take over as team leader and tactical whenever Ed can't, and is usually lead sniper.
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Julianna "Jules" Callaghan is the team's only female member, and she is awesome sauce. She tends to be the one to do negotiating if Greg can't, and she is also often called upon to be the sniper.
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Lewis "Lou" Young is the less lethal weapons specialist on Team One, often backing up Spike when it comes to bombs and research.
This show is crazy, because not only is it a GREAT show, but all the team members are like a family. They have each others' backs all the time, and their one goal is to "keep the peace." It also does backstory on the members, so you grow fonder and fonder of them as the seasons go. I tend to shed a lot of tears at the end of each episode. They do a great job of finishing up the story and having this song playing in the background that totally depicts the whole episode perfectly.
At the moment I've just started Season Four, and I have a TERRIBLE feeling about one of my favourite members on the team. I'm not going to say anything, in case I end up being right, and if I am I'll probably cry even harder. :-)
Okay, my life is boring. I'll leave you and love you and post again sometime in December. Probably just in time for Christmas.
Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Advent, Happy St. Nicholas Day in case I don't pop on long enough to commemorate those holidays with their own special posts.
God bless!!
Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 10/9/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: TV shows, Nick Burkhardt, Scream Team, Etsy, Origami, Grimm, Add a tag
So how are you?
Good?
Isn't that grand?!
I have been... not here, as you may have noticed. But that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about all you all!! I haz been. I just haz kept it to myself.
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Yes, trusted followers, you see this gif? This gif, here? That means I am watching/watched a new show!! At the moment only the first three seasons are out, but the fourth is airing/going to air soon. It is called GRIMM and that guy there, the smugly smiling one with the epic book, is my fav'rite character. Dat's Nick. I likes him muchly.
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I haz made some new Etsy things, in time for Halloween...
The Scream Team:
The Li'l Punkins
I have also made these little butteflies, which will eventually join my Etsy shop and will be my first Origami Jewelry featured on my shop, but right now they're just paper. Not lacquered and beautiful yet.
I am going to be attempting more jewelry stuff during the week, and I'm doing my bestest to post the new things on Instagram, so I now has an Instagram you can follow!
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All righty, I came, I saw, I posted...
That means my work here is done.
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Bye!
WAVEWAVEWAVEWAVEWAVE!!
Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 9/7/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Supernatural, Sunday, The Raven Boys, BLOG!!! Post, Slave bracelet, writing, Drawing, Crafts, Castle, Add a tag
... I had a life.
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Now I spend much of my time working and working and working, and while I'm not doing that I'm writing.
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However, I have done some crafty things.
I made a this:
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I drew a this:
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I did a this at my flower job:
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I have to go back to work tomorrow and I'm not really looking forward to it. I don't feel like I've been "off" for awhile, which is really terrible of me. I mean, I had a LOOOOONG time off in April-May. I'm just a vacation person. Work doesn't suit me. Hahahahahahahaa!
Anyway, this is my super short blog post that I felt I simply HAD to do, since it's been something like 1-1/2 months since I last blogged.
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So now I'll love you and leave you. God bless. Byeeeee!!!!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 7/5/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: America, National Anthem, Toby Keith, Josh Groban, Courtesy of the Red White and Blue., Add a tag
I must needs be quick, here. As excited as this post title is, I'm actually less than enthused that it's Saturday. For one thing, I must needs go to work. There are two weddings on Monday the 7th, and since the flower shop is closed Sundays we (meaning me and my other sisters who work there) must go into work and do wedding flowers. If we're uber efficient, perhaps we'll get off at 4 pip emma.
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Hope youse all had a glorious fourth. Yay, America! We watched a couple videos, such as Josh Groban singing the National Anthem and Toby Keith's Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue, and I just love Military Men. They get so enthused with patriotic songs!! I was watching those videos going, "I just LOVE being American!
Other than that, we just had a really nice, quiet day. The older I get, the less "into" crowds I am, so I didn't go watch the fireworks last night.
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Instead, we had a lovely meal and drank lots of Mike's Hard Lemonade. (Yep, HARD. When life hands you lemons, and all that...) Seriously, that's the way my family celebrates. Food and drinks and food and drinks and food and drinks and food and drinks. It's very relaxing.
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Okay, dokay. As I said before, I have to make this quick 'cause *sigh* I must needs be off to work. So, without further eloquence...
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God bless!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 6/29/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Prison Break, Eleven questions, Tag, Add a tag
Awhile ago, Bella at To Say Nothing of Reality tagged me with what she thinks is the Liebster Blog Award. The goal of this tag is to:
1.) LIST 11 facts about yourself.
2.) ANSWER 11 questions the tagger asked.
3.) ASK 11 questions of those you tag.
Since I have done the Liebster Blog tag several thousand times already...
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...I am, once again, going to cheat on this.
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Having cheated, I shall now faithfully answer Bella's questions, which are these:
1.) If you had a choice would you visit Rivendell or the Shire?
Um, um, um... the Shire. I think the elves would expect more from me than the hobbits would.
