I think I didn’t mention on here that before Christmas, when Houston froze, our plants did okay in the new pop-up greenhouse, but we had two pipes freeze and crack in the attic. Plumbers were able to get here and do repairs in time for it not to ruin the Christmas weekend, and we didn’t lose power as we did in the 2021 freeze.
Due to the leaks from the pipes, our longtime contractor Keith hired someone to repair our pantry and kitchen ceilings. That guy came today and figured out what’s needed, and the work should start tomorrow. That means the dogs got to stay at Aunt Debby’s this morning, and will tomorrow, which they love. We’re having another cold snap, and they pile on her couch with her and snooze all warm and comfy. Since no work began today and with the little barkers being at Debby’s for a while, it was a quiet day. I really needed it after yesterday’s stress.
I didn’t write today so much as review and plan. I’m bringing back a character who “finished” the previous novel after writing 100-plus pages with other characters in this one. It’s kind of like having a really good friend, and the last time you were together, some intense stuff went down in the friend’s life. Time has passed and when you see your friend again, you’re not sure exactly where things stand. Has the friend moved past it? What has replaced it in the friend’s thoughts and daily activities? Characters, like friends, are more interesting when they aren’t mired down in something that happened months before (I’m not talking major life change stuff, at least not in the character’s life). Interesting people keep moving forward and have something new to offer us. Or maybe that’s in fiction, and we sometimes wish people we knew in real life would do that. Maybe I wish I would do that! =)
Tried to explore that something new for my character as I listened to music and thought.
Today is Eddie Van Halen’s birthday. I probably should have broken out the Van Halen CDs, but I stuck with the plan and continued in the “C” section of the first binder.
Collective Soul’s self-titled 1995 release; The Cranberries, No Need To Argue; Cream, Strange Brew: The Best of Cream; Sheryl Crow, Tuesday Night Music Club; Self-Titled; The Globe Sessions; and Wildflower.
I have three more “C” CDs. Any guesses?
You have to have at least one CCR and maybe a Chermaybe some Cheap Trick and Crissie Hynde and if it were Tim I would guess The Church, The Cult, and the Communards… Either of you can have Concrete Blonde and Culture Club
None of any of that on CD–though I did already show a Cher in the bunch before this one.
I wouldn’t buy CCR (I guess you mean Creedence Clearwater Revival? though I did have some albums–later drowned, like a lot of the music that will be “missing” from my CDs) because John Fogerty got so screwed with his music. He now OWNS it again, and I will be making sure anything I buy will be money that goes to him.