COLD DARK ROOM

Maro2Bear

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Good evening/afternoon all.
Glad to see everyone is OK and that the forum is back to normal again.
All is good with me but had a busy week in work and picked up the sniffles from one of my little darlings, I don't think it will last too long though.
I went out with friends to see a band last night and lost my mobile phone - it must have dropped out of my coat pocket when I got into my friend's car. Miraculously it was handed in at local pub so got it back a few hours later.
I say 'miraculously' but the good thing about having a cr*p phone is that no one else wants it!!!
Today I've been busy putting Lola's new hide together and lining it with another layer of insulation. I may saw the little legs off it and replace with lockable castors for ease of moving, then I just have to figure out the best type of heating for it and find a plastic tray for the floor and substrate. It won't be long before Lola is toasty in it and I can save some money on my gas bills.
Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.

Sounds good. Now that pictures are able to upload again, send us a view of the new digs in progress.
 

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Lola didn't surface at all yesterday and only came out today because I dragged him out for a warm soak.
I think he has noticed the colder weather and light levels .
He ate really well today though so I am not concerned about him.
Saphire came out today but ate well yesterday. He'll get the Christmas spirit when the daylight gets longer.
 

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Well, I spent the day sitting in my recliner with the heating pad on the small of my back. I was bending over a pile of branches, using the loppers to cut them up into smaller pieces when my back started telling me to straighten up. It didn't feel like the normal tired back, but rather, felt like a spasm. So I went in the house, took a Bayer Back and Body tablet and sat there the rest of the day. Whilst there, I consumed a half a bag of less sodium Lays chips, quite a few dried banana chips, more Lays, more bananas, a bottle of half tea, half lemon aid, and worked several jig saw puzzles, read a book, and played with kittens. What a waste of a perfectly fine (weather-wise) day!
 

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Well, I spent the day sitting in my recliner with the heating pad on the small of my back. I was bending over a pile of branches, using the loppers to cut them up into smaller pieces when my back started telling me to straighten up. It didn't feel like the normal tired back, but rather, felt like a spasm. So I went in the house, took a Bayer Back and Body tablet and sat there the rest of the day. Whilst there, I consumed a half a bag of less sodium Lays chips, quite a few dried banana chips, more Lays, more bananas, a bottle of half tea, half lemon aid, and worked several jig saw puzzles, read a book, and played with kittens. What a waste of a perfectly fine (weather-wise) day!
Yea. It seems like when you get older every old injury visits you when you want to do something. Even when you didn't know you did it. Sounds like my house. But your home sounds like fun too. Cute little kittens, jigsaw puzzles, snacks, tv, etc etc etc and tortoises. I always feel guilty about down on my butt days too but... stuff happens.
 

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Don't tell my wife that. She put the tree up last night. I don't know if it's tradition in the Philippines or just a family thing. But my wife's family members start decorating when the months start to end ber. I have her scaled back to Nov.
That is early!

My Mum’s birthday has always been the cutoff for us. No Christmas decorations until she’s had her birthday on December 15th so the two are separate. A rule her parents instigated, she maintained and both my sister and I stuck with when we had our own homes.

I know several families where, in the German tradition, the tree goes up on Christmas Eve.
 

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I keep the following up year round- Mini Pink Christmas tree, 2'Ceramic Christmas Tree, 1' 6" Handmade Santa Figure with fur robe, and a Fuzzy Christmas Chicken! I sorta love it!
Oh no! I have a sort of clutter phobia. Things get cleared away! Decorations are all down between new year and twelfth night. Usually dictated by a combination of work and cleaning schedules!
 

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Lola didn't surface at all yesterday and only came out today because I dragged him out for a warm soak.
I think he has noticed the colder weather and light levels .
He ate really well today though so I am not concerned about him.
I am so not surprised. The weather was appalling!
 

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Sounds good. Now that pictures are able to upload again, send us a view of the new digs in progress.
I would if I could but I don't have a digi camera (another reason no one wants my mobile phone) - I'm still on 35mm.
Maybe when I've finished the film had it copied onto a disc I can do it.
 

