Whine About it Wednesday!
The Short List
1.) Book due.
2.) Butt getting wider with every passing day.
3.) House is a wreck.
4.) Family is a bunch of ungrateful, messy doo-doo heads.
5.) Did I mention the book is due?
Your turn.Â
PS–Agent Jenny Bent with Trident Media is guest-blogging at the Soapbox Queens today!
December 5th, 2007 at 7:11 am
I’ll just ditto your list…in triplicate. And I know for certain my house outmesses yours and I don’t have a tree, no presents bought, no decorations up. Yeah, guess that about covers it for me.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:35 am
No book due, but ditto on the butt and house. And I know my house will beat both Rhonda and Jen’s houses hands down (And send Rhonda into therapy).
December 5th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Hubby just bought a new vehicle last night. I hate spending money. And my house is messy, my clothes are too tight, and I have a warm vacation coming up with nothing to wear because I think my shorts don’t fit. Where am I going to get shorts in December?! At least Victoria’s Secret came through with the Magic Suit bathing suit. And hell yeah, that thing is MAGIC. Underwire hikes me up, criss cross panels hold me in, and my butt doesn’t sag. It was worth the dough.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:46 am
That all sounds about right except I have no book due, which is a whine all on its own. As I told Kimberly last night, I don’t even have any irons in the fire. Sigh…
December 5th, 2007 at 9:02 am
My whine is recovering from yesterday, it was crazy here at the school. I want a quiet day!!!
and I don’t mean maybe. I dinged the *&^%$## out of my “bird” finger yesterday and it’s a little purple and soar but thankfully not broken!!! And I’m stopped up, this crazy weather! My goody for the day is that I finished Rhonda’s book last night, what a great read and I am looking forward to Jennifer’s sequel 
December 5th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I’m right there with you on the finger, Ginger. I sliced open the section between my right thumb and next finger with a butter knife. Still hurts like h*ll.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Eek, Jen. But don’t worry. You’ll get it all done.
Kimberly, I’m sure your house isn’t that bad. You’re too organized to let things go too far.
Ooo, Lynn I love spending money! What sort of vehicle did he get?
Andrea, what about that Blaze iron you were working on???
Ginger, sorry about your finger! (But I am *so* glad you liked my book!)
Danniele, sorry about your finger, too! Have you tried that “skin” stuff that sort of like nail polish? I always use that stuff on hand cuts and it helps.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:52 am
In terms of “irons” I mean stuff circulating, sitting on someone’s desk waited to be rejected, I mean read and adored. I’ve entered no contests, I have no books at any publishing houses. I have one partial with an agent and if I get a Christmas desk cleaning rejection, I’m back to square one. The couple chapters of the Blaze I have is far, far from being considered an iron. Sigh…
December 5th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
If you have a couple of chapters, then that’s not far from an iron! That’ll be ready to send out soon.
December 5th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
The List, as it stands now, is insanely long. I have bought all my gifts and they are patiently waiting for me to get off my expanding backside to wrap them. (that’s for today, with any luck) The tree is still in a semi-naked, bikini model sort of state. (That being that it’s got the basics on, but not much else is covered) There’s tons of cookies to be baked (no ambition) and dishes to do (less than no ambition) Cards and pictures to be shoved into envelopes, addressed and mailed. And I’d really, really like a nap, but with the daughter on the loose, there’s only a slim chance of that. Oh, yes, and I should really write something one of these days.
Let’s go kidnap some elves to do some of these things.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
I *finally* got the chance to check in on the computer today–argh! Why can’t the house clean itself, and the kids get their own homework done and clean up after themselves and dinner cook itself and then clean up? Oh wait, I must be dreaming… come on, elves!!
December 6th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Rhonda, he got a Ford Escape Hybrid. I love driving it and watching the little meter tell me I’m getting 33.4 miles to the gallon. Yay!
December 6th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Rachel, elves would be fantastic! Where do you get those?
Fedora, a self-cleaning house? Kids that do homework without prodding? Automatic kitchen duty without effort? Oh, to live in a world like that!
Lynn, that’s fabulous! Our next vehicle is going to be one that gets better gas mileage. My Trailblazer does fine on the highway, but little errands are killer. And 95% of my driving is little errands…