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2.) Have you read The Ascendance Trilogy?
Yepparoony!
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3.) Do you tend to like the Villain BETTER than the hero? (This means in everything, mind you.)
Um... it really depends on the conflict in said villain, and the motivation driving them. For the most part I think I tend to like the hero more than the villain. I think...
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4.) Are you a Tolkien Purist?
Yes. IMHO, if there had to be a film adaption of the Hobbit, Peter Jackson should have made it a TV show and followed the book verbatim. He wouldn't have had the urge to add all the unnecessary drivel that he did.
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5) Are you a Marvel fan or just an Avengers fan?
I would say mainly an Avengers fan. I'm not much into Spider Man, I'm not sure about the upcoming Ant Man, and I don't know about Guardians of the Galaxy. I do like Wolverine, but I don't think I really love all the X-men.
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6.) What book are you reading RIGHT NOW, and is it good?
Right NOW right now? Er... My own. I'm editing. :-) I think it's good, but it could use some - lots - of work.
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7.) What is the first thing that comes to mind when think of trains?
MICHAEL AND SUCRE AND LINC EVADING RECAPTURE FROM BELLICK!!!!!!!
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8.) Have you ever had Vegan Chocolate? (If not, don't. DO NOT EVER.)
Thanks be to God, no.
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9.) Have you ever cried in the theatre?
Are you kidding? The real question is, have I ever NOT cried in the theatre? It's such a dark and private place, I can weep unashamedly.
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10.) Would you go shopping with me dressed as your favorite Avenger?
Eheheheheh... I think I'd have to be a tad bit stewed to be bold enough to do such a thing. But mebbe.
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Yes. In my outspoken opinion, Tangled was a much better story. Besides, Rapunzel had a frying pan.
NOW!!!!!
(Mwahahahahahahaha)
Eleven questions for whosoever wants to be tagged.
1.) If you could choose to be a bug, what kind would you be?
2.) You are given a choice between pizza and chocolate. What do you choose?
3.) What does Panama make you think of?
4.) Have you ever been so obsessed with a TV show you literally can't think of anything else for days? Weeks, even? If so, which TV show(s) are you obsessed with at the mo'?
5.) Do you prefer pens or pencils when writing?
6.) If you could have one superpower talent, what would it be?
7.) Do you visualize yourself as an archer or a ninja?
8.) Quick! Off the top of your head, what's the ONE THING you can't live without?
9.) You're on the run. Would you rather have a.) a hairbrush, or b.) a toothbrush?
10.) Are you a summer or winter person? Why?
11.) Do you unashamedly watch cartoons and cry over them? (If yes, high five, sista!)
There you go. Since I'm a good person, I'm actually going to force myself to reach out and tag a couple people. After that, youse all are on your own.
Amanda
Maria
Jack
Arda Nessimava
Before I say farewell entirely, I am going to mention that I LOVED Prison Break the TV show, and because I loved it so much I made many collages, which I'm going to share here.
Yep, I'm a bit obsessed. Unlike some other sisters I can name, I am very honest about being obsessed. I like to share my obsession, and see how many other people I can get to be obsessed, too.
So, until next time... which may be awhile. You never know. I could go on a blogging spree and be your faithful blogger twice a week. Or I may pop up in a couple months with a new obsession. Life can be interesting that way.
So, talk to you later!
God bless!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 6/24/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: June, Prison Break, Alex Mahone, Michael Scofield, Add a tag
Hey, yo!
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Me and life, we've been sort of eying things in a not-so-friendly manner.
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I have been writing when I can, working at the flower shop a couple days a week, and doing my transcription internship, which, by the way, is jolly interesting. But it's keeping me busy. Like, "I-have-no-life!-*weeps*" busy.
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Anyway, so there's this TV show Treskie and I started watching last month. (We finished the last episode two nights ago. Sorrows!) Me and Treskie usually plugged in our earphones into my laptop at around 10:00 pm and, depending on how intense the cliffhangers are, watched anywhere between two and five episodes.
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The show is called Prison Break, and I gotta say, I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. There are only four seasons, but wow! Pretty much every episode ends with this intense "What happens NEXT?!" kind of cliffhanger, and you end up struggling to decide whether you can spare 45 minutes on another episode, or if you really need more than five hours of sleep.
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The basic premise of the series is this: The main character, Michael Scofield, gets himself arrested and incarcerated in Fox River Penitentiary where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows, is being held for the murder of the Vice President's brother. Michael knows Lincoln is innocent of the murder, and he is willing to do anything, and give up everything, in order to break his brother out of prison. He gets a tattoo that holds the blueprints to the prison, as well as clues for how he is going to carry out the escape, and he has only about three weeks to accomplish this, because Linc is on death row and, if Michael fails to perform the escape, Lincoln will be executed.
Le Epic Tattoo
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I'm not going to say much more than that because I don't want to give away spoilers of what the other three seasons are about.
Suffice it to say, this show is awesome for the fact that it is full of brotherly moments...
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The nicest friendship story...
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| Michael and Sucre |
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A family story...