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Well, I spent the day sitting in my recliner with the heating pad on the small of my back. I was bending over a pile of branches, using the loppers to cut them up into smaller pieces when my back started telling me to straighten up. It didn't feel like the normal tired back, but rather, felt like a spasm. So I went in the house, took a Bayer Back and Body tablet and sat there the rest of the day. Whilst there, I consumed a half a bag of less sodium Lays chips, quite a few dried banana chips, more Lays, more bananas, a bottle of half tea, half lemon aid, and worked several jig saw puzzles, read a book, and played with kittens. What a waste of a perfectly fine (weather-wise) day!
You've got to listen to your body though and if that's what it was telling you to do it would have been rude to ignore it!
 

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Happy Sunday everyone hope you're all having a restful day.
I was up half the night with a tickly cough so I'm not doing much today. Lola is also having another duvet day.
It's Remembrance Sunday in the UK and Commonwealth, so watched the televised service from London - always very moving.
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That is early!

My Mum’s birthday has always been the cutoff for us. No Christmas decorations until she’s had her birthday on December 15th so the two are separate. A rule her parents instigated, she maintained and both my sister and I stuck with when we had our own homes.

I know several families where, in the German tradition, the tree goes up on Christmas Eve.
Most of my family's birthdays are in December so I'm thinking Christmas all year long.
 

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Oh no! I have a sort of clutter phobia. Things get cleared away! Decorations are all down between new year and twelfth night. Usually dictated by a combination of work and cleaning schedules!
Considering I have only about 20 things throughout my whole house that are up for display (including pictures/paintings). I grew up in an overly KNICK-KNACKY house and have an almost fear of it! I only display that which is precious-World Series Ticket and Program, original art (cats are the subject), my Christmas stuff, and a stained glass piece featuring our first cat Sampson- rescue Himalayan.)
 

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Good evening/afternoon all.
Glad to see everyone is OK and that the forum is back to normal again.
All is good with me but had a busy week in work and picked up the sniffles from one of my little darlings, I don't think it will last too long though.
I went out with friends to see a band last night and lost my mobile phone - it must have dropped out of my coat pocket when I got into my friend's car. Miraculously it was handed in at local pub so got it back a few hours later.
I say 'miraculously' but the good thing about having a cr*p phone is that no one else wants it!!!
Today I've been busy putting Lola's new hide together and lining it with another layer of insulation. I may saw the little legs off it and replace with lockable castors for ease of moving, then I just have to figure out the best type of heating for it and find a plastic tray for the floor and substrate. It won't be long before Lola is toasty in it and I can save some money on my gas bills.
Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.
That's the only problem with little darlings...they're buggy little burgers. Happy Saturday to you too. Whoops it's Sunday...
 

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My understanding is this is a place to talk about anything. So here goes. Me rambling on, my friends.

I have written a series of picture books using photos of my sulcata tortoise and other animals that visit his enclosure. The books share facts about tortoises, especially sulcatas but also other animals and address social issues such as making friends, caring for and choosing a pet, valuing diversity, etc. I have been sending query letters to agents for 5 months with no luck. I don't know if it is worth pursuing more agents. I don't know if it is worth spending the money to self-publish. I don't know if people would even buy the books. I am at that point, trash it or keep trying. And, in what direction do I keep trying? Do I start over with agents sending them the more social subject books and not the initial factual book introducing the tortoise? Do blow a raspberry at the agent idea and move on to self-publishing?

I've always loved to write. But maybe my son is going to be the published writer, not me. My tortoise books are fun writing. I would love to write a novel but the only one lurking in my head is about my families unusual number of family tragedy. Does anyone really want to read about one families experience with rape, murder, accidental death of a child, suicide, and inheritance backstabbing? It's depressing when it is all on paper, and could I even write it well?

I think I am trying to find my new place in this world. I no longer work full time and only have 3 more years before I have an empty nest. I need an agent, a publisher, advice, or a drink, or all of the above. "Sigh"
 
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