Hello Everyone!! The Text is not appearing on my screen, so excuse any mistakes.
I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year, and I will be back at the end of the month, M is pushing this out to the 25th it sounds like. See you then! I’ll see you guys at the end of the month!!!!!
Kittyinaz
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Hello, everyone!!!!
I just wanted to let you know that I did survive the weekend. Saturday was Xmas shopping with in-laws, which was a blast. No shortcuts were taken, and to be sure M drove.
Yesterday was grocery shopping, then we went to see Xmas Lights. See, there is a place in Tucson, a subdivision that does up Christmas lights for the whole place. It’s called Winterhaven. And there were ALOT of lights. It has been a thing to do for free in Tucson for years.
They did an awesome job, there was one corner that was a Griswold Christmas light fight going on, one guy had his yard wired for lights on it, along with everywhere else!
Another had a Frozen theme with soap bubble snow, that looked amazing!
Then there was the mystery of where Royal Ember’s flock had gone for the winter solved.
There was laughs to be had, along with my nephew being thrilled with lights as well as playing with M.
All in all, I have been busy the entire time I have been here, either resting (like today, too many people at Winterhaven!) or being so busy we had no time. But this week M and I are all alone at the house, and it might be time for us to relax.
I am on a slow connection, so if you want to talk to me, be patient. I really have to work on some chores this week, mostly making cookies and chocolate covered cookies, my peanut butter rice crispies dipped in chocolate, crunch berries treats, snicker doodles, chocolate covered pretzels. And wrapping for people. Since I am OCD on wrapping, everyone trusts me to do it for them. lol!
I had forgotten the cards to mail out for the Xmas cards exchange, so I bought new ones, and will send out them as I receive the cards. Sorry, I had to forget something! This time was a little more than normal. I was excited to get here!
Now I am off to write. Hopefully, some fun stuff that you guys will like!
I am sending this out, even with it erroring out on me. Hopefully, 4Padfoot can fix the error on the home page of the contest.
As most of you know, I am in AZ, and on a metered connection that is better than what I am using now. However, the metered connection, 9 days in, is 75% used. The only thing I can think of is the Windows 10 or maybe the game I am playing though it is NOT online.
So I have the one that they have here. There is a reason that I do not like to use it often since it is slower than molasses.
I am having a wonderful time!!! It snowed here, enough that we actually have some left on the edges of things. And the stairs are a menace to me since they ice over every night. But nights like tonight, when I can go out and see the millions of stars with my naked eye, make it where I love this place.
I have been resting, playing games, reading some (since the stupid iPad….grr!!). I am also going out with people sometimes, sleeping in, laughing so hard my tummy hurts and so on. I am cooking, which thrills his parents to death. LOL! And it looks like I am doing Christmas dinner here.
I have also written the first chapter of the sequel to All I Want. It drops a bomb on your guys from the start, and I am looking forward to seeing where the muse takes me on this one!
I also finally got my laptop up to where I could do the banners. I had a slight issue with getting the sizing box to come up but finally got it to turn on. Since I had done all the names on the banners before I left, it was simple. Except… That is when I got the notification that the data was running out, and since that data includes the phones, I need it!
But I finally got it all to work, and fixed the names on the pages, added the banners, only to have the homepage of the contest not allow me to update it. Grrr…..
So while I can, I am sending this out.
Congratulations to our 1st place:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
I have to reiterate, I loved doing the banners to these stories!!! The only one I am disappointed in is The Snow Globe since I actually had it snowing inside the snow globe. If I get the chance, I will see if the laptop will render it better than the desktop.
And that last call for you guys to vote? Thanks!!! It was a clear win, and in fact, I think you changed the results! Wow!!! When I asked for votes, you answered!
Authors, thanks so much for submitting, I was stunned to see the diversity in the entries, as well as when I found who wrote what. None of them did I guess right. NONE. Thanks for entering, as well as giving me a fun time making the banners! Without the entries, this would not be much of a contest! You can answer the reviews, as well as post the stories on your sites.
And readers, thanks for leaving reviews for the ladies who wrote!! Without you reading and voting, there would not be anyone entering!!!
Please keep an eye out for when I return, I will be doing a new contest at that time.
For now, have a Happy Holidays. I will be sporadically online on Facebook, but probably not here. It takes forever to pull up Facebook alone, and this one? Actually it is faster, but I am not wanting to waste the data doing it unless I am saving to this place.
Now I have to deal with M. He is trying to tell me that he is Natsgirl. Sure sweetie… But he is pouting. Personally I think he is getting too used to everyone picking on each other, and thought to have fun, until he found the name of the author… Not that he wanted to claim any of the others. *snickers*. Enjoy!
Yep, we have a three-way tie for one of the places, and we have opened the polls back up for you to vote.
So get in here and vote!! The poll is on the post page on the sidebar.
The other places are not close, but your actions may affect them also!!!!
So help us out, and let’s get some votes in so I don’t have to put a deciding vote (like I ever do, but it sounds good right?)
I’m online for awhile, going off to write….
Kittyinaz
Last chance to vote!!!! Voting ends on 12/15!!!!!
Let’s get those votes and reviews in, let these wonderful authors know that you liked/loved their story!!
I would load the link, but I am unable to get the things to work while on this thing. Sorry.
Kittyinaz
I am excited. I have about 15 minutes until the last rush to get those pesky last items to the car, and then Connor.
Who is sticking to me like white on rice. No worries, Puppin, you are coming.
Please don’t forget to read and vote on the stories! It is closing this Tuesday. Get the word out!!!
Click on the banner as always, and have a great holidays!
