CountryMouse's Refuge

I'm not going to play any more of "Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon" until I finish reading in this one FAQ up to the point of where I am in the game and slightly beyond. If I play a game "blind", I miss a LOT.

I copied the FAQs and such onto a couple flash drives so I'd have them for reading/reference on any computer, anywhere. I have a couple flash drives in with my Eee stuff, and one in my UMPC's case.

When I played the first Pokemon game (Blue), I did it totally with the strategy guide. I always feel that I'm getting my money's worth out of a game if I do *every*thing. ::grin::

Everyone else is still asleep. I've been up for about 1-1/2 hours. Today: games, knitting, etc.

That's NaBloPoMo's theme for the month.

I only accidentally gave anything up for Lent one year: I was having such terrible food allergy problems one year that I actually *did* eat only fish during Lent, giving up beef.

But otherwise, it's not my religion, so...

However, GIVING is a different matter. I'm glad that President Obama has reawakened my desire to do some charity work. What I am giving is time and money (for yarn) and my talents (such as they are) for knitting and crocheting things for those in need.

There are so many ways a person can get involved in helping others, locally, nationally, and internationally. Google and find out what you can do for others!

Today we played "Igel Aergern", "Amyitis", "Five Crowns", and "Cosmic Wimpout".

Somewhere in there Cat'r and Bunnicula went out for pizza and then did the grocery shopping. I phoned my sister, and we had a long conversation.

B., Cat'r, and I also watched two episodes of Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse", which is amazingly good! We're caught up now, for the moment.

I finished reading The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood. It was possibly the most depressing, tragedy-filled knitting-related book I've read *yet*. It follows the formula of every woman/man in the group has a tragedy in his/her past/present, but knitting and the bond of knitting friends saves each one.

I am now reading Counting Heads by David Marusek, which Cat'r loaned me. It's near-future science fiction revolving around people living almost forever and population control and more. Fascinating so far!

What I have been twittering about today:

• 23:27 @FLNonficwriter DD's pretzels look really yummy! #
• 23:28 If you've replied to me, I can't get to that page: Twitter is having problems. I haven't been on here much lately. #
• 23:28 @KenyB I hope you're feeling better Real Soon Now. #
• 23:31 @avflox Day Runner makes good planners. :-) You can buy online or in bookstores, office supply places, etc. #
• 23:32 @raaven re: veggie garden: so you're doing real-life Harvest Moon? heh. Or gardening along with Michelle Obama. :-) #
• 07:46 @deirdresm re: needing cable TV: keep the very basic channels. That's what we did. Because of the digital thing. "Lifeline" tier of channels #
• 07:47 @Judith12 I love your word pictures! A whole scene captured in a moment! If you're not published, you SHOULD be! #
• 07:49 @KenyB Makes me think of Mike Doughty's song, "More Bacon Than The Pan Can Handle". (re: Pokemon) #

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