A flavorful cast of characters...
One of the best romances I've seen in a long time...
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| Linc and LJ |
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| Linc and LJ... again |
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A flavorful cast of characters...
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| John Abruzzi, mob boss |
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| Charles "DB Cooper" Westmore |
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| Haywire |
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| C-Note... meh |
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| Creeeeeeeeepy T-bag! |
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One of the best romances I've seen in a long time...
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| Whatever, I ship it! |
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| Michael and Sara |
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One of the best female characters I've seen for awhile...
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Horrifically BAD bad guys...
Bad guys turned good guys...
Seriously, the character arc on these two was incredible.
And best of all, faith.
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Throughout the show Michael pulls out these little folded birds and uses them to aid in his escape plan. So, I spent an obsessive morning learning how to fold them.
Obsessive might be too mild a word. I made a bunch, and one of them is now in my car.
So, that's what I've been up to in the wee hours of the night/morning for these last few weeks. I have a blog tag that Bella nominated me for, and that will get done eventually, but in the meanwhile I hope you give Prison Break a watch.
As a warning, it does contain some unexpected violent bits, some offish bits (mostly with T-bag) and the occasional scene (mostly between Sucre and Maricruz), but the overall portrayal of faith, forgiveness, duty, familial obligation and sacrifice are awesome. The character development throughout the show is awesome as well. There are some people you start out HATING entirely, and end up becoming ridiculously fond of later. The baddies get progressively badder, and you sit there waiting for them to DIE. The endings are, for the most part, cliffhangerish. Be warned.
Overall, this has swiftly become one of my favourite TV shows ever. Totally a five-star show.
God bless, youse all!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 6/2/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Doctor Who, June, Nephew, Renaissance Faire, Nieces, Add a tag
Is it just me, or did it feel as though May went by very quickly? I can't believe it's already JUNE! I mean, gosh. If time could slow down a little, that would be great.
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I went to my first Renaissance Faire on Saturday. It put me in a definite costuming mood. There was one outfit I loved. It was a Ranger-y leather riding skirt, sort of like this one here, except it was mostly green with brown rather than brown entirely.
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There was a vendor selling bracelets that looked kind of like this:
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And a vendor selling candles that looked kind of like this:
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There was a Doctor Who geode candle I really liked, where the stone a swirly blue colour, and the woodcarving was of the TARDIS whirling through space. That one was my fave.
For some reason, there were a bunch of Doctor Whos walking around. Treskie said it was probably because of that episode where the Doctor marries Queen Elizabeth, and since the Renaissance Faire tends to have a Queen Elizabeth walking around the Whovians decided this was the opening they needed to appear as the Doctor.
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To finish off, here are a few pictures of my other nieces and nephews!
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God bless!
Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 5/2/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Gieser, May 2, Neglected Blog, family, pictures, Add a tag
Ever since Jack came to visit us near the middle/end of March, I have been rushing, rushing, rushing, and completely neglecting this corner of the blogosphere.
*sigh*
I did post a Good Friday story!
*Hopeful smile*
However, that wasn't really a blog post, was it?
So, I'll give you an update of what's been happening.
I'm visiting a sister. She had a baby a few weeks ago.
I have so many pictures, you guys!
Here's a small rainstorm of pictures. I have the most adorable nieces and nephew!
As you can see, I'm absolutely delighted to be holding Baby Jessica Marie, fifth child and fourth daughter of Dan and Regina Gieser. Actually, I"m thinking about framing that picture, because I think it's freakin' adorable!
So, I've been here with my sis for about a month. We painted a room on the Saturday before Jessica was born. I'm firmly convinced it was the painting, and the walk to the library on Monday that persuaded Jessica to be born three days before her due date.
We also put up border in the bathroom -- that was a headache and a half!! It was pre-pasted stuff, and it was ten years old. This was a fact I was totally unaware of while I was putting up the first roll. I'm sure that's why it took Gina and me an hour to put up that first roll - that, and the fact that I think we soaked it in water a little too long, and were laughing because of all the random movie quotes we were spouting out about the fact that it wasn't sticking. (We actually saved the last two rolls for after Jessica's birth, and those went up much easier. We used less water. :-)
We had a great Easter, too. I had a basket filled with so much chocolate, and a very pretty butterfly barrette. That Easter bunny knew what I'd like. :)
On a totally separate note, I also finished my Transcription course. I scored a 100% on the transcription itself, and graduated with an overall score of 97.6%.
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I have also been accepted into the internship program, which starts in June. Prayers would be greatly appreciated, since during the internship I'll be getting real experience with real patients and real chart notes.
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Well, that's all for now from me. I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I can't promise I'll be posting for another few weeks, because I'm heading to my other sister's place this weekend, and she doesn't really have internet at the moment.
PICTURE SPAMMING!!!
I love Cymera and Picmonkey. Cymera is a camera app on my phone, and one I used to decorate all these photos, and Picmonkey is a website where I made all my collages.
Thanks for stopping by, and hope you all had a wonderful Easter, and continue to have a good month of May. Love and prayers, hugs and kisses.
