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Wah! My fudge did not turn out, it never solidified and was all grainy, so I had to pitch it. T___T Also, the water heater was out this morning - luckily the repairman came quick. This could have been a really horrid day if we all had to go over to my mom's to take showers. That said, all the presents are wrapped, the cookies baked, and now all we have to do is cart them and ourselves to the places in which they'll be dispensed.

I want to say Happy Holidays to everyone on my friends list, whether we've talked much in the past year or not. I hope you all can enjoy the last part of December.

Also, nimblnymph, a_lifestyle and mscongeniality I hope you all are feeling better. Goodness there seem to be a lot of unwell folks right now. Whether you're celebrating or not, it's always sucky to to be ill, and I wish you all speedy recoveries.

Well, off to make final preparations. :D I leave you with this.

So, this is artwork created by the INCREDIBLY talented Beth Stepanaski for the brigits_flame  October Mini Contest's second place winner.  It is really pretty work and I hope everyone likes it.

( Cover Art Behind The Cut )

The view is small, so it's hard to see the details... but it's lovely.

Anyway, that's all.  Two down and one more prize to go!

So, because the holiday is FINALLY upon us ... I'm doing happy hour early this week.

And since I get done from work (yes ... I'm still sick and I went to work) in about half an hour and fully intend to start my REAL happy hour early with a green dragon martini, I thought we might as well get things off to a start.

This week, we'll be working within a double theme.

Since my drink of choice this afternoon is a colorful one, to everyone who replies give me either a drink recipe with a color in the name or, for those of a less alcoholic nature, something colorful that you love.  It can be the ugly orange sweater with purple polkadots that your mom knitted last year, or the one eyed brown bear you snuggle with at night.  Whatever you want, but it HAS to have a color involved in either the name or title of it.

Second theme today:  We all know how stressful the holidays, particularly this one, are.  Economy, family life, school woes ... quite the downer for such a jolly time of year.  So, I'd like us all to take a moment and share something positive about our year.  To quote a general rule in restaurants: ten people hear about a negative review whereas only five hear the good.  Same applies here.  We're so quick to remember the horrible, stressful stuff ... but how often do we REALLY recall the happy?

This isn't to mean you can't complain if you want to.  By all means, please do.  Happy hour isn't complete without a couple "what a bastards" and "um... wuts".

So, allow me to start the happy hour off:

( The Good )

Okay, and now for the other portion:

( The Even Better )

So, with that ... everyone who celebrates, have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Solstice and Happy whatever else I missed.  For those who don't celebrate, have a wonderful holiday season!

Well a big Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to my flist for the next couple of days! 
I'm still plugging away at the Fated Redo but It's nearly done.  I'll hopefully post it tomorrow or Saturday.   Then I'm going to start on the Ninth Night added chapter and possibly a kakasaku challenge ficlet for the comm.

Things I want for Christmas this year:

1. Everyone in my family to be healthy and happy
2. The Canadian Seal Hunt to be abolished
3. 10 pounds to suddenly melt off
4. Sora Log to be updated

There are of course many more, but these are the ones that occurred to me this morning.

Hope everyone has a great day off tomorrow! 

Title: Winter Kisses – Part 1/3
Author/Artist: theablackthorn
Rating: 15 +
Prompt/Summary: Christmas oneshots from Bleach
Warnings: BL shonen-ai males kissing


Ishida stood at the doorway to his apartment more than a little surprised to see Kurosaki peering out at him from under a rather childish Santa hat. He eyed the taller male taking in the thick blue coat that swamped the shinigami’s form and the skintight jeans that encased his toned legs, down to the hiking boots encrusted with snow.


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These pics are to all the Naruto fans out there. Commisioned by lulu_42 for nimblnymph who wrote this kakasaku story, prompted by lulu_42 who wanted to have some pictures done for the story. Which is where I came in.

Here is your warning:
Nice is pg13
Naughty1 is M
Naughty2 is NC-17

All pictures involve Santa and his Elf.

( Nice )
( Naughty1 )
( Naughty2 )

Found by renjiluvah and stolen because it's fun!  (Hint - the "Name" box is for your name)




Christmas Gift Toy & MySpace Layouts at pYzam.com

Well, I have managed to rewrite 10 pages of the 29 at the ending of Fated. It starts off with Sakura waking up after she's kidnapped and taken to the enemy camp. I'm really enjoying doing the alternate ending and fixing the ridiculous dialogue. lol I'm also going to do a peek into the future of the "Ninth Night" ficlet I wrote here - the itasaku (by suggestion of flibbergibbet )  It should be fun!  It'll be nice to see what happens when Sasuke is back and so is Itachi.

I just realized that I missed getting in on any gift exchanges this year. I'm finding that I'm enjoying writing fic again, but oh well. Next year, maybe.

Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays as much as I am!

Here's my gift to nimblynymph I hope she and everyone else enjoys it.

( Christmas Gifts aren't expensive )

I had some time to kill and wondered about the other options for the Letter to Santa generator so I just spent some time refreshing for one I liked. This was the best from the couple minutes I spent refreshing. :-)

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last month I invaded Iraq, broke it, and couldn't glue it back together before Mom got home (-1012 points). Last Tuesday I gave change to a homeless guy (19 points). Last Wednesday I gave psiclopz a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). In November I helped moderndayportia hide a body (-173 points). In April I pushed fatpuppy in the mud (-17 points). Overall, I've been naughty (-1188 points). For Christmas I deserve a spanking! Sincerely, Caitiy

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Heehee!! Love the bit about breaking Iraq and not being able to glue to back together before Mom came home. :-D

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In September I caught a purse-snatcher who stole a_lifestyle's purse (30 points). In August I stole moderndayportia's purse (-30 points). Last Wednesday I farted in an elevator (-6 points). Last month I gave shizune_senpai a life-saving blood transfusion (50 points). Last Saturday I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). Overall, I've been nice (370 points). For Christmas I deserve an Easy-Bake Oven! Sincerely, Caitiy

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Snagged from eldrfire