I'd just like to wish everyone here - especially Erin and the staff - a merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous new decade. For those who are offended by me calling it Christmas, well, that's what we call it over here and I'm offended that it should be called anything else. After all, that's what it is.
Any-who, I'd also like to bring you all up to speed with Google Chrome.
To all of you who are in the least bit interested, I have sent the final chapter to Gabi for her to pass her magic wand over and as soon as it is returned, dusted and ready, I will be posting it.
Now last time this happened, I felt foolish as I assumed Gabi would return it within about two and a half minutes--as she usually does, but it didn't happen. So this time, when she's done, you'll get it, alright?
A question was raised today on HubPages about homophobes.
I know so many of you here have feelings about this as do I and I took it upon myself to produce a page which I hope sums up this issue, but I would welcome comments with regards to improving or including missing information.
I was so wrapped up in what I was doing, or not doing, that I completely missed the fact that about a week ago, I passed the three year marker.
I would just like to say that whilst the course of my three years hasn't run smoothly all the time, on the whole, it's been a blast and I'm looking forward to the next three.
I will eventually get round to writing the rest of Second Sight and others, so hang on to your gaffes and panties coz it looks like I'm in for the long haul.
I am currently experiencing problems with Firefox 3.5 as all of a sudden, it decided that certain elements of websites would not be accessible to me. Amongst those, is the ability to vote.
I get the little pointy finger and all and I can click--it's just that nothing happens.
I have been using Firefox now for well over two years and thought it was the mutts nuts, but now, it just seems to be letting the side down.
Of course, I have written to Mozilla and have received the usual explanation - nothing.
I'm about two thirds through the latest and perhaps last chapter of Witch's Tarot, which I hope to have finished fairly soon, but I am at one of those points that needs to be right or the whole thing will fall apart. So it's a case of taking it step by step to ensure all the 'i's' are dotted and the 't's' are crossed.
My intention is to provide a feature-length bumper episode here that will possibly round everything off, so those interested, please be patient, I'll get there.
Just thought I'd drop you all a line to say that The Witch's Tarot was only supposed to be a three part story, but alas, my characters have gone and got themselves more complex than I thought they would.
This is the first story I have posted for like, ages and ever and there you are lapping it up like I'd never been away. I can't believe the wonderful feedback you've been giving me too.
All I can say is thank you to all of you who have read the first instalment.
Part 2 is on the way - under construction as we speak - and whether that will be the end of it I'm not sure, but I won't keep you horror-hungry readers waiting too long (Gabi willing that is).
The move started at about 12:30 pm Wednesday and finished about 3:30 pm Saturday.
We moved ourselves as I said we'd do and I don't mean to sound as if I knew best because I didn't. Every time we filled the van, more stuff started to appear and at one stage, I was positive that the chattels fairy was following us around, bringing stuff back from the new house and depositing it in the old one for us to move again and again and again.
The good news is that we have found a house to rent.
I looked at a bungalow last week and it was right on the main Shaftesbury to Salisbury road and was painted magnolia - which looked grubby before we'd even started. The outhouses turned out to be worse than useless and she wouldn't let us put in a cat flap for Sammo.
After having typed in my blog yesterday, I received a phone call.
Now before I go on, I should point out that we only returned our documents to the solicitors about a fortnight ago, which meant that it should take a further four to six weeks before exchange and completion. Now you're up to speed, I can press on...
I must apologise to a number of people here - I hope they know who they are - for not doing this in a personal message, but things have ramped up a gear or three here.
We have a definite buyer for our house and whilst it pains us to have to leave, selling up does at least give us the opportunity to start afresh and clear our debts, which have mounted by leaps and bounds over the last year since I haven't been working.
We have not exchanged yet, so everything's not a done deal and we're hoping that nothing goes wrong between now and the fabled completion.
Chapter 11 of Amanda's Eyes was posted yesterday complete with an apology for it having taken so long and Saturday, the first book review went up for Pawn Of Prophecy by David Eddings.
I know, I know, it's been absolute ages since I posted chapter two and many of you are going to have to reacquaint yourselves with the first two chapters - or episodes - or instalments - call them what you will. For that I am truly sorry, but I have had to do the same.
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