{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"It's a soap opera, fat orange cat included","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/","description":"It's a soap opera, fat orange cat included - LiveJournal.com","lastBuildDate":"Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:37:34 GMT","generator":"LiveJournal \/ LiveJournal.com","image":{"url":"https:\/\/l-userpic.livejournal.com\/122080269\/21953681","title":"It's a soap opera, fat orange cat included","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/","width":"99","height":"100"},"item":[{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/206251.html","pubDate":"Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:37:34 GMT","title":"New Vid- Hawaii Five-0","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/206251.html","description":"

Finally got another vid done. Which, considering I'm completely blocked when it comes to writing is a major deal for me.

Total McDanno.

Somebody to Love
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Vid by Fat Orange Kat
Music by Jefferson Airplane
Pairing: Steve\/Danno
Spoilers- there are scenes\/clips from all six seasons.
Warmings: Slash
Notes: Let's face it, Danny's character has changed a lot over the last six seasons, especially over the last three. And I don't like where they've taken the character. Although there are scenes\/clips from all six seasons, the Danny here is the Danny I fell in love with from the first three seasons and the relationship that he and Steve had. That is what I wanted to capture here.<\/p>If you have any problems viewing here, the direct link to YouTube: Somebody to Love<\/a>

","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/206251.html?view=comments#comments","category":["mcdanno","steve and danno","danny williams","vidding","steve mcgarrett","h50","danno","hawaii five-0","fanvidding"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205917.html","pubDate":"Sun, 01 May 2016 13:47:55 GMT","title":"That's right- I'm kitty sitting again!","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205917.html","description":"Stella, the lovely Bernise Mountain dog I hang with now and again, highly recommended me to Max the Cat. So this week I'm kitty sitting in a very lovely home while his parents kick up their heels in Puerto Rico.

Max is a bit shy and very good at hiding. But I managed to get a couple of pics here. :)

\"Max","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205917.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205697.html","pubDate":"Sun, 06 Mar 2016 21:13:53 GMT","title":"baby blanket","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205697.html","description":"I cast this off earlier today. I've had it almost complete for a while but just put it away and never looked at it again. I only had to do the repeat one more time, the border and cast it off so here it is. I still need to bury the ends in and wash it. Possibly some light blocking. But I love the color and the pattern was amazingly simple for such a nice look. My co-worker is having her first great grand child and this (along with some baby hats I hope!) is my gift to her.

My boss is also having a new grand baby- her second- and so I'm now picking out a pattern and some colors for her. That baby isn't due until September, so I've got some time. (Because I'm the world's SLOWEST knitter out there!!!)

\"green","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205697.html?view=comments#comments","category":["knitting","baby blanket"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205413.html","pubDate":"Sun, 07 Feb 2016 01:20:52 GMT","title":"well wow, it's been awhile...","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205413.html","description":"

So it's been a while.Sorry. I got blindsided by menopause and well, I'm trying to get around it. Right now it's holding my muses and creatively hostage and has been for a while now. It also seems to have sucked all the energy out of me as well. Bitch.

I just got my desktop back after the video card died on me last week. This rig is seven years old and sure, I'm due for a new one. But the thought of getting a new one set up makes me want to weep. Getting all my software put back on, updates loaded, everything transferred. Ugh. I can't deal with that right now. So yeah, a new video card seems to have done the trick. Keep your fingers crossed.

I still love my job- medical chart auditing is fascinating and I learn more and more everyday. And having a really nice boss certainly helps. We moved our offices from our downtown location (the neighborhood was sketchy at best) to one of the suburbs. The commute is longer for me again, but I really like the location so much better. And I'm no longer crammed into a corner with my boss's aide. Believe me, we were pretty much living in sin we were that on top of each other. Now the three of us have a big private room all to ourselves. It's quiet and secluded and I breathe so much easier. Now that we survived the huge change in the medical billing world called ICD-10, I can focus on adding to my credentials. (It's not like I'm writing or anything here so no excuses.)

I am vidding though. I've got one now I really like and I keep chipping away at it. It's at least halfway there. If I can finish it in time, it will go to RevelCon<\/a> which has been very kind to me. I've now won three times there with one Tour of Duty and two from Hawaii Five-0. I've already submitted one but was asked if I had anymore so we'll see if I can pull off this other one in time. If not, there is always next year.