God bless!
Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 4/18/2014
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I wrote this story a few years ago for something called a Monthly Write off at a writing forum I am part of. The writing prompt specified the story had to be about a villain, and the overall theme had to be on the side of horror. For some reason this story wrote itself in my head at the prompt, and while I think it is well written, it gives me a sort of shudder whenever I read it. A good, somber kind of shudder. I hope you enjoy it.
THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
I sat before the fire, hiding myself amongst the other folk in the courtyard. I swallowed wine in an effort to warm away the coldness in my heart, but it could not be thawed. I weighed the purse in my hands, hefted the silver I'd gained for the price of a kiss. Such a bargain.
Why did I feel so dark inside?
"They say he's to die."
I looked across the fire toward the speaker, a young girl with features obscured by conflicting shadows of flame and night.
"They say he's to die. How can they commit such a sin? He is no criminal!"
My fingers curled so tightly that the coins within the purse bit into my skin. I recognized her. I'd seen her long ago when she lay defeated on the sands before her accusers, and he had bent down to write her defense into the sand.
Who was she, to speak the words that gnawed into my very soul? I shook away the voice that reminded me, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me, and rubbed away the cramp that stiffened the fingers of that hand.
Her eyes burned in the flames to the murmuring of voices. "He is my lord," she said, "and he was betrayed."
She wept, faded into the crowd, and became no more than a formless shape amongst so many other formless shapes of men. I brushed my fingertips together, the red fury that her words had kindled gradually fading to a black horror. Woe to that man, memory whispered, by whom the son of man shall be betrayed: it were better for him, if that man had not been born. I shook the bag of coins until they rattled in the cloth, trying to blot out his face.
he night was suddenly very cold. Not even the fire could warm me. I touched my mouth with my fingers and my lips burned with the acidity of my traitor's kiss.
Dost thou betray the son of man with a kiss?
Were the words memory, or did the fire speak them to mock me?
I rose, wrapped my cloak about me, and left the fire and courtyard and the mass of staring men. I lost myself in the night, but I could not lose myself from myself.
"He is no king," I told the wind. "He is a liar and a blasphemer! He is worthy of death." But my own heart revealed the lie. I remembered his eyes, those eyes that had looked deep into my own with love and pleading. Dost thou betray the son of man?
I walked faster, the clinking of the coins becoming tin rattles of death within the smothering folds of leather. The gnawing loss in my heart was growing, becoming something worse, something awful and devouring. It was as though my inner darkness were changing into a monster that opened a flaming mouth to reveal a far-off pit of fire. As the monster grew, so did my horror.
What had I done?
Clink, clink, clink, clink. The coins chattered in my purse. Trai-tor, trai-tor, they whispered as they jingled. Had I betrayed him for this, these thirty pieces of silver?
You are not all clean. Ah, that whispering voice of memory! Would it not leave me be? "He saw the temptation in me!" I shouted to the stars. "I was the treasurer! Money is my desire. How could I not put him aside?" I stopped in the darkness, plunged my hand into my purse and held the silver to the night. "The chief priests do not want him either. They gave me this in exchange for him. He is a blasphemer! Death is his just reward."
The monster inside me laughed and the night turned a pitiless eye to me. Friend, dost thou betray the son of man?
I choked, dropped to my knees in the darkness. The silver fell about me, each coin striking off the cobbles with the sound of a sharply-tuned bell. Their thirty separate chimes beat at me, played in counter melody to the laughter of the devil in my soul.
I had betrayed him. Now he was to die. Remorse painted my soul black. I'd known. Of course I'd known! Did I not exchange him for thirty pieces of silver, the price of a dead slave? I knew the priests' hatred of him. I shared it.
But now... now...
On my knees I gathered the coins into my hands and made my way to the hall where I knew the chief priests and the elders would be gathered.
I burst in on them and didn't recognize my voice as I said, "I have sinned in betraying innocent blood."
For a moment there was a silence, and then one of the priests said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"
The devil within me chortled louder, and it seemed the flames in his smile rose up and devoured me. There was no thought in my mind, no sense of action. There was only a choking well of guilt as I flung the silver from my hand. The coins rang out again, but colder this time as they clashed upon the marble floor.
Then I turned and went out.
There was no point in going on. I had sinned. I had betrayed him, my lord and my God. For love of money, for earthly power, for avarice, greed, and selfishness, I had betrayed him.
There was no way to atone.
Beneath the shadows of a tree, I bound the halter around my neck.
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Katrina DeLallo, 2012
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 3/14/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Bastille, Awards, Doctor Who, Blog Awards, Supernatural, Josh Groban, LONG Post, Add a tag
I got two awards. In one day!
I wonder why that is?
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So first off, the Sunflower award.
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These are the rules. Since I am a rebel, I will do everything except nominate eleven other bloggers, 'cause all the eleven I'd nominate probably already received this anyway.
Rule the First: Share eleven facts about yourself.
Rule the Second: Answer the questions set by your nomination blogger.