Check out the signature I made myself the other day….
#playingWithPhotoshop #MultilayerFun
*Kitty runs away before 4Padfoot catches me*
The site will be down temporarily for system maintenance at 9:30 pm MST.
Now I am truly giving the site over to 4Padfoot.
Kitty
First, Happy Holidays to everyone that is here. Since I am literally am over the world, I wish to let you know you have my good wishes for the season. As the darkest night of the year approaches, I hope your world is full of light, love and happiness.
Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it, as well as a Happy New Year from the Kittyinaz family. (including the pets!)
Now to what you are devouring this post for.
Yep, I finally finished the Clocks chapter!
I am so sorry!!! Thursday was a wash for me… Hubby had me try a game, and I loved it (civilization 5). But when everyone got home, the news that we are leaving early caused a bit of a ruckus.
Yes, we are leaving Texas for AZ this Friday instead of Monday.
What does this mean?
Time is short, and I have alot to do. It didn’t help that this past weekend was a busy one with my mom. I spent Saturday with her and the boys, as well as spending the rest of the day with my brother and them at their town’s snow day. Which was funny as hell watching people play in something I saw everyday when I was little and played in. It was also fun to think back on those days adn share them with my brother who can barely remember the days.
Yesterday was a visit to Grandma Kitty, as well as a pampering day for both of us after standing in lines in 50 degree weather for the boys to ride everything. Yes, I got a pedi courtesy of Mamakitty, and gave myself a gift of a manicure. It was so nice not to have to do my own nails! And it got rid of some cramps from the day before.
However, the weekend ate into time I had planned to spend on other things.
So, today I am finishing the cards I was working on at 2:30 this morning. (I am up only because of a kitten who could not understand Mommy needs to sleep more than 4 hours). I will be getting the names on the banners, and work with someone to finish the contest in case something goes wrong on my end to put the badges on them.
The contest closes the polls on the 15th. And you may want to try to vote for your favorites… might.
I will be also working on getting the chapter of Clocks ready for you guys, but that will be it. I have way too much to do, and things are piling up. So I will be working on all of that. I will be online today, but if I don’t answer you, it is because I am busy doing something else, or hopefully getting my mifi delivered. Stupid Murphy, we know he took it.
Damn, sitting here, I am thinking of more stuff to do, so I need to be off. I wanted to let you guys know what is going on, and why I am being a bad bad kitty.
Now I am off to fight with the computers, (yes computerS) try to do banners, (which I got one done before the computer needed to restart) and get these Christmas cards out. Once I am out of stamps, I am done… sad thing, is I am hoping to get one out to all the betas!
See you guys later today, or at the latest tomorrow.
Enjoy the Christmas banner that the most awesome 4Padfoot made!
I know.. too puny for this time of night. Or day if you are on the other side of the world…
It’s been a long day, but I wanted to give you this chapter!
Right now, I am decorating my computer, as 4Padfoot plays with the backgrounds to decorating the site for Xmas. Since I am leaving in two weeks (yeah!!!!!!), and will be gone until the 18th of January, I will not be here to really deal with the Xmas stuff. (as well as me decorating the posts… warning!)
*Sighs*
But I am excited for the upcoming trip. I made a list for my iPhone that is just the Xmas songs and the more popular songs right now. It’s only 813 items, nowhere as long as the other ones. IT’s two days long, so it should be good for the trip, and how my hubs and I like to skip a song if it doesn’t fit the part of the road we are on.
Now here is the bad news. I am officially on vacation. The ladies are on vacation. Everyone is on vacation.
Well, except 4Padfoot for emergencies. And she will probably play while the boss is away.
But what does this mean??? Means it is time for me to write….
See, I have this week, which I will be more around than any afterwards. But next week? I will be running around, making lists, researching things and so forth.
And trying not to murder my iPad.
Seriously.
I have to turn it off, bend the edges and then work it for about 10-15 minutes before repeating. What is it doing? It’s called ghost touching. I can lay the thing down, walk away and no one close to it, and you can watch it move around, open apps and so forth, all on it’s own.
Yeah, it sucks.
But I will be backing up the laptop that I will be using, putting the last touches on the banners (the names and so forth) and putting the files I will be using on a thumb drive in case I can’t use the google drive. I can’t think of why I cannot, but I am not taking any chances.
Making lists, and checking them twice, and wrapping all the stuff we have already. I will also be taking the traverse for an oil change and all that fun stuff.
The weekend before we leave, Connor will need to be washed. And we will be packing the Traverse that Sunday, so all I have to do is get up, get ready and leave with the dog. Well, stop and grab me a Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper to help me wake up.
LOL!
OK…
So some reminders..
First up, is the Christmas Contest is live and ready for you to read. Go forth, read, review, and then vote for your favorite! There are some seriously great stories in this bunch!!! And have you found the easter eggs in the banners?
I will mention that the swan has the words from the story on it….
Yes… I did put that much effort into it!
The other thing, is please remember the Amazon link!!! It does pay for things that we use monthly. I know Cyber Monday is coming, so I am not only putting the link in the pretty picture, but also as words. I saved the link as my Amazon link to the site. That is all you have to do, is click through the link once, and it will give me credit on it.
http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=kittyinaz-20
So I am off. What do I want to do this year? Write the next part of this series:
Then work on finishing this story:
Then moving on to where the muse takes me. Hopefully she comes back and works with me on the two above!!!
Here is the chapter:
And remember, you feed the muses for not only me, but for the authors who entered into the contest with your kind words. C-ya later!
p.s. I will try to get one more chapter of Clocks out for you! No promises though!
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