Speaking of cons, I know that ConTxt is rolling back around this year. I think it's in July this year and it's in a new location too. But I was less than impressed with the last one and the one before that was okay. I have people I would love to see again but honestly, I think I'm going to bow out of it this time around. I had a very good time at <\/a>wincon<\/b><\/a><\/span> back in October with <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span> and met some really awesome people. (And premiered a Five-0 vid there<\/a>)  Honestly, I felt more welcome there. So I'm going to sit this ConTxt out I think, save the money and vacation time (I'd have to use 2 days). And honestly, July is not the best month- I go to Charlotte for a week as it is.

There is a lot more, but none of it is that interesting. Not that the above is either, but... at least I sat down and said something. btw... Go Broncos!
<\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/205413.html?view=comments#comments","category":["song vidding","revelcon","vidding","wincon","contxt"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204936.html","pubDate":"Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:12:45 GMT","title":"New vid: We Should Hang Out","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204936.html","description":"Vid Title: We Should Hang Out
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: Steve and Danno
Song: We Should Hang Out by Con Bro Chill
Debuted at WinCon 2015
 Direct link should the embed below not work: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kj9Dmjmpj6g<\/a>

Just a fun McDanno slash vid I put together. I held it as it was a premier at WinCon which was just over a week ago.

","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204936.html?view=comments#comments","category":["steve and danno","danny williams","vidding","steve mcgarrett","wincon","h50","danno","hawaii five-0","fanvidding"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204726.html","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:14:55 GMT","title":"WinCon","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204726.html","description":"Anyone on my limited flist who is at Wincon with <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span> and me? We got in last night and hit it off with one of the con organizers.

Today everything gets started at after the opening ceremonies at 10:30. There isn't any morning panels that interests me but I've got a couple things marked out for the afternoon and the vid show is at 4. That I'm excited about of course as I've got my newest Five-0 vid in that. :)

I'll try to be good and actually do updates but I've been so horrible at this lately that I wouldn't hold your breath.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204726.html?view=comments#comments","category":"wincon"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204481.html","pubDate":"Sat, 08 Aug 2015 18:12:27 GMT","title":"Mattresses","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204481.html","description":"<\/a>henrycat<\/b><\/a><\/span> will tell you I've needed a new mattress for years. But I'd been unwilling to get one for a few reasons. And really, what I really wanted was very expensive so I felt I needed to wait. But lately I've been waking up in a lot more pain than is easily bearable. (putting weight back on has made that clear) And I'm sleeping lousy. I wake up hurting and exhausted every day and well, enough is enough. I finally caved this morning and took the plunge. Yeah, I bought a Tempurpedic. God they are expensive but it is an investment. Of course the salesman tries me out on the $8000 mattress first and OMG is was heaven!! But that was so not happening either. In the end I spent a lot but hey, this should be it for me for many, many years so it's done.

So yeah, HCat, you can stop rolling your eyes at me. It's like when I finally caved and got glasses. I'd reached my threshold of pain and there you have it.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204481.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204058.html","pubDate":"Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:43:02 GMT","title":"Loss of a beloved pet","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204058.html","description":"We lost our sweet Qui-gon today. He was always my fat orange cat (for which I have the LJ name.) We had him for 16 years. Originally he was a stray that was homeless and hungry and living on handouts between a laundromat and a gas station during one of our worst winters here at the time. We brought him home and my son named him after a Jedi Knight.

I'm devastated of course. And this is the first time in almost 30 years we do not have an orange tabby in the house. We have the girls still so we aren't without lovely kitties. But he was my special old man and I miss him dearly.

\"DSC00474\"","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/204058.html?view=comments#comments","category":["qui-gon","cats"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203917.html","pubDate":"Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:45:30 GMT","title":"Well yikes","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203917.html","description":"WinCon has a much earlier submission date for their vidshow this year and I almost didn't see it! Yikes! I've had a Five-0 vid in it for the last 4 years I think and had intended to this year- espeically since I'll actually be able to attend this one! So I guess I'd best kick my ass into gear on the one I have started because August 1st will be here way too fast.

I missed a bunch of other things on LJ it seems as well and I apologize for missing:

The lovely <\/a>catyah<\/b><\/a><\/span>'s birthday! You are one of the sweetest ladies I've ever met and I do hope you had a wonderful day. And that you will have a wonderful upcoming year filled with lots of books and friends.

My BFF announced to everyone about her new job and location. I want nothing but the best for you, <\/a>henrycat<\/b><\/a><\/span> and I can't wait to come out there and visit you and your wonderful new home. (hugs)

<\/a>sassyinkpen<\/b><\/a><\/span>, I hope everything worked out on your consolidation project. It sounds all so promising and that things are finally coming together for you. You certainly deserve it!