Rule the Third: Nominate eleven bloggers.
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Rule the Fourth: Set questions for the nominated bloggers.
SOOOOOO.... First off, here are Eleven Facts About Me.
1.) With my medical transcription training, I tend to double-space between periods now, in everything except novels I'm writing, 'cause for the most part Editors/Agents/Publishers don't like double-spacing.
2.) I love watching music videos.
3.) I have a hard time doing new things.
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4.) I usually run out of things to share around Number Four.
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5.) I get depressed with popular young adult fiction and go back to my staple diet of Diana Wynne Jones, Patricia McKillip, and Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major.
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6.) I have taken to saying "Jeepers" a lot. Not sure where that came from.
7.) I don't even know how many books I own. I think there were a hundred on one bookshelf in my bedroom, and there's got to be five? six? maybe even ten times that amount in the closet... and on other bookshelves... and under the bed... and in other sisters' rooms.
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8.) I find it amazing how many TV shows Mark Sheppard has played in.
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10.) Right now, one of my most favourite songs to listen to is POMPEII by BASTILLE.
11.) I want Josh Groban to do another Kid Snippets video NOW!
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Now for the questions from Amanda and Bella.
AMANDA'S QUESTIONS ~
1.) What's your favorite type of dog?
I freakin' LOVE German Shepherds! But, if we're talking smaller dogs, I'm into Border Collie/Cocker Spaniel mixes, and Shiba Inus.
2.) Do you sing along to Doctor Who's theme song?
TOTALLY!!
I freakin' LOVE German Shepherds! But, if we're talking smaller dogs, I'm into Border Collie/Cocker Spaniel mixes, and Shiba Inus.
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2.) Do you sing along to Doctor Who's theme song?
TOTALLY!!
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6.) If you could choose a superhero name, what would you call yourself?
Hmmm.... I'd probably end up sticking with Cat. Ooh, I know. Panther. Cat Panther. That's my superhero name.
7.) You can travel back in your timeline, and only your timeline. What would you re-visit?
7.) You can travel back in your timeline, and only your timeline. What would you re-visit?
March 27th, 2007, August 24, 2011, and October 6, 2013... because those were the times we saw Josh Groban in CONCERT. And end of April to beginning of May 2013, 'cause that's when we went to Scotland. And every single Christmas Eve and Christmas in the history of my life.
BELLA'S QUESTIONS ~
There's Amanda's questions answered. Exciting, wasn't it?
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1) Do you like Daylight Savings Time?
I like when Daylight Savings Time ENDS, and we gain an hour. Otherwise I'm like:
2) What is one really good series which you have just discovered?
Book series? Um, how recently? I'd say The 100 Cupboards was good, though technically that's a trilogy and not really a series.
3) Are you a subtle fan-girl or more of a loud excited fangirl like me?
I believe I am subtle.
4) Hamburgers or Hot dogs?
Definitely hamburgers.
5) Do you like wearing sweaters or do you prefer hoodies?
I'm more of a sweater person. I'm not crazy about hoodies on myself, because I feel totally gangsta in them. However, I like hoodies on other people.
6) Do you like going out in the evening?
7) Did you ever play Truth or Dare and did you like it?
You mean Interrogation or Humiliation? *See question six's gif for your answer.*
I like when Daylight Savings Time ENDS, and we gain an hour. Otherwise I'm like:
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2) What is one really good series which you have just discovered?
Book series? Um, how recently? I'd say The 100 Cupboards was good, though technically that's a trilogy and not really a series.
3) Are you a subtle fan-girl or more of a loud excited fangirl like me?
I believe I am subtle.
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4) Hamburgers or Hot dogs?
Definitely hamburgers.
5) Do you like wearing sweaters or do you prefer hoodies?
I'm more of a sweater person. I'm not crazy about hoodies on myself, because I feel totally gangsta in them. However, I like hoodies on other people.
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6) Do you like going out in the evening?
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7) Did you ever play Truth or Dare and did you like it?
You mean Interrogation or Humiliation? *See question six's gif for your answer.*
And that's the Sunflower Award! Thanks again to Amanda and Bella for the nomination!
I nominate:
Allyn
Nessie
John the Hedgehog
My questions for youse all:
1.) Do you prefer Arabic or Roman numerals?
2.) Do you watch My Little Ponies?
3.) What's the absolute stupidest thing you've ever done?
4.) What's your idea of the best car?
5.) What's the worst thing you can imagine?
6.) Do you know what gif stands for?
7.) Be honest... did you have to Google "gif" in order to answer question 6 intelligently?
Have fun! :)
And Now...
Drumroll, please...
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I also received the Liebster Award from Rose M.
Le Rules for Le Reward:
Uno: Acknowledge the blog that nominated you. Thank you, Rose from The Golden Road!
Dos: Answer the 11 questions the nominating blogger created.
Tres: List 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers that deserve some recognition.
Quatro: Post 11 questions for them to answer.
Cinco: Notify them that they've been nominated.
