So, 80 degrees yesterday.
78 today at 2pm.
It's supposed to be 50 at midnight.
32 by 7 a.m.
15 by 7 p.m.
O.o
o.O
Texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy's Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset hounds and her beloved wife, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When she's not doing that, she's writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting and surfing Pinterest in the name of research. BA's personal saviors include her wife, Julia Talbot, her best friend, Sean Michael, and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
TV shows and DVRs.
I spent a lot of my Christmas vacation cleaning out my DVR.
I got caught up on NCIS, NCIS LA, Criminal Minds, and Castle. I still have An Ordinary Family and Blue Bloods left to watch.
I gave up on Detroit 187 early on – it’s too gritty for me and none of the characters called my name.
Hawaii Five-O was the new show that we watched in real time this fall. The McGarrett character makes Julia a little stupid.
I’ve just started watching Glee – haven’t decided where I fall yet. Not yet. Let me mainline a little more…
I got caught up on NCIS, NCIS LA, Criminal Minds, and Castle. I still have An Ordinary Family and Blue Bloods left to watch.
I gave up on Detroit 187 early on – it’s too gritty for me and none of the characters called my name.
Hawaii Five-O was the new show that we watched in real time this fall. The McGarrett character makes Julia a little stupid.
I’ve just started watching Glee – haven’t decided where I fall yet. Not yet. Let me mainline a little more…
Friday, January 14, 2011
Cons!
whistles happily
So, who’s coming to LA to the Romantic Times Convention in April?
I’ll be there.
So will Julia.
There will be books.
Margaritas.
Goofiness.
We need to start plotting our redneck costumes…
Also, I'll be at Authors After Dark in Philly in August and GayRomCon in NOLA in October. :D
So, who’s coming to LA to the Romantic Times Convention in April?
I’ll be there.
So will Julia.
There will be books.
Margaritas.
Goofiness.
We need to start plotting our redneck costumes…
Also, I'll be at Authors After Dark in Philly in August and GayRomCon in NOLA in October. :D
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Stock Show Season.
Oh, y’all.
Do you feel that? That in the air?
You know what it is?
RODEO!
Bull riding. Roping. Denver. Ft. Worth. San Antone. Houston. Austin. Bronc riding. Barrel racing. Clowns.
Concerts.
The beginning of regular rodeo series.
Ropes. Wranglers. Chaps. Cowboys.
C.
O.
W.
B.
O.
Y.
S.
I.
Are you ready?
I’m ready.
Do you feel that? That in the air?
You know what it is?
RODEO!
Bull riding. Roping. Denver. Ft. Worth. San Antone. Houston. Austin. Bronc riding. Barrel racing. Clowns.
Concerts.
The beginning of regular rodeo series.
Ropes. Wranglers. Chaps. Cowboys.
C.
O.
W.
B.
O.
Y.
S.
I.
Are you ready?
I’m ready.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Happy birthday to me! (Yesterday)
Wow. I’m 40. Four. Oh.
Does that make me old now? I don’t feel old. In fact, I’m feeling better every day.
You know how people say, I didn’t think I’d get this far? I really think I’d get this far.
This weekend started on Friday with a party, then Saturday there was pedicuritude. Sunday I got a loom from Julia, brunch at my favorite restaurant, and strawberry cupcakes. :D
Grins
Now I’ll have to make another goal. Live to 90, maybe?
Man, do y’all think I’ll still be writing smut then?
Does that make me old now? I don’t feel old. In fact, I’m feeling better every day.
You know how people say, I didn’t think I’d get this far? I really think I’d get this far.
This weekend started on Friday with a party, then Saturday there was pedicuritude. Sunday I got a loom from Julia, brunch at my favorite restaurant, and strawberry cupcakes. :D
Grins
Now I’ll have to make another goal. Live to 90, maybe?
Man, do y’all think I’ll still be writing smut then?
Friday, January 7, 2011
Happy Birthday to MEEEEE!
My birthday!
Okay, it’s not today, it’s Sunday, but I’m celebrating today.
It’s one of the big birthdays (the ones with the zeros on the end, ack), but I’m feeling pretty good about it. I’m healthy, happy, I have the best job in the world, an amazing hairstylist, red glasses, and basset hounds.
My thirtieth birthday was spent in the hospital with a lung abscess, so every birthday after just gets better and better. (Although, for this birthday (another one with a zero on the end), I am recovering from pneumonia. It's a thing.)
Grins
Oh, and Julia’s throwing me a margarita party tonight. Score!
Okay, it’s not today, it’s Sunday, but I’m celebrating today.
It’s one of the big birthdays (the ones with the zeros on the end, ack), but I’m feeling pretty good about it. I’m healthy, happy, I have the best job in the world, an amazing hairstylist, red glasses, and basset hounds.
My thirtieth birthday was spent in the hospital with a lung abscess, so every birthday after just gets better and better. (Although, for this birthday (another one with a zero on the end), I am recovering from pneumonia. It's a thing.)
Grins
Oh, and Julia’s throwing me a margarita party tonight. Score!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Desk Kama Sutra
One of my writerly friends in Canada (waves to SM) sent me a magnetic kama sutra desk toy for Christmas.
This thing… Y’all…
I mean, it’s obscene. It’s hilarious.
It’s impossible not to mess with. I’m telling you, I’ve got these poor little genderless bald weirdoes in positions unheard of by anyone not into hard core perversion.
(Which, okay, explains why SM knew where to find one, but still…)
I love it.
Love it.
So, that’s why I had to share with y’all.
This thing… Y’all…
I mean, it’s obscene. It’s hilarious.
It’s impossible not to mess with. I’m telling you, I’ve got these poor little genderless bald weirdoes in positions unheard of by anyone not into hard core perversion.
(Which, okay, explains why SM knew where to find one, but still…)
I love it.
Love it.
So, that’s why I had to share with y’all.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Happy New Year!
Resolutions.
I know it’s not cool to make resolutions anymore, but I still do it. Most of mine this year are pretty specific. I’m trying to eat a fruit and/or veggie with every meal/snack. I’m going to shoot for reading 100 books for pleasure in 2011 (in 2010, I made it to 88). I’m putting back $20 a week to put into a savings account for my big 45th birthday trip to the Galapagos and Macchu Picchu.
I’m also going to try not to get hurt again in 2011. In 2010, I dislocated a shoulder, tore a quad, and pulled an Achilles. No. Fun.
On the writing front, I’m going to set a goal of finishing one novel per month. We’ll see in December how I do. I have friends that can accomplish that, but I’m not quite there. With the Turn of the Screw serial fiction going away, though, that’ll free up one day a week for novel writing, so we’ll see how I do.
A girl’s got to have a goal, right?
Right.
Wish me luck.
I know it’s not cool to make resolutions anymore, but I still do it. Most of mine this year are pretty specific. I’m trying to eat a fruit and/or veggie with every meal/snack. I’m going to shoot for reading 100 books for pleasure in 2011 (in 2010, I made it to 88). I’m putting back $20 a week to put into a savings account for my big 45th birthday trip to the Galapagos and Macchu Picchu.
I’m also going to try not to get hurt again in 2011. In 2010, I dislocated a shoulder, tore a quad, and pulled an Achilles. No. Fun.
On the writing front, I’m going to set a goal of finishing one novel per month. We’ll see in December how I do. I have friends that can accomplish that, but I’m not quite there. With the Turn of the Screw serial fiction going away, though, that’ll free up one day a week for novel writing, so we’ll see how I do.
A girl’s got to have a goal, right?
Right.
Wish me luck.
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