Life Viewed Through an Amber Focus

I went to the dentist today and they have a new hygienist to replace my old one, who got engaged and moved to Vegas. Her name is Elena. I asked her how to spell it because I do that, and she said, "With an E. Like Elena Gilbert. I kind of squeed and then we talked The Vampire Diaries (well, I mostly listened because pointy things in my mouth and all) for the rest of the cleaning. The only thing that would have been better was a Doctor/Rose shipper who is happy with both Nine and Ten with Rose.

Chapter 36 of Leap of Faith has been sent to beta.  It took a bit longer to write than expected due to farm stuff, but it's done.  And over 5000 words, too.

5207 words. Chapter is done. Now I just need to proofread, edit, and beta. Yay. I'm back, baby. I am so excited to be able to write easily again. The flow is there after being gone for so long. Yippee!

3021 words. It's still working. Oh, I'm so happy. I've missed this!

Life has been ridiculously busy around here. Who knew there was just so much crazy involved in selling a house? We are in the home stretch, though. Now we just have to get someone from the bank out there to do an appraisal and say whether or not they will give the buyers the loan. I hope so. It's worth $17K more than the price they are paying. If that goes well then we are on track for closing this month, possibly sooner than the contracted end date of the 26th.

Crazy farm stuff continues as well. Our current count of critters is 2 turkeys, 9 chickens, 7 ducks, and 14 rabbits. We lost Sienna, but I am growing up one of her doe kits, Ruby. Ruby is almost 5 months old. I won't be keeping her long term unless she settles down, but I want a doe kit out of her. We didn't work with her as a baby on socialization because we hadn't planned on keeping any kits from that litter, so she's more skittish than I like for day to day dealing. But we can start with a doe kit from her from day one.

This is one of the rare Februarys where DH will be home for my birthday. He gets late Wednesday night on the 11th, and the 12 is my birthday. That almost never happens. He'll also be home for my son's birthday in March and our 20th wedding anniversary also in March.

I am planning my spring garden. I've already got garlic, chives, and some small onions coming up. We've had a ridiculously mild winter, unlike everyone else in the country.

I haven't been writing much. But I've gotten an idea for a novel so may start working on that soon. It is one of those ideas that won't get out of my head. I hope to also finish The Watchmaker's Daughter, but I've kind of lost my Who muse. I hate having so many unfinished stories around, but what am I going to do? If it won't write, it won't write.

Title: The Watchmaker's Daughter (10/?)
Author: amberfocus
Characters/Pairings: The Tenth Doctor(John Smith)/Rose Tyler, Pete Tyler, Martha Jones, Joan Redfern, Timothy Lattimer, various original characters
Genre: Action/Adventure, Romance, HN/FOB rewrite
Rating: Teen (for now, may go up later)
Betas: amyo67, thetesh
Summary: At the Doomsday wall an unexpected twist of fate sends Rose and Pete Tyler back to 1913 instead of to the parallel universe. While the Doctor and Martha are hiding from the Family of Blood at Farringham School for Boys the Tylers try to make a life for themselves in the nearby village.
Author's Notes: Recognizable dialogue is from the episode Human Nature though the characters saying it might be switched about a bit.

Previous Chapters: http://amberfocus.livejournal.com/565160.html

( Chapter Ten )

Word count for today is: 568 words
Combined with yesterday's word count: 1466 words

To finish the chapter I need at least another 1000 words. Maybe tomorrow I'll get the chapter done.

I can't believe I haven't been on LJ in a week. Well, actually I can. It has been pretty darn crazy around here lately. It's been 2 weeks since my daughter fractured her skull and we had her follow up appointment. The place where she hit her head was directly behind the vision processing center of the brain so we weren't sure what that was going to mean for her eyesight. In the beginning she had blurred vision, double vision, and tunnel vision and there was the risk that it would be permanent. Fortunately it is not. It has cleared up and it looks like she is going to be fine there. Her prescription on her glasses may need to be adjusted, but she's not reading much yet, so we don't know for sure. But a minor script change is nothing compared to what it might have been.

I am so grateful to you guys and so many others for keeping her in your prayers. It means a lot to me. I believe it has helped in so many ways and it has certainly boosted her spirits to know that so many total strangers to her would take the time to do this for her. So thank you so much. I always knew you folks were awesome, but this just reinforces that.

2 swear words if you watch it in front of kids.