Alrighty! ROSE'S QUESTIONS ~
1.) An anonymous someone drops a note on your front porch saying that they will fund a trip to either England, an African Safari, Prince Edward Island, or Italy. Which do you choose? Why?
Italy. Why? Because it's freakin' ITALY!
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2.) You're being forced to re-do your room. What color do you paint it?
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3.) Do you have a particular song that you listen to often, but it never seems to get old? If so, what is it?
Yes. Yes I do.
4.) Would you rather be lounging in the sun on the beach reading a good book or adventuring in the waves?
Ooh, choices, choices... I'd do both. Read a little in the sun, and go for a swim, and read a little in the sun, and go for a swim, and read a little in the sun, and... you get the picture, right?
5.) You suddenly end up with two twin kittens. One is a girl; one is a boy. What do you name them?
Sam and Jess.
6.) You're organizing a get together with friends. Would you choose a picnic or a movie night?
Definitely a movie night. Less small talk. LOL
7.) What is your pet peeve?
BADLY WRITTEN YA AND MG NOVELS!!!
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8.) Is there a new hobby you've been wanting to try out?
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I fancy archery.
9.) If you could pick one instrument that you would (without any effort on your part) instantly master, which would you choose?
Pan pipes.
10.) Would you like to be snowed inside for a week?
*See John Watson gif used in Bella's question number 6.*
11.) Pick the closest book to you that you've read. Who is your favorite character in the book?
Right now, the book closest to me that I've read is The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, and my favourite character in that book is John Sebastian Farrell.
I DID IT, Y'ALL!!
And now I nominate:
My questions for YOUSE all:
1.) What fandom do you "belong" to?
2.) Would you fight to the death someone who bashes one of your favourite characters?
3.) Would you use daggers for subtlety, or swords for an all-out "COME AT ME, BRO!" battle?
4.) What do you do when someone tells you that you have pepper in your teeth?
5.) To you, what's more awesome... climbing trees, or writing stories?
6.) Have you ever secretly wished you were a unicorn?
7.) When you drink tea, do you prefer a mug or a bone china cup?
8.) What's your opinion on Alka-Seltzer?
9.) If you are an Agents of SHIELD fan, or a Marvel fan, or just a superhero fan, which agent/superhero do you think you'd be?
10.) Do you have a lucky number?
11.) WHY do you have a lucky number?! (Those of you who replied No to question 10, Why DON'T you have a lucky number?!!
And that's that.
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Hope you all had fun with that, and we'll see you next time!
God bless!
Cat
By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 3/8/2014
Blog: The World Crafter's Inkspot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Nothing to Report, Six-Sentence Saturday, Lent, Psych, Add a tag
I always feel like I have very little to talk about. It's Saturday (yay!) and that's about it.
1.) I can share that in less than a week (and this is a super YAY! for me) one of my bloggy friends will be visiting for about 2 weeks.
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2.) She's actually the bloggy friend of the whole family - those of us who blog, anyway.
3.) I never thought internet friends could ever be visualized in the flesh. Did you?
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4.) It is Lent now, and I muchly desire chocolate and bread.
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5.) I also feel the need for a particularly juicy sausage.
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6.) However, tomorrow is SUNDAY, which means chocolate, bread, and sausage! Oh, and of course... wine.
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I shall have a wonderful day tomorrow, despite the fact that Daylight Savings begins, and I'll have to greet the morning (oh evil day!) an hour earlier than I'd like.
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Other than that, Sunday - especially Sundays in Lent - is ALWAYS a good time. :)
Until next time, gentle audience. (Thank you, Jane Eyre on Broadway, for treacly lines like this.)
God bless, and have a wonderful Lent!
Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 3/4/2014
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"It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die."
THE SCORPIO RACES is a novel based on Celtic water horses. Every November on the island of Thisby, the fierce and feral capaill uisce are born from the black ocean water to race along the hard sand of the beach. And every November, the men of Thisby capture these horses to ride them in a deadly race.
“Tell me what it's like. The race."
"What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The fastest and strongest of what is left from two weeks of preparation on the sand. It's the surf in your face, the deadly magic of November on your skin, the Scorpio drums in the place of your heartbeat. It's speed, if you're lucky. It's life and it's death or it's both, and there's nothing like it.”
The capaill uisce are not your normal horse. Larger, wilder than their terrestrial cousins, predatory and mercurial, the water horses are dangerous beasts at any time of the year, but especially dangerous in November, when the ocean sings in their blood. Hard to tame and unpredictable as the weather, the Scorpio Races are a mixture of celebration and deadly spectacle.
"These are not ordinary horses. Drape them with charms, hide them from the sea, but today, on the beach: Do not turn your back."
Nineteen-year-old Sean Kendrick is a four-time champion of the Scorpio Races. Year after year he has brought home the purse to his employer, Benjamin Malvern, the man who owns a stable of sport horses he exports to the mainland. This year, however, Sean has more than just his love of the capaill uisce driving him to race. This year, he races for the freedom to leave Malvern Yard, and for the joy of finally owning Corr, the red capall uisce he rides in every race.
