I have no idea when I last posted here.

I miss the old days when we were active. I could spend the entire evening reading, posting, commenting. I actually fell asleep a couple of times.

I posted the next story in my Slap verse.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21960466

I'm having problems posting. Fanfiction won't post at all, all the formatting data shows. And the crosspost from Dreamwidth to LJ seems to be broken. So. This post is to test that. Good luck to me

If Fanfiction fails again, I'll only be posting here, LJ and AO3 in future.

Edit: I just got a notification from Dreamwidth that the post was too large. Ok. I can deal with that here but FF is still full of data.

First fic in this fandom. Just a drabble.

Tall?

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Here's the last chapter of my Tony!SEAL 'verse. I hope you enjoy it.

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I finally finished the Epilogue to my Tony!SEAL series. It's not betaed yet but it's done.

I need to repost my library on AO3. The whole job is very daunting as I've been writing for fifteen years and produced more than 3 million words over 64 stories; one of which has 64(?) chapters. Ugh!

I think I bitched about this about a year ago but still. So ... which story should I do first?

First thing, I have writers block. Massive, massive block. I managed one sentence this last week. One! OMG!

I've never had block before in fifteen years of writing fanfic. Never. I'm really upset about it. I know others get it and manage but ... seriously, I feel like I'm mentally constipated, it sucks so bad.

I think one of the reasons is that I'm writing a story I really don't want to do but one of my readers asked for it and I said yes. I really want to write the epilogue to the Tony!SEAL 'verse and move on. I've got another NCIS fic outlined and I want to move to that. But I need, need, need to finish this first.

So ... I'm blocked.

On a different note. It snowed today. About and inch but still ... what the fuck Mother Nature? What is your malfunction? Seriously.

On a good note. I got Himself's sweater started. It's looking good. And I've almost finished the shawl on the needles. This shawl is going to be ... not what I wanted. The pattern is beautiful but the lace pattern doesn't make sense, I can't seem to read it. And the bamboo yarn is wonderful in hand, but it's a bitch to knit. It's slick. Holy shit!

So, that's the state of me. Not wonderful, but not bad.

I'm still stuck on my story but not so bummed about it. I was bitching about it on a forum that I visit and someone told me, "The more you worry and try to force it, the less you'll get done." So ... I'm just chillin' for now and writing a bit here and there as inspiration strikes me. I feel better about the whole process.

I know I have trouble with the ends of stories and series and someone pointed this out. Also, I've been working on this series for four (?) years now. I'm just out of ideas. I'm hoping to get this story done and an epilogue. Then, I'm done, and I swear I'll murder the person who says, "Oh, love this. MOAR PLEASE"

I'm stuck on a top. I loved the pattern in the body, but not on the sleeves, so I decided to knit stockinette stitch instead. Miles of it, with a yarn that splits like a bitch. I'm so over this project but I want it done, not stuck in the back of the closet. So I'm pressing on, teeth gritted. Hopefully I'll be done with it very soon.

Yeah.

I'm so bad about commenting that it's redic. But, I don't spell well and hate to just post but sometimes spellchecking and such take too much time.

I've also noticed that all my favorite people from LiveJournal and Dreamwidth have migrated to Twitter, which I despise, or some other new shiny that I don't understand and don't want.

I've reached the end of my Tony!SEAL verse, there's just no more ideas coming. I'm reaching for this last one and it's going to take forever to finish. I have something on the back burner but I hate to start new before I finish the old. I also hate it when someone reviews with comments like, 'I can't wait until you write where Tony (does something they want) Um ... nope, never happen. If you want your thing to happen, write your own story. *grumble*

It's been bitchin' cold here, I haven't been out of the house for weeks. Just to the store and back home. We live in the country and the blacktop is slick as a greased eel.

Christmas was good and New Years Eve. We stayed home and had a nice meal together. Himself isn't much for New Years, neither am I. The one place we used to go closed and everywhere else is full of drunks and jerks. Home is nicer.

I guess that's about it for the rant n' moan.

Why we buy a huge turkey for Christmas:

Traditional Turkey dinner
Hot Turkey sandwiches
Traditional Turkey pie
Turkey Pie Shepherds Pie style
Turkey hash
Turkey soup with dumplings

Yeah, that's why we get a huge turkey.

Merry Christmas!

Here's the last chapter of this story.

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Second chapter. One more to go.

I'd like to take a second to thank my wonderful betas Jake and Jordre without whom my stories would be littered with misplaced commas and other technical errors. So ... Thanks so much.

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Abby and Ducky have been invited to present. This does not turn out as expected.

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Blast! Where did the time go? I resolved to post at least every other day. Oh, well. Been busy with the season.

A friend asked me why I didn't do Christmas cards anymore. The last year I did them it cost me over $100 dollars. What with stamps, markers, card stock and postage it broke the bank. Ouch. Just can't afford it anymore.

There are three people who will get one, probably late, because they sent me one.

The next story in my Tony!SEAL series is done. I expect to start posting it on the 21st. There's only one more story in this series then it's done. I have some ideas for other stories in NCIS but this series is finished.

I've made these for years and just realized that I made up the recipe. Or as Elizabeth Zimmerman would say, unvented it.

Red-neck Potato pancakes

1 c leftover mashed potatoes
1/2 c leftover hashbrowns with or without onions
1 egg
salt
pepper
flour (just enough to make dough. Probably tablespoon or a bit more.)

mix together

make into patties and fry in butter

Serve with chive sour cream.

I love tea. But ... (Knew that was coming, didn't you.) I'm not that fond of blends, especially ones with herbs. They usually have one or both of the things I truly hate, anything that tastes like liquorish and hibiscus. Liquorish tastes like cough medicine and hibiscus is just sour. No amount of sugar will fix it. I'm also not going to drink Earl Grey or any form of it, like Lady Grey. Tastes like gin. Ick!