Ask Dee

Dee,

Hello! Is there a place to look for a critique partner on the boards? Thanks

Maureen

How's tricks?

Hello.  :-D

It's nice to be here again.... but honey, I have a query!

I want to change my e-mail address on my account, it won't let me do that unless I fill in a postal address.  And I can't do that unless I have a US postal address.

Any thoughts?

Ta sweetie.

PS - how the heck are you???

Please can we have the spell check back. I hate posting anything with spelling mistakes. Because there isn't a spell check I can't write what I really want to say and have to choose other words which don't work quite so well. Janet

Ta, Dee!  I'll try that.  :-)

We haven't quite figured out how to get the old archives over here and as the BIAY didn't have a whole lot of action going, I wasn't sure about renewing it. Some have mentioned that a year is possibly too long of a period.

Maybe we could create a running BIAM?

Dee

I can't say I know the meaning of life, but I WILL say I just finished an integral scene on that Blaze I'm working on and I'm so freaking happy about it I don't even mind that my team lost. (Much.)

Dee

(who rather stupidly set her writing-frigid self up with a love scene. *smacks head*)

The "back to one" post is a big one and they're trying to figure it out. That one will take some time. It might actually be an error that the designer has to fix in a new version. We're hoping not, but it's possible.

The "new" bug is apparently almost ready to implement. At last report. Or at least, in testing it is. You know it goes, everything changes in real life, no matter how many rehersals you do. Keep your fingers crossed!

Thanks for sticking with us!

Dee

I just put up two mini movies today, too. The girls playing and the girls dancing. I'm sure to bore someone someday by filming the girls sleeping... LOL!

Dee

Hi. 

Dee's going to be awol for a bit. 

The Moo is sick with appendicitis and is right now getting prepped for surgery. 

If you're having a problem and need immediate help, you may want to seek out the help of one of the other hosties until Dee gets back. 

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. 

xoxoxo, Pet

(((((Moo))))) and (((((Dee)))))

Sorry to hear Moo is in such pain and hope he recovers soon.  My prayers are with him. 

Thanks Pet for letting us know and convey my sympathy to them.

Gio is doing well, he's even been allowed to try to eat a little. He came through the surgery beautifully, less one very angry appendix. The dr said we were lucky, we caught it just before it burst. And he did say his belly didn't hurt so bad anymore. He was dismayed to hear he can't come home yet, but the nurses there are looking forward to spoiling him rotten. Plus, in order to get him to drink down the contrast---and not throw it up---for the CT scan, I might have promised him not one, but TWO Sonic games of his choice.

And nope, he's not about to forget. One of the first things he mentioned coming out of the anasthesia was, "Sonic??"

But it's a small price to pay for his health.

Many thanks for the continued good wishes!

Dee 

Give Gio a hug from the eHQ boards.

Glad to hear Moo pulled through all right, Deedle.

Thanks everyone! I had to come back yesterday to watch the girls because the hospital rule is that only one parent can stay the night and definitely no babies overnight. (Which works out because my girls like to party at night and that wouldn't work out.) Gio was doing much better but wouldn't eat or drink.

Mom came over to watch the girls so I could go see him and we were able to get a meal and some quality water into him. He's playing games with his roommate now and hubby is staying with him tonight. With any luck, he'll be home tomorrow afternoon...where we'll be taking over the spoiling. He's even claiming to miss his sisters!

Isn't it strange though, I didn't really feel the fear or cry until after he was safe. 

Many hugs,

Dee

<<<Isn't it strange though, I didn't really feel the fear or cry until after he was safe.>>>

Not strange al all, Deedle.  You're a mom.  You do what you have to do to get through a crisis, but when it's over you let loose all the emotions you had to suppress. 

I'm so glad to hear the Mooster came through surgery with flying colors...and hedgehogs.

Hugs,  Marcy

but it had more to do with my girls than delayed shock. They won't sleep. They've tested Guiness and stayed up from 6pm until 4am this morning. It's either cry or do something bad to them.

Good news, his white blood cell count is going down and the antibiotics are clearing up the infection. He should be coming home today. :)

Hugs, Dee

We haven't quite figured out how to get the old archives over here
and as the BIAY didn't have a whole lot of action going, I wasn't sure
about renewing it. Some have mentioned that a year is possibly too long
of a period.

Maybe we could create a running BIAM?

Dee

I see. I've gotta say, I've spent a year writing my novel - I know a lot of people have fun with the NaNo thing, but I can't imagine me personally producing anything in a month! Perhaps a less radical alternative? Jumping from 365 days to 30 is quite the leap!

If there is no thread anymore, perhaps you can guide me to the threads where I could get some help wrapping things up and finishing? Feeling a little alone here.

Thanks,

Ariana

And my Mom & Pet are here to keep them that way for a few hours while I try to catch up myself. But after several days of not sleeping, it's hard to turn off the brain. Gio got home after 9pm last night. He was huggy and just ecstatic to be home.

"Sonic game?" was asked roughly ten minutes later.

It's been a while since he's let me snuggle him. Of course, it's a lot harder since he's roughly my size now. I could probably sit on his lap instead of the other way around. Why doesn't anyone warn you that mothering boys means letting them go so much earlier?

Anyhow, he's going to be confined for roughly the next ten days; no jostling, no jumping, no bouncing. He is expected to be veal. I expect he'll be happy to comply. Except for those brief walks we'll have to get him on 4 times a day. Since it's raining outside and my apartment is a postage stamp, this is going to take some thinking....

Thanks for all the hugs and support. I couldn't post much with the Mothra Twins attacking all and sundry if I wasn't within reach, but every now and then, I peeked in.

Big hugs,

Dee

Dee,

I just read about Moo!  So glad to hear that everything went well.  Sending many HUGS your way.  Now that Moo is on the mend, it is time for Mommy and Daddy to get some well needed rest!

You can bet on the fact that he won't forget about the Sonic games!

Lidia 

Glad Gio is home!  I use to bribe DS with books and games all the time and even then sometimes it didn't work!  He was (still is) deathly afraid of needles.  

Sounds like he is all boy! My son's room is the same, but it's really hard to get on his case about it when he cleans the shower/tub and the toilets without ever being asked (I hate those jobs!). 

Hope the girls figure out night from day soon!  That has got to be really hard on you and your DH  when they don't want to sleep at night!

Hugs and prayers for you and yours! 

I had this gushy, wildly happy response I posted! Where'd it go??

So glad to see you back, Sarah! You'll be popping back in, won't you?

Dee

Lemme channel myself before the girls started trying to pluck my head bald...

 OMG! You're here!! I was just talking about you yesterday with my Mom--the infamous "care package"--how funny! As for the others, I'm not quite sure where everyone landed. I know Marcy and many others are parked on the Cafe Social pages. A few peep in here from time to time. Have you heard from Figgy of late? (She came on right around the time I had my twins and fainted dead away, lol.)

You'll be visiting, yes??

Dee 

but if you email me which discussion it's in and the subject of it, I'll do it for you. :)

Hugs and welcome,

Dee

I think you might be one of the folks who's info was never recieved! Since folks didn't all use their regular names, it was near impossible to find everyone.

email me at laideebug@gmail.com with your screen name, real name and snail mail and I'll double check!

Hugs!

Dee