I'm sure there are other news I'm missing so I'll say I'm sorry again. Hopefully my summer will slow down a bit here and I can keep on top of things more. ","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203917.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203642.html","pubDate":"Sun, 17 May 2015 15:36:45 GMT","title":"Warm weather at last","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203642.html","description":"It seems spring really has gotten here with summer fast on it's heels. It's hard to believe that three weeks ago we had snow. Thank god that seems to be a distant memory now. Although I think I'm still suffering PTSD from the winter that we thought would never leave here!

With that thought, I've started walking again. My streak is 2 1\/2 weeks right now and I'm building back up to my 3 to 3 1\/2 mile daily jaunt. The practice I work for sponsors a Prostate Cancer walk and I signed onto one of the teams. It's 3 1\/2 miles so I'm working my way fast back to that as it's June 27th. Wish me luck. Speaking of the practice I work for- we are moving our offices. Sort of.

Right now I'm located just off of downtown in a not so nice neighborhood. And we are in with the doctors and clinical and it's very, very crowded. So they found us new digs on the far side of town from me and all of the billing, administration and accounting are going there- which would include me. My boss brought us over Thursday to check out our space which is going to be nice and private. I'll no longer be sitting on top of my companion nor crammed into a corner. That will be refreshing. And since I work with audits and spreadsheets that people should not be peering over my shoulder and looking at because it's NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS- it will be nice not to have to keep blanking my screen every time someone decides to hang out by my desk. The trade off is I'm back to a long commute again. *sigh*. But it will be in a nicer part of town with decent parking. And I'll just be a down the street from <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span> and the park where we walk twice a week.

Memorial weekend is next week which means I'm off to Kit's for the long weekend. And that it's Media West. Two of my vids are going to be shown there this year- a first for me as I've never had any shown. Thank you to <\/a>candyjbshsc<\/b><\/a><\/span> for her help in arranging to get them.

Our one older cat- Qui-gon has been sick these past few weeks which has taken up a lot of my energy. But we think we finally have him turned around. He seems genuinely happier and is poking around the house and laying at the back slider door in front of the screen, letting the breeze blow over him. Two weeks ago we had said goodbye and I thought I'd not see him again but the vet told us to hang in and we think we have him on the right track now. Thank god. I'm not ready to let him go. He's 16 but we're hoping we have a couple more years of happiness with him.

Still struggling to write. Hoping that I can really turn that around and jumpstart it when I go to Kit's. <\/a>kapuahi<\/b><\/a><\/span> is hanging in with me with our blogging project despite the fact that I am failing miserably. I hope to have that Rachel entry to you by the end of the day- dear one! I'm almost there! (after like 5 false starts... sigh)","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203642.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203350.html","pubDate":"Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:11:40 GMT","title":"Wined and dined","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203350.html","description":"Wow, it's been quite a week. My birthday was Sunday and I've eaten out more this week than I have all year it seems! Mind you- I'm not complaining- far from that in fact! I'm very flattered and touched.

This started last Saturday in Buffalo with Kit who took me out to Mexican. We've been trying to find a good place for years and it was a score with this one.
Thursday my work companion, Anne, bought me lunch.
Friday my husband and son took me to the Outback for steak and lobster.
Rounded this all up with a lovely early dinner with <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span> at Red Lobster.

So wow.

It was also a crazy week at work. My boss had a presentation yesterday- Saturday is the only day she seemed to be able to get all our physicians, PAs and NPs together. But that meant Anne and I had to pull together a bunch of stuff. She copied and scanned things while I pulled research and regs from CMS (Medicare\/Medicaid). This all meant that I got almost no auditing done and I have piles on my desk of hospital audits, office audits and appeal requests that require I verify if we can appeal to begin with. I have these all in neat piles but that doesn't get them done. They just sit there, silently accusing me. So this week I will need to dig in and push hard to get caught up. At least I really, really like what I do now. :)

We've also had some nice weather but that gets tossed out the window this week with cold and rain and dare I say- flurries? (Sweet baby Jesus, make it stop already!) <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span>, my dear friend- I guess it's good we are NOT starting our walking this week. The weather would have laughed in our faces. Lets hope next week will be the ticket.

Job aside, this week has been my week to start to pull my act together. I've got some of my outlines out for both fanfic and regular novels. And notes for a vid I want to have done for WinCon this year. Espeically since <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span> and I are going! Woot! It's just so cool it's in our back yard this year with it being in Pittsburg.

