The Best-Laid Plans
Dec. 24th, 2005 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalianWe're being all organised about the Christmas grocery shop. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dodgyhoodoo is going to go out and get a whole buttload of stuff, then I'm going to go and pick up what he couldn't carry. So far the division is going something like, he gets the alcohol, the root veg and the cake fixings and I get the cola, the bath stuff, the cleaning goo and various herbs. Probably also some fruit bits for me. We already have the duck, so that's fine, and there's a pork roast for the Boxing Day feast. There are going to be enough leftovers in the house to choke a small yak. Maybe I should pick up some containers to store them in while I'm doing the shop today.
There is a certain amount of planning being done for the week ahead. Not much, admittedly, but general "What are we doing for New Year?" and "When are we going to have the horrorfest?" (I was thinking the 29th). Most of the rest of the time will be spent relaxing, faffing about with Sims, and watching Buffy wheneverdodgyhoodoo isn't using the TV. However, there will be a certain amount of work getting done; I never finished the NaNoWriMo story and then there's the Bloodlines stuff, which is actually coming along rather well on a text basis considering that I've only been working on it for two days. Given my not being a numbers person, I'm actually dealing with the whole "making up a dice system and RPG rules" thing rather well, all things considered.
Speaking of RPGs, I was going through my Amazon wish list and doing a browse for Werewolf: the Forsaken stuff (because when Mage finishes up, I think having a shot at new Werewolf would be fun), I happened to notice that a whole lot of the old Apocalypse stuff is still in stock at Amazon. Well, it says so, anyway, despite it being the same principle under which I was waiting for the Vampire clan sourcebooks ('4-6 week' delivery probably being their euphemism for 'when hell freezes over'). Either way, there are other spots where one can get it second-hand that I might try. Things like Book of the Weaver would be seriously useful in the current campaign, not to mention Book of the Wyld and various of the Changing Breeds sourcebooks that I knowweaselbitch has but would like to own myself. So I've updated my wish list and will have a good old hunt around.
Probably after my birthday, though. In the wintertime, I just can't buy myself anything because my birthday's just over a month after Christmas. Well, I kind of feel good about that despite the fact that it meant no amusement park outings as parties. The reason for that is that anyone buying me presents can take advantage of the after-Christmas sales. Yes, I actually think about these things.
Anyway, despite the lack of Bing-Crosby-in-Christmas-musical-extravaganza, I think it's going to be a good Christmas. And when we've got the Boxing Day relax done, I can have a think about how I'm going to address some comments in a recentvampadvocate post...
dodgyhoodoo is going to go out and get a whole buttload of stuff, then I'm going to go and pick up what he couldn't carry. So far the division is going something like, he gets the alcohol, the root veg and the cake fixings and I get the cola, the bath stuff, the cleaning goo and various herbs. Probably also some fruit bits for me. We already have the duck, so that's fine, and there's a pork roast for the Boxing Day feast. There are going to be enough leftovers in the house to choke a small yak. Maybe I should pick up some containers to store them in while I'm doing the shop today.There is a certain amount of planning being done for the week ahead. Not much, admittedly, but general "What are we doing for New Year?" and "When are we going to have the horrorfest?" (I was thinking the 29th). Most of the rest of the time will be spent relaxing, faffing about with Sims, and watching Buffy whenever
dodgyhoodoo isn't using the TV. However, there will be a certain amount of work getting done; I never finished the NaNoWriMo story and then there's the Bloodlines stuff, which is actually coming along rather well on a text basis considering that I've only been working on it for two days. Given my not being a numbers person, I'm actually dealing with the whole "making up a dice system and RPG rules" thing rather well, all things considered.Speaking of RPGs, I was going through my Amazon wish list and doing a browse for Werewolf: the Forsaken stuff (because when Mage finishes up, I think having a shot at new Werewolf would be fun), I happened to notice that a whole lot of the old Apocalypse stuff is still in stock at Amazon. Well, it says so, anyway, despite it being the same principle under which I was waiting for the Vampire clan sourcebooks ('4-6 week' delivery probably being their euphemism for 'when hell freezes over'). Either way, there are other spots where one can get it second-hand that I might try. Things like Book of the Weaver would be seriously useful in the current campaign, not to mention Book of the Wyld and various of the Changing Breeds sourcebooks that I know
weaselbitch has but would like to own myself. So I've updated my wish list and will have a good old hunt around.Probably after my birthday, though. In the wintertime, I just can't buy myself anything because my birthday's just over a month after Christmas. Well, I kind of feel good about that despite the fact that it meant no amusement park outings as parties. The reason for that is that anyone buying me presents can take advantage of the after-Christmas sales. Yes, I actually think about these things.
Anyway, despite the lack of Bing-Crosby-in-Christmas-musical-extravaganza, I think it's going to be a good Christmas. And when we've got the Boxing Day relax done, I can have a think about how I'm going to address some comments in a recent
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Date: 2005-12-24 03:20 pm (UTC)Happy Christmas.
-J
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Date: 2005-12-24 04:11 pm (UTC)Book of the weaver is very good.
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Date: 2005-12-24 04:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-24 05:24 pm (UTC)I can pass then on if you like.