Quality time

The lovely Naelany has invited me to write for her fantastic blog again. I was honored,  but the deadline still caught me by surprise. I’ve been busy, you see, with work, and other stuff that’s great and also time consuming. I like being busy. It’s... easy. “When was the last time you took care of …

Worth It

A very late (for me) post today. Way past my bedtime-late even. Why? Because hubby and I spent all day hanging out with friends, playing board games and having a ton of fun. We introduced our friends to Gloom, and they in turn taught me Catan. I'm sure I'll be paying for staying up late …

The Art of Plotting While Painting

Hello everybody (said in the voice of Matt Bellasai from Whine About It video fame). AJ Rose here, lowering the tone of Karin's classy blog to bring you some rambling about books, reading, and my new favorite hobby, painting masterpieces... with a paint-by-numbers guide. What? I can't paint to save my life. Unless it's a …

It’s A Beautiful Day

And yet I've been stuck inside with a headache all day. It's been a rough few days (thanks, Murphy) that I'm still paying for, but hopefully, I'll get to enjoy the nice weather later this week. I did finally manage to get some knitting in yesterday and actually have a picture to show progress for …

Guest Post: A Little Cross Stitch and Romance

Hello and thanks for the opportunity to share a little about myself on your blog! Some of you may know about my blog, Slashsessed, and my love of all things slash, m/m and yaoi. What most do not know is that I also love to knit, crochet and cross stitch. I first learned how to …

Battery Low

This has been a low-battery (or low on spoons, if you prefer) kind of week. Partly due to lack of sleep (not for lack of trying) and partly due to pain. To be honest, I'm not even entirely sure what I've done this past week. I vaguely recall doing a little cross stitching - and …

My sanity…

To start, I have NEVER been a guest blogger before so here’s hoping my freshman effort won’t be a total dud! As a SAHM and writer I can honestly say staying busy is never an issue, staying sane, however, is. I have three daughters, though one is at university, and my 19 year-old nephew currently …

Sunny Days

There is just something about being able to sit out on the patio on a sunny day in peace and quiet. Emphasis on 'peace and quiet'. For the last couple of days, I've hung out outdoors to read. It's been lovely. For the most part. Most of the neighbors are nice and quiet and leave …

Ramblings on Creative Expression

Hello everyone! First of all, thanks to Karin for giving me a place to ramble for a little while. I’ll do my best to make sense, but as I’m in the middle of editing a fantasy novel that’s longer than my last two books put together it’s possible I’ve just lost all ability to word. …