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“I've grown up alongside Corr. My father rode him and my father lost him, and then I found him again. He's the only family I have.”
Katherine "Puck" Connolly never meant to ride in the races. Since both her parents died in a capall uisce attack, she has had no desire to join that reckless, deathly sport. Her brothers Gabe and Finn, her pony Dove, and their house in Thisby is all she needs. But now there is a real danger that the three Connollys are going to lose their home. In order to save her home, Puck joins the Scorpio Races, pitting her little land pony against the wild tempers of the water horses in a gamble to take home the purse.
"There is nothing special about the mare, nothing at all. A fine enough head, good enough bone. As a pony, she is a beauty. As a capall uisce, she is nothing. The girl too, is nothing special - slight, with a ginger ponytail. She looks less afraid than her mare, but she's in more danger.”
There is initial friction - Puck is the first girl to ride in the races, and she expects to race docile little Dove against the fearsome, meat-loving capaill uisce. Sean, understanding the moods of the water horses, knowing how the salt water makes them as intemperate as the ocean itself, at first resents Puck's intrusion into the races. He knows her danger, knows the probability of her failure and the possible outcome of her death. But Puck is indomitable.
“My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that she and my father bathed me in sugar for three days to wash it off. I try to behave, but I always go back to the vinegar.”
The two eventually form an alliance. Sean understands the water horses. He especially understands the mood and heart of his own fierce Corr, and in knowing such things has the ability to train Puck and Dove in learning what it takes to beat the capaill uisce.
"This time of year, I live and breath the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from the friction of the saddle. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse.
I am so, so alive."
The stakes are high for the two of them.If Sean wins, he will have the money to buy Corr and start his own Yard. If Puck wins, she can save her home.
But it is a race, and only one can win.
“I say, 'I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick.'
Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.'
“My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that she and my father bathed me in sugar for three days to wash it off. I try to behave, but I always go back to the vinegar.”
The two eventually form an alliance. Sean understands the water horses. He especially understands the mood and heart of his own fierce Corr, and in knowing such things has the ability to train Puck and Dove in learning what it takes to beat the capaill uisce.
"This time of year, I live and breath the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from the friction of the saddle. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse.
I am so, so alive."
The stakes are high for the two of them.If Sean wins, he will have the money to buy Corr and start his own Yard. If Puck wins, she can save her home.
But it is a race, and only one can win.
“I say, 'I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick.'
Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.'
*****
Puck is a pretty good female character too. She is spunky enough to be brave, and humble enough not to be annoying. For the most part I really enjoyed the way she played off Sean, even though he was my favourite.
The writing is quite lyrical. You can feel the pulse of the ocean in your blood, smell the ocean air mixing with the saltier stench of the water horses. You can feel the rush of wind and the sense of uncertainty in each line. It's really quite good.
There are some brief suggestive sentences, never anything over the top, but the occasional line that makes you know exactly what the speaker is getting at. There is some language, but for the most part I never found it totally offensive.
If you're looking for a book about races, high stakes, and very subtle, almost-not-there romance, then this is the book for you.
“He is slow, and the sea sings to us both, but he returns to me.”
By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 2/15/2014
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A day in which I was very busy.
Very busy.
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I felt sort of like Celia on Monsters Inc., where she's answering the phone over and over and over again.
It was kind of nice, though, because the day went by quite quickly. I was so tired of answering phones and taking orders that, when I went home, I fell asleep while watching SNEAKERS with the family. How sad is that?!
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However, now that is in the past, how was your Valentine's Day?
I ate a lot of M&Ms and some bee-you-tiful lemon bars. Then I had some bread and salad to feel healthier about myself, and enjoyed all the flowers that were being designed into the loveliest arrangements. Stock, by the way, is one of my favourite flowers. It smells a bit like cinnamon.
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I finished Season Four of WHITE COLLAR.
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I don't get why there's all this random gay stuff floating around in it - it's a perfectly clean TV show otherwise... aside from the occasional spicy scene which is no doubt meant to reassure the audience that, yes, people lurve each other muchly muchly in this show!!! However, all that being said, this was probably my favourite season. Neal has grown up and become a lot more trustworthy, and even Mozzie isn't such a bad influence. And, of course, I freakin' love Peter!!
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That's all for now, folks. My funny is broked tonight.
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Okay. I go away to watch a movie now.
La'ers!
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Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 2/1/2014
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I'm here one minute, and gone the next.
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At least I pop up more than once a year to say hello. That's something, right?
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What are you all doing this bright and cheery Saturday?
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I'm not doing much. I'm editing my novel, and critiquing a friend's manuscript.
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I'm also listening idly to some music in the background - mostly Imagine Dragons and Taylor Swift.
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We watched Despicable Me 2 about two weeks ago now, and I was surprised how upset I was at the Minions' transformation. I liked it much better the second time, when I expected what was going to happen to them.
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We also watched Sherlock over the last two weeks. I thought this season was amazing! I was a little sad there wasn't as much detecting in it as there were in the other two seasons, but other than that I loved John and Sherlock's relationship, and I was surprised to discover I was quite fond of Mary, too.
