Fashion Sense

 I'm still waiting for the next step with DANGER LOOMS and the release of SCONED TO DEATH is already in the rear view mirror.  I  am already working on the next Molly book and doing a synopsis for the next Crochet and Crumpet book.  It is nice to have projects to focus on.  

There is a lot going on at my house. I went from being alone here for long stretches to activity 24/7. Sometimes I just need to get away and the easiest way is to watch something on TV.  Streaming has changed how I watch programs.  When I'm into I need an escape mode, I tend to watch one program at a time and watch an episode or two each night until I am finished with the show. 

Last year it was Sweet Magnolias.  I spent most of the time talking to the screen at the awful fashion choices for one of the characters and the absurdity that she was a chef with long hair hanging loose over the food she was preparing and she was wearing heels.

Watching shows like Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age  was about the fashions as much as the story.  The men always looked comfortable in pants and jackets, but the women's clothes were mostly ridiculous.  I saw a clip online of one of the actresses from the upcoming season of The Gilded Age getting into a van to take her to set.  She was in costume and the combo of the long fussy dress and climbing into the  van made the dress seem even more absurd.  All those layers of clothes and weird undergarments had to make moving around a challenge.

I thought the idea of uncomfortable fashion wase all in the past.  But then I saw a photo of the new wife of a very rich guy who shall go nameless.  He was dressed in comfortable looking pants, maybe even jeans.  She, on the other hand looked like bees had stung her lips. They were so inflated, I wondered how she could sip a cup of coffee.  Her face had been altered with injections and her hair looked like a hurricane wouldn't stir a strand.  She wore a very fitted dress and her waist was clearly cinched in by some sort of corset which seems to be a thing now.  Heaven help her if she wanted to take a deep breath to relax.  All I could think was what's the point?  Why would anyone want to dress like that?   Why would anyone want to look like a generic doll instead of themselves.

That's the part of getting older I like.   It's all about feeling comfortable and being able to move freely and take those deep breaths when I get tense.  

Correcting A Frustrating Mistake

 Hopefully I’m on time here this week—despite how unusual that is these days. I’m still busy with the edits to my second book in my upcoming K-9 Crime Solvers series for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. But life goes on, and my time is often interrupted by things both important and not so important.

 Earlier this week, I had to spend a long time resetting a password for a Yahoo email account. My husband and I received an invitation to a neighbor’s party that required putting some information on the site to RSVP. We checked with the neighbor, and she said it was legit, so I went ahead and entered the info—only to be told by the neighbor that she’d been confused and there was no party. The invitation was apparently a scam to get information that otherwise wouldn’t be provided, which I’d unfortunately done. I had to delete and change some information without knowing how to do it, so I had to contact a Yahoo person—very nice, and he walked me through fixing the issue. 

But that was time-consuming. Plus, frustrating, since I’m always assuming things are scams and therefore avoiding them—but not this time. 

Okay then, it’s hopefully fixed, and now I’m back to my edits, feeling somewhat foolish for falling for that scam.  

Oh, well. At least all seems okay now.

Time Off

 I sent off the edited version of Danger Looms a few days ago and now I'm just waiting for my editor to look it over and then move it along to the next step.  I was a little all in after sending it in and have taken a few days off from working on the next Molly Pink book.

I had really hoped to go to Chicago this week, but family issues and the ridiculous air fare kept me from going.  I get my Chicago neighborhood newspaper and so have been hearing all the inside story about the Obama Library opening.  It is a short walk to it from my place.  I walked past the location on my way to high school, though in those days it was all a garden and park area.  It's across the street from where we went sledding when I was a kid.  It all feels very personal and exciting.

Now I'm hoping to get there later in the summer or early fall.  

It's been all sunny and summery lately, but today is cool and gray. It feels like a day for an extra cup of coffee and time crocheting or reading.   

Weird!

 I actually had a post all set to go on time this week but it didn’t post! Guess where I included it indicated it was a draft, so untechie-me undoubtedly did something wrong. 

Well, here I am. Hope you’re all doing great! I’m still busy editing, though that’s no surprise. 

Have a good week, everyone!