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Thanks for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've been gone from MA for 23 years but still think of it as 'home'. Working on the shifter story later.

Things I learned today: 1. Cleaning out the garage is a major task (but I got about half done). 2. Cleaning out the garage will induce tears when I come across a box of stuff my older son left behind. Stuff from kindergarten and first grade. Yes, nostalgia makes me cry. 3. Cleaning out the garage makes you itch when you have to bag up the old AC insulation that the installers left behind. 4. I still hate spiders! (Lots of them in a garage that hasn't hasn't been cleaned out in 1.5 years) 5. No matter how how much stronger I've gotten since going to the gym.... Cleaning the garage makes my back and hips ache. Ugh. 6. I'm proud of myself for tackling this mess in the first place. Hubby just started mandatory overtime. 12 hour shifts, 5 nights a week. I won't see much of him for the next month and we have to juggle 2 cars with 3 people working, but it's doable. Tomorrow I'll work on the rest of the garage and next weekend tackle the Christmas decorations. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend. It's time for me to chill with some whiskey, maybe write a little bit, and take the puppers for a walk.

There's nothing wrong with vanilla. But sometimes you just gotta have some sprinkles too! I'm glad you're enjoying the story! (Although you might want to skip 'Raising the Limit' and 'Pushing the Limit'. Both involve a non-vanilla relationship. 'A Tattoo for Lex' and 'When Opportunity Knocks' are more traditional romance stories. I'm also branching out and am almost done with a shifter story, so hopefully by Christmas I'll have it ready to start posting 🤞)

Enjoy your day, whether it be with friends or family. Be thankful you're not a pug dressed up like a turkey!

I've been working out.... with weights even, consistently, since August. I was almost wishing I had the 60lbs back that I lost, just to use as leverage against my stubborn neep. I did get the upper hand finally. Happy boiling Kitt!

Awww.... Going back a couple of days to when @mollyhousemouse asked to hear about something good that happened, well, that day wasn't particularly good, but today one of my Canadian residents who just got back brought me a can of pure maple syrup. Grade A amber. It's in a can, which I don't ever recall seeing before. Plastic bottle, yes. Glass bottle, yes. I guess I need to find my pointy can opener thingy. Hubby and I are going to see The Eternals tonight. Yup, another Marvel movie. 😏🙄🤐 Hope everyone had a good day!

Please let tim know I'm sending good thoughts his way. The hardest roads to travel are usually the longest. It's good that he's improving. Take care of yourself too. xo

I just realized that I spent pretty much my entire life thinking rutabaga was turnips. Those big, waxy yellow brown things? Yeah..They're really rutabaga. Turnips are the smaller purple and white things. Mind blown.

Thanks Reader!! That definitely helped. They had a video that explained the difference between the types. My son asked for one for Xmas and I had no clue where to start. The one these ladies recommended is on sale from Kohls for $69.99 and I had $30 in Kohl's cash so I got it for $39.99. I like those kind of deals. It'll probably cost me more to ship it to him. 😆 Of course I had to order one for myself 😏😊 Thanks Rick! I will definitely try some of these out. Looking forward to seeing how they come out.

They're done, and they're not too bad roasted. Definitely better than boiled. Now the apple pie (with Fireball of course) is in the oven.

My husband says it's not Thanksgiving without mashed turnips and carrots. I can take it or leave it. This year I'm roasting them instead of boiling to death. Maybe it'll help?

All reasons why I'm a dog person...lol

I'm off today. Which means I'm cooking. Trying to get everything but the turkey cooked for Thursday. Couple of questions: Does anyone use an air fryer? If so, pros and cons? Also, turnips [rutabaga here in the south] ... who the hell first decided "Hey this stuff stinks to high heaven, let's cook it and eat it!" Hope everyone has a decent Monday!

I tried the random.org number generator that Cia mentioned in the article about trying a new genre. I got 106. Espionage. Hmmmmm.... should I try it?

Well, I've had my mom all of three hours. Her dementia is even worse than it was 3 weeks ago. It breaks my heart. She cried when I told her supper was ready. She cried when I said I couldn't bring her home until tomorrow. However, when I gave her a cookie she smiled brightly. If only a cookie could bring back her mind. 😪

Weird shit sometimes pops into my head. This was a good one!

Very nice Wayne.

Overall it was a pretty 💩 day for me too. One little thing after another, but even though it was all minor issues that kept piling up, I made it through and kept a positive attitude. I'll put that in the win column. Next.

I forgot my phone at home today. Surprisingly I wasn't as lost as I thought I'd be. My work phone however.... wish I could permanently lose it. One of my biggest pet peeves is when the phone rings, whoever is on the other line goes through all the prompts, listens to the message that you're out of the office or on another call, gets to the beep to leave a message and...... they hang up. WTF? Then they call back 4 more times withing the next 10 minutes and do the same damn thing! Meanwhile I'm on the phone with my boss trying to figure out what we can do about a title that's all messed up and he's Iike "you need to get that? Of course when I called the person back it was "Do you know when the trash pickup is next week. They don't pick up on Thanksgiving do they?" Idiots. I have a 3 day weekend. Taking care of mom tomorrow. It will be the first overnight since April. Have a good night everyone!

Yup.... only Satan could come up with a creature so...... odd.

@spyke @Danilo Syrtis @Wayne Gray Y'all have never seen me attempt to eat rice with chopsticks. I've been taught how to hold them. Shown numerous times and the rice could be sticky enough to form golf balls and stilll.... ugh. I won't even use a fork anymore. Soup spoon.... the perfect rice shovel!

Damn Google translate. It works with our cleaning girl at work.

Thanks Wayne! Capturing Lucifer us like trying trying to pick up rice with chopsticks... you only get a little bit of what you were actually after. These two are fun to write.

Faking it huh? Somehow I think you know more than you realize. Now.... an averagely intelligent, middle aged, boring, will work til she drops dead, has no clue what she's doing most of the time, wife and mom writing gay romance stories? Now that's faking it!! 😂 Go write Wayne.

Ahhhh... go back and read 'Wait. What, the Devil is Gay?' That was a really short story (1000 words) that I posted for the June Pride Flash Fiction Challenge (and won☺) That covers their first meeting. This is NOT going to be a full fledged story. These guys will only be popping in and out of each other's lives (and my head) sporadically, hence, it's under the 'series' blanket. I have no idea what they're going to be up to next, only time will tell! Good to hear from you trvlbug!