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And that's really all I've got for today. I hope you all continue to have a good weekend and enjoy the kind of weather you want to enjoy....
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Going back and reading that line, I don't think it made sense, but I don't even care. I'm just gonna leave it.
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See you next time! You know, in a little less than a year.
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Cat
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 1/18/2014
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The problem is, I open a new blog post to write something brilliant, and it occurs to me I have the most boring life in the world, and why would you want to read about it? I feel like I'm going chatty-chatty-chatty, and all my readers are like:
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So I'm just going to do a random list of things that have been happening around here since Christmas.
The entire family got attacked by influenza.
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I protest the fact the doctors seem to have a hard time enunciating on their dictaphones. Seriously, would it be that hard to invest in a new one every two years?
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After revising (twice) a new story is just about ready for critiques!
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I am super excited about Sherlock Season 3 staring up tomorrow.
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My stupid phone won't charge. It is a source of great desolation to me.
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I prefer my own food to eating out. In my humble opinion, my food tastes better than restaurant food.
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I finished the first season of Arrow.
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And I have now run out of random things to say.
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Until next time...
God bless!!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 1/4/2014
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I have found a favourite quote!!
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On to other things.
1.) So for Christmas, I got some very special things that I love.
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2.) One of the things I received was a car decal.
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3. I had to go out and clean all the windows on my car and hold the decal against each window to see where I liked it.
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4.) I decided on the back right window 'cause when I'm driving I can see it in my rear view mirror.
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6.) For those of you who don't know, you can discover more about the Feast of the Epiphany HERE.
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Until we speak again, good night, sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.
Or else the future is safe. Reeeeally safe. Sleep well.
Have a nice day.
Enjoy THIS song: It's a new one by Josh!!!
God bless!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 1/1/2014
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My life is boring.
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However, I thought I'd be a good little soldier and at least wish everyone a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a Happy Epiphany. Here you go. You're welcome.
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I have a couple New Year's Resolutions....
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1.) I am going to read Mere Christianity.
2.) I am going to finish my book(s) and get an agent.
Those are my two goals. They feel like a lot, don't they? (I'd have put down Get Married and Start a Family as number 3, but since that's in God's hands I'm going to leave that up to Him.) To be honest, if I do meet somebody this year, my life will be complete.
I haz bared my SOUL to you people!!
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I did not watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special.
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Ever ever.
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Two of my favourite things I got for Christmas:
A ladybug rosary.
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A Phantom of the Opera coffee cup.
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My sister found the Phantom mug at a secondhand store. Why would someone get rid of something like that?!
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Anyhoozle, I had a great Christmas. We sang the Christmas Mass at our mission chapel and it was lovely, and we sang Christmas Carols before Mass, and THOSE were lovely too, and then we had gnocchi and ham and meat chunks for dinner, and THAT was lovely, TOO.
A couple of us girls stayed up for the New Year. We do that every year.
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We drank whiskey to toast in the New Year. Yes, we do that every year, too.
We also watched the last two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that we could watch for free on IMDb.
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At the end of episode 10, THE BRIDGE, I was all like:
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So now, I haz updated, I haz hopefully amused you, and I shall now vanish back into the aether from whence I came.
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Happy New Year!!
God bless
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 12/7/2013
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Yesterday was a really nice day. We celebrated St. Nicholas' Day with chocolate and wee gifties in the shoes, and watched Psych after dinner. That's always fun, isn't it?
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1.) We might be going down to Reno today.
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2.) It did snow, so hopefully that won't deter us.
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| Come on, losers, we're going shopping! |
3.) Tomorrow is the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is when the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without Original Sin on her soul.
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4.) We are going to sing the Mass for this feast. :)
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5.) We put our Christmas Tree up! It is so sparkly, you guys!
6.) We watched Monster University last week. There is an adorable movie. :)
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Pray we don't have too much snow! I want to go to Reno.
God bless!
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By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 11/30/2013
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Can you believe it is already the last day of November? The days are just SCREAMING by, aren't they?
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Anyhoozle, I have come to deliver myself of my six sentences.
1.) Everyone is off Christmas shopping except me.
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2.) Slight exaggeration there... not EVERYONE is gone, but I have to go to work so I feel left out.
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| I WANNA COME WITH YOU!!! |
3.) I am feeling a bit like Obadiah Stane in regards to my car: "I'm deeply enjoying the suit," except, in my case, it is the CAR I'm deeply enjoying. :)
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| "I'm deeply enjoying the Suit." |
4.) My sisters and I have come to the conclusion that Imagine Dragons (a band) does nothing but watch Supernatural and compose music based on Sam and Dean Winchester. (This song reminds me so much of Sam. Sammy!!! :)
5.) Supernatural is one of those shows I don't recommend, because of the horrifically flawed portrayal of God and the angels. I watch it for the brothers. :)
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6.) Today is the feast of St. Andrew, so don't forget to start your St. Andrew Novena!!! :)
Have a spectacu-acular kind of day. God bless!
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