Polymath @ The Safin Hold

NaNoWriMo: An excerpt

Writing is, strictly speaking, a craft. This blog is meant to showcase my crafts. Thus, an excerpt from my novel this year, which is currently sitting pretty at just over 33,000 words. This particular scene is about halfway through what I have so far. Two main characters are rival mercenaries/assassins, and one has been sentContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: An excerpt”

A few days in the life

I decided to pause my hiatus from this blog during NaNoWriMo to make a post. I have a lot of reasons to post right now. First, the superficial good news: my novel writing is going great. I have over 30,000 words with 16 days to go to get to 50,000. My pace doesn’t seem toContinue reading “A few days in the life”

NaNoWriMo Eve

Remember yesterday when I was going to do some crafting, but I had to work because someone called in? Well…at 9:45 this morning, my boss called and asked me if I could come in today. So still no crafting. I wish I could say I was disappointed, but the fact is, all the hours IContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Eve”

Polymath Cooking: Make it up as you go

Working full time is great. Unless coworkers start calling off work, and I am asked to fill in for extra shifts. On my day off today, I am going in at 4 to close. My plans for today probably could have been kept because I have/had most of the day available. Most of my energyContinue reading “Polymath Cooking: Make it up as you go”

Changed the title

My original post was titled “Working Girl”, and then I thought about that a little bit. I don’t want to give the wrong impression here. So I managed to hem some pants before work the other day, and that was great. But I haven’t done much since then. Wednesday was Eric’s birthday, so I cleanedContinue reading “Changed the title”

Got a few hours to spare?

I’ve traded my 5am part time shifts for full time work and occasional late nights. That means, of course, that instead of leaving work, coming home, and being too tired to do anything, I get up at a reasonable time and don’t go to work until the afternoon. I also need more pairs of khakisContinue reading “Got a few hours to spare?”

Another birthday

Yesterday Eric and I drove to Lake Odessa to visit with Mark’s family and celebrate October birthdays (Eric and Mark, in fact). Since Eric already got his gift, I didn’t bring it with us, but he got some very thoughtful gifts from the folks there. Mark is my mother-in-law’s boyfriend, and he is a wonderfulContinue reading “Another birthday”

The unveiling

So for about 5 weeks, I struggled with ideas and execution on Eric’s birthday present. I knew I wanted to make him a board game because he loves board games, but I wasn’t sure how to create game play that could capture all of the facets of his personality, his life, and our life together.Continue reading “The unveiling”

Haunting Sunday

Alas, the Packers lost today. Despite that, Eric and I were fantastically productive. We got laundry done, cleaned the living areas, and we redecorated our porch with the new Halloween decorations that my MIL graciously gave to us. We also decorated a little bit inside, but I must say that our porch is sufficiently creepy,Continue reading “Haunting Sunday”