Time to get things ready for another week of the job.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203350.html?view=comments#comments","category":"wincon"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203211.html","pubDate":"Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:27:25 GMT","title":"Update on project","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203211.html","description":"

<\/p>\"\"

I'm still learning how to post from my phone here, LOL.<\/p>

Anyway, wanted to post an update on my Spring Moon x-stitch project. I so love this project.<\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/203211.html?view=comments#comments","category":"cross stitching"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202898.html","pubDate":"Mon, 13 Apr 2015 01:05:52 GMT","title":"Seriously, I am alive...","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202898.html","description":"I realize I haven't been here that much this winter. Really not at all. It was, by any upstate New Yorker's standard a miserable winter. One of the worst I've had to wallow through in years. Added to that was the fact that I've been sick for the better part of two monthes. A head cold that eventually went to a chest cold that turned into a cough that just would NOT let go. Then two weeks ago I lost my voice. (I know, there are many cheering at that notion...) It just wore me down by inches, leaving me curled up in a corner of the couch doing nothing. I have't written a single word of fanfic or on my regular projects, no vidding at all. I barely knit, really not much and I had started a lovely cross stitch project that has been languishing for weeks now.

Finally on Monday, I dragged myself to the Urgent Care and got antibiotics. (Those that remember my last encounter with Urgent Care nearly left me dead due to a botched diagnosis.) The upside is- I feel human again. My voice is 95% back and I can breathe again. And this is the first Sunday evening where I haven't felt worse than better in weeks. I even went to Buffalo for the first time this season to enjoy my dear friend, Kit and to celebrate my birthday. :)

I owe a huge apology and long note and everything else to you, <\/a>kapuahi<\/b><\/a><\/span>. I am so sorry for blowing it with our combined project that I simply just dropped for two months. And haven't really had the decency to write to you either. I will try to fix that this week now that I feel like a person again. I hope you can forgive me and give me another chance.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202898.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202719.html","pubDate":"Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:22:34 GMT","title":"Birthday wishes","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202719.html","description":"To my dearest and closest friend, I wish <\/a>henrycat<\/b><\/a><\/span> a very special, bright and happy birthday! May your most desired wishes come true. I don't know where I would be without you. Be happy, enjoy the day and I've got my fingers crossed that good news comes this week if it didn't come today. ((hugs))

And for you- a happy dance!

\"calvin","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202719.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202445.html","pubDate":"Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:51:54 GMT","title":"Memo: Winter sucks","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202445.html","description":"Our bay window is leaking right now due to ice damming on the roof. Oh the joy. Husband is up there chipping at it. Here is what it looks like in upstate NY on this beautiful February day. (Why isn't there a sarcasm font? Could so use one right now.)

\"snow

\"snow","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202445.html?view=comments#comments","category":"winter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202079.html","pubDate":"Sun, 25 Jan 2015 23:38:08 GMT","title":"Projects","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202079.html","description":"Keeping an eye on that monster storm coming up the coast. My sister will get hit hard but it looks as if, so far, we will only get 5 inches at most. I can deal with that. Now back to our regularly scheduled program...

I do some cross stitching- I used to do a LOT of it but when my friend moved down to South Carolina several years ago, it never seemed the same. Still, I do work on projects- small ones that are quicker satisfaction that way. I haven't had the urge or energy to set up and work on a larger piece. But this week I set up a beautiful piece that will take me some time only because I'm slow and it can't go with me everywhere. It's called Spring Moon. (Click here to see the pattern<\/a>)

\"spring

I also picked up some pretty new yarn.

\"leggins

The fingering weight is Noro, with some silk in it. Beautiful stuff. The yarn on the right I got to make this pair of leg warmers.<\/a> It's always chilly in my office and a draft is forever blowing out of my boss's office along the floor and over my feet and ankles. These look simple and easy enough for even me to handle.

On an unrelated note- I decided to trade in my tracfone finally and get a smart phone. I signed up today and hopefully will have it by the end of the week. It was past time for me to get with the modern age.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/202079.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201972.html","pubDate":"Fri, 23 Jan 2015 01:24:26 GMT","title":"Vid shows and glasses","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201972.html","description":"I just picked up both pairs of my new glasses. Wow, what a difference they make! It's like the entire world went into HD for me! I love them! My crunched\/scratched\/twisted pair is now tossed in my glove box in case of emergency but with two brand new pairs, I hopefully won't ever need them again. I wish I could have been able to save the frames for later use but that's not gonna happen.

On an unrelated note- I just entered my songvid- Kryptonite<\/a> at Revelcon<\/a>. Sadly I never get to this conference but I've always got a vid to enter and I've won twice. Once for Tour of Duty<\/i> with The Whole Platoon is Gay, and last year with Let's Talk About Sex<\/a> from Five-0<\/i>. (Considering that Let's Talk About Sex wasn't good enough for another con, I was very pleased it did so well here!)","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201972.html?view=comments#comments","category":["glasses","song vidding","revelcon","vidding"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201657.html","pubDate":"Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:32:49 GMT","title":"So I got new glasses. And another thing...","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201657.html","description":"I was way over due to get my eyes checked and see about new glasses, something I took care of tonight. Because I had to. It was, let us say, that kind of week.

It's been bitterly cold here, which means that most parking lots in the greater upstate NY area are a sheet of ice. Which I found out the hard way on Tuesday on my way to the employee entrance where I work. Okay, admittedly, I'm not the most graceful thing even in a pair of sneakers even in the summer, so yeah, between the ice and my questionable talents, I found myself sprawled face down on frozen asphalt. Good grief. Hands and knees scraped up, my tote upended and scattered (along with what little dignity I ever had) and thankfully, only my glasses broken. It could have been a helluva lot worse.

I do work in a medical office so a nurse came right over to my desk and helped clean me up and make sure I wasn't hurt worse. My boss was furious because I'm not the only employee to take unauthorized skating lessons in our parking lot and fail. She stormed over to HR and chewed someone a new one, then came back with an accident report for me to fill out.

My glasses weren't a total loss, thank god. I got them bent back enough that I can manage. But if anything good can come out of my pure embarrassment, it was that I was forced to finally get my eyes checked. And with that I ordered two new pairs of chick glasses. (It seems my prescription had changed, a lot. Which could account for the increasing headaches over the last few months.)

Bah humbug, I hate winter.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201657.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201330.html","pubDate":"Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:12:41 GMT","title":"knitting organization","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201330.html","description":"I don't make resolutions because I just blow them- usually within the first week. But I do make plans and the one that is always ongoing for me is getting organized. I have a ton of yarn and knitting supplies. The yarn I'm going to get all in one place (I have it in clear tubs) so that I have a handle on it. What would be nicer is if I took the time to sort it out by weight but that can be further down the road. Yarn that I buy for specific projects though, I want to bag with the pattern and store together. That way at least I know why I got a specific yarn to begin with rather than just picking up a pretty when I'm some place.

I have a bunch of knitting supplies that include two large sets of interchangeable circular needles, two sets of 6" double pointeds and misc other types of needles, crochet hooks, cords and what not. I had it in a larger plastic box with a handle but it wasn't working for me. So I went to Target and picked up 2 smaller snap stackables with handles and finally got everything exactly where I want it and how I want it.



\"organized\"

\"stacked\"

And my treat to myself are these incredible double pointeds. A friend of mine had these and I love the way the felt in your hand and how the yarn worked with them. I want to learn to do socks and mittens and such now I have the needles to do that.

\"dbl




I have a ton of cross stiching supplies including a craft shop's worth of patterns. That's my next organizing project. Aren't you thrilled?","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201330.html?view=comments#comments","category":["knitting","project organize","project clean"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201010.html","pubDate":"Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:22:54 GMT","title":"Hunger Games","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201010.html","description":"Who has seen the new Hunger Games movie- Mocking Jay? (I see you over there, <\/a>decynthus<\/b><\/a><\/span>, waving your hands! We went together, LOL!) No, seriously? Decynthus and I went yesterday and to be completely honest, I wasn't sure what to expect. My son enjoyed it- he saw it opening day. But I've read comments and reviews that said it's all talk and no action. It's mostly under ground, no color, none of the excitement of the games themselves. And I kept wondering if these same people had read the books- because it doesn't sound like it to me.

Anyway, I completely enjoyed it. I thought there was plenty of action and it's definitely darker and certainly sadder. But I have read the books and I knew what the third story entailed. And I felt they did a good job of staying with the canon. I'll be curious to see how this ends- if they stay with the ending as it's written which is not a happy ever after- just a closure that is realistic for these characters and what they'd been through, especially Katniss.

These books hold a special place in my heart because of the story behind them. She self published these when self publishing was just barely getting off the ground. She couldn't get them picked up by a traditonal big house publisher but when she hit it big self publishing them, they all raced to her doorstep. So yeah, these books are special to me for a few reasons.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/201010.html?view=comments#comments","category":"hunger games"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200913.html","pubDate":"Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:06:50 GMT","title":"Contemplations and dog sitting","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200913.html","description":"I haven't been around a lot I realized. This new job that I've now had for six months has just totally set me off kilter. And one would think I would be back on track but I can't seem to get there. I come home and I'm whipped and all I want to do is curl up in a corner of the couch and either read or stare at the TV. I've done absolutely NO writing or viding since I was at Kit's back at the end of October. (And even there I really got next to nothing accomplished.) I seem to be stuck in this rut of absolutely no inspiration and not sure how to get out of it at this point.

I do like the job- I really enjoy being a medical chart auditor. But I came into this field with some really bare bones training and a totally new specialty. I did billing for Radiology for the better part of nine years. Now I'm in Urology and anyone who does medical billing and\/or coding will tell you that if you specialize, it's very hard to switch gears. I'm working at it, hard, but I've come up short in areas. My boss seems pretty okay with it. Thank god because apparently my training in one area was woefully lacking and I really botched a bunch of charts involving catheter changes. (They are almost as much fun auditing as they are actually getting one in the hospital! Oy!)

But, let me just say again, I DO like this job and don't miss the complete bullshit of my previous employer. Come 4th of July week though, I will once again be job hunting down in the great Charlotte area. That's the plan anyway.

I am Stella sitting today. :) I really do enjoy coming over here and watching the big goofball. She's presently sacked out on the couch. All 90+ pounds of her. This after an hour or so of sun bathing on the back deck- in the freezing cold. LOL. Anyway, I brought the laptop here, my flash drive of various Five-0 wips, my Mark and Josh novel and my numerous viding projects. Who knows, maybe I can actually get something done today.","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200913.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200460.html","pubDate":"Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:31:32 GMT","title":"Treating myself","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200460.html","description":"I had a coupon to burn at FatGirlsRUS<\/strike> Dress Barn and since I'm always in need of dress up clothes for this job, went down to use it today. And found myself a sweet leather coat IN MY SIZE! (Hand over heart) OMG, yes!

And it fit.

And best of all, it was 30% off and my coupon was another 30% so score!

I've never owned a leather coat.

I'll stop squeeing now. Oh, I did get some new tops for work too. LOL. ","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200460.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200271.html","pubDate":"Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:35:59 GMT","title":"baby blanket","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200271.html","description":"Had a baby shower for a co-worker from my previous job. This was the blanket I knitted for her- she's having a boy that is due on Christmas day. Have to admit, I love these colors. The pattern was the standard blue\/pink\/white but just loved how these looked.

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\"renee's","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200271.html?view=comments#comments","category":["knitting","baby blanket"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200016.html","pubDate":"Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:07:18 GMT","title":"I'm not easily impressed","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200016.html","description":"My sister gave me a 7" Kindle Fire HD as my Christmas present last year. And I loved it right away. I have a ton of stuff on it and it's in my bag and goes everywhere with me. Just love the damn thing. But over the last several weeks it has developed a problem of just shutting down without warning. I could have a full charge on it and it would up and do this to me in the middle of reading a book or watching an episode I downloaded. To add to that, it would be a pain to get it to turn back on. A couple of times it took me over 20 minutes.

So I contacted Amazon today- ended up in a live chat with a rep who asked me a couple of simple questions and said they were priority shipping me a brand new Kindle Fire HD and a mailing label to ship back this one- free of cost.

Well wow.

Seriously.

W. O. W.

In this day and age of sucky customer service and miserable representatives who sound bored and or annoyed that you would even bother them, this was nothing short of a breath of fresh air. I was on this chat less than five minutes- they didn't accuse me of misusing or damaging the device. Just, we are so sorry there is a problem and let us send you a new one. Period.

So yeah, may I say- if you are thinking of eReader\/Tablet as a gift for the holidays- I'm all over the Kindle Fire HD. ","comments":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/200016.html?view=comments#comments","category":["kindle fire hd","amazon.com"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/199696.html","pubDate":"Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:14:21 GMT","title":"New songvid- Kryptonite","author":"fatorangekat","link":"https:\/\/fatorangekat.livejournal.com\/199696.html","description":"I've had this one done for a while, but was holding it until it debuted at <\/a>wincon<\/b><\/a><\/span> this past Saturday.

It's also my birthday present to the lovely <\/a>kapuahi<\/b><\/a><\/span>- wanted so much pretty just for her.

Vid: Kryptonite
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams
Found on YouTube HERE<\/a>

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