The furnace in my mobile home has failed. I'm using electric space heaters to keep warm and they work well enough but they keep tripping the breakers since this is a very old mobile with only 50 amps service. Three space heaters adds up to 36-45 amps. Add computers, lights and refrigerator and I can't run the washing machine without turning something off.

I'm checking into getting the furnace repaired but my handyman is of the opinion that it may cost enough to be worth just replacing it, which would be $1000 to $2000 dollars, a pretty big hit on my budget. More word soon.

Hugs,
Erin

I've been informed that the BigCloset author, T.D. Aldoenetti passed away on October 30, 2009, the victim of a homicide. I don't know the details but this does not seem to have been related to her status as TG or connected to her posting stories on BC.

I made another version of my pork roast for Thanksgiving Dinner. This time I used allspice, soy sauce and mustard. :)

...please remember that I do indeed have a real life and do not sit here 24/7. I'm missing my morning class at college today because of another blow-up which I could not deal with because I was asleep. I'm going to be gone the rest of the morning and probably most of the afternoon because my friend is opening his new bookstore today.

Oh, and I will be working at that bookstore Thur and Fri afternoons at least through Christmas. Besides my piano classes and sleeping and going out for dinner now and then.

Laughing babies. I don't know of anything much more cheerful. :)

Hugs,
Erin

I've added a new feature to the front page. It's not perfect yet but this is an attempt to do what Eden originally wanted the Shortcuts to be. Right now it shows the title and author of up to 20 stories on the front page that were posted in the last 50 hours. Currently, this only shows for people using the BigCloset theme, not Reversi or most of the other themes.

I'll make it look prettier later, it's late tonight. :)

Hugs,
Erin

Some people are misunderstanding something here. The Retro Classics are being brought back so you can see what our writers were like in the past and what we have hidden in the author lists. This is not some game about trying to have everything complete - because not everything here can be completed. Some of our authors have died, others... in more trouble than most of us can know. Others decided to stop writing. But what they left behind is a treasure for us to gaze upon. We can learn from what they did and write new things.

It's almost too late in the season here but some of the heirloom varieties ripen late. These are really good and so simple.

Clean and slice several green tomatoes, about 1/3 inch (8 mm) thick, more or less. Salt and pepper them liberally and leave on a cutting board to dry out very slightly while you get everything else ready.

While going through a pile of condolences I received after my mother died in January 2008, I discovered an envelope that had an order for six ebooks and a money order for the cost plus an anount for postage.

This is multiply sad because these are ebooks, I can't mail them. And no email address was included so I can't provide them through email, either, nor was the name given traceable through BCs membership list.

Charlene, if you're still out there, I can give you a hatbox membership so you can download these items, please contact me via email or PM.

joyce @ qnez.com

Ok. I have the idea for the Contest and will post it and the rules on September 28-29. Until then... it's remaining a secret. But I guarantee It will be something everyone can do.

It will certainly be a first for BCTS =^.^=

Sephrena Lynn Miller
BigCloset TopShelf
TGLibrary.com

ps: Last week both of my doctors determined my operation can be handled out of the hospital and at the Doctor's clinic outpatient wise. So i do expect pain but no long stay. The downside is I have to visit a wound care clinic a few times a week to ensure my problems close up. ^^

Tanya Allan has created a new site for herself on the web called...

It never rains but it pours.

Saw this today, thought I would share since it had an embed option:

I'm going to be the San Diego ComiCon and in San Diego generally from Wednesday through Sunday. I'll have my laptop with me wo I won't be out of touch but I won't be sitting in front of it doing other stuff and checking on the site every half hour like I do when I'm home.

My little dog and I were playing on the front porch, me throwing her favorite toy and her chasing it. At the far end of the porch, she tried to grab the toy, stop and turn around all at the same time and I